Service Properties Trust Announces $500 Million Underwritten Public Offering of Common Shares

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[{"type":"text","content":" NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nService Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) today announced that it has commenced a $500.0 million underwritten public offering of its common shares of beneficial interest. SVC expects to use the net proceeds of this proposed offering to redeem all or a portion of the $100.0 million principal amount outstanding of its 4.95% senior notes due 2027 and/or the $450.0 million principal amount outstanding of its 5.50% senior notes due 2027. It is contemplated that the underwriters will also be granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the number of common shares to be issued and sold in the proposed offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.\n\n\nHelix Partners (Helix) and The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), SVC’s manager, have provided indications of interest to purchase up to $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, of common shares in the proposed offering at the public offering price. In addition, SVC’s President and Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, as well as certain members of SVC’s Board of Trustees, have provided indications of interest to purchase common shares in the offering at the public offering price. Because these indications of interest are not binding agreements or commitments to purchase, any of these investors may determine to purchase more, fewer or no common shares in the proposed offering, or the underwriters may determine to sell more, fewer or none of our common shares to any of these investors.\n\n\nIn connection with the proposed offering, SVC will expand the size of the Board of Trustees to add an Independent Trustee with hotel experience in the near term, which is intended to enhance governance as SVC seeks to improve the performance of its hotel portfolio. Moreover, the entire SVC Board of Trustees is committed to maximizing shareholder value through thoughtful capital allocation between and amongst SVC’s hotel and net lease retail real estate portfolios, as SVC continues to transition its portfolio to be more focused on net lease retail real estate in the future.\n\n\nYorkville Securities is acting as lead bookrunner and Jones is acting as bookrunning manager of the proposed offering.\n\n\nThe offering is being made pursuant to SVC’s effective shelf registration statement previ...

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