Press Release: Hospitality Properties Trust
January 9, 2001
NEWTON, MA -- Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) today announced that the characterization of common dividends
for 2001 for income tax reporting purposes are:
Dividend Type
2001
2001 Return
Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Of
Dates Dates Dates Per Share Income Capital
01/08/01 01/19/01 02/16/01 $0.700 $0.601 $0.099
04/03/01 04/23/01 05/24/01 0.700 0.601 0.099
06/27/01 07/06/01 08/23/01 0.710 0.610 0.100
10/03/01 10/25/01 11/21/01 0.710 0.610 0.100
TOTALS: $2.820 $2.422 $0.398
100.00% 85.89% 14.11%
HPT's CUSIP number is 44106M102. The Company did not incur any foreign taxes in 2001. The Company had no capital
gains during 2001.
HPT is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Newton, MA which invests in hotels. HPT currently has investments
of approximately $2.6 billion in 230 hotels in 37 states.
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Contact:
Hospitality Properties Trust
John G. Murray, President
or
Thomas M. O'Brien, CFO
(617) 964-8389
www.hptreit.com