HPT 8K
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): March
8, 2007, (March 7, 2007)
HOSPITALITY
PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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1-11527
(Commission
File Number)
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04-3262075
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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400
Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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02458
(Zip
Code)
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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:
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230.425)
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240.14a-12)
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Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01. Other Events.
On
March
7, 2007, Hospitality Properties Trust, or the Company, announced that it
had
agreed to sell to the initial purchasers $300,000,000 of 5.625% Senior Notes
due
2017, or Notes, in a private offering to initial purchasers for resale to
qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144A. The Company expects to issue these
Notes
on March 12, 2007.
A
copy of
the Company’s related press release is hereby filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K. The press release contains additional information
with respect to the offering and the Notes, and is incorporated herein by
reference.
The
Notes, when issued, may be sold to qualified institutional buyers by means
of a
private offering memorandum in accordance with Rule 144A. The Notes have
not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state
securities laws, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in
the
United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state
laws.
WARNING
CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS
REPORT CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS,
INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY’S ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE NOTES. THE
CLOSING OF THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE NOTES IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS CUSTOMARY
TO TRANSACTIONS OF THIS TYPE AND MAY BE DELAYED OR MAY NOT OCCUR AT ALL.
FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR. YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE
RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE
COMPANY
UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO RELEASE PUBLICLY ANY REVISION TO THESE FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT MAY BE MADE TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRING
AFTER THE DATE HEREOF.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release of Hospitality Properties Trust dated March 7,
2007.
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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.
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HOSPITALITY
PROPERTIES TRUST
By:
/s/ Mark
L.
Kleifges
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Mark
L. Kleifges
Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
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Dated:
March 8, 2007