Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces 2012 Dividend Allocation

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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.