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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Xenia Hotels&nbsp;&amp; Resorts, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-0141677</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">246-8100</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Xenia
Hotels&nbsp;&amp; Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(full title of the plan) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Marcel Verbaas </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chair
and Chief Executive Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">246-8100</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Taylor C. Kessel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
Vice President and General Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">246-8100</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cathy
A. Birkeland </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60611 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(312)&nbsp;876-7700</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;, and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed to register the offer and sale of an additional
2,750,000 shares (the &#147;Additional Shares&#148;) of Common Stock of the Company to be issued under the Plan. On March&nbsp;28, 2023, the Company&#146;s Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 9,000,000 to
11,750,000, which the Company&#146;s stockholders approved on May&nbsp;16, 2023. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement incorporates by reference and makes a part
hereof the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-201829)</FONT> filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) on February&nbsp;2, 2015 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan and the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT>
(File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-238708)</FONT> filed by the Company with the Commission on May&nbsp;27, 2020 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan to the extent not
modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document incorporated by reference herein or therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not
required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company or the Plans are incorporated herein by
reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">A.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000025/xhr-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000025/xhr-20221231.htm">March&nbsp;2, 2023</A>.
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">B.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000040/xhr-20230331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A>, for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000040/xhr-20230331.htm">May&nbsp;3, 2023</A>.
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">C.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The portions of our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000032/xhr-20230403.htm">Definitive
 Proxy Statement</A> on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000032/xhr-20230403.htm">April&nbsp;3, 2023</A>, incorporated by reference in Part III of our Annual Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Our Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000119312523006041/d426352d8k.htm">January
<U></U>&nbsp;11, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000051/xhr-20230516.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;17, 2023</A>, except as to any portion of such current reports furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000119312515006255/d767140d1012ba.htm">Form
 10,</A> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-36594),</FONT> filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;9, 2015 under section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended by the description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock
contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000025/xenia202210kexhibit41.htm">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</A> to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, including
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">de-registers</FONT> all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Company will not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed &#147;filed&#148;
with the Commission, including any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> unless, and except to the extent, specified in such reports. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000032/xhr-20230403.htm">Xenia Hotels&nbsp;
&amp; Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan (filed as Appendix A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed on April&nbsp;3, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Marcel Verbaas</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Marcel Verbaas</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chair and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Taylor C. Kessel and Marcel Verbaas,
and each acting alone, his true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration
Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ MARCEL VERBAAS</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Marcel Verbaas</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;19, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ ATISH SHAH</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Atish Shah</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ JOSEPH T. JOHNSON</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph T. Johnson</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ DENNIS D. OKLAK</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dennis D. Oklak</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Lead Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ KEITH E. BASS</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Keith E. Bass</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ THOMAS M. GARTLAND</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ BEVERLY K. GOULET</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ ARLENE ISAACS-LOWE</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Arlene Isaacs-Lowe</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ MARY ELIZABETH McCORMICK</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mary Elizabeth McCormick</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2023.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
20-0141677
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407)
246-8100
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Xenia
Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan
(full title of the plan)
Marcel Verbaas
Chair
and Chief Executive Officer
200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407)
246-8100
Taylor C. Kessel
Senior
Vice President and General Counsel
200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407)
246-8100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Cathy
A. Birkeland
Latham & Watkins LLP
330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 876-7700
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non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
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12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
is being filed to register the offer and sale of an additional
2,750,000 shares (the "Additional Shares") of Common Stock of the Company to be issued under the Plan. On March 28, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 9,000,000 to
11,750,000, which the Company's stockholders approved on May 16, 2023. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
this Registration Statement incorporates by reference and makes a part
hereof the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(File
No. 333-201829)
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on February 2, 2015 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan and the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(File
No. 333-238708)
filed by the Company with the Commission on May 27, 2020 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan to the extent not
modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document incorporated by reference herein or therein.
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Not
required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company or the Plans are incorporated herein by
reference:
A.
The Company's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on
March 2, 2023
.
B.
The Company's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
, for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on
May 3, 2023
.
C.
The portions of our
Definitive
 Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on
April 3, 2023
, incorporated by reference in Part III of our Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
D.
Our Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on
January
11, 2023
and
May
17, 2023
, except as to any portion of such current reports furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form
8-K.
E.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on
Form
 10,
as amended (File
No. 001-36594),
filed with the Commission on January 9, 2015 under section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended by the description of the Company's Common Stock
contained in
Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, including
any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers
all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Company will not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed "filed"
with the Commission, including any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of the Company's Current Reports on Form
8-K
unless, and except to the extent, specified in such reports.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP.
23.1
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the Registration Statement).
99.1
Xenia Hotels 
& Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan (filed as Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed on April 3, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference).
107
Filing Fee Table
Item 9. Undertakings
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on
May 19, 2023.
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland Corporation
By:
/s/ Marcel Verbaas
Marcel Verbaas
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Taylor C. Kessel and Marcel Verbaas,
and each acting alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration
Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
By:
Name:
/s/ MARCEL VERBAAS
Marcel Verbaas
Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ ATISH SHAH
Atish Shah
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ JOSEPH T. JOHNSON
Joseph T. Johnson
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ DENNIS D. OKLAK
Dennis D. Oklak
Lead Director
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ KEITH E. BASS
Keith E. Bass
Director
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ THOMAS M. GARTLAND
Thomas M. Gartland
Director
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ BEVERLY K. GOULET
Beverly K. Goulet
Director
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ ARLENE ISAACS-LOWE
Arlene Isaacs-Lowe
Director
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ MARY ELIZABETH McCORMICK
Mary Elizabeth McCormick
Director
May 19, 2023
By:
Name:
/s/ TERRENCE MOOREHEAD
Terrence Moorehead
Director
May 19, 2023