snh_8k.htm
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): July 30, 2007 (July
30, 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
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
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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o
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o
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(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
July
30, 2007, Senior Housing Properties Trust, or the Company, issued a press
release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial
condition for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007 and also provided
certain supplemental operating and financial data for the quarter and six
months
ended June 30, 2007. Copies of the Company’s press release and supplemental
operating and financial data are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto,
respectively.
ITEM
9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d) Exhibits
The
Company hereby furnishes the following exhibits:
99.1 Press
Release dated July 30, 2007.
99.2 Second
Quarter 2007 Supplemental Operating and Financial Data.
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/
Richard A. Doyle
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Richard
A. Doyle
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
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Date:
July 30, 2007