SNH 8K
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): January 24, 2007
SENIOR
HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
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Maryland
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001-15319
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04-3445278
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(State
of organization)
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(Commission
file number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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400
Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts
02458
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617-796-8350
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Item
5.01 Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
Item
8.01 Other
Events
At
meetings of the board of trustees and the nominating and governance committee
of
Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Company”) held on January 24, 2007, Gerard
M. Martin, one of the Company’s managing trustees, notified the board of
trustees and the committee that he seeks to retire from the board of trustees
and will not stand for re-election at the annual meeting
of the Company’s shareholders currently scheduled to be held on May 8,
2007.
Mr. Martin advised the board and the committee that the reason for his decision
was not the result of any disagreement with the Company.
Pursuant
to a recommendation of the Company’s nominating and governance committee, the
Company’s board of trustees voted at its meeting to nominate Adam D. Portnoy for
election as a trustee at the annual meeting
of the Company’s shareholders currently scheduled to be held on May 8,
2007,
when the term of office of Mr. Martin will expire. Mr. Portnoy,
if elected, would be a management trustee, and is the son of Mr. Barry M.
Portnoy, the Company’s other managing trustee. Also pursuant to a
recommendation of the Company’s nominating and governance committee, the
Company’s board of trustees voted to nominate John L. Harrington for re-election
to the Company’s board of trustees as an independent trustee.
Prior
to October 1, 2005, Mr. Martin, together with Mr. Barry Portnoy, beneficially
owned Reit Management & Research LLC, the Company’s manager (“RMR”). As
previously reported, effective on that date, Messrs. Barry and Adam Portnoy
acquired Mr. Martin’s ownership in RMR. Mr. Adam Portnoy serves as a director of
RMR and also is its President and Chief Executive Officer.
Reference
is made to further information with respect to the Company’s board of trustees
and its members contained in the Company’s proxy statement for its annual
shareholders meeting held May 23, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute a solicitation
of a proxy with respect to the nominees for trustee.
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.
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SENIOR
HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
By:
/s/
John R. Hoadley
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John
R. Hoadley
Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
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