Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces 2015 Dividend Allocation

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Jan 19, 2016

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2015 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

Common Shares

				Dividend Allocation
				Per Share
							Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital
01/12/15	01/23/15	02/24/15	$0.39	$0.2008	$0.0028	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1864
04/13/15	04/24/15	05/21/15	$0.39	$0.2008	$0.0028	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1864
07/13/15	07/24/15	08/20/15	$0.39	$0.2008	$0.0028	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1864
10/13/15	10/23/15	11/19/15	$0.39	$0.2008	$0.0028	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1864
11/16/15	11/27/15	12/14/15	$0.13⁽¹⁾	$0.0679	$0.0009	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0631
		TOTALS:	$1.69	$0.8711	$0.0121	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.8087
			100.00%	51.48%	0.72%	0.00%	0.00%	47.80%

⁽¹⁾ Represents the distribution of shares of The RMR Group (NASDAQ: RMR). The distribution was paid to SNH’s common shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 27, 2015 and distributed on or about December 14, 2015. Each common shareholder of SNH entitled to receive RMR shares in the distribution received 0.0111 of a share of Class A Common Stock of RMR for each common share of beneficial interest of SNH held and each registered shareholder and Depositary Trust Company participant received cash, without interest, in lieu of any fractional RMR share that it was otherwise entitled to receive as a result of the distribution.

SNH’s common share CUSIP number is 81721M109. This information represents final income allocations.

Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns senior living communities, medical office buildings and wellness centers throughout the United States. SNH is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, MA.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.

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Senior Housing Properties Trust
Olivia Snyder, 617-796-8234
Investor Relations Analyst

Source: Senior Housing Properties Trust