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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.

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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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June 29, 2016

Senior Housing Properties Trust Enters Purchase and Lease Transaction for $112.4 Million and Amends Certain Management Arrangements

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that it has entered a $112.4 million purchase and lease transaction for seven assisted living communities (545 living units) located in four states (North Carolina: 3; South Carolina: 2; Tennessee: 1; and Virginia: 1). The communities are leased under a combination lease that expires at year end 2028, plus renewal options thereafter. The initial annual rent payable to SNH under the lease will be $8.4 million/yr., or approximately 7.5% of the purchase price. Starting after 2017, the rent may increase based upon a percentage of gross revenue increases realized by operations at the leased communities.

The tenant under the lease will be a subsidiary of Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) and the lease obligations will be guaranteed by Five Star.

SNH funded the purchase of the seven communities with cash on hand and drawings under its $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility.

Simultaneously with the purchase and lease transaction, SNH and Five Star amended agreements pursuant to which Five Star acts as the manager of certain senior living communities which are operated for the account of SNH’s taxable subsidiaries, or TRSs. The principal effects of these amendments is to adjust, effective July 1, 2016, certain calculations of management fees payable by SNH to Five Star for the 63 communities which Five Star manages for SNH’s TRSs. The change in the formulas for calculating these management fees is not expected to have a material impact upon SNH’s earnings from the managed communities, but SNH believes that the revised fee formulas may create incentives for improved performance by Five Star in the future.

“SNH is pleased to add these quality assets that produce attractive returns with solid rent coverage to its triple net leased senior living portfolio,” said David Hegarty, President and Chief Operating Officer of SNH. “These assets fit within our investment strategy of owning high quality private pay senior living assets. Additionally, we believe the amendments to the TRS arrangements provide our operator with enhanced incentives to improve performance at our managed communities.”

Five Star was formerly SNH’s wholly owned subsidiary until Five Star’s shares were distributed to SNH shareholders. SNH is currently Five Star’s largest shareholder, owning 4,235,000 Five Star common shares (8.6% of the Five Star shares outstanding). One of the Trustees of SNH is also a Director of Five Star, and both SNH and Five Star have contracted for management services from The RMR Group LLC, the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RMR). Because of these historical and continuing relationships, the terms of the purchase and lease transaction and the amendments to the management arrangements described in this press release were negotiated and approved by Special Committees of Independent Trustees of SNH and Independent Directors of Five Star who are not also Trustees or Directors of the other party and who are independent of RMR, and these Committees were represented by separate legal counsel.

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

WARNING REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES STATEMENTS AND HAS IMPLICATIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER SNH USES WORDS SUCH AS BELIEVES, EXPECTS, INTENDS, ANTICIPATES, ESTIMATES, WILL, MAY OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, SNH IS MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON SNH’S CURRENT INTENT, BELIEFS, OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR FOR VARIOUS REASONS. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE STATED OR IMPLIED BY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE:

  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE RENT PAYABLE BY FIVE STAR FOR THE SEVEN COMMUNITIES THAT SNH HAS ACQUIRED MAY INCREASE STARTING AFTER 2017. SUCH RENT INCREASES UNDER THE LEASE ARE DETERMINED BASED UPON A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE INCREASES AT THE LEASED COMMUNITIES. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHETHER FUTURE REVENUES AT THE LEASED COMMUNITIES WILL INCREASE AND, IN FACT, FUTURE RENTS MAY NOT INCREASE.
  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE CHANGES MADE IN THE CONTRACTS PURSUANT TO WHICH FIVE STAR MANAGES SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES FOR SNH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT UPON SNH’S EARNINGS FROM THE MANAGED COMMUNITIES AND THAT THE REVISED FORMULAS FOR CALCULATING FIVE STAR’S MANAGEMENT FEES MAY CREATE INCENTIVES FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE BY FIVE STAR IN THE FUTURE. AN IMPLICATION OF THESE STATEMENTS MAY BE THAT SNH WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES. IN FACT, FIVE STAR WILL REALIZE SOME IMMEDIATE BENEFITS FROM CHANGES TO THE MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AND THE BENEFITS WHICH SNH MAY REALIZE FROM THE IMPROVED INCENTIVES DEPEND UPON FIVE STAR’S OWN FUTURE PERFORMANCE. ACCORDINGLY, THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT SNH WILL BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGES MADE TO THE CONTRACTS UNDER WHICH FIVE STAR MANAGES COMMUNITIES.
  • THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE TERMS OF THE TRANSACTIONS ANNOUNCED TODAY WERE NEGOTIATED AND APPROVED BY SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF SNH’S INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES AND FIVE STAR’S INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT ALSO TRUSTEES OR DIRECTORS OF THE OTHER PARTY AND WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF RMR, AND THAT THESE COMMITTEES WERE REPRESENTED BY SEPARATE LEGAL COUNSEL. AN IMPLICATION OF THESE STATEMENTS IS THAT THE TERMS OF THESE TRANSACTIONS WERE SIMILAR TO THE TERMS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN UNRELATED PARTIES. SNH CAN PROVIDE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE TERMS OF THESE TRANSACTIONS ARE THE SAME AS WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN UNRELATED PARTIES. ALSO, THE FACT THAT THESE TERMS WERE NEGOTIATED AND APPROVED BETWEEN RELATED PARTIES MAY CAUSE SOMEONE TO CHALLENGE THESE AGREEMENTS AND SUCH CHALLENGES MAY BE EXPENSIVE TO DEFEND EVEN IF THE CHALLENGES ARE WITHOUT MERIT.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SNH’S FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR THE SEC, INCLUDING UNDER THE CAPTION “RISK FACTORS” IN SNH’S PERIODIC REPORTS OR INCORPORATED THEREIN, COULD CAUSE SNH’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE STATED OR IMPLIED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE. SNH’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SEC’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.

FOR THESE AND OTHER REASONS, INVESTORS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS OR THEIR IMPLICATIONS.

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, SNH DOES NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

Source: Senior Housing Properties Trust

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Brad Shepherd, 617-796-8234

Director, Investor Relations

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