0001104659-12-010616.txt : 20120216 0001104659-12-010616.hdr.sgml : 20120216 20120216170819 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-010616 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120216 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120216 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120216 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000945394 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 043262075 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11527 FILM NUMBER: 12620107 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NEWTON PLACE STREET 2: 255 WASHINGTON STEET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 BUSINESS PHONE: 6179648389 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NEWTON PLACE STREET 2: 255 WASHINGTON STEET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 15-12B 1 a12-5271_11512b.htm 15-12B

 

 

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FORM 15

 

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number 001-11527

 

Hospitality Properties Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458

(617) 964-8389

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

8.875 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

7% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

7.125% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

 

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

x

Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

o

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

o

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

o

Rule 15d-6

o

 

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Hospitality Properties Trust has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

 

 

 

Hospitality Properties Trust

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 16, 2012

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

 

Name:

Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

 

Title:

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.

 

 

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