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<title>svc-20260313</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-24">0000945394</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" id="f-25">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="svc-20260313.xsd"/></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000945394</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2026-03-13</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2026-03-13</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i61e17344ad0a4c22bf26d26f34644045_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><table 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#000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In this Current Report on Form 8-K, the term "SVC" refers to Service Properties Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Explanatory Note</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As previously reported on January 27, 2026, SVC sold 105 hotels with a total of 13,758 keys for a combined sales price of $820.3 million, excluding closing costs, pursuant to four agreements that SVC previously entered into to sell 113 hotels with a total of 14,803 keys for a combined sales price of $913.3 million, excluding closing costs, or the Sale Hotels. SVC is currently remarketing eight Sale Hotels with a total of 1,045 keys that were previously under agreement to sell for a combined sales price of $93.0 million, excluding closing costs. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SVC is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide updated pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, which reflects the sales of 105 of the Sale Hotels.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For further information regarding SVC&#8217;s completed hotel sales, please see its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000065/svc-20250909.htm">September 10, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000069/svc-20250916.htm">September 18, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000072/svc-20250918.htm">September 24, 2025 (filed with Item 2.01)</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000074/svc-20250923.htm">September 29, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000080/svc-20250925.htm">October 1, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000084/svc-20250930.htm">October 6, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000087/svc-20251015.htm">October 21, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000091/svc-20251022.htm">October 28, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000094539425000097/svc-20251029.htm">November 4, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000945394/000094539425000110/svc-20251113.htm">November 18, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000945394/000094539425000114/svc-20251118.htm">November 24, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000945394/000094539425000117/svc-20251204.htm">December 9, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000945394/000094539425000121/svc-20251210.htm">December 16, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000945394/000094539425000124/svc-20251216.htm">December 22, 2025</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> and </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000945394/000094539426000004/svc-20260122.htm">January 27, 2026</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SVC's unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 and SVC's unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of loss for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the notes related thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">These unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements reflect SVC&#8217;s financial position as if the sale of one of the Sale Hotels was completed as of December 31, 2025 (the impact of the sales of 104 of the Sale Hotels are reflected in SVC&#8217;s historical consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025), and SVC&#8217;s results of operations as if the sales of 105 of the Sale Hotels were completed as of January 1, 2025. These unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of SVC&#8217;s expected financial position or results of operations for any future period. Differences could result from numerous factors, including future changes in SVC&#8217;s portfolio of investments, capital structure, property level operating expenses and revenues, including returns received from SVC&#8217;s hotels or rents expected to be received pursuant to SVC&#8217;s existing leases or leases SVC may enter into, changes in interest rates and other reasons. Actual future results are likely to be different from amounts presented in these unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements and such differences may be significant.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.198%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:5.131%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:2.091%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:89.478%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991-31326.htm">99.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991-31326.htm">Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements. (Filed herewith.)</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">104</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Cover Page Interactive Data File. (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document.)</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:6.367%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:28.182%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:18.812%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:6.659%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:34.480%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">SERVICE PROPERTIES TRUST</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Brian E. Donley</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Brian E. Donley</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dated: </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en" id="f-23">March&#160;13, 2026</ix:nonNumeric></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</span></div></div></div></body></html>