NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that it will
redeem all of its 6.7 million outstanding 7% Series C Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Shares (CUSIP No.: 44106M508 and NYSE: HPT PR C)
("Series C Preferred Shares") at the stated Liquidation Preference price
of $25 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of
redemption. This redemption is expected to occur on or about July 1,
2013. Dividends will cease to accrue on the Series C Preferred Shares as
of the redemption date. Holders who hold Series C Preferred Shares
through the Depository Trust Company (DTC) will be redeemed in
accordance with DTC's procedures. Questions relating to the notice of
redemption and related materials should be directed to Wells Fargo
Shareowner Services, HPT's transfer agent and the paying agent for the
redemption of the Series C Preferred Shares, at 1-800-468-9716. The
address of the paying agent is Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, Attn:
Corporate Actions Department, P.O. Box 64858, St. Paul, MN 55164-0858.
HPT expects to fund this redemption with proceeds from its offering of
4.5% Unsecured Senior Notes Due 2023.
Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT,
which owns or leases 290 hotels and 185 travel centers located in 44
states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT is headquartered in Newton,
Massachusetts.
WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND
OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON
HPT'S PRESENT EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE STATEMENTS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THESE STATEMENTS MAY NOT OCCUR. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES
THAT HPT HAS ELECTED TO REDEEM ALL OF ITS 6.7 MILLION OUTSTANDING 7%
SERIES C CUMULATIVE PREFERRED SHARES AND THAT THIS REDEMPTION IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON JULY 1, 2013. HOWEVER, THE EXPECTED REDEMPTION OF
THE 6.7 MILLION OUTSTANDING 7% SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES MAY NOT BE
COMPLETED OR IT COULD BE DELAYED DUE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF UNFORESEEN OR
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS SHOULD
NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of
beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
No
shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or
obligation of the Trust.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang, 617-796-8232
Vice
President, Investor Relations
or
Carlynn Finn, 617-796-8232
Senior
Manager, Investor Relations