Service Properties Trust Announces 2019 Dividend Allocation

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2019 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

Common Shares
						Dividend Allocation
						Per Share
					Section			Total	Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	199A		Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend^(1)		Dividend^(2)	Gain	Gain^(3)	Capital
01/18/19	01/28/19	02/21/19	$0.53	$0.2359	$0.2333		$0.0026	$0.2010	$0.0479	$0.0932
04/18/19	04/29/19	05/16/19	$0.54	$0.2403	$0.2376		$0.0027	$0.2048	$0.0488	$0.0950
07/18/19	07/29/19	08/15/19	$0.54	$0.2403	$0.2376		$0.0027	$0.2048	$0.0488	$0.0950
10/17/19	10/28/19	11/14/19	$0.54	$0.2403	$0.2376		$0.0027	$0.2048	$0.0488	$0.0950
		TOTALS:	$2.15	$0.9568	$0.9461		$0.0107	$0.8154	$0.1943	$0.3782

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

(1) Section 199A Dividends are a subset of, and included in, the Ordinary Income amount.
(2) Qualified Dividends are a subset of, and included in, the Ordinary Income Amount.
(3) Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain is a subset of, and included in, the Total Capital Gain Amount.

Shareholders should look to IRS Form 1099-DIV for their tax reporting. This press release is not intended to replace the Form 1099-DIV.

Service Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and net lease service and necessity-based retail properties across the United States and in Puerto Rico and Canada with 185 distinct brands across 24 industries. SVC's properties are operated under long term management or lease agreements. SVC is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.