DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST

Regulatory Filings • May 10, 2007

8-K 1 snh_8k.htm SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST 8K SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST 8K Licensed to: Sullivan & Worcester LLP Document Created using EDGARizer HTML 3.0.4.0 Copyright 2006 EDGARfilings, Ltd., an IEC company. All rights reserved EDGARfilings.com

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:

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 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.

.

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