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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date
  of report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>May&nbsp;12,
  2008</b></font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC</font></b></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">24601 Center Ridge Road,
    Westlake, Ohio</font></b></p>
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  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
  
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  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>
  
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  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>
  
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  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">240.14d-2(b))</font></p>
  
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  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On May 12, 2008, a subsidiary of TravelCenters of
  America LLC, or &#147;TravelCenters&#148;, TA Leasing LLC, entered an amendment to a
  lease agreement, the &#147;Lease Agreement&#148;, dated January 31, 2007 it is a party to
  with subsidiaries of Hospitality Properties Trust, or &#147;Hospitality Trust&#148;, HPT
  TA Properties Trust and HPT TA Properties LLC.</font></p>
  
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  referred to herein as &#147;TA&#148;.&#160; Hospitality
  Trust, HPT TA Properties Trust and HPT TA Properties LLC are collectively
  referred to herein as &#147;HPT&#148;.</font></p>
  
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  TA to sell to HPT certain qualified improvements to the leased travel centers;
  specifically, HPT agreed to purchase up to $25 million of improvements per year
  during the first five years of the lease term (a total of $125 million). The
  contractual rent due from TA to HPT under the Lease Agreement is not affected
  by these sales.</font></p>
  
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  permits TA to sell to HPT certain qualified improvements which TA has made or
  may make to the travel centers leased pursuant to the Lease Agreement, as
  amended, earlier than previously permitted.&#160;
  In the event that TA elects to sell to HPT qualified capital
  improvements before the time contractually required by the original lease terms,
  HPT&#146;s purchase commitment amount will be discounted to reflect the accelerated
  receipt of cash by TA according to a present value formula established in the
  Amendment.</font></p>
  
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  result of a spin off from Hospitality Trust on January 31, 2007.&#160; For a further description of TravelCenters'
  relationships with Hospitality Trust and Reit Management &amp; Research LLC, a
  company which separately provides certain management services to TravelCenters
  and Hospitality Trust, please see TravelCenters&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2007 and proxy statement for its 2008 annual
  meeting of shareholders, both of which have been filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First Amendment to Lease
    Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2008, by and among HPT TA Properties Trust,
    HPT TA Properties LLC and TA Leasing LLC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
  report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
  
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    LLC</font></p>
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  May&nbsp;13, 2008</font></p>
  
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    dated as of May&nbsp;12, 2008 by and among HPT TA Properties Trust, HPT TA
    Properties LLC and TA Leasing LLC. </font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date
  of report (Date of earliest event reported):
  May 12,
  2008
  TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State
  or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  001-33274
  20-5701514
  (Commission
    File Number)
  (IRS
    Employer Identification No.)
  24601 Center Ridge Road,
    Westlake, Ohio
  44145
  (Address
    of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip
    Code)
  440-808-9100
  (Registrant's
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications
  pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications
  pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.13e-4(c))
  Item 1.01.              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
  On May 12, 2008, a subsidiary of TravelCenters of
  America LLC, or "TravelCenters", TA Leasing LLC, entered an amendment to a
  lease agreement, the "Lease Agreement", dated January 31, 2007 it is a party to
  with subsidiaries of Hospitality Properties Trust, or "Hospitality Trust", HPT
  TA Properties Trust and HPT TA Properties LLC.
  TravelCenters and TA Leasing LLC are collectively
  referred to herein as "TA".  Hospitality
  Trust, HPT TA Properties Trust and HPT TA Properties LLC are collectively
  referred to herein as "HPT".
  Prior to the amendment, the Lease Agreement permitted
  TA to sell to HPT certain qualified improvements to the leased travel centers;
  specifically, HPT agreed to purchase up to $25 million of improvements per year
  during the first five years of the lease term (a total of $125 million). The
  contractual rent due from TA to HPT under the Lease Agreement is not affected
  by these sales.
  The amendment referred to above, or the "Amendment",
  permits TA to sell to HPT certain qualified improvements which TA has made or
  may make to the travel centers leased pursuant to the Lease Agreement, as
  amended, earlier than previously permitted. 
  In the event that TA elects to sell to HPT qualified capital
  improvements before the time contractually required by the original lease terms,
  HPT's purchase commitment amount will be discounted to reflect the accelerated
  receipt of cash by TA according to a present value formula established in the
  Amendment.
  TravelCenters became a publicly owned company as a
  result of a spin off from Hospitality Trust on January 31, 2007.  For a further description of TravelCenters'
  relationships with Hospitality Trust and Reit Management & Research LLC, a
  company which separately provides certain management services to TravelCenters
  and Hospitality Trust, please see TravelCenters's Annual Report on Form 10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2007 and proxy statement for its 2008 annual
  meeting of shareholders, both of which have been filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission.
  Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d) Exhibits
  10.1
  First Amendment to Lease
    Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2008, by and among HPT TA Properties Trust,
    HPT TA Properties LLC and TA Leasing LLC.
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
  report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA
    LLC
  By:
  /s/ Andrew J. Rebholz
  Andrew J. Rebholz
  Executive Vice President
    and Chief Financial Officer
  Dated:
  May 13, 2008
  3
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  10.1
  First Amendment to Lease Agreement,
    dated as of May 12, 2008 by and among HPT TA Properties Trust, HPT TA
    Properties LLC and TA Leasing LLC.
  4