Hospitality Properties Trust Announces 2015 Dividend Allocation

January 19, 2016

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2015 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:


Common Shares

						Dividend Allocation
						Per Share
												Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable		Dividends		Ordinary		Qualified		Capital		Section 1250		Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates		Per Share		Income		Dividend		Gain		Gain		Capital
1/12/2015	1/23/2015	2/24/2015		$	0.4900	$	0.4443	$	0.0037	$	0.0000	$	0.0000	$	0.0420
4/13/2015	4/24/2015	5/21/2015		$	0.5000	$	0.4534	$	0.0037	$	0.0000	$	0.0000	$	0.0429
7/13/2015	7/24/2015	8/20/2015		$	0.5000	$	0.4534	$	0.0037	$	0.0000	$	0.0000	$	0.0429
10/13/2015	10/23/2015	11/19/2015		$	0.5000	$	0.4534	$	0.0037	$	0.0000	$	0.0000	$	0.0429
11/16/2015	11/27/2015	12/14/2015⁽¹	⁾	$	0.1974	$	0.1790	$	0.0015	$	0.0000	$	0.0000	$	0.0169
		TOTALS:		$	2.1874	$	1.9834	$	0.0164	$	0.0000	$	0.0000	$	0.1860

(1) Represents the distribution of shares of The RMR Group (NASDAQ: RMR). The distribution was paid to HPT’s common shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 27, 2015 and distributed on December 14, 2015. Each common shareholder of HPT entitled to receive RMR shares in the distribution received 0.0166 of a share of Class A Common Stock of RMR for each common share of beneficial interest of HPT held and each registered shareholder and Depositary Trust Company participant received cash, without interest, in lieu of any fractional RMR share that it was otherwise entitled to receive as a result of the distribution.

HPT’s common share CUSIP number is 44106M102. This information represents final income allocations.


Series D Preferred Shares

					Dividend Allocation
					Per Share
											Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends		Ordinary		Qualified		Capital		Section 1250		Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share		Income		Dividend		Gain		Gain		Capital
12/4/2014	12/31/2014	1/15/2015	$	0.4453125	$	0.4416757	$	0.0036368	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000
3/16/2015	3/31/2015	4/15/2015	$	0.4453125	$	0.4416757	$	0.0036368	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000
6/1/2015	6/30/2015	7/15/2015	$	0.4453125	$	0.4416757	$	0.0036368	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000
9/1/2014	9/30/2015	10/15/2015	$	0.4453125	$	0.4416757	$	0.0036368	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000
		TOTALS:	$	1.7812500	$	1.7667028	$	0.0144472	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000	$	0.0000000

HPT’s Series D preferred share CUSIP number is 44106M607. This information represents final income allocations.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and travel centers located in 45 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT's properties are operated under long term management or lease agreements. HPT is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Source: Hospitality Properties Trust

Hospitality Properties Trust

Katherine Strohacker, 617-796-8232

Senior Director, Investor Relations

www.hptreit.com

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