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The information appearing on DHC ’s website includes statements which constitute forward looking statements. These forward looking statements are based upon DHC ’s present intents, beliefs or expectations, but forward looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. DHC ’s actual results may differ materially from those contained in DHC ’s forward looking statements. The information contained in DHC ’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under “Risk Factors" and “Warnings Concerning Forward Looking Statements” in DHC ’s periodic reports and other filings, identifies important factors that could cause DHC ’s actual results to differ materially from those stated in DHC ’s forward looking statements. DHC ’s filings with the SEC are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are also accessible on DHC ’s website at the following link: SEC Filings. You should not place undue reliance upon forward looking statements.

The documents provided in this archived section are provided for historical purposes only. The information contained in each document is accurate only as of the date each document was originally issued or such earlier date stated in those documents. Diversified Healthcare Trust does not undertake any obligation to update any information contained in these documents. For current information about the company, please refer to our most recent public SEC Filings.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

The information appearing on Diversified Healthcare Trust’s (“DHC”) website contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other securities laws. Also, whenever DHC uses words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “plan”, “estimate”, “will”, “may” and negatives or derivatives of these or similar expressions, it is making forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon DHC’s present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by DHC’s forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. For example: (a) Office Properties Income Trust (“OPI”) and DHC have entered into a definitive merger agreement and the proposed merger is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023. However, the closing of the proposed merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of closing conditions, including DHC shareholder approval and the financing or any consents or approvals required or contemplated in connection with the proposed merger, some of which are beyond DHC’s control, and DHC cannot be sure that any or all of these conditions will be satisfied or waived. Accordingly, the proposed merger may not close on the contemplated terms or at all or it may be delayed; (b) DHC shareholders are expected to benefit from an annual dividend of $1.00 per share of the combined company. However, the Board of Trustees of the combined company will consider many factors when setting distribution rates, and thus future distribution rates may be increased or decreased and DHC cannot be sure as to the rate at which future distributions will be paid; (c) the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and the terms thereof were evaluated, negotiated and recommended to DHC’s Board of Trustees by a special committee of DHC’s Board of Trustees, comprised solely of DHC’s disinterested, Independent Trustees, and were separately approved by DHC’s Independent Trustees and by DHC’s Board of Trustees. Despite this process, DHC could be subject to claims challenging the proposed merger or other transactions or DHC’s entry into the merger and related agreements because of the multiple relationships among DHC, OPI and The RMR Group LLC (“RMR”) and their related persons and entities or other reasons, and defending even meritless claims could be expensive and distracting to management; and (d) DHC’s website contains statements regarding the expectations for proposed merger and the combined company which may imply that the combined company will achieve its expected strategic and financial goals and the shareholders will benefit from the growth potential of the combined company. However, the combined company will be subject to various risks, including: the risk that the combined businesses will not be integrated successfully or that the integration will be more costly or more time-consuming and complex than anticipated; the risk that cost savings and synergies anticipated to be realized by the merger may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; risks related to future opportunities, plans and strategy for the combined company, including the uncertainty of expected future financial performance, expected access to cash flows and capital, timing of accretion, distribution rates and results of the combined company following completion of the proposed merger and the challenges facing the industries in which each company currently operates and the combined company will, following the closing of the transaction, operate; risks related to the market value of the OPI common shares of beneficial interest to be issued in the proposed merger; risks associated with indebtedness incurred in connection with the proposed merger, including the potential inability to access, or reduced access to, the capital markets or other capital resources or increased cost of borrowings, including as a result of a credit rating downgrade; risks associated with the level of capital expenditures of each company and the combined company following the proposed merger; and risks associated with the impact of general economic, political and market factors on the combined company. As a result, the combined company may not achieve the long-term growth and value creation for shareholder as expected.

The information contained in DHC's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” or incorporated therein, also identifies important factors that could cause DHC's actual results to differ materially from those stated in or implied by DHC's forward-looking statements. DHC's filings with the SEC are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and are also accessible on DHC ’s website at the following link: SEC Filings.

You should not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, DHC does not intend to update or change any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The documents provided in this section are provided for historical purposes only. The information contained in each document is accurate only as of the date each document was originally issued or such earlier date stated in those documents. DHC does not undertake any obligation to update any information contained in these documents. For current information about DHC, please refer to DHC’s most recent public SEC Filings.

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER

The information appearing on DHC ’s website may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed merger between DHC and OPI. In connection with the proposed merger, OPI filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC containing a joint proxy statement/prospectus of DHC and OPI. On July 21, 2023, the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC and DHC and OPI each filed with the SEC and commenced mailing to their respective shareholders the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus. The proposed transaction involving DHC and OPI will be submitted to DHC’s and OPI’s shareholders for their consideration at special meetings of shareholders to be held on August 30, 2023. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT DHC, OPI AND THE MERGER. Investors are also able to obtain copies of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents (when they become available) free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Additional copies of documents filed by DHC with the SEC may be obtained for free on DHC’s Investor Relations website at www.dhcreit.com/investors or by contacting the DHC Investor Relations department at 1-617-796-8234. In addition to the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus, DHC files annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. DHC’s filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION

The information appearing on DHC ’s website is for informational purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy, any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction with respect to the merger or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION

DHC and certain of its trustees and executive officers, OPI and certain of its trustees and executive officers, and RMR, the manager of DHC and OPI, and its parent and certain of their respective directors, officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from DHC’s and OPI’s shareholders in connection with the merger. Certain information regarding these trustees, executive officers, directors, officers and employees and a description of their direct and indirect interests are set forth in the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC by DHC and/or OPI. Information about DHC’s trustees and executive officers is also included in the proxy statement for DHC’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 20, 2023. Information about OPI’s trustees and executive officers is included in the proxy statement for OPI’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 6, 2023. Copies of the foregoing documents may be obtained as provided above.

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March 01, 2006

Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces Agreement to Lease Hospitals to Five Star Quality Care, Inc.

NEWTON, Mass.--Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that it agreed to lease two rehabilitation hospitals to Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (AMEX: FVE). The agreement to lease is conditioned upon Five Star's obtaining all health regulatory approvals required to operate the hospitals.

The two rehabilitation hospitals are located in Braintree and Woburn, Massachusetts. They are currently owned by SNH but operated by HealthSouth Corporation. In October 2004, SNH terminated HealthSouth's lease of these hospitals because of various defaults including HealthSouth's failure to provide accurate financial information. HealthSouth then sued SNH seeking to prevent the lease termination. In September 2005, the Massachusetts Superior Court ruled that SNH had validly terminated HealthSouth's lease. In January 2006, that Court issued a Final Judgment And Order which directs HealthSouth to cooperate with SNH in transferring the hospitals to a new tenant and to account and pay to SNH the cash flow which HealthSouth realized and may realize from the hospitals operations from October 2004 until a new tenant is installed.

HealthSouth has filed appeals from the foregoing Court decisions. However, on January 31 and February 2, 2006, first the Massachusetts Superior Court and then the Massachusetts Appeals Court denied HealthSouth's requests to stay these decisions until the appeal is decided.

When it becomes effective, the new lease for the hospitals will require that Five Star pay rent to SNH of $854,167/month ($10,250,000/year). This is the same rent which HealthSouth previously paid to SNH prior to 2002, when the rent was reduced based upon fraudulent financial information provided by HealthSouth to SNH. From January 2002 until the recent Court decisions, HealthSouth made regular monthly payments of $725,000/month ($8,700,000/year). A separate litigation between SNH and HealthSouth remains pending in which SNH seeks to collect the difference between these amounts for the period from January 2002 through October 2004.

During this litigation and since the recent Court rulings, SNH had preliminary discussions with several potential tenants for these hospitals. It has decided to enter a lease with Five Star for the following reasons, among others:

  • Five Star currently operates high quality healthcare facilities including several which provide rehabilitation medical services. Although Five Star does not now operate rehabilitation hospitals, several of its executives have extensive hospital experience. Five Star has committed to provide the personnel and other resources necessary to maintain and improve the hospitals' operations. Also, Five Star has agreed to offer continued employment to all of the current personnel at the hospitals.

  • Five Star has strong and improving credit characteristics. Since it became a separate publicly owned company, Five Star has successfully completed three equity offerings and it has equity market capital of over $160 million. Five Star currently leases 136 healthcare and senior living properties from SNH and Five Star has a history of honoring all of its lease obligations.

  • The quality of the historical operating and financial information concerning the hospitals' operations which SNH has received from HealthSouth is suspect; and some of the financial reports provided by HealthSouth during the present litigation appears to be contradictory. Also, recent changes in Medicare rate formulas applicable to rehabilitation hospitals (i.e., the so called "75% Rule") make it difficult to project the hospitals' future financial results without having detailed and accurate historical operating reports. In these circumstances, SNH believes it would be very difficult to agree to lease terms with a healthcare operating company with which it does not have an extensive historical relationship. In consideration of these factors, the new lease will permit either SNH or Five Star to request that the rent be reset effective July 1, 2008, when SNH believes accurate financial information based upon stabilized operations will be available and that the litigation with HealthSouth may be concluded.

Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Newton, MA which owns and leases hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and independent living communities for seniors.

WARNING REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THE FOREGOING PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON SNH'S PRESENT BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE STATEMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND, IN FACT, MAY NOT OCCUR. FOR EXAMPLE:

  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT SNH HAS AGREED TO LEASE TWO HOSPITALS CONDITIONED UPON REGULATORY APPROVALS. THE IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT IS THAT THE REGULATORY APPROVALS WILL BE FORTHCOMING AND THE LEASE WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE. IN FACT, HOWEVER, SNH HAS NO ABILITY TO INSURE THAT REGULATORY APPROVALS WILL BE OBTAINED, AND THEY MAY NOT BE OBTAINED. IF SUCH APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED, THE LEASE MAY NEVER BECOME EFFECTIVE.

  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT SNH HAS OBTAINED RECENT COURT DECISIONS IN ITS FAVOR AND THAT HEALTHSOUTH'S REQUESTS TO STAY THOSE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN DENIED BY TWO COURTS. THE IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT IS THAT HEALTHSOUTH'S APPEAL WILL NOT SUCCEED. THESE COURTS MAY RECONSIDER THEIR DENIALS OF HEALTHSOUTH'S REQUESTS FOR STAYS. ALSO, THE DENIAL OF A STAY DOES NOT INSURE THAT AN APPEAL WILL FAIL. IN FACT, HEALTHSOUTH'S APPEAL MAY SUCCEED, ITS LEASE MAY BE REINSTATED OR IT MAY OBTAIN OTHER RELIEF OR DAMAGES WHICH WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT SNH.

  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT FIVE STAR HAS STRONG AND IMPROVING CREDIT CHARACTERISTICS. THE IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT AND OTHERS IS THAT FIVE STAR CAN AND WILL PAY THE AGREED RENT TO SNH. IN FACT, ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY CHANGE. SUCH CHANGES CAN OCCUR FOR NUMEROUS REASONS, SOME OF WHICH LIKE CHANGES IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID RATES MAY BE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF BOTH FIVE STAR AND SNH. IT MAY BE THAT FIVE STAR WILL BECOME UNABLE TO PAY THE RENTS DUE TO SNH.

  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT EITHER SNH OR FIVE STAR MAY REQUEST THAT THE RENT BE RESET EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008, AFTER THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THESE HOSPITALS BECOMES STABILIZED AND ACCURATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION BECOMES KNOWN AND THE LITIGATION WITH HEALTHSOUTH IS CONCLUDED. THE IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT IS THAT SNH MAY BE ABLE TO RAISE THE RENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008. IN FACT, IT MAY TAKE LONGER TO STABILIZE THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE HOSPITALS AND THE LITIGATION WITH HEALTHSOUTH MAY CONTINUE BEYOND JULY 1, 2008. MOREOVER, A RENT RESET MAY RESULT IN A RENT DECLINE. ALSO, IF SNH AND FIVE STAR ARE UNABLE TO AGREE UPON A RESET RENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008, SNH MAY DECIDE TO IDENTIFY A NEW TENANT FOR THESE HOSPITALS.

  • THIS PRESS RELEASE REFERENCES A CONTINUING LITIGATION BETWEEN SNH AND HEALTHSOUTH IN WHICH SNH IS SEEKING TO RECOVER INCREASED RENT FROM JANUARY 2002 TO OCTOBER 2004. HEALTHSOUTH IS DEFENDING THIS LITIGATION AND HAS ASSERTED COUNTERCLAIMS AGAINST SNH. THE OUTCOME OF THIS SEPARATE LITIGATION IS UNCERTAIN.

  • LITIGATION IS EXPENSIVE. SINCE THE CURRENT DISPUTES BETWEEN SNH AND HEALTHSOUTH BEGAN TO BE LITIGATED, SNH HAS SPENT OVER $2.3 MILLION IN LITIGATION COSTS. SNH EXPECTS THAT THESE EXPENSES WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS HEALTHSOUTH CONTINUES TO APPEAL OR CHALLENGE THE OUTSTANDING COURT ORDERS OR OTHERWISE TO IGNORE ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS. MOREOVER, SNH IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSURANCE AS TO WHEN THESE LITIGATIONS MAY END OR THE AMOUNTS OF FUTURE LITIGATION EXPENSES WHICH IT MAY INCUR. SNH HAS RECENTLY REQUESTED THAT THE COURT ORDER HEALTHSOUTH TO PAY SOME OF ITS (I.E., SNH'S) LITIGATION COSTS. HEALTHSOUTH HAS OPPOSED THIS REQUEST AND SNH DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE COURTS WILL RULE OR WHETHER HEALTHSOUTH WILL BE WILLING OR ABLE TO HONOR ANY AWARD WHICH MAY BE MADE.

FOR ALL OF THE FOREGOING REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE.

Senior Housing Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.snhreit.com

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