<!--HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge  9.6.0.116-->
<!--Created on: 4/23/2020 8:13:17 AM-->
<html>
	<head>
		<title>
			lfr_4.23.20_Item 1.01_PPPLoan_8-K_folio
		</title>
	</head>
	<body><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;">
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">UNITED STATES</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Washington, DC 20549</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">FORM 8-K</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">d</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">) of</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 17, 2020&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">LODGING FUND REIT III, INC.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width: 100.00%;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Maryland</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">000-56082</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">83-0556111</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>Incorporation)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">(Commission File Number)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:33.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width: 100.00%;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;width:50.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">1635 43rd Street South, Suite 205</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;width:50.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;width:50.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Fargo, North Dakota</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;width:50.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">58103</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;width:50.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;width:50.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">(Zip Code)</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Registrant&#x2019;s telephone number, including area code: </font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;"> (701) 630-6500</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Not Applicable</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width: 100.00%;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:33.34%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Title of each class</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:27.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Trading Symbol(s)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:39.66%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Name of each exchange on which registered</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:33.34%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">None</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:27.00%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">N/A</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:39.66%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">N/A</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">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: </font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&#x2610;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&#x2610;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&#x2610;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&#x2610;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Emerging growth company </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:MS Gothic;">&#x2612;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&#x2610;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			&nbsp;
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;"></font></p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;">
		<p><font size="1"> </font></p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;page-break-after:always;"><div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;border:0;margin:30pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"></div></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"><p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"><font style="display:inline;"></font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">On April 17, 2020, Lodging Fund REIT III, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;), through LF3 Cedar Rapids TRS, LLC (&#x201C;Cedar Rapids TRS&#x201D;),&nbsp; LF3 Pineville TRS, LLC (&#x201C;Pineville TRS&#x201D;), LF3 Eagan TRS, LLC (&#x201C;Eagan TRS&#x201D;), and LF3 Prattville TRS, LLC (&#x201C;Prattville TRS&#x201D;) which are subsidiaries of the Company&#x2019;s operating partnership subsidiary, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP, entered into four unsecured promissory notes under the Paycheck Protection Program (the &#x201C;PPP&#x201D;), through Western State Bank (the &#x201C;Lender&#x201D;). &nbsp;The amounts of the PPP loans for Cedar Rapids TRS, Pineville TRS, Eagan TRS, and Prattville TRS are $75,600, $119,300, $133,800, and $148,300, respectively. The PPP was established under the recently congressionally approved Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the &#x201C;CARES Act&#x201D;) and is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the &#x201C;SBA&#x201D;). The term of each PPP loan is two years. The interest rate on each PPP loan is 1.0% per annum, which shall be deferred for the first six months of the term of the loan. After the initial six-month deferral period, each loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest until maturity with respect to any portion of such PPP loan which is not forgiven as described below.&nbsp; </font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The Company is permitted to prepay each PPP loan at any time with no prepayment penalties.&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;">Under the terms of the CARES Act, PPP loan recipients can apply for, and be granted, forgiveness for all or a portion of loans granted under the PPP. Such forgiveness will be determined, subject to limitations and ongoing rulemaking by the SBA, based on the use of loan proceeds for payroll costs and mortgage interest, rent or utility costs and the maintenance of employee and compensation levels.</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:inherit;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">No assurance is provided that the Company will obtain forgiveness of the PPP loans in whole or in part.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">On April 17, 2020, </font><font style="display:inline;">the Company, through LF3 Cedar Rapids, LLC and Cedar Rapids TRS, (collectively, the &#x201C;Cedar Rapids Borrower&#x201D;), which are subsidiaries of the Company&#x2019;s operating partnership subsidiary, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP, entered </font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">into a Change In Terms Agreement (the &#x201C;Cedar Rapids Amendment&#x201D;), amending the terms of the Cedar Rapids Borrower&#x2019;s original Promissory Note (the &#x201C;Cedar Rapids Note&#x201D;) with Western State Bank, dated March 5, 2019 in the original principal amount of $5.86 million. Pursuant to the Cedar Rapids Amendment, the maturity date of the Cedar Rapids Note was extended from March 1, 2024, to September 1, 2024, the requirement to make any replacement reserve deposits was waived until March 1, 2021, and the requirement to make any payments of principal and interest were deferred until October 1, 2020.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">On April 17, 2020, </font><font style="display:inline;">the Company, through LF3 Eagan, LLC and LF3 Eagan TRS, LLC, (collectively, the &#x201C;Eagan Borrower&#x201D;), which are subsidiaries of the Company&#x2019;s operating partnership subsidiary, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP, entered </font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">into a Change In Terms Agreement (the &#x201C;Eagan Amendment&#x201D;), amending the terms of the Eagan Borrower&#x2019;s original Promissory Note (the &#x201C;Eagan Note&#x201D;) with Western State Bank, dated June 19, 2019 in the original principal amount of $9.44 million. Pursuant to the Eagan Amendment, the maturity date of the Eagan Note was extended from July 1, 2024, to January 1, 2025, the requirement to make any replacement reserve deposits was waived until June 1, 2021, and the requirement to make any payments of principal and interest were deferred until October 1, 2020.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT</font><font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">The information in this Report set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:38.15pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			&nbsp;
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;"></font></p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;">
		<p><font size="1"> </font></p><div style="width:100%">

		<p style="margin:24pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">

			<font style="display:inline;">1</font>

		</p>

</div></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;page-break-after:always;"><div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;border:0;margin:30pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"></div></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"><p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"><font style="display:inline;"></font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 11pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">SIGNATURES</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 11pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width: 100.22%;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:44.46%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:06.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:03.70%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:45.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;height:1.00pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:44.46%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:06.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width:49.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 11pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">LODGING FUND REIT III, INC.</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:44.46%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:06.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width:49.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 11pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:44.46%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Dated:&nbsp;April 23, 2020</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:06.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:03.70%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">BY:</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:45.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Corey R. Maple</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:44.46%;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:06.42%;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:03.70%;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:45.42%;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Corey R. Maple</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:44.46%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:06.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:03.70%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="middle" style="width:45.42%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:1.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;">
		<p><font size="1"> </font></p><div style="width:100%">

		<p style="margin:24pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">

			&nbsp;

		</p>

</div></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;page-break-after:avoid;"><div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;border:0;margin:30pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"></div></div>
	</body>
</html>
[{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "tmb-20200417x8k.htm", "description": "8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 34389}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "Lodging Fund REIT III, Inc.", "cik": "0001745032", "assigned-sic": "6798", "irs-number": "830556111", "state-of-incorporation": "MD", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-56082", "film-number": "20809655"}, "business-address": {"street1": "1635 43RD STREET SOUTH, SUITE 205", "city": "FARGO", "state": "ND", "zip": "58103", "phone": "(701)630-6500"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "1635 43RD STREET SOUTH, SUITE 205", "city": "FARGO", "state": "ND", "zip": "58103"}}
lfr_4.23.20_Item 1.01_PPPLoan_8-K_folio
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(
d
) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 17, 2020
LODGING FUND REIT III, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland
000-56082
83-0556111
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1635 43rd Street South, Suite 205
Fargo, North Dakota
58103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(701) 630-6500
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
None
N/A
N/A
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:
☐  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On April 17, 2020, Lodging Fund REIT III, Inc. (the "Company"), through LF3 Cedar Rapids TRS, LLC ("Cedar Rapids TRS"),  LF3 Pineville TRS, LLC ("Pineville TRS"), LF3 Eagan TRS, LLC ("Eagan TRS"), and LF3 Prattville TRS, LLC ("Prattville TRS") which are subsidiaries of the Company's operating partnership subsidiary, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP, entered into four unsecured promissory notes under the Paycheck Protection Program (the "PPP"), through Western State Bank (the "Lender").  The amounts of the PPP loans for Cedar Rapids TRS, Pineville TRS, Eagan TRS, and Prattville TRS are $75,600, $119,300, $133,800, and $148,300, respectively. The PPP was established under the recently congressionally approved Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act") and is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the "SBA"). The term of each PPP loan is two years. The interest rate on each PPP loan is 1.0% per annum, which shall be deferred for the first six months of the term of the loan. After the initial six-month deferral period, each loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest until maturity with respect to any portion of such PPP loan which is not forgiven as described below.
The Company is permitted to prepay each PPP loan at any time with no prepayment penalties.
Under the terms of the CARES Act, PPP loan recipients can apply for, and be granted, forgiveness for all or a portion of loans granted under the PPP. Such forgiveness will be determined, subject to limitations and ongoing rulemaking by the SBA, based on the use of loan proceeds for payroll costs and mortgage interest, rent or utility costs and the maintenance of employee and compensation levels.
No assurance is provided that the Company will obtain forgiveness of the PPP loans in whole or in part.
On April 17, 2020,
the Company, through LF3 Cedar Rapids, LLC and Cedar Rapids TRS, (collectively, the "Cedar Rapids Borrower"), which are subsidiaries of the Company's operating partnership subsidiary, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP, entered
into a Change In Terms Agreement (the "Cedar Rapids Amendment"), amending the terms of the Cedar Rapids Borrower's original Promissory Note (the "Cedar Rapids Note") with Western State Bank, dated March 5, 2019 in the original principal amount of $5.86 million. Pursuant to the Cedar Rapids Amendment, the maturity date of the Cedar Rapids Note was extended from March 1, 2024, to September 1, 2024, the requirement to make any replacement reserve deposits was waived until March 1, 2021, and the requirement to make any payments of principal and interest were deferred until October 1, 2020.
On April 17, 2020,
the Company, through LF3 Eagan, LLC and LF3 Eagan TRS, LLC, (collectively, the "Eagan Borrower"), which are subsidiaries of the Company's operating partnership subsidiary, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP, entered
into a Change In Terms Agreement (the "Eagan Amendment"), amending the terms of the Eagan Borrower's original Promissory Note (the "Eagan Note") with Western State Bank, dated June 19, 2019 in the original principal amount of $9.44 million. Pursuant to the Eagan Amendment, the maturity date of the Eagan Note was extended from July 1, 2024, to January 1, 2025, the requirement to make any replacement reserve deposits was waived until June 1, 2021, and the requirement to make any payments of principal and interest were deferred until October 1, 2020.
ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT
The information in this Report set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LODGING FUND REIT III, INC.
Dated: April 23, 2020
BY:
/s/ Corey R. Maple
Corey R. Maple
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary