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EXHIBIT 10.4
 
THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (THE "1933 ACT")
 
US $44,000.00 
 
WISDOM HOMES OF AMERICA, INC.
8% CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE NOTE
DUE JANUARY 28, 2017
BACK END NOTE
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Wisdom Homes of America, Inc. (the "Company") promises to pay to the order of LG CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC and its authorized successors and permitted assigns ("Holder"), the aggregate principal face amount of Forty Four Thousand dollars exactly (U.S. $44,000.00) on January 28, 2017 ("Maturity Date") and to pay interest on the principal amount outstanding hereunder at the rate of 8% per annum commencing on January 28, 2016. The interest will be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note. The principal of, and interest on, this Note are payable at 1218 Union Street, Suite #2, Brooklyn, NY 11225, initially, and if changed, last appearing on the records of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder hereof from time to time. The Company will pay each interest payment and the outstanding principal due upon this Note before or on the Maturity Date, less any amounts required by law to be deducted or withheld, to the Holder of this Note by check or wire transfer addressed to such Holder at the last address appearing on the records of the Company. The forwarding of such check or wire transfer shall constitute a payment of outstanding principal hereunder and shall satisfy and discharge the liability for principal on this Note to the extent of the sum represented by such check or wire transfer. Interest shall be payable in Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to paragraph 4(b) herein.
 
This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:
 
1. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer or exchange, except that Holder shall pay any tax or other governmental charges payable in connection therewith.
 
	 
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2. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from all payments any amounts required to be withheld under applicable laws.
 
3. This Note may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act") and applicable state securities laws. Any attempted transfer to a non-qualifying party shall be treated by the Company as void. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Company's records as the owner hereof for all other purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected or bound by notice to the contrary. Any Holder of this Note electing to exercise the right of conversion set forth in Section 4(a) hereof, in addition to the requirements set forth in Section 4(a), and any prospective transferee of this Note, also is required to give the Company written confirmation that this Note is being converted ("Notice of Conversion") in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A. The date of receipt (including receipt by telecopy) of such Notice of Conversion shall be the Conversion Date. 
 
4. (a) The Holder of this Note is entitled, at its option, at any time after cash payment, to convert all or any amount of the principal face amount of this Note then outstanding into shares of the Company's common stock (the "Common Stock") at a price ("Conversion Price") for each share of Common Stock equal to 50% of the lowest trading priceof the Common Stock as reported on the National Quotations Bureau OTCQB exchange which the Company's shares are traded or any exchange upon which the Common Stock may be traded in the future ("Exchange"), for the twentypriortrading days including the day upon which a Notice of Conversion is received by the Company (provided such Notice of Conversion is delivered by fax or other electronic method of communication to the Company after 4 P.M. Eastern Standard or Daylight Savings Time if the Holder wishes to include the same day closing price) with a floor of $0.0001 per share; provided, however, that in no event shall the Holder be entitled to convert any portion of this Note in excess of that portion of this Note upon conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted portion of the Notes or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Borrower subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the portion of this Note with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 9.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such proviso. If the floor of $0.0001 per share is triggered, than the discount shall increase from 50% to 60%, calculated against the floor price, such that the conversion price referenced above as 50% shall change to 40% of the floor price. If the shares have not been delivered within 3 business days, the Notice of Conversion may be rescinded. Such conversion shall be effectuated by the Company delivering the shares of Common Stock to the Holder within 3 business days of receipt by the Company of the Notice of Conversion. Accrued, but unpaid interest shall be subject to conversion. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but the number of shares issuable shall be rounded to the nearest whole share. To the extent the Conversion Price of the Company's Common Stock closes below the par value per share, the Company will take all steps necessary to solicit the consent of the stockholders to reduce the par value to the lowest value possible under law. The Company agrees to honor all conversions submitted pending this increase. In the event the Company experiences a DTC "Chill" on its shares, the conversion price shall be decreased to 40% instead of 50% while that "Chill" is in effect (with an additional 5% reduction to 35% if the $0.0001 floor has been triggered).
 
	 
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(b) Interest on any unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be paid at the rate of 8% per annum. Interest shall be paid by the Company in Common Stock ("Interest Shares"). Holder may, at any time, send in a Notice of Conversion to the Company for Interest Shares based on the formula provided in Section 4(a) above. The dollar amount converted into Interest Shares shall be all or a portion of the accrued interest calculated on the unpaid principal balance of this Note to the date of such notice. 
 
(c) This Note may not be prepaid, except that if the $44,000 Rule 144 convertible redeemable note issued by the Company of even date herewith is redeemed by the Company within 6 months of the issuance date of such Note, all obligations of the Company under this Note and all obligations of the Holder under the Holder issued Back End Note will be automatically be deemed satisfied and this Note and the Holder issued Back End Note will be automatically be deemed cancelled and of no further force or effect.
 
(d) Upon (i) a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any person in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (ii) a reclassification, capital reorganization or other change or exchange of outstanding shares of the Common Stock, other than a forward or reverse stock split or stock dividend, or (iii) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person or entity in which the Company is not the surviving entity (other than a merger which is effected solely to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares of Common Stock) (each of items (i), (ii) and (iii) being referred to as a "Sale Event"), then, in each case, the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, redeem this Note in cash for 150% of the principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest through the date of redemption, or at the election of the Holder, such Holder may convert the unpaid principal amount of this Note (together with the amount of accrued but unpaid interest) into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such Sale Event at the Conversion Price.
 
(e) In case of any Sale Event (not to include a sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets) in connection with which this Note is not redeemed or converted, the Company shall cause effective provision to be made so that the Holder of this Note shall have the right thereafter, by converting this Note, to purchase or convert this Note into the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, capital reorganization or other change, consolidation or merger by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock that could have been purchased upon exercise of the Note and at the same Conversion Price, as defined in this Note, immediately prior to such Sale Event. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive Sale Events. If the consideration received by the holders of Common Stock is other than cash, the value shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or successor person or entity acting in good faith.
 
5. No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the form, herein prescribed.
 
	 
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6. The Company hereby expressly waives demand and presentment for payment, notice of non-payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor, notice of acceleration or intent to accelerate, and diligence in taking any action to collect amounts called for hereunder and shall be directly and primarily liable for the payment of all sums owing and to be owing hereto.
 
7. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, which may be incurred by the Holder in collecting any amount due under this Note.
 
8. If one or more of the following described "Events of Default" shall occur:
 
(a) The Company shall default in the payment of principal or interest on this Note or any other note issued to the Holder by the Company; or
 
(b) Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein or in any certificate or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Note, or the Securities Purchase Agreement under which this note was issued shall be false or misleading in any respect; or
 
(c) The Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any respect, any covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company under this Note or any other note issued to the Holder; or
 
(d) The Company shall (1) become insolvent; (2) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature; (3) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; (4) apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business; (5) file a petition for bankruptcy relief, consent to the filing of such petition or have filed against it an involuntary petition for bankruptcy relief, all under federal or state laws as applicable; or
 
(e) A trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment; or
 
(f) Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company; or
 
(g) One or more money judgments, writs or warrants of attachment, or similar process, in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the aggregate, shall be entered against the Company or any of its properties or other assets and shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of fifteen (15) days or in any event later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or
 
	 
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(h) The Company shall have its Common Stock delisted from an exchange (including the OTC Markets exchange) or, if the Common Stock trades on an exchange, then trading in the Common Stock shall be suspended for more than 10 consecutive days or ceases to file its 1934 act reports with the SEC; 
 
(i) If a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date hereof are no longer serving as members of the Board; 
 
(j) The Company shall not deliver to the Holder the Common Stock pursuant to paragraph 4 herein without restrictive legend within 3 business days of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion; or
 
(k) The Company shall not replenish the reserve set forth in Section 12, within 3 business days of the request of the Holder.
 
(l) The Company's Common Stock has a closing bid price of less than $0.002 per share for at least 5 consecutive trading days; or
 
(m) The aggregate dollar trading volume of the Company's Common Stock is less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) in any 5 consecutive trading days; or
 
(n) The Company shall cease to be "current" in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; or
 
(o) The Company shall lose the "bid" price for its stock in a market (including the OTCQB marketplace or other exchange)
 
Then, or at any time thereafter, unless cured (except for 8(l) and 8(m) which are incurable defaults, the sole remedy of which is to allow the Holder to cancel both this Note and the Holder Issued Note, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) at the option of the Holder and in the Holder's sole discretion, the Holder may consider this Note immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or (further) notice of any kind (other than notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything herein or in any note or other instruments contained to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Holder may immediately, and without expiration of any period of grace, enforce any and all of the Holder's rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by law. Upon an Event of Default, interest shall accrue at a default interest rate of 24% per annum or, if such rate is usurious or not permitted by current law, then at the highest rate of interest permitted by law. In the event of a breach of Section 8(j) the penalty shall be $250 per day the shares are not issued beginning on the 4th day after the conversion notice was delivered to the Company. This penalty shall increase to $500 per day beginning on the 10th day. The penalty for a breach of Section 8(o) shall be an increase of the outstanding principal amounts by 20%. In case of a breach of Section 8(h), the outstanding principal due under this Note shall increase by 50%. Further, if a breach of Section 8(n) occurs or is continuing after the 6 month anniversary of the Note, then the Holder shall be entitled to use the lowest closing bid price during the delinquency period as a base price for the conversion. For example, if the lowest closing bid price during the delinquency period is $0.01 per share and the conversion discount is 50% the Holder may elect to convert future conversions at $0.005 per share. If this Note is not paid at maturity, the outstanding principal due under this Note shall increase by 10%.
 
	 
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If the Holder shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, including, without limitation, engaging an attorney, then if the Holder prevails in such action, the Holder shall be reimbursed by the Company for its attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. 
 
Make-Whole for Failure to Deliver Loss. At the Holder's election, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the conversion shares by the by the 3rd business day following the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company and if the Holder incurs a Failure to Deliver Loss, then at any time the Holder may provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Failure to Deliver Loss and the Company must make the Holder whole as follows:
 
Failure to Deliver Loss = [(High trade price at any time on or after the day of exercise) x (Number of conversion shares)]
 
The Company must pay the Failure to Deliver Loss by cash payment, and any such cash payment must be made by the third business day from the time of the Holder's written notice to the Company.
 
9. In case any provision of this Note is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be excessive in scope or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, so that it is enforceable to the maximum extent possible, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
10. Neither this Note nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Holder.
 
11. The Company represents that it is not a "shell" issuer and has never been a "shell" issuer or that if it previously has been a "shell" issuer that at least 12 months have passed since the Company has reported form 10 type information indicating it is no longer a "shell issuer. The Company will instruct its counsel to either (i) write a Rule 144 or similar opinion to allow for salability of the conversion shares or (ii) accept such opinion from Holder's counsel, provided such legal opinion is, in the reasonable determination of Company counsel, factually and legally correct.
 
12. Prior to cash funding of this Note, The Company will issue irrevocable transfer agent instructions reserving 3x the number of shares of Common Stock necessary to allow the holder to convert this note based on the discounted conversion price set forth in Section 4(a) herewith. Upon full conversion of this Note, the reserve representing this Note shall be cancelled. The Company will pay all transfer agent costs associated with issuing and delivering the shares. If such amounts are to be paid by the Holder, it may deduct such amounts from the Conversion Price. Conversion Notices may be sent to the Company or its transfer agent via electric mail. The Company will instruct its transfer agent to provide the outstanding share information to the Holder in connection with its conversions. 
 
13. The Company will give the Holder direct notice of any corporate actions, including but not limited to name changes, stock splits, recapitalizations etc. This notice shall be given to the Holder as soon as possible under law. 
 
14. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York applicable to contracts made and wholly to be performed within the State of New York and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each party hereto. The Holder and the Company hereby mutually waive trial by jury and consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the courts of the State of New York. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and the facsimile transmission of an executed counterpart to this Agreement shall be effective as an original.
   

	 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
	 
	WISDOM HOMES OF AMERICA, INC.	 

	 	  	 	 
	Dated: January 28, 2016	By:	/s/ James Pakulis 	 

	 
	Title: 
	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 

 
	 
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EXHIBIT A
 
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
 
(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)
 
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $___________ of the above Note into _________ Shares of Common Stock of Wisdom Homes of America, Inc. ("Shares") according to the conditions set forth in such Note, as of the date written below.
 
If Shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer and other taxes and charges payable with respect thereto.
 
Date of Conversion: __________________________________________________
Applicable Conversion Price: ____________________________________________
Signature: __________________________________________________________
[Print Name of Holder and Title of Signer]
 
Address: ___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
 
SSN or EIN: _________________________________________________________
Shares are to be registered in the following name: _____________________________
 
Name: _____________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________
Tel: ___________________________________________
Fax: ___________________________________________ 
SSN or EIN: _____________________________________
 
Shares are to be sent or delivered to the following account: 
 
Account Name: ______________________________________________________ 
Address: ___________________________________________________________ 
 
 
8Exhibit 4.2

	
 
    

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

between

 

HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

 

and

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

Dated as of February 3, 2016

 

SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF February 3, 2016

 

 

HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

 

4.25% Senior Notes due 2021

 

	
 
    

 

 

This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of February 3, 2016 between Hospitality Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company”) having its principal office at Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking organization organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of February 3, 2016 (as from time to time hereafter amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Supplemental Indenture, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) to provide for the future issuance of the Company’s senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”) to be issued from time to time in one or more series; and

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a series of its Securities, to be known as its 4.25% Senior Notes due 2021, the form and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

Section 1.1            Terms Defined in Indenture.  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

 

Section 1.2            Supplemental Definitions.  The following definitions supplement, and, to the extent inconsistent with, replace the definitions in Section 101 of the Base Indenture:

 

“Acquired Debt” means Debt of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition.  Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

 

“Adjusted Total Assets” has the meaning provided in clause (i) of Section 3.1(a) hereof.

 

“Annual Debt Service” as of any date means the maximum amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, excluding amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs.

 

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are required or authorized to close.

 

“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participation or other ownership interests (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase any thereof.

 

“Cash Equivalents” means demand deposits, certificates of deposit or repurchase agreements with banks or other financial institutions, marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed as to timely payment by the United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or any commercial paper or other obligation rated, at time of purchase, “P-2” (or its equivalent) or better by Moody’s or “A-2” (or its equivalent) or better by Standard & Poor’s.

 

“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Earnings from Operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (i) interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) cash reserves made by lessees as required by the Company’s leases for periodic replacement and refurbishment of the Company’s assets, (iii) provision for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iv) amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs, (v) provisions for gains and losses on properties and property depreciation and amortization, (vi) the effect of any noncash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period and (vii) amortization of deferred charges.

 

“Debt” of the Company or any Subsidiary means, without duplication, any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

 

(i)            borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;

 

(ii)           indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any Encumbrance existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, to the extent of the lesser of (x) the amount of indebtedness so secured or (y) the fair market value of the property subject to such Encumbrance;

 

(iii)          the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued (other than letters of credit issued to provide credit enhancement or support with respect to other indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise reflected as Debt hereunder) or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement;

 

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(iv)          the principal amount of all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock; or

 

(v)           any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, 

 

to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (v) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would be properly classified as a liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Debt also (1) excludes any indebtedness (A) with respect to which a defeasance or covenant defeasance or discharge has been effected (or an irrevocable deposit is made with a trustee in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness, the remaining scheduled payments of interest thereon to, but not including, the applicable maturity date or redemption date, and any premium or otherwise as provided in the terms of such indebtedness) in accordance with the terms thereof or which has been repurchased, retired, repaid, redeemed, irrevocably called for redemption (and an irrevocable deposit is made with a trustee in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness, the remaining scheduled payments of interest thereon to, but not including, such redemption date, and any premium) or otherwise satisfied or (B) that is secured by cash or Cash Equivalents irrevocably deposited with a trustee in an amount, in the case of this clause (B), at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness and the remaining scheduled payments of interest thereon and (2) includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), Debt of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).

 

“Depositary” has the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d) hereof.

 

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or for Subordinated Debt), (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Debt, other than Subordinated Debt, or Disqualified Stock, or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or for Subordinated Debt), in each case on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Notes.

 

“Earnings from Operations” for any period means net earnings excluding gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items, gains and losses from early extinguishment of debt and property valuation losses, in each case as reflected in the financial statements of the 

 

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Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind.

 

“Interest Payment Date” with respect to the Notes is defined in Section 101 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.1(e) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

“Joint Venture Interests” means assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries constituting an equity investment in real estate assets or other properties, or in an entity holding real estate assets or other properties, jointly owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and one or more other Persons not constituting Affiliates of the Company, on the other, excluding any entity or properties (i) which is a Subsidiary or are properties if the co-ownership thereof (if in a separate entity) would constitute or would have constituted a Subsidiary, or (ii) to which, at the time of determination, the Company’s manager at such time or an Affiliate of the Company’s manager at such time provides management services.  In no event shall Joint Venture Interests include equity securities that are part of a class of equity securities that are traded on a national or regional securities exchange or a recognized over-the-counter market or any investments in debt securities, mortgages or other Debt.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption of any Notes prior to November 15, 2020, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption of each dollar of principal being redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption had been made on November 15, 2020, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption had been made on November 15, 2020, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed.  In the case of any redemption of Notes on or after November 15, 2020, the Make-Whole Amount means zero.  The Make-Whole Amount shall be calculated by the Company and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on said Officer’s Certificate.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereof.

 

“Notes” means the Company’s 4.25% Senior Notes due 2021, issued under this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Regular Record Date” with respect to the Notes is defined in Section 101 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.1(e) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

“Reinvestment Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the sum of 0.50% (fifty one hundredths of one percent) plus the yield on treasury securities at constant maturity under the heading “Week Ending” published in the Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity (which, in the case of maturities corresponding to the principal and 

 

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interest due on the Notes at their maturity, shall be deemed to be November 15, 2020), as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed.  If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month.  For purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

 

“Secured Debt” means Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries secured by an Encumbrance on the property of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” (within the meaning of Regulation S-X, promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act) of the Company.

 

“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or any successor thereof.

 

“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination under this Supplemental Indenture, then any publicly available source of similar market data which shall be designated by the Company.

 

“Subordinated Debt” means Debt which by the terms of such Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes.

 

“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other Person of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.  For the purposes of this definition, “voting equity securities” means equity securities having voting power for the election of directors or persons serving comparable functions as directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

 

“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).

 

“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not securing any portion of Secured Debt and (ii) the amount of all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not securing any portion of Secured Debt, in each case on such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles); provided that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for purposes of the

 

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covenant set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Supplemental Indenture, Joint Venture Interests shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent such Joint Venture Interests would otherwise be included therein.

 

“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

“Unsecured Debt” means any Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries which is not Secured Debt.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

TERMS OF THE NOTES

 

Section 2.1            Terms of the Notes.  Pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall have the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)           Title.  The Notes shall be in registered form under the Indenture and shall be known as the Company’s “4.25% Senior Notes due 2021.”

 

(b)           Aggregate Principal Amount.  Except (i) as provided in this Section and (ii) for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder, the Notes will be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, subject to the right of the Company to reopen such series for issuances of additional Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes first issued except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, the first Interest Payment Date thereon and related interest accrual date.

 

(c)           Form of Notes.  The Notes (together with the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(d)           Registered Securities in Book Entry Form.   The Notes shall be initially issued in the form of one or more registered Global Securities without coupons (each, a “Global Note”) and shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC” and, together with any successor depositary with respect to the Global Notes appointed under the Indenture, the “Depositary”) and registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co.  Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Notes represented thereby under the circumstances described below, a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by a Depositary to its nominee, by a nominee of a Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by a Depositary or its nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor.

 

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So long as a Depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of a Global Note, such Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture.  Except as provided below, owners of a beneficial interest in Notes evidenced by a Global Note will not be entitled to have any of the individual Notes represented by such Global Note registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such Notes in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture for any purpose, including with respect to giving of any direction, instructions or approvals to the Trustee hereunder.

 

A Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for individual Notes represented thereby only if (i) the Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for such Global Note or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in either case a successor depositary shall not have been appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and the Security Register has received a written request from an owner of beneficial interest in such Global Note.  In any such case, the Company will issue individual Notes in exchange for such Global Note representing such Notes in authorized denominations.

 

Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 2.1(e) or Section 2.1(f) of this Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Global Note shall be made in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary and its participants in effect from time to time.

 

(e)           Interest and Interest Rate.  The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 4.25% per annum, from February 3, 2016 (or, in the case of Notes issued upon the reopening of this series of Notes, from the date designated by the Company in connection with such reopening), or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing August 15, 2016, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each of which shall be an “Interest Payment Date”), to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered in the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “Regular Record Date”).

 

(f)            Principal Repayment; Currency.  The Stated Maturity of the principal of the Notes is February 15, 2021; provided, however, the Notes may be earlier redeemed at the option of the Company as provided in Section 2.1(g) below.  The principal of each Note payable on its maturity date shall be paid against presentation and surrender thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public or private debts.

 

(g)           Redemption at the Option of the Company. The Notes will be subject to redemption in whole at any time or in part from time to time before they mature at the option of the Company upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to each Holder of Notes to be 

 

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redeemed at its address appearing in the Security Register, or, in the case of any Global Note, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary and its participants in effect from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, plus (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any (it being understood that if the Notes are redeemed on or after November 15, 2020, the Make-Whole Amount equals zero).

 

(h)           Notices.  Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634, fax number (617) 796-8349, Attention: President; notices to the Trustee shall be directed to it at One Federal Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, fax number (617) 603-6683, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, Re: Hospitality Properties Trust 4.25% Senior Notes due 2021, or as to either party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.

 

(i)            Legal Holidays.  If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity date or Redemption Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment otherwise payable on such day will be due and payable on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue thereon for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, through such next succeeding Business Day.  The provisions of this Section 2.1(i) shall supersede and replace Section 113 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

 

Section 3.1            Additional Covenants of the Company.  In addition to the covenants of the Company set forth in Article Eight and Article Ten of the Base Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

 

(a)           Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

 

(i)            The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication):

 

(A)          the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, or its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted or required under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and

 

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(B)          the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

 

For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the sum of (A) and (B) above is the Company’s “Adjusted Total Assets.”

 

(ii)           The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 40% of Adjusted Total Assets.

 

(iii)          The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and on a pro forma basis, including the application of the proceeds therefrom, the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, calculated on the assumptions that:

 

(A)          such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period;

 

(B)          the repayment, retirement or other discharge of any other Debt by the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period);

 

(C)          in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with or in contemplation of any acquisition, including any Person becoming a Subsidiary, since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and

 

(D)          in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company and its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments 

 

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with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.

 

If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entirety of such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entirety of such period.

 

(b)           Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets.  The Company and its Subsidiaries will at all times maintain Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(c)           Provision of Financial Information.  Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will, within 15 days after each of the respective dates by which it would have been required to file annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents with the Commission if it were so subject, (1) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which it would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, if it were subject to such Sections, (2) file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which it would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, if it was subject to such Sections, and (3) promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to any prospective Holder; provided that, the foregoing requirements shall be deemed satisfied if the foregoing materials are available on the Commission’s EDGAR system or on the Company’s website within the applicable time period.  The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness or content of any such reports, documents or information filed by the Company and delivery of such reports, documents or information to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice thereof or any information contained therein.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the Notes are guaranteed by any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, the Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 3.1(c) with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to such direct or indirect parent company; provided, however, that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such direct or indirect parent company and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

 

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ARTICLE 4

 

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

Section 4.1            Sinking Funds not Applicable.  Section 501(c) of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

 

Section 4.2            Restatement of Section 5.01(e) of Base Indenture. The provisions of Section 501(e) of the Base Indenture, as applied to the Notes, shall be deemed to read as follows in lieu of the provisions set forth therein:

 

(e)           the Company or one of its Significant Subsidiaries, if any, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, or (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

 

Section 4.3            Restatement of Section 5.01(f) of Base Indenture. The provisions of Section 501(f) of the Base Indenture, as applied to the Notes, shall be deemed to read as follows in lieu of the provisions set forth therein:

 

(f)            a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (i) is for relief against the Company or one of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of its property, or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or

 

Section 4.4            Additional Event of Default.  In accordance with Section 501(g) of the Base Indenture, the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:  default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of the Company, or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Company (including a default with respect to debt securities issued under the Indenture other than the Notes) under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured any indebtedness of the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto and shall have resulted in such indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled,  within a period of ten days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of more than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause 

 

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such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture.

 

Section 4.5            No Make-Whole Amount Upon Acceleration.  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Base Indenture, upon any acceleration of the Notes under Section 502 of the Base Indenture, the amount immediately due and payable in respect of the Notes shall equal the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

Section 4.6            Satisfaction and Discharge.  Article Four of the Base Indenture applies to the Notes, except for the proviso at the end of Section 401(a).

 

Section 4.7            Applicability of Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance Provisions.  Article Thirteen of the Base Indenture, including provisions for Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance, applies to the Notes, except for the proviso at the end of the first sentence of Section 1304(a).

 

ARTICLE 5

 

EFFECTIVENESS

 

This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective for all purposes as of the date and time this Supplemental Indenture has been executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee in accordance with Article Nine of the Base Indenture.  As supplemented hereby, the Base Indenture is hereby confirmed as being in full force and effect.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1            Separability.  In the event any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof or any provision of the Indenture.

 

Section 6.2            Construction of Terms.  To the extent that any terms of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes are inconsistent with the terms of the Base Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall govern and supersede such inconsistent terms.

 

Section 6.3            Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 6.4            Governing Law.  This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 6.5            Counterparts.  This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed as an instrument under seal in their respective corporate names as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

[Form of Face of Security]

 

[Insert Applicable Legends]

 

HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

 

4.25% Senior Notes due 2021

 

	
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Hospitality Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust duly organized and existing under the laws of Maryland (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                                                                        , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                    Dollars ($                   ) on February 15, 2021, and to pay interest thereon from February 3, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing August 15, 2016 at the rate of 4.25% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts or, in the case of any Note that is a Global Security, in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or  any successor depositary with respect to the Global Notes appointed under the Indenture, the “Depositary” ), and its participants in effect from time to time; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST, DATED AUGUST 21, 1995, 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 HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH 

 

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HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST IN ANY WAY SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

	
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

Dated:

 

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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[Form of Reverse of Security]

 

1.             General.  This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”),  issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of February 3, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by such Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (such series, the “Notes”).

 

2.             Optional Redemption.  The Notes will be subject to redemption in whole at any time or in part from time to time before they mature at the option of the Company upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its address appearing in the Security Register or, in the case of any Note that is a Global Security, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary and its participants in effect from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any (it being understood that if the Notes are redeemed on or after November 15, 2020, the Make-Whole Amount equals zero).

 

As used herein the term “Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption of any Notes prior to November 15, 2020, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of redemption of each dollar of principal being redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption had been made on November 15, 2020, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption had been made on November 15, 2020, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed.  In the case of any redemption of the Notes on or after November 15, 2020, the Make-Whole Amount will equal zero.  The Make-Whole Amount shall be calculated by the Company and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on said Officers’ Certificate.

 

As used herein the term “Reinvestment Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the sum of 0.50% (fifty one hundredths of one percent) plus the yield on treasury securities at constant maturity under the heading “Week Ending” published in the Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity (which, in the case of maturities corresponding to the principal and interest due on the Notes at their maturity, shall be deemed to be November 15, 2020), as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed.  If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

 

As used herein the term “Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination under the Supplemental Indenture, then any publicly available source of similar market data which shall be designated by the Company.

 

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In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Note or Notes and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

3.             Discharge and Defeasance.  The Indenture contains provisions for discharge or defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

4.             Defaults and Remedies.  If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

5.             Actions of Holders.  The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or this Security or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

6.             Payments Not Impaired.  No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

7.             Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

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8.             Persons Deemed Owners.  Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

9.             Defined Terms.  All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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[ASSIGNMENT FORM]

 

ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

	
TEN COM
    	
—
    	
as tenants in common
    	
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT   —
    	
 
    	
Custodian
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
TEN ENT
    	
—
    	
as tenants by the entireties
    	
 
    	
(Cust)
    	
             (Minor)
    
	
JT TEN
    	
—
    	
as joint tenants with right of survivorship
    	
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
and not as tenants in common
    	
Act
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(State)
    	
 
    
										

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

	
 
    
	
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS   OF ASSIGNEE
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably   constituting and appointing
    
	
 
    
	
 
    	
Attorney
    
	
to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full   power of substitution in the premises.
    

 

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Signed:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Notice:  The signature to this   assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the   within security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any   change whatever.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Signature Guarantee*:
    	
 
    	
 
    
								

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
*  Participant in a recognized   Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor   acceptable to the Trustee).
    

 

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