Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces Annual Meeting Results

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced the results of its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which was held earlier today as follows.

Jeffrey P. Somers was re-elected as an Independent Trustee by a plurality of all shares voted.

Barry M. Portnoy was re-elected as a Managing Trustee by a plurality of all shares voted.

Shareholders approved a nonbinding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as SNH’s independent registered public accounting firm.

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 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 TrustKimberly Brown, 617-796-8234Director, Investor Relationswww.snhreit.com