UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2016

 

HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-11527

 

04-3262075

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

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

 

02458-1634

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

617-964-8389

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

In this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Hospitality Properties Trust and certain of its subsidiaries, and “TA” refers to TravelCenters of America LLC and certain of its subsidiaries, unless otherwise noted.

 

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

 

As previously reported, we entered a Transaction Agreement with TA on June 1, 2015, as amended on June 22, 2016, to, among other things, purchase from TA four travel centers upon TA’s completion of their development and to leaseback these properties to TA under our leases with TA.  Also as previously reported, we completed the purchase and leaseback of one of the development properties on March 31, 2016 and one of the development properties on June 30, 2016.  The Transaction Agreement, as amended, and related transactions are described further in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, or our Annual Report, and Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, or our Quarterly Report, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

 

On September 30, 2016, in connection with the Transaction Agreement, as amended, we entered into a development property agreement with TA, or the Development Property Agreement.  That same day, pursuant to the Development Property Agreement, we acquired from TA, for approximately $16.6 million, one of the two remaining travel centers we agreed to acquire upon completion of their development pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, and we have leased back that travel center to TA.

 

In connection with the Development Property Agreement, we and TA entered into a sixth amendment to our TA No. 2 agreement to add the travel center that we acquired from TA on September 30, 2016.  Minimum annual rent under our TA No. 2 agreement increased by approximately $1.4 million as a result.  As a result of this amendment, minimum annual rent under our TA No. 2 agreement is approximately $51.2 million as of September 30, 2016.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Transaction Agreement, as amended, the Development Property Agreement, the TA No. 2 agreement and the amendments thereto, and the other agreements entered into in connection with the Transaction Agreement, as amended, are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Development Property Agreement, the TA No. 2 agreement and the amendments thereto and such other agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 2016, Exhibits 10.1 through 10.8 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 22, 2016, Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 31, 2016, Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 23, 2015, Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 2015, Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 16, 2015, Exhibits 10.1 through 10.10 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 9, 2015 and Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2015 and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Information Regarding Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions

 

TA was our 100% owned subsidiary until we distributed its common shares to our shareholders in 2007.  We are TA’s largest shareholder owning, as of June 30, 2016, approximately 8.8% of TA’s outstanding common shares. Mr. Barry Portnoy, who is one of our Managing Trustees, is a managing director of TA.  Mr. Thomas O’Brien, the other managing director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of TA, was an executive officer of ours until 2007.  We have significant continuing relationships with TA, including the lease arrangements referred to in this Current Report on Form 8-K.  Mr. Barry Portnoy, and his son, Mr. Adam Portnoy, who is our other Managing Trustee, together own a controlling interest in, and are officers and employees of, The RMR Group LLC, or RMR LLC, our manager, and are directors and officers of The RMR Group Inc., or RMR Inc., the managing member of RMR LLC.  We own shares of class A common stock of RMR Inc.  Each of our executive officers is also an officer of RMR LLC, including Mr. Ethan Bornstein, who is the son-in-law of Mr. Barry Portnoy and the brother-in-law of Mr. Adam Portnoy.  Certain executive officers of TA are also officers of RMR LLC.  Our Independent Trustees also serve as independent directors or independent trustees of other public companies to which RMR LLC provides management services.  Mr. Barry Portnoy

 

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serves as a managing director or managing trustee of those companies and Mr. Adam Portnoy serves as a managing trustee of a majority of those companies.  In addition, officers of RMR LLC serve as our officers and as certain officers of those companies.  RMR LLC provides both business and property management services to us under a business management agreement and a property management agreement and provides services to other companies, including TA.

 

For further information about these and other such relationships and related person transactions, please see our Annual Report, our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or our Proxy Statement, our Quarterly Report and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, including Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report, the sections captioned “Business”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Related Person Transactions” and “Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements” of our Annual Report, the section captioned “Related Person Transactions” and the information regarding our Trustees and executive officers in our Proxy Statement and Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Quarterly Report and the sections captioned “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Related Person Transactions” and “Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements” of our Quarterly Report.  In addition, please see the section captioned “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report for a description of risks that may arise as a result of these and other related person transactions and relationships.  Our filings with the SEC and copies of certain of our agreements with these related parties are publicly available as exhibits to our public filings with the SEC and accessible at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.

 

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K CONTAINS STATEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.  ALSO, WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”, “EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE” OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.  THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OUR PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR.  ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS, INCLUDING SOME WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.  FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AGREED TO PURCHASE AND LEASE BACK ONE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL CENTER UPON THE COMPLETION OF ITS DEVELOPMENT.  THE PURCHASE AND LEASE BACK OF THIS TRAVEL CENTER ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS TERMS AND CONDITIONS TYPICAL OF LARGE, COMPLEX REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.  SOME OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE SATISFIED OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES MAY EXIST OR ARISE THAT RESULT IN THIS TRANSACTION BEING DELAYED, NOT OCCURRING OR THE TERMS CHANGING.

 

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OUR FILINGS WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING UNDER THE CAPTION “RISK FACTORS” IN OUR PERIODIC REPORTS, OR INCORPORATED THEREIN, IDENTIFIES OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE DIFFERENCES FROM OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.  OUR FILINGS WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SEC’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.

 

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.

 

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

 

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Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

10.1                         Development Property Agreement, dated September 30, 2016, between HPT TA Properties Trust and TA Operating LLC.

 

10.2                         Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement No. 2, dated September 30, 2016, among HPT TA Properties Trust, HPT TA Properties LLC and TA Operating LLC.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

Name:

Mark L. Kleifges

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  October 4, 2016

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY AGREEMENT

 

between

 

HPT TA PROPERTIES TRUST,

 

as Purchaser,

 

and

 

TA OPERATING LLC ,

 

as Seller

 


 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

 


 



 

DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY AGREEMENT

 

THIS DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of September 30, 2016 (the “ Effective Date ”) between HPT TA Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, together with any of its successors and assigns as expressly permitted hereunder, as purchaser (“ Purchaser ”), and TA Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (“ Seller ”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

 

Purchaser and Seller are parties, among others, to that certain Transaction Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2015, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Transaction Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2016 (as so amended, the “ Transaction Agreement ”), pursuant to which Seller agreed to sell and Purchaser agreed to purchase the Property (this and other capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in Article 1), subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions in the Transaction Agreement and as hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:

 

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                                Capitalized Terms .  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth below or in the section of this Agreement referred to below and such definitions shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

Agreement ”:  this Development Property Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto.

 

Closing ”:  the closing and consummation of the purchase and sale transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Improvements ”:  collectively, all buildings, structures and other improvements of every kind including, but not limited to, underground storage tanks, alleyways and connecting tunnels, sidewalks, utility pipes, conduits and lines (on-site and off-site), parking areas and roadways appurtenant to such buildings and structures situated upon the Land.

 

Intangible Property ”:  collectively, all transferable or assignable permits, certificates of occupancy, sign permits, development rights and approvals, certificates, licenses, warranties and guarantees, and all other transferable intangible property, miscellaneous rights, benefits and privileges of any kind or character related to the ownership, and not the operation, of the Land and Improvements, but only to the extent the foregoing is assignable without cost to Seller.

 

Internal Revenue Code ”:  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time, and including the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 



 

Land ”:  collectively, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the parcel or parcels of land described in Exhibit A together with all easements and appurtenances related thereto.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ”:  collectively, applicable zoning, subdivision, building and other land use laws and regulations; liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet due and payable or due and payable but not yet delinquent; all matters shown on or referenced in the Title Commitment which are reasonably acceptable to Purchaser; and all matters shown on the Survey which are reasonably acceptable to Purchaser.

 

Property ”:  collectively, all of Seller’s right title and interest in and to the Real Property and/or the Intangible Property.

 

Purchase Price ”:  Sixteen Million Five Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Fifty-Seven and 26/100ths Dollars ($16,557,057.26).

 

Purchaser ”:  the meaning given such term in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Real Property ”:  collectively, the Land and the Improvements.

 

Seller ”:  the meaning given such term in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Survey ”:  the ALTA/NSPS land title survey of the Real Property prepared by Kevin R. Rasnick and dated September 12, 2016, last revised September 26, 2016.

 

Title Commitment ”:  the title commitment for the Real Property issued by the Title Company and dated August 24, 2016.

 

Title Company ”:  First American Title Insurance Company.

 

ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE; CLOSING

 

2.1                                Purchase and Sale .  In consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by Purchaser to Seller as herein provided and for other good and valuable consideration, Seller shall sell the Property to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase the Property from Seller, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

2.2                                Closing .  The purchase and sale of the Property shall be consummated contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.3                                Purchase Price .  The purchase price to be paid by Purchaser to Seller for the Property shall be the Purchase Price.

 

2.4                                IRS Real Estate Sales Reporting .  Seller shall act as “the person responsible for closing” the transaction which is the subject of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6045(e) of the Internal Revenue Code and shall prepare and file all informational returns, including IRS Form 1099-S, and shall otherwise comply with the provisions of Section 6045(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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ARTICLE 3
CLOSING OBLIGATIONS

 

3.1                                Seller’s Closing Obligations .  On the Effective Date, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser:

 

(i)                          A good and sufficient deed with covenants against grantor’s acts, or its local equivalent, in proper statutory form for recording, duly executed and acknowledged by Seller, conveying good and marketable fee simple title to the Real Property, free from all liens and encumbrances other than the Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(ii)                       A certificate of non-foreign status, pursuant to Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code, substantially in the form of Exhibit B , duly executed by TravelCenters of America LLC;

 

(iii)                    An executed counterpart amendment of the Amended and Restated TA Lease designated by Purchaser as contemplated by Section 2.2 of the Transaction Agreement; and

 

(iv)                   Such other conveyance documents, certificates, deeds, affidavits and other instruments as Purchaser, Seller or the Title Company may reasonably require to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and as are customary in like transactions in the area in which the Real Property is located.

 

3.2                                Assignment and Assumption of Intangible Property and Indemnity .  Seller hereby assigns to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Intangible Property to the extent first arising from and after the Effective Date.  Purchaser hereby assumes all of Seller’s obligations with respect to the Intangible Property to the extent first arising from and after the Effective Date.  Purchaser hereby agrees to perform all of Seller’s obligations with respect to the Intangible Property to the extent first arising from and after the Effective Date.  In each case, subject to any lease or other agreement between Seller and Purchaser that may otherwise allocate responsibilities, Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller from and against any and all losses, costs, damages, demands, expenses, fees, fines, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (“ Losses ”) arising from the Intangible Property to the extent first arising from and after the Effective Date and Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser from and against any and all Losses arising from the Intangible Property to the extent first arising prior to the Effective Date.

 

3.3                                Purchaser’s Closing Obligation .  On the Effective Date, Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price to Seller by wire transfer of immediately available funds as instructed by Seller and shall deliver an executed counterpart amendment of the Amended and Restated TA Lease as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 4
PRORATIONS

 

4.1                                Proration Items .  Inasmuch as Seller will be leasing the Property from Purchaser on and after the Effective Date, all customary and usual prorations, including for ad valorem real

 

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estate taxes, personal property taxes, assessments or special assessments, water, gas, electric or other utilities, shall be made for the account of Seller as seller under this Agreement or as the tenant under the lease being amended by Seller and Purchaser.

 

4.2                                Survival .  The obligations of the parties under this Article 4 shall survive the Closing.

 

ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1                                Like-Kind Exchange .  Seller may elect to effectuate the transaction contemplated by this Agreement as part of a forward like-kind exchange in accordance with Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.  In furtherance of the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Seller may assign its rights under this Agreement to a “qualified intermediary” in order to facilitate a forward like kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, and Purchaser agrees to execute an instrument acknowledging and consenting to the same; provided , however , such assignment shall not relieve Seller of any of its obligations hereunder.

 

5.2                                Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

5.3                                Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be, or shall in fact be, invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied to any particular case in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions, or in all jurisdictions or in all cases, because of the conflict of any provision with any constitution or statute or rule of public policy or for any other reason, such circumstance shall not have the effect of rendering the provision or provisions in question invalid, inoperative or unenforceable in any other jurisdiction or in any other case or circumstance or of rendering any other provision or provisions herein contained invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to the extent that such other provisions are not themselves actually in conflict with such constitution, statute or rule of public policy, but this Agreement shall be reformed and construed in any such jurisdiction or case as if such invalid, inoperative or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein and such provision reformed so that it would be valid, operative and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted in such jurisdiction or in such case.

 

5.4                                No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.  This Agreement is not intended and shall not be construed to create any rights in or to be enforceable in any part by any other persons.

 

5.5                                Entire Agreement .  This Agreement and the Transaction Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede and take the place of any other instruments purporting to be an agreement of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

5.6                                Merger .  Except with respect to the any obligation expressly stated to survive the Closing, none of the terms or provisions of this Agreement shall survive the Closing, and the

 

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payment of the Purchase Price and delivery of the deed and other closing documents at the Closing shall effect a merger, and be deemed the full performance and discharge of every obligation on the part of Seller and/or Purchaser to be performed hereunder.

 

5.7                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Any such counterparts or signatures may be delivered by facsimile or e-mail (in .pdf format), and any counterparts or signatures so delivered shall be deemed an original counterpart or signature for all purposes related to this Agreement.

 

5.8                                Section and Other Headings .  The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

5.9                                Time of Essence .  Time shall be of the essence with respect to the performance of each and every covenant and obligation, and the giving of all notices, under this Agreement.

 

5.10                         STATEMENT OF LIMITED LIABILITY .  THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING PURCHASER, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 29, 2006, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, AS FILED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND, PROVIDES THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF PURCHASER SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, PURCHASER.  ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH PURCHASER IN ANY WAY SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF PURCHASER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.

 

5.11                         Survival .  The provisions of this Article 5 shall survive the Closing.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser and Seller have caused this Agreement to be executed as a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.

 

 

PURCHASER:

 

 

 

HPT TA PROPERTIES TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John G. Murray

 

 

John G. Murray

 

 

President

 

 

 

SELLER:

 

 

 

TA OPERATING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark R. Young

 

 

Mark R. Young

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Development Agreement]

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Legal Description

 

All of that certain land as shown on Plat Cabinet B, Page 568 in the Register’s Office for Campbell County, Tennessee.

 

Together with the non-exclusive right to use two (2) rights of way easement for ingress and egress purposes, including the right to construct and maintain roadways for such purposes, described in Book W480, Page 790, as follows:

 

Easement No. 1:

 

Beginning at an iron pin at the right of way of State Highway 63, near its intersection with Interstate 75, at a corner common with Myers; thence with said Highway S 88 deg. 13’ E 52.5 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said Highway S 12 deg. 32’ 50” E 309.30 feet to an iron pin; thence N 72 deg. 55’08” W 52.5 feet to an iron pin; thence N 13 deg. 33’39” W 296.36 feet to the point of beginning.

 

Easement No. 2:

 

Beginning at an iron pin at the right of way of State Highway 63, near its intersection with Interstate 75, at a corner common to the Exxon property; thence N 56 deg. 26’ E 56.0 feet to a highway monument at the right of way of Interstate 75; thence with said right of way S 60 deg. 02’ E 681.06 feet to an iron pin; thence S 29 deg. 44’36” 104.13 feet to an iron pin; thence N 44 deg. 05’ W 15 feet to an iron pin; thence N 60 deg. 02’ W 398.41 feet to an iron pin; thence N 67 deg. 34’ E 62.95 feet to an iron pin; thence N 60 deg. 02’ W 269.00 feet to an iron pin at the right of way of State Highway 63, the point of beginning.

 

Being the same property conveyed to TA Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company from Nellie Myers by deed of record in Book W480, page 790, in the Register’s Office for Campbell County, Tennessee.

 

For reference only:

 

Tax ID# Map 91, Parcels 004.00, 005.00, 006.00, 007.01, & 007.02

 

Together with a 50’ Access Easement recorded at Book W480, Page 796.

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of FIRPTA Certificate

 

(See attached)

 



 

FIRPTA CERTIFICATE

 

Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provides that a transferee of a U.S. real property interest must withhold tax if the transferor is a foreign person. For U.S. federal income tax purposes (including Section 1445), the owner of a disregarded entity (which has legal title to a U.S. real property interest under local law) will be the transferor of the property and not the disregarded entity. To inform the transferee that withholding of tax is not required upon the disposition of a U.S. real property interest by TravelCenters of America LLC, a Delaware limited liability company  (“ Transferor ”), pursuant to the Development Property Agreement, dated as of [ · ], between TA Operating LLC and [HPT entity], Transferor hereby certifies to [transferee entity] (“ Transferee ”) the following:

 

1.                                       Transferor is not a foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust, or foreign estate (as those terms are defined in the Internal Revenue Code and income tax regulations thereunder);

 

2.                                       Transferor is not a disregarded entity as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iii);

 

3.                                       TA Operating LLC, which has legal title to one or more transferred U.S. real property interests under local law, is disregarded as an entity separate from Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

4.                                       Transferor’s U.S. employer identification number is 20-5701514; and

 

5.                                       Transferor’s office address is 24601 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, OH 44145.

 

The undersigned and Transferor understand that this certificate may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by Transferee and that any false statement contained herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.

 

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Under penalties of perjury I declare that I have examined this certification and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct, and complete, and I further declare that I have the authority to sign this document on behalf of Transferor.

 

 

TravelCenters of America LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Date: [ · ]

 

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT NO. 2

 

THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT NO. 2 (this “ Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of September 30, 2016, by and between HPT TA PROPERTIES TRUST , a Maryland real estate investment trust, and HPT TA PROPERTIES LLC , a Maryland limited liability company, as landlord (collectively, “ Landlord ”), and TA OPERATING LLC , a Delaware limited liability company, as tenant (“ Tenant ”).

 

W   I   T   N   E   S   S   E   T   H :

 

WHEREAS , Landlord and Tenant are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Lease Agreement No. 2, dated as of June 9, 2015, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement No. 2, dated as of June 16, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement No. 2, dated as of June 23, 2015, that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease No. 2, dated as of September 23, 2015, that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease No. 2, dated as of June 22, 2016, and that certain Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2016 (as so amended, the “ Lease ”);

 

WHEREAS , simultaneously herewith, HPT TA Properties Trust has acquired from Tenant certain land and improvements comprising a travel center having an address at 289 Howard Baker Highway, Pioneer, Tennessee, as further described on Exhibit A-40 attached to this Amendment (collectively, the “ Pioneer Property ”);

 

WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to include the Pioneer Property as a Property (this and other capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given such terms in the Lease); and

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor is executing this Amendment to confirm the continuation of the Guaranty;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the mutual receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree, as of the date of this Amendment, as follows:

 

1.                                       Base Year .  The defined term “Base Year” set forth in Section 1.10 of the Lease shall mean, with respect to the Pioneer Property, the 2019 calendar year.

 

2.                                       Commencement Date .  The defined term “Commencement Date” set forth in Section 1.18 of the Lease shall mean, with respect to the Pioneer Property, the date of this Amendment.

 

3.                                       Minimum Rent .  The defined term “Minimum Rent” set forth in Section 1.66 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 



 

1.66                         Minimum Rent ” shall mean Fifty-One Million Two Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Three and 19/100ths Dollars ($51,224,293.19), as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 3.1.1(b) .

 

4.                                       Leased Property .  Section 2.1(a) of the Lease is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “Exhibits A-1 through A-39” in the second line thereof and replacing it with a reference to “Exhibits A-1 through A-40.”

 

5.                                       Exhibit A .  Exhibit A to the Lease is hereby amended by (a) deleting the initial page entitled “EXHIBITS A-1 through A-39” therefrom in its entirety and replacing it with the page entitled “EXHIBITS A-1 through A-40” attached hereto and (b) adding Exhibit A-40 attached to this Amendment immediately following Exhibit A-39 to the Lease.

 

6.                                       Ratification .  As amended hereby, the Lease is hereby ratified and confirmed and all other terms remain in full force and effect.

 

7.                                       Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Landlord and Tenant have caused this Amendment to be duly executed, as a sealed instrument, as of the date first above written.

 

 

LANDLORD:

 

 

 

HPT TA PROPERTIES TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John G. Murray

 

 

John G. Murray

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

HPT TA PROPERTIES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John G. Murray

 

 

John G. Murray

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

TENANT:

 

 

 

TA OPERATING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark R. Young

 

 

Mark R. Young

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement No. 2]

 



 

Reference is made to that certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2015, given by TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC and TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA HOLDING COMPANY LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, “ Guarantors ”), to Landlord with respect to Tenant’s obligations under the Lease (the “ Guaranty ”).  Guarantors hereby confirm that all references in such Guaranty to the word “Lease” shall mean the Lease, as defined therein, as amended by this Amendment (and any prior amendments referenced in this Amendment), and said Guarantors hereby reaffirm the Guaranty.

 

 

 

TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark R. Young

 

 

Mark R. Young

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA HOLDING COMPANY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark R. Young

 

 

Mark R. Young

 

 

Executive Vice President

 



 

EXHIBITS A-1 through A-40

 

Land

 

Exhibit

 

TA Site No.

 

Property Address

A-1

 

54

 

9201 Grand Bay Wilmer Rd, Grand Bay (Mobile), AL 36541.

A-2

 

7

 

2949 S. Toltec Road, Eloy, AZ 85213.

A-3

 

94

 

946 West Beale Street, Kingman, AZ, 86401.

A-4

 

33

 

408 Highway 149 North, Earle (West Memphis), AR 72331.

A-5

 

227

 

2930 Lenwood Rd., Barstow, CA 92311.

A-6

 

57

 

19483 Knighton Rd., Redding, CA 96002.

A-7

 

248

 

1650 C.R. 210 West, Jacksonville (Jacksonville South), FL 32259.

A-8

 

158

 

11706 Tamp Gateway Blvd., Seffner (Tampa), FL 33584.

A-9

 

156

 

30732 Highway 441 South, Commerce, GA 30529.

A-10

 

249

 

6901 Bellville Road, Lake Park, GA 31636.

A-11

 

167

 

4115 Broadway, Boise, ID 83705.

A-12

 

30

 

16650 Russell Rd., Russell (Chicago North), IL 60075.

A-13

 

199

 

819 Edwardsville Road, Troy, IL 62294.

A-14

 

65

 

2636 E. Tipton Street, Seymour, IN 47274.

A-15

 

66

 

3210 South 7th Street, Council Bluffs, IA 51501.

A-16

 

237

 

8560 Greenwood Rd., Greenwood, LA 71033.

A-17

 

69

 

1255 N. Dixie Hwy, Monroe, MI 48162.

A-18

 

190

 

13400 Rogers Drive, Rogers, MN 55374.

A-19

 

52

 

100 North Broadway, Oak Grove, MO 64075.

A-20

 

90

 

103 Prospectors Drive, Ogallala, NE 69153.

A-21

 

108

 

8050 Dean Martin Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89139.

A-22

 

48

 

975 St. Rt. 173, Bloomsbury, NJ 08804.

A-23

 

23

 

HC 69 - Box 120, Santa Rosa, NM 88435.

A-24

 

209

 

40 Riverside Drive, Fultonville, NY 12072.

A-25

 

2

 

1101 NC Highway 61, Whitsett (Greensboro), NC 27377.

A-26

 

39

 

10679 Lancaster Rd., Hebron, OH 43025.

A-27

 

29

 

5551 St. Rt. 193, Kingsville, OH 44048.

A-28

 

59

 

501 South Morgan Road, Oklahoma City (West), OK 73128.

A-29

 

56

 

21856 Bents Road, NE, Aurora (Portland), OR 97002.

A-30

 

215

 

4050 Depot Road, Erie (Harborcreek), PA 16510.

A-31

 

12

 

7848 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112.

A-32

 

13

 

608 Lovell Road, Knoxville, TN 37932.

A-33

 

17

 

6800 Thompson Road, Baytown, TX 77522.

A-34

 

230

 

704 West Interstate 20, Big Spring, TX 79720.

A-35

 

147

 

6170 I-10 East, San Antonio, TX 78219.

A-36

 

1

 

100 N. Carter Road, Ashland (Richmond), VA 23005.

A-37

 

170

 

435 Winton Parkway, Livingston, CA 95334.

A-38

 

369

 

3001 Grant Street, Gary, IN 46408.

A-39

 

402

 

24225 and 24263 West Lorenzo Road, Wilmington, IL 60481

A-40

 

255

 

289 Howard Baker Highway, Pioneer, TN 37847

 

[See attached copies.]

 



 

EXHIBIT A-40

 

289 Howard Banker Highway
Pioneer, TN 37847

 

All of that certain land as shown on Plat Cabinet B, Page 568 in the Register’s Office for Campbell County, Tennessee.

 

Together with the non-exclusive right to use two (2) rights of way easement for ingress and egress purposes, including the right to construct and maintain roadways for such purposes, described in Book W480, Page 790, as follows:

 

Easement No. 1:

 

Beginning at an iron pin at the right of way of State Highway 63, near its intersection with Interstate 75, at a corner common with Myers; thence with said Highway S 88 deg. 13’ E 52.5 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said Highway S 12 deg. 32’ 50” E 309.30 feet to an iron pin; thence N 72 deg. 55’08” W 52.5 feet to an iron pin; thence N 13 deg. 33’39” W 296.36 feet to the point of beginning.

 

Easement No. 2:

 

Beginning at an iron pin at the right of way of State Highway 63, near its intersection with Interstate 75, at a corner common to the Exxon property; thence N 56 deg. 26’ E 56.0 feet to a highway monument at the right of way of Interstate 75; thence with said right of way S 60 deg. 02’ E 681.06 feet to an iron pin; thence S 29 deg. 44’36” 104.13 feet to an iron pin; thence N 44 deg. 05’ W 15 feet to an iron pin; thence N 60 deg. 02’ W 398.41 feet to an iron pin; thence N 67 deg. 34’ E 62.95 feet to an iron pin; thence N 60 deg. 02’ W 269.00 feet to an iron pin at the right of way of State Highway 63, the point of beginning.

 

Being the same property conveyed to TA Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company from Nellie Myers by deed of record in Book W480, page 790, in the Register’s Office for Campbell County, Tennessee.

 

For reference only:

 

Tax ID# Map 91, Parcels 004.00, 005.00, 006.00, 007.01, & 007.02

 

Together with a 50’ Access Easement recorded at Book W480, Page 796.