HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST (NASDAQ:HPT) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

We have announced the following update:

The incentive management fee payable under our business management agreement with The RMR Group LLC, or RMR LLC, for 2016 is $52.4 million and is payable in cash by January 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2016, we had recorded $56.3 million of estimated incentive management fees. We expect to reverse $3.9 million of previously accrued incentive management fee expense in the fourth quarter of 2016 to reflect the actual incentive management fees due for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Under our business management agreement, the incentive management fee may be earned by RMR LLC for an annual period in an amount, subject to a cap based on the value of our outstanding common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value, or our common shares, equal to 12% of the product of (a) our equity market capitalization on the last trading day on the year immediately prior to the relevant measurement period and (b) the amount (expressed as a percentage) by which the total return per share, as defined, realized by the holders of our common shares (i.e., share price appreciation plus dividends) exceeds the total shareholder return of the SNL US REIT Hotel Index for the relevant measurement period.

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K CONTAINS STATEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”, “EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE”, “WILL”, “MAY”, AND NEGATIVES OR DERIVATIVES OF THESE OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OUR PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS.