SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST 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): May 8, 2007

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

Maryland
001-15319
04-3445278
(State of organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
 
400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458

 
617-796-8350
 
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:

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

On May 8, 2007, Senior Housing Properties Trust, or the Company, issued a press release announcing that its annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for May 8, 2007 has been adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2007. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)      Exhibits

The Company hereby files the following exhibit:

99.1
Press Release dated May 8, 2007.
   
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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.
 
 
SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
 
By: /s/ Richard A. Doyle
   
Richard A. Doyle
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer


Date: May 10, 2007