Hospitality Properties Trust Prices $500 Million of 5.00% Unsecured Senior Notes Due 2022
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that it has
priced an underwritten public offering of $500 million of 5.00%
unsecured senior notes due August 15, 2022.
HPT expects to use the net proceeds from this offering to prepay in full
at par the $287 million outstanding principal amount of its 6.75% Senior
Notes which mature on February 15, 2013, to redeem some of its
outstanding 7% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and for
general business purposes, which may include funding hotel renovations
or rebranding costs and potential future acquisitions. The settlement of
this offering is expected to occur on August 16, 2012.
The joint book-running managers for this offering are Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC
Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The joint lead
managers for this offering are Jefferies & Company, Inc., Morgan Stanley
& Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of that state or jurisdiction. Copies of the
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by
calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc., toll-free at (800) 831-9146,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, at (800) 294-1322,
RBC Capital Markets, LLC, toll free at (866) 375-6829, or Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC toll-free at (800) 326-5897.
WARNING REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS 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
HPT'S PRESENT EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE STATEMENTS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THESE STATEMENTS MAY NOT OCCUR. FOR EXAMPLE,
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THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SALE OF SENIOR
NOTES IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON AUGUST 16, 2012. THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS
OFFERING IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS AND CONTINGENCIES AS ARE
CUSTOMARY IN UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. IF THESE
CONDITIONS ARE NOT SATISFIED OR THE SPECIFIED CONTINGENCIES DO NOT
OCCUR, THIS OFFERING MAY NOT CLOSE.
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THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT HPT EXPECTS TO USE A PART OF THE NET
PROCEEDS FROM THIS OFFERING TO PREPAY IN FULL AT PAR THE $287 MILLION
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 6.75% SENIOR NOTES WHICH MATURE ON
FEBRUARY 15, 2013. HOWEVER, IF THIS OFFERING DOES NOT CLOSE HPT MAY
NOT PREPAY ANY OF SUCH NOTES.
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THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT HPT EXPECTS TO USE A PART OF THE NET
PROCEEDS FROM THIS OFFERING TO REDEEM SOME OF ITS OUTSTANDING 7%
SERIES C CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES. HOWEVER, IF THIS
OFFERING DOES NOT CLOSE HPT MAY NOT REDEEM ANY OF ITS OUTSTANDING 7%
SERIES C CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES.
FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE
RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang, 617-796-8232
Vice
President, Investor Relations
or
Carlynn Finn, 617-796-8232
Senior
Manager, Investor Relations
Source: Hospitality Properties Trust
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