- Current report filing (8-K)
January 30 2009 - 4:13PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 30, 2009 (January 30,
2009)
SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
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001-15319
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04-3445278
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission File
Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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400
Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts
02458
(Address of
Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
617-796-8350
(Registrants
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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On
January 30, 2009, our Board of Trustees, or Board, pursuant to a
recommendation of our Nominating and Governance Committee, appointed Jeffrey P.
Somers to the Board, effective January 30, 2009. The appointment was made to fill the vacancy
created by Frank J. Baileys resignation in connection with his recent
appointment to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of
Massachusetts, as previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated January 9, 2009. Mr. Somers
was appointed to fill the remainder of Mr. Baileys term as an Independent
Trustee in Group I of the Board, which will expire at our 2009 annual meeting of
shareholders. Mr. Somers was also
appointed as a member of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and
Nominating and Governance Committee.
Mr. Somers
(age 65) has been a member of the law firm of Morse Barnes-Brown Pendleton PC
since 1995. Prior to that time, he was a
partner at the law firm of Gadsby Hannah LLP (now McCarter & English,
LLP).
For
his service as a trustee, Mr. Somers will be entitled the compensation we
generally provide to our trustees. A
summary of our currently effective trustee compensation is filed as Exhibit 10.1
to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2008.
In
connection with his appointment, we entered into an indemnification agreement
with Mr. Somers, effective as of January 30, 2009, on substantially
the same terms as the agreements previously entered into between us and each
other trustee. We have previously filed
a representative copy of those indemnification agreements as Exhibit 10.6
to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
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.
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SENIOR
HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
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By:
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/s/ Richard A. Doyle
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Richard A. Doyle
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Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
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Dated: January 30, 2009
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