
SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) 04-3262075 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code617-964-8389Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each Exchange on which Registered The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule405 of the Securities Act. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during thepreceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule405 of RegulationS-T(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ 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 emerginggrowth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of theExchange Act. 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 revisedfinancial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control overfinancial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filingreflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by anyof the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the voting common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value, or common shares, of the registrant held by non-affiliates wasapproximately $392.5 million based on the $2.39 closing price per common share on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June30, 2025. For purposes of this calculation, anaggregate of 2,624,362 common shares held directly by, or by affiliates of, the trustees and the executive officers of the registrant have been included in the number ofcommon shares held by affiliates. Number of the registrant’s common shares outstanding as of February23, 2026: 168,061,029. References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the Company, SVC, we, us or our include Service Properties Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwiseexpressly stated or the context indicates otherwise. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of PartIII of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to our definitive ProxyStatement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the fiscal year ended December31,2025. Warning Concerning Forward-Looking Statements This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation ReformAct of 1995 and other securities laws that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements may include words such as “believe,”“expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “will,” “may” and negatives or derivatives of these or similar expressions. Theseforward-looking statements include, among others, statements about: economic and market conditions and their potential impacts on us,our tenants and our hotel managers; expectations regarding demand for corporate travel and lodging; the sufficiency of our liquidity; ourliquidity needs, sources and expected uses; our capital expenditure pl




