SEC Form 4 · accession 0001104659-15-044323

Service Properties Trust · NASDAQ:SVC

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Director

Period of report

Jun 5, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jun 9, 2015 · 4:27 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000945394

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest^F1,F2,F3	Jun 5, 2015	A	6,052	$30.36	A	100,531	I	See Footnote
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest^F4,F2,F3	Jun 5, 2015	J	819,500	$30.33	A	920,031	I	See Footnote
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	holding	—	—		—	477,090	D

No Table II lines on this filing.

F1These Common Shares were issued as a portion of the management fee paid by the Issuer pursuant to the business management agreement in effect as of the date of the transaction at $30.36, the average of the closing prices of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange for each trading day during the month of May 2015.
F2On May 19, 2015, RMR LLC distributed all of the Common Shares of the Issuer it then directly owned to Reit Management & Research Trust ("RMR Trust"), then its sole member. Mr. Portnoy is the Chairman, majority beneficial owner and a trustee of RMR Trust.
F3Represents the pecuniary interest of Mr. Portnoy in Common Shares owned by RMR Trust.
F4On June 5, 2015, RMR Trust, RMR LLC, Reit Management & Research Inc. and the Issuer entered into a Transaction Agreement for an Up-C transaction pursuant to which, among other things, RMR Trust acquired 1,490,000 newly issued Common Shares valued at $30.33 per share, the volume weighted average trading price per Common Share on the New York Stock Exchange during the 20 business days prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.