Service Properties Trust Prices $1.0 Billion of Senior Secured Notes Due 2031

Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) today announced that it has priced $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 8.625% senior secured notes due 2031. The closing is expected to occur on November 16, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The new notes are guaranteed by certain of SVC’s subsidiaries and secured by first-priority liens on the equity interests of subsidiaries that own and lease 70 of its travel center properties to TravelCenters of America Inc. pursuant to two master leases (which SVC refers to as its TA Lease No. 3 and TA Lease No. 4). The aggregate annual minimum rent under the two leases is approximately $91.0 million. The net proceeds from this transaction, after initial purchaser discounts and offering costs, are expected to be approximately $965.0 million and will be used for the repayment of outstanding debt.

SVC also announced the early redemption of its outstanding 4.650% Senior Notes due March 2024 at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of $350.0 million and its outstanding 4.350% Senior Notes due October 2024 at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of $825.0 million, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the dates of redemption. The redemption date for each series will be December 9, 2023. SVC currently expects to fund these redemptions with the net proceeds from the secured senior notes offering and cash on hand.

The new notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws. The new notes will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

This press release does 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 such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Service Properties Trust

Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, with over $11 billion invested in two asset categories: hotels and service-focused retail net lease properties. As of September 30, 2023, SVC owned 221 hotels with over 37,000 guest rooms throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico and Canada, the majority of which are extended stay and select service. As of September 30, 2023, SVC also owned 761 retail service-focused net lease properties totaling approximately 13.4 million square feet throughout the United States. SVC is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with approximately $36 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2023, and more than 35 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. SVC is headquartered in Newton, MA. For more information, visit www.svcreit.com.