Hospitality Properties Trust (Nasdaq: HPT) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2018 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

 

Common Shares

                 

Dividend Allocation
Per Share

Declaration
Dates

Record
Dates

Paid/Payable
Dates

Dividends
Per Share

Ordinary
Income

    

Section
199A
Dividend(1)

    

Qualified
Dividend(2)

    

Total
Capital
Gain

    

Unrecaptured
Section 1250
Gain(2)

    

Return of
Capital

01/19/18 01/29/18 02/22/18 $0.5200 $0.5200 $0.5159 $0.0041 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
04/19/18 04/30/18 05/17/18 $0.5300 $0.5300 $0.5258 $0.0042 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
07/19/18 07/30/18 08/16/18 $0.5300 $0.5300 $0.5258 $0.0042 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
10/18/18 10/29/18 11/15/18

$0.5300

$0.5300

$0.5258 $0.0042 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
TOTALS: $2.1100 $2.1100 $2.0933 $0.0167 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
100.00% 100.00% 0.0000% 0.0000%
 
HPT’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.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and travel centers located in 45 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT's properties are operated under long term management or lease agreements. HPT 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.