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Get filing alertsSunstone launches up to $300M ATM equity program with forward sale capability
Filed August 11, 2026 · Period ending August 10, 2026 · ~1 min read
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Sunstone established a up to $300M at-the-market equity offering program allowing sales of common stock through multiple agents, including both traditional ATM sales and forward sale contracts where proceeds are deferred until settlement.
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Under forward sales, Sunstone receives no immediate proceeds when shares are borrowed and sold; the company expects to physically settle by delivering shares and receiving cash at the forward price on a future date of its choosing.
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Sunstone amended its credit agreement on August 7, 2026 to add a carve-out permitting forward sale transactions, which had previously been restricted under the derivatives contracts covenant.
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Agent commissions are capped at 2.0% of gross sales price for traditional ATM sales; for forward sales, commissions up to 2.0% are paid through a reduced initial forward price.
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Summary
Sunstone Hotel Investors launched a up to $300 million at-the-market equity offering program on August 10, 2026, replacing a prior March 2023 ATM program that also had up to $300 million remaining capacity. The new program includes both traditional ATM sales and forward sale contracts, giving Sunstone flexibility to lock in equity pricing today while deferring the actual capital raise and dilution to a future date.
Under forward sales, counterparties borrow and sell shares immediately to hedge their exposure, but Sunstone receives no proceeds until it physically settles the contracts by delivering shares and receiving cash equal to the number of shares times the forward price.
Three days before launching the program, Sunstone amended its credit agreement to add a carve-out permitting forward sale transactions, which had previously been restricted under the derivatives contracts covenant. This amendment was necessary to enable the forward sale component. The program provides Sunstone with a shelf of equity capital it can access opportunistically, either immediately through traditional ATM sales or on a deferred basis through forward contracts, depending on market conditions and capital needs. For hotel REITs, ATM programs are a standard tool for maintaining balance sheet flexibility and funding acquisitions or capital improvements without the execution risk and expense of a marketed offering.
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Event · Item 8.01 — Other Events
Sunstone launched a up to $300M at-the-market equity offering program with forward sale capability and amended its credit agreement to permit such transactions.
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On August 10, 2026, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) and Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC (the “Operating Partnership”) entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with each of BofA Securities, Inc., BTIG, LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Capital One Securities, Inc., Huntington Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, M&T Securities, Inc., Regions Securities LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, each in its capacity as sales agent and/or principal in connection with the offering and sale of any Issuance Shares hereunder (each an “Agent” and together, the “Agents”) and, together with Nomura Securities International, Inc. (acting through BTIG, LLC as its agent), and except in the case of BTIG, LLC, Capital One Securities, Inc., and M&T Securities, Inc., in connection with the offering and sale of any Forward Hedge Shares (as defined below) hereunder, as forward seller (each a “Forward Seller,” and together, the “Forward Sellers”), and each of Bank of America, N.A., CF Secured, LLC, Huntington Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc., Regions Securities LLC, Truist Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or an affiliate thereof, each as forward purchaser under any Forward Contract (as defined below) (in such capacity, each a “Forward Purchaser,” and together, the “Forward Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell, from time to time, shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, having an aggregate sale price of up to $300,000,000 (the “Maximum Amount”).
Sunstone established a new at-the-market equity offering program allowing it to sell up to $300 million of common stock through multiple agents. The program includes both traditional ATM sales and forward sale contracts, where forward purchasers borrow and sell shares to hedge their exposure, with Sunstone settling the contracts later. This replaces a prior March 2023 ATM program that also had $300 million remaining capacity at termination.
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The Company will not initially receive any proceeds from the sale of borrowed Shares under the Forward Contracts, if any. The Company expects to fully physically settle each particular Forward Contract, if any, with the applicable Forward Purchaser on one or more dates specified by the Company on or prior to the maturity date of that particular Forward Contract, in which case the Company will expect to receive aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement equal to the number of Shares underlying the particular Forward Contract multiplied by the applicable forward price. However, the Company may also elect to cash settle or net share settle a particular Forward Contract, in which case the Company may not receive any proceeds from the issuance of Shares, and will instead receive or pay cash (in the case of cash settlement) or receive or deliver Shares of common stock (in the case of net share settlement).
Under forward sale contracts, Sunstone receives no immediate proceeds when shares are borrowed and sold. The company expects to physically settle contracts by delivering shares and receiving cash equal to shares times the forward price, but retains flexibility to cash settle or net share settle instead. This structure allows Sunstone to lock in equity pricing today while deferring the actual capital raise and dilution to a future date of its choosing.
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