NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today
announced that the characterization of dividends for 2006 income tax
reporting purposes is as follows:
Common Shares
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Dividend Allocation
Per Share
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Unre-
captured
Decla- Paid/ Divi- Ordi- Return Section
ration Record Payable dends nary Capital of 1250
Dates Dates Dates Per Income Gain Capital Gain
Share
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01/12/06 01/27/06 02/16/06 $0.7300 $0.6027 $0.0000 $0.1273 $0.0000
04/03/06 04/12/06 05/11/06 0.7300 0.6027 0.0000 0.1273 0.0000
07/05/06 07/14/06 08/17/06 0.7400 0.6110 0.0000 0.1290 0.0000
10/06/06 10/16/06 11/16/06 0.7400 0.6110 0.0000 0.1290 0.0000
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TOTALS: $2.9400 $2.4274 $0.0000 $0.5126 $0.0000
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100.00% 82.56% 0.00% 17.44% 0.00%
HPT's common share CUSIP number is 44106M102. None of the common
dividends paid by the Company were Qualified Dividends. This information
represents final income allocations.
Series B Preferred Shares
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Dividend Allocation
Per Share
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Unre-
captured
Decla- Paid/ Divi- Return Section
ration Record Payable dends OrdinaryCapital of 1250
Dates Dates Dates Per Income Gain Capital Gain
Share
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12/01/05 12/30/05 01/17/06 $0.5547 $0.5547 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
03/01/06 03/31/06 04/17/06 0.5547 0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
06/01/06 06/30/06 07/17/06 0.5547 0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
09/01/06 09/29/06 10/16/06 0.5547 0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
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TOTALS: $2.2188 $2.2188 $0.0000 $0.0000 0.0000
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100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
HPT's Series B preferred share CUSIP number is 44106M409. None of the
Series B preferred dividends paid by the Company were Qualified
Dividends. This information represents final income allocations.
Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
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
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com