An Sullivan team represented Hospitality Properties Trust (Nasdaq: HPT) in its underwritten public offerings of $400 million of 4.95% unsecured senior notes due February 15, 2027 and $200 million of 4.50% unsecured senior notes due June 15, 2023, the latter of which consisted of a re-opening of an outstanding series of HPT’s notes. HPT expects to use the net proceeds from these offerings to repay amounts outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility, for general business purposes and possibly to redeem some or all of its outstanding 7.125% series D cumulative redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest.
The offering press release can be viewed here and the prospectus related to the offerings can be found here.
The S&W team included Howard Berkenblit, Bill Curry, and Jeff Morlend, as well as Ameek Ponda and Brian Hammell on tax matters.
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