UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2009

 

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-16817

 

04-3516029

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts

 

02458

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

617-796-8387

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On May 5, 2009, Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or the Company, issued a press release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial condition as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

The Company hereby furnishes the following exhibit:

 

99.1         Press Release dated May 5, 2009.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Francis R. Murphy, III

 

Name:

Francis R. Murphy, III

 

Title:

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated:  May 5, 2009

 

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