NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today
announced that it has priced an offering of $350 million of 6.70%
unsecured Senior Notes due 2018 in an underwritten public offering. The
settlement of this sale is expected to occur on September 28, 2007. HPT
intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to reduce amounts
outstanding under its revolving credit facility.
The joint book-running managers for this offering were Wachovia
Securities, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank. The co-lead managers
for this offering were Merrill Lynch & Co. and RBC Capital Markets.
The co-managing underwriters for this offering were: Banc of America
Securities LLC, BNY Capital Markets, Inc., Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.,
Comerica Securities, Inc., Ferris, Baker Watts Incorporated, Janney
Montgomery Scott LLC, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., Oppenheimer
& Co., Piper Jaffray, PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBS Greenwich
Capital, SOCIETE GENERALE, Stifel Nicolaus, and SunTrust Robinson
Humphrey.
This communication 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 the accompanying prospectus may be obtained
from the offices of Wachovia Securities, 1525 W. WT Harris Blvd., Mail
Code NC0675, Charlotte, NC 28262 - telephone 866-289-1262 or syndicate.ops@wachovia.com;
Morgan Stanley, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036 - telephone
212-761-4000; or UBS Securities LLC, 677 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT
06901, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate - telephone 888-722-9555 ext
1088.
Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or
REIT, which owns 292 hotels and 186 travel centers located in 44 states,
Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com