Hospitality Properties Trust Announces 2012 Dividend Allocation

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2012 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
01/11/12	01/27/12	02/23/12	$0.4500	0.3956	0.0544	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
04/09/12	04/26/12	05/24/12	$0.4500	0.3956	0.0544	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
07/09/12	07/27/12	08/22/12	$0.4500	0.3956	0.0544	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
10/09/12	10/22/12	11/21/12	$0.4700	0.4132	0.0568	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
		TOTALS:	$1.8200	1.6000	0.2200	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
			100.00%	87.91%	12.09%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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

Series B 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
12/1/11	12/30/11	1/17/12	$0.5547	0.4877	0.0670	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
		TOTALS:	$0.5547	0.4877	0.0670	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
			100.00%	87.92%	12.08%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

HPT’s common share CUSIP number is 44106M409. This information represents final income allocations.

Series C 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
01/06/12	01/31/12	02/15/12	$0.4375	0.3846	0.0529	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
04/02/12	04/30/12	05/15/12	$0.4375	0.3846	0.0529	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
07/02/12	07/31/12	08/15/12	$0.4375	0.3846	0.0529	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
10/1/12	10/31/12	11/15/12	$0.4375	0.3846	0.0529	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
		TOTALS:	$1.7500	1.5384	0.2116	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
			100.00%	87.91%	12.09%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

HPT’s Series C preferred share CUSIP number is 44106M508. 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
03/01/12	03/30/12	04/16/12	$0.4305	0.3785	0.0520	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000
06/01/12	06/29/12	07/16/12	$0.4453	0.3915	0.0538	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
09/04/12	09/28/12	10/15/12	$0.4453	0.3915	0.0538	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
		TOTALS:	$1.3211	1.1615	0.1596	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
			100.00%	87.92%	12.08%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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 or leases hotels and travel centers located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Ontario, Canada. HPT is 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.