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Form 8-K for HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST


18-May-2009

Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits


Item 8.01. Other Events.

At the Company's annual shareholders' meeting held on May 15, 2009, the shareholders elected Bruce M. Gans, M.D. as an Independent Trustee in Group II and Adam D. Portnoy as a Managing Trustee in Group II, each for an additional three year term of office until the Company's annual shareholders' meeting in 2012 and when his successor shall have been elected and qualified. John L. Harrington, as an Independent Trustee in Group I, and Barry M. Portnoy, as a Managing Trustee in Group I, each with a term of office expiring in 2011, and William A. Lamkin, as an Independent Trustee in Group III with a term of office expiring in 2010 (and in each case until his successor shall have been elected and qualified) continue to serve as the Company's other trustees.

On May 15, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of voting by its shareholders at the annual meeting. A copy of that press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

At a meeting of the Company's board of trustees which followed the annual shareholders' meeting, Mr. Lamkin was elected as the Chair of the Company's Audit Committee, Mr. Harrington was elected as the Chair of the Company's Compensation Committee and Dr. Gans was elected as the Chair of the Company's Compensation Committee. The membership of each of these committees consist of Messrs. Lamkin, Harrington and Gans, the Company's Independent Trustees.

On May 15, 2009, the Company changed its trustee compensation arrangements. A summary of the Company's currently effective trustee compensation arrangement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

On May 15, 2009, the Company granted each of the Company's trustees 2,000 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, valued at $12.68 per share, the closing price of the Company's common shares on the New York Stock Exchange on that day, pursuant to the trustee compensation arrangements described above.



Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The Company hereby files the following exhibits:

10.1 Summary of Trustee Compensation

99.1 Press Release dated May 15, 2009


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