NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today
announced that it has priced a public offering of 12,000,000 shares of
the company's Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares for gross
proceeds of $300 million. The Series C Preferred Shares have a
liquidation preference of $25.00 per share and the offering is expected
to close on February 21, 2007. HPT anticipates listing these shares on
the New York Stock Exchange.
The distribution rate on the preferred shares will be 7% of the
liquidation preference per year, or $1.75 per share per year.
Distributions will be payable quarterly in arrears. HPT expects to use
the net proceeds of this offering to repay a portion of the debt
incurred to fund its recently completed acquisition of TravelCenters of
America, Inc. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to
purchase up to an additional 1,800,000 shares from HPT to cover
overallotments, if any.
The joint book-running managers for this offering are Merrill Lynch
& Co., UBS Investment Bank and Wachovia Securities. The joint lead
managers for this offering are Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets.
The co-managers for this offering are Banc of America Securities LLC,
Ferris, Baker Watts Incorporated, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Morgan
Keegan & Company, Inc., Oppenheimer & Co. and Stifel Nicolaus.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of that state or jurisdiction. Copies of the
prospectus supplement and related prospectus may be obtained from the
offices of Merrill Lynch & Co., 4 World Financial Center, New York,
New York 10080 (telephone: 866-500-5408), from the offices of UBS
Investment Bank, 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901 (telephone:
888-722-9555, ext. 1088), from the offices of Wachovia Securities, 8739
Research Drive, Charlotte, NC 28262 (telephone: 866-289-1262) or from
the offices of any of the other managing underwriters identified above.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com