DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST

Regulatory Filings • Aug 2, 2010

8-K 1 a10-12649_38k.htm 8-K

*UNITED STATES*

*SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION*

*WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 2, 2010 (August 2, 2010)

*SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST*

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

*Maryland*

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-15319	04-3445278
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

*400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458*

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

*617-796-8350*

(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))

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*ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.*

On August 2, 2010, 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 ended June 30, 2010 and also provided certain supplemental operating and financial data for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. 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 August 2, 2010.
99.2	Second Quarter 2010 Supplemental Operating and
Financial Data.

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*SIGNATURE*

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:
August 2, 2010 |

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