President, Real Estate and Investments · Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (APLE)

Nelson Knight

A named executive officer of Apple Hospitality REIT in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,513,895

FY2024: $5,788,558

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Nelson Knight compensation by year

Apple Hospitality REIT Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Apple Hospitality REIT reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$367,500$350,000$400,000$467,500$520,000$641,350$573,092
Bonus$0——$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$520,307$799,994$999,992$1,619,724$1,770,405$3,542,401$1,648,586
Option awards$0——$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$208,847—$300,000$680,066$659,466$1,315,556$181,778
Pension and deferred compensation$0——$0$0$0$0
All other$96,321$18,985$19,329$126,522$186,622$289,251$110,439
Total$1,192,975$1,168,979$1,719,321$2,893,812$3,136,493$5,788,558$2,513,895

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-140145, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.7M
$2.9M
$3.1M
$5.8M
$2.5M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU63,475$752,184—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Apple Hospitality REIT’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Justin KnightChief Executive Officer$5,075,148
Nelson Knight · this pagePresident, Real Estate and Investments$2,513,895
Elizabeth PerkinsSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,487,743
Karen GallagherSenior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$2,321,484
Rachel LabrecqueSenior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer$1,674,996

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