SNH Senior Housing Properties Trust

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2011 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

Common Shares

                                 

 

    Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Qualified Capital Section 1250 Return of

Dates

Dates

Dates

Per Share

Income

Dividend

Gain

Gain

Capital

 

01/04/11 01/14/11 02/11/11 $ 0.3700 $ 0.2429 $ 0.0000 $ 0.0096 $ 0.0159 $ 0.1017 04/04/11 04/15/11 05/12/11 0.3700 0.2429 0.0000 0.0096 0.0159 0.1017 07/01/11 07/11/11 08/12/11 0.3700 0.2429 0.0000 0.0096 0.0159 0.1017 10/04/11 10/19/11 11/11/11   0.3800     0.2494     0.0000     0.0098     0.0163     0.1044   TOTALS: $ 1.4900   $ 0.9781   $ 0.0000   $ 0.0386   $ 0.0640   $ 0.4095   100.00 % 65.64 % 0.000 % 2.59 % 4.29 % 27.48 %

SNH’s common share CUSIP number is 81721M109. This information represents final income allocations.

Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns independent and assisted living communities, nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals, wellness centers and medical office buildings throughout the United States. SNH is headquartered in Newton, MA.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.