UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2016

 

HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

617-964-8389

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 3.01.  Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On June 20, 2016, Hospitality Properties Trust, or the Company, provided written notice to the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, that the Company expects to voluntarily delist its common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share, or the Common Shares, and its Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest without par value, or the Preferred Shares, from the NYSE effective at the close of trading on June 30, 2016.  The Common Shares and the Preferred Shares have been authorized for listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, or the NASDAQ, and are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ at the commencement of trading on July 1, 2016.  The Common Shares will continue to trade under the symbol “HPT” and the Preferred Shares will trade under the symbol “HPTRP” (NYSE: HPT-PD).

 

The Company’s Board of Trustees approved the delisting of the Common Shares and the Preferred Shares from the NYSE and the listing and trading of the Common Shares and the Preferred Shares on the NASDAQ on June 17, 2016.

 

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K CONTAINS STATEMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE 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 THE COMPANY’S PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR FOR VARIOUS REASONS, INCLUDING SOME REASONS WHICH ARE BEYOND THE COMPANY’S CONTROL.  FOR EXAMPLE, THIS REPORT STATES THAT THE COMMON SHARES AND THE PREFERRED SHARES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TRADING ON THE NASDAQ ON JULY 1, 2016; HOWEVER, THE COMMENCEMENT OF TRADING OF THE COMMON SHARES AND/OR THE PREFERRED SHARES MAY BE DELAYED OR MAY NOT OCCUR.

 

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON THE COMPANY’S FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.

 

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DOES NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST
	By:	/s/ Mark L. Kleifges
	Name:	Mark L. Kleifges
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Dated:  June 20, 2016

 

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