SNH Senior Housing Properties Trust

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2012 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

01/04/12 01/17/12 02/10/12 $0.3800 $0.2381 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.1419 04/03/12 04/13/12 05/10/12 $0.3800 $0.2381 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.1419 07/09/12 07/26/12 08/24/12 $0.3800 $0.2381 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.1419 10/09/12 10/22/12 11/20/12 $0.3900 $0.2443 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.1457 TOTALS: $1.5300 $0.9586 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.5714 100.00% 62.65% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 37.35%  

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, medical office buildings, nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals and wellness centers 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.