NEWTON, Mass.--Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2007 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:
Common Shares
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Dividend Allocation
Per Share
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Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Capital
Dates Dates Dates Per Share Income Gain
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01/03/07 01/19/07 02/16/07 $0.3400 $0.2715 $0.0000
04/03/07 04/19/07 05/16/07 0.3400 0.2715 0.0000
07/05/07 07/19/07 08/16/07 0.3400 0.2715 0.0000
10/11/07 10/22/07 11/15/07 0.3500 0.2794 0.0000
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TOTALS: $1.3700 $1.0939 $0.0000
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100.00% 79.85% 0.00%
Unrecaptured
Declaration Record Paid/Payable Return of Section 1250
Dates Dates Dates Capital Gain
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01/03/07 01/19/07 02/16/07 $0.0685 $0.0000
04/03/07 04/19/07 05/16/07 0.0685 0.0000
07/05/07 07/19/07 08/16/07 0.0685 0.0000
10/11/07 10/22/07 11/15/07 0.0706 0.0000
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TOTALS: $0.2761 $0.0000
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20.15% 0.00%
SNH's common share CUSIP number is 81721M109. None of the common dividends paid by the Company were Qualified Dividends. This above information represents final income allocations for 2007 income tax reporting purposes.
Senior Housing Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
Manager of Investor Relations
or
Katherine L. Johnston
Investor Relations Analyst
(617) 796-8234
www.snhreit.com
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