UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2011

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Apple REIT Ten, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Virginia   333-168971   27-3218228

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

     
814 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia   23219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(804) 344-8121

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Apple REIT Ten, Inc. (which is referred to below as the “Company” or as “we,” “us” or “our”) is filing this report in accordance with Item 8.01.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On October 10, 2011, the plaintiffs in Kronberg et al. v. David Lerner Associates Inc., et al., Case No. 2:11-cv-03558, filed an amended class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, adding new parties and new claims to the action originally filed on June 20, 2011. The new plaintiffs are residents of New York, Connecticut, and Florida alleged to be investors in the Company, Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Nine, Inc. The new defendants are directors of these companies and Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc., Apple Nine Advisors, Inc., Apple Ten Advisors, Inc., and Apple Fund Management, LLC. The amended complaint adds claims on behalf of subclasses of residents of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida, in addition to the putative nationwide class, and no longer includes purchasers of Apple REIT Six, Inc. and Apple REIT Seven, Inc. The amended complaint asserts new claims for breach of fiduciary duty and for violation of the securities laws of the states of New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, and seeks certification of the subclasses, monetary damages including pre- and post-judgment interest, equitable relief and fees and costs. In addition to the allegations contained in the original complaint, the amended complaint alleges that David Lerner Associates, Inc., and the directors breached a fiduciary duty to the shareholders by failing to disclose material information about the prior Apple REIT companies’ sources of distributions and share valuation, that they aided and abetted one another’s breaches, and that the Apple REIT entities and directors are jointly and severally liable for the acts of David Lerner Associates, Inc. The amended complaint also asserts that plaintiffs are entitled to recover under certain state securities laws. The Company believes that the claims against it, its officers and directors and other Apple entities are without merit, and intends to defend against them vigorously. At this time, the Company cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these proceedings or an estimate of damages or provide a reasonable estimate of the possible loss or range of loss due to these proceedings, if any.

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


     
  Apple REIT Ten, Inc.
   
   
  By:   

/s/ Glade M. Knight

    Glade M. Knight, Chief Executive Officer
     
    October 19, 2011