- Current report filing (8-K)
May 19 2009 - 3:03PM
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):
May 19, 2009 (May 18,
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
8.01. Other Events.
Results of
annual meeting of shareholders and related matters.
At the annual shareholders meeting of Senior Housing
Properties Trust, or the Company, we or our, held on May 18, 2009, the
shareholders elected Jeffrey P. Somers as an Independent Trustee in Group I and
Barry M. Portnoy as a Managing Trustee in Group I, each for a three year term
of office until our annual shareholders meeting in 2012 and when their
successors shall have been elected and qualified. John L. Harrington, as
an Independent Trustee in Group II, and Adam D. Portnoy, as a Managing Trustee
in Group II, with a term of office expiring in 2010, and Frederick N.
Zeytoonjian, as an Independent Trustee in Group III, with a term of office
expiring in 2011 (and in each case until his successor shall have been elected
and qualified) continue to serve as our other trustees. On May 18,
2009, we issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of voting by
the shareholders at the annual meeting held on such date. A copy of that
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
At a meeting of the Companys
board of trustees which followed the annual shareholders meeting, Mr. Harrington
was elected as the Chair of the Companys Audit Committee, Mr. Somers was
elected as the Chair of the Companys Nominating and Governance Committee, and Mr. Zeytoonjian
was elected as the Chair of the Companys Compensation Committee. The
membership of each of these committees consist of Messrs. Harrington,
Somers and Zeytoonjian, the Companys Independent Trustees.
On May 18, 2009, we
changed our trustee compensation arrangements. A summary of our currently
effective trustee compensation arrangement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto
and is incorporated by reference herein.
On May 18, 2009, we
granted each of our trustees 2,000 common shares of beneficial interest, par
value $0.01 per share, valued at $15.45, the closing price of our common shares
on the New York Stock Exchange on that day, pursuant to the trustee
compensation arrangements described above.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
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he Company hereby files the following
exhibits:
10.1
Summary of Trustee Compensation.
99.1
Press Release dated May 18, 2009.
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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: May 19,
2009
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