Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces 2009 Dividend Allocation

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Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2009 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

Common Shares
				Dividend Allocation
				Per Share
							Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital

01/07/09	01/22/09	02/13/09	$0.3500	$0.2665	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0835
04/07/09	04/17/09	05/15/09	0.3500	0.2665	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0835
07/01/09	07/10/09	08/14/09	0.3600	0.2741	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0859
10/05/09	10/15/09	11/17/09	0.3600	0.2741	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0859
		TOTALS:	$1.4200	$1.0812	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.3388
			100.00%	76.14%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	23.86%

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

SNH is a real estate investment trust 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.