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on June 13, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 48%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Maryland<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 48%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>04-3262075<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 48%"><B>Two Newton Place<BR> </B> <B>255 Washington Street, Suite 300<BR> </B> <B>Newton, Massachusetts <BR> </B> (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 48%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>02458-1634<BR> </B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Service Properties Trust</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Second Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Compensation
Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Brian E. Donley</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Service Properties Trust</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Two Newton Place</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>255 Washington Street, Suite 300</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(617) 964-8389</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)</P>

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to</I></FONT>:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Howard E. Berkenblit</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Shu Wei</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Sullivan &amp; Worcester LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>One Post Office Square</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Boston, Massachusetts 02109</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(617) 338-2800</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Non-accelerated filer </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Smaller reporting company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY
NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement on Form S-8,
or this Registration Statement, is being filed by Service Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, or the Registrant,
relating to 3,100,000 common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share, or Common Shares, issuable under the Service Properties
Trust Second Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Compensation Plan, or the Plan. At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Registrant
held on June 13, 2025, the Registrant&rsquo;s shareholders approved the Plan to increase by 3,100,000 the total number of Common Shares
available for award under the Plan to 6,100,000 Common Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Accordingly, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents
of the registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465913069229/a13-20359_1s8.htm">Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on September 11, 2013 (File No. 333-191096)</A>, or the Prior Registration
Statement, with respect to the Plan, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement relates
solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as are registered on the Prior Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="text-transform: none">a</FONT>) PROSPECTUS</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I have
been or will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, except as supplemented by the information
set forth below.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"><B>Item 3.</B></TD><TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000014/svc-20241231.htm">the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024</A>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000028/svc-20250331.htm">the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025</A>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465925022172/tm258690d1_8k.htm">the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2025</A>; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: 28pt">the description of the Registration&rsquo;s Common Shares contained in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465916130380/a16-14254_38a12b.htm">its registration statement on Form 8-A dated June 30, 2016</A>, as updated by the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Shares filed as <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000014/svc_123124xxex420descripti.htm">Exhibit 4.20 to its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024</A>, including any further amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that
description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information that are related to such items)
after the date of this Registration Statement but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"><B>Item 6.</B></TD><TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">The laws related to Maryland real
estate investment trusts, or the Maryland REIT Law, permit a real estate investment trust, or REIT, formed under Maryland law to include
in its declaration of trust a provision limiting the liability of its trustees and officers to the REIT and its shareholders for money
damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b)
active and deliberate dishonesty by the trustee or officer that was established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of
action adjudicated. The Registrant&rsquo;s declaration of trust contains a provision that eliminates the liability of its trustees and
officers to the maximum extent permitted by the Maryland REIT Law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">The Maryland REIT Law also permits
a Maryland REIT to indemnify and advance expenses to its trustees, officers, employees and agents to the same extent permitted by the
Maryland General Corporation Law, or the MGCL, for directors and officers of Maryland corporations. The MGCL permits a corporation to
indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable
expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made, or are threatened to be made, a party
by reason of their service in those capacities. However, a Maryland corporation is not permitted to provide this type of indemnification
if the following is established:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">the act or omission of the director or officer was material
to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">the director or officer actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services; or</TD>
</TR></TABLE>



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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer
had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation
may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by the corporation or in its right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable
to the corporation or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly
received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification,
even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for
a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. The MGCL permits a corporation
to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation&rsquo;s receipt&nbsp;of the following:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her
good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">a written undertaking by him or her, or on his or her behalf,
to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that this standard of conduct was not met.</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s declaration
of trust requires the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify its trustees
and officers, whether serving the Registrant or, at its request, any other entity, or other employees and agents to such extent as shall
be authorized by the Registrant&rsquo;s trustees or bylaws. The Registrant&rsquo;s declaration of trust also requires the Registrant to
advance expenses to its trustees and officers under the procedures therein and to the fullest extent permitted by law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant
has also entered into indemnification agreements with its trustees and officers providing for procedures for indemnification by the Registrant
to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and advancements by the Registrant of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits
or proceedings arising from their service to the Registrant. The Registrant also maintains directors&rsquo; and officers&rsquo; liability
insurance for its trustees and officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">The SEC has
expressed the opinion that indemnification of trustees, officers or persons otherwise controlling a company for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"><FONT><B>Item 8.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-transform: capitalize; text-align: left"><FONT><B>exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><U>Exhibit Number</U></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"><B><U>Description</U></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 12%"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91741/000110465920083757/tm2022791d2_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 88%"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91741/000110465920083757/tm2022791d2_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Composite Copy of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of August 21, 1995, as amended to date. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&rsquo;s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on July 15, 2020, File No. 333-226944.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465920072085/tm2022325d1_ex3-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465920072085/tm2022325d1_ex3-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Articles Supplementary to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated June 10, 2020. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2020.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465924072260/tm2416887d1_ex3-3.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465924072260/tm2416887d1_ex3-3.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted June 14, 2024. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 17, 2024.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539420000008/svcform10kexhibit41formo.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539420000008/svcform10kexhibit41formo.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Venable LLP. (Filed herewith.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP. (Filed herewith.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#m_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#m_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465925028265/tm252344-5_def14a.htm#tAASA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465925028265/tm252344-5_def14a.htm#tAASA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Service Properties Trust Second Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Compensation Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registrant&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement for the Registrant&rsquo;s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders filed on March 26, 2025.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517344d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Calculation of Filing Fee Table. (Filed herewith.)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="m_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Newton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 13, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%">/s/ Christopher J. Bilotto</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Christopher J. Bilotto</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Christopher J. Bilotto and Brian E. Donley, and each of
them, his, her or their true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him, her
or them and in his, her or their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post- effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he, she or they
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys in fact and agents, and each of them, or their respective
substitutes, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 17.7pt 0pt 5.65pt; text-indent: 31pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 23.1pt 0pt 5.65pt; text-indent: 31pt">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 30%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Signature</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: center; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 48%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: center; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 18%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Christopher J. Bilotto</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Managing Trustee;
    President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June
    13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Christopher
    J. Bilotto</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(principal executive
    officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Brian E. Donley</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial
    Officer and Treasurer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June
    13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Brian
    E. Donley</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
    &nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Laurie B. Burns</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 13, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
04-3262075
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Two Newton Place
255 Washington Street, Suite 300
Newton, Massachusetts
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
02458-1634
(Zip Code)
Service Properties Trust
Second Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Compensation
Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Brian E. Donley
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Service Properties Trust
Two Newton Place
255 Washington Street, Suite 300
Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634
(Name and address of agent for service)
(617) 964-8389
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copy
to
:
Howard E. Berkenblit
Shu Wei
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 338-2800
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging
growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
Emerging growth company
¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8,
or this Registration Statement, is being filed by Service Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, or the Registrant,
relating to 3,100,000 common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share, or Common Shares, issuable under the Service Properties
Trust Second Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Compensation Plan, or the Plan. At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Registrant
held on June 13, 2025, the Registrant's shareholders approved the Plan to increase by 3,100,000 the total number of Common Shares
available for award under the Plan to 6,100,000 Common Shares.
This Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Accordingly, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents
of the registration statement on
Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on September 11, 2013 (File No. 333-191096)
, or the Prior Registration
Statement, with respect to the Plan, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.
This Registration Statement relates
solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as are registered on the Prior Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(
a
) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I have
been or will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, except as supplemented by the information
set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024
;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025
;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2025
; and
(d)
the description of the Registration's Common Shares contained in
its registration statement on Form 8-A dated June 30, 2016
, as updated by the description of the Registrant's Common Shares filed as
Exhibit 4.20 to its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024
, including any further amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
All documents subsequently filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information that are related to such items)
after the date of this Registration Statement but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The laws related to Maryland real
estate investment trusts, or the Maryland REIT Law, permit a real estate investment trust, or REIT, formed under Maryland law to include
in its declaration of trust a provision limiting the liability of its trustees and officers to the REIT and its shareholders for money
damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b)
active and deliberate dishonesty by the trustee or officer that was established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of
action adjudicated. The Registrant's declaration of trust contains a provision that eliminates the liability of its trustees and
officers to the maximum extent permitted by the Maryland REIT Law.
The Maryland REIT Law also permits
a Maryland REIT to indemnify and advance expenses to its trustees, officers, employees and agents to the same extent permitted by the
Maryland General Corporation Law, or the MGCL, for directors and officers of Maryland corporations. The MGCL permits a corporation to
indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable
expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made, or are threatened to be made, a party
by reason of their service in those capacities. However, a Maryland corporation is not permitted to provide this type of indemnification
if the following is established:
·
the act or omission of the director or officer was material
to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
·
the director or officer actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services; or
·
in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer
had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation
may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by the corporation or in its right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable
to the corporation or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly
received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification,
even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for
a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. The MGCL permits a corporation
to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation's receipt of the following:
·
a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her
good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and
·
a written undertaking by him or her, or on his or her behalf,
to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that this standard of conduct was not met.
The Registrant's declaration
of trust requires the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify its trustees
and officers, whether serving the Registrant or, at its request, any other entity, or other employees and agents to such extent as shall
be authorized by the Registrant's trustees or bylaws. The Registrant's declaration of trust also requires the Registrant to
advance expenses to its trustees and officers under the procedures therein and to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Registrant
has also entered into indemnification agreements with its trustees and officers providing for procedures for indemnification by the Registrant
to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and advancements by the Registrant of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits
or proceedings arising from their service to the Registrant. The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability
insurance for its trustees and officers.
The SEC has
expressed the opinion that indemnification of trustees, officers or persons otherwise controlling a company for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 8.
exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Composite Copy of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of August 21, 1995, as amended to date. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on July 15, 2020, File No. 333-226944.)
4.2
Articles Supplementary to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated June 10, 2020. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2020.)
4.3
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted June 14, 2024. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 17, 2024.)
4.4
Form of Common Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.)
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP. (Filed herewith.)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. (Filed herewith.)
23.2
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Service Properties Trust Second Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Compensation Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for the Registrant's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders filed on March 26, 2025.)
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table. (Filed herewith.)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Newton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 13, 2025.
SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST
By:
/s/ Christopher J. Bilotto
Christopher J. Bilotto
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Christopher J. Bilotto and Brian E. Donley, and each of
them, his, her or their true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him, her
or them and in his, her or their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post- effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he, she or they
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys in fact and agents, and each of them, or their respective
substitutes, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Christopher J. Bilotto
Managing Trustee;
    President and Chief Executive Officer
June
    13, 2025
Christopher
    J. Bilotto
(principal executive
    officer)
/s/ Brian E. Donley
Chief Financial
    Officer and Treasurer
June
    13, 2025
Brian
    E. Donley
(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
/s/ Laurie B. Burns
Independent Trustee
June
    13, 2025
Laurie
    B. Burns
/s/ Robert E. Cramer
Independent Trustee
June
    13, 2025
Robert
    E. Cramer
/s/ Donna D. Fraiche
Independent Trustee
June
    13, 2025
Donna
    D. Fraiche
/s/ William A. Lamkin
Independent Trustee
June
    13, 2025
William
    A. Lamkin
/s/ Rajan C. Penkar
Independent Trustee
June
    13, 2025
Rajan
    C. Penkar
/s/
    Adam D. Portnoy
Managing
    Trustee
June
    13, 2025
Adam
    D. Portnoy