Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces 2016 Dividend Allocation

Senior Housing Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SNH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2016 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

        
      
      
        
          01/11/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          01/22/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          02/23/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.39
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.2292
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0022
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0000
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0000
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.1586
        
      
      
        
          04/13/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          04/25/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          05/19/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.39
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.2292
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0022
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0000
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0000
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.1586
        
      
      
        
          07/12/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          07/22/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          08/18/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.39
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.2292
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0022
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0000
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.0000
        
        
        
        
        
        
          $0.1586
        
      
      
        
          10/11/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10/21/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          11/17/16
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

$0.39

$0.2292

$0.0022

$0.0000

$0.0000

$0.1586

        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          TOTALS:
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

$1.56

$0.9168

$0.0088

$0.0000

$0.0000

$0.6344

        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          100.00%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          58.77%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.56%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.00%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.00%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          40.67%
        
      
    
    

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

Shareholders should look to IRS Form 1099-DIV for their tax reporting. This press release is not intended to replace the Form 1099-DIV.

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

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Senior Housing Properties TrustBrad Shepherd, 617-796-8234Director, Investor Relations