RMR Managed REITs Acquire Approximately Half of RMR Management Company

Senior Housing Properties Trust SNH, Hospitality Properties Trust HPT, Select Income REIT SIR and Government Properties Income Trust GOV (each a "REIT" and, collectively, the "REITs") today announced that they have acquired combined economic ownership of approximately half of Reit Management & Research LLC ("RMR"). Each of the REITs is managed by RMR and, simultaneously with the REITs' acquisition of ownership in RMR, the management agreements with RMR were amended and extended for 20 year terms. The REITs' ownership in RMR is held indirectly through a new holding company of RMR ("RMR INC"). Pursuant to the agreements entered for this transaction, the REITs have agreed to distribute approximately half of the RMR INC shares held by them to their shareholders as a special dividend, and RMR INC has agreed to facilitate this by filing a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to register the RMR INC shares to be distributed and by seeking a listing of those shares on a national stock exchange upon the registration statement being declared effective by the SEC. The purchase price paid by each REIT for its respective ownership in RMR INC was paid to the historical owners of RMR by delivery of restricted common shares of each REIT, which are subject to 10 year lock up agreements and which were valued at the volume weighted average trading prices for each REITs' common shares during the 20 trading days prior to the acquisition, and cash as follows: Number of Value of Restricted REIT Restricted REIT ($ in millions) Common Shares Common Shares Cash Total SNH 2,345,000 $ 46.8 $ 14.0 $ 60.8 HPT 1,490,000 $ 45.2 $ 12.6 $ 57.8 SIR 880,000 $ 20.6 $ 15.9 $ 36.5 GOV 700,000 $ 13.8 $ 3.9 $ 17.7 Total $ 126.4 $ 46.4 $ 172.8 As a result of these transactions, the REITs' economic ownership in RMR is as follows: Shareholder Economic Ownership in RMR SNH 17.0% HPT 16.2% SIR 10.2% GOV 5.0% Subtotal REITs 48.4% Historical Owners of RMR 51.6% Total 100.0% It is expected that upon completion of the anticipated distribution of RMR INC shares to the REITs' shareholders and listing of those shares, approximately 24.2% economic ownership in RMR will be publicly traded. The remaining RMR INC shares held by the REITs which are not distributed to the REITs' shareholders will be unregistered, but these RMR INC shares will not be subject to any lock up provisions and the REITs will have certain registration rights for the RMR INC shares that they retain. In addition to the value of the RMR INC shares distributed to the REITs' shareholders, the expected benefits of these transactions to the REITs' shareholders include: Further alignment of interests among RMR management, the REITs and the REITs' shareholders because the REITs and their shareholders own RMR INC shares. Further alignment of interests among RMR management, the REITs and the REITs' shareholders because the historical owners of RMR have become owners of a significant number of restricted shares of each of the REITs and those shares are subject to 10 year lock up agreements. Providing greater transparency for the REITs' shareholders into RMR management, including RMR's financial and operating results. The REITs will continue to benefit from low general and administrative costs which RMR management provides to each REIT. As of March 31, 2015, RMR had total real estate assets under management of approximately $22 billion, and the total management fee revenues of RMR were approximately $200 million for the twelve months ended March 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2015, RMR managed over 1,000 properties, located in 48 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, Canada and Australia. RMR currently has approximately 400 employees in 25 offices located throughout the United States. In addition to managing the REITs, RMR provides management services to other publicly traded and private businesses, including: TravelCenters of America, LLC TA, an operator of travel centers along the U.S. Interstate Highway System, some of which are owned by HPT; Five Star Quality Care, Inc. FVE, an operator of senior living communities, some of which are owned by SNH; Sonesta International Hotels Corporation ("Sonesta"), a privately owned manager and franchisor of hotels in the U.S., Latin America, and the Middle East, some of which are owned by HPT; as well as other privately held businesses. Also, a subsidiary of RMR, RMR Advisors LLC ("Advisors"), is a SEC registered investment advisor that manages a mutual fund which invests in securities of unaffiliated real estate companies, RMR Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE MKT: RIF). As RMR INC shareholders, the REITs and their shareholders will benefit from these agreements, as well as from the extended RMR management agreements with the REITs and any new business RMR may successfully undertake in the future. The transactions announced today were accomplished by means of a so called "UP-C" transaction structure pursuant to which the historical owners of RMR have retained 10:1 voting rights in RMR INC so long as they do not sell their ownership interests in RMR to unrelated third parties. The details of RMR's historical financial performance and other information about the transactions described in this press release will be set forth in a registration statement to be filed by RMR INC with the SEC. The REITs currently expect to distribute the RMR INC shares to their shareholders before year end 2015. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as financial advisor to a Joint Special Committee of Independent Trustees of the REITs in connection with the transactions described in this press release. In addition: Centerview Partners LLC acted as financial advisor to a Special Committee of SNH's Independent Trustees; Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. acted as financial advisor to a Special Committee of HPT's Independent Trustees; FBR Capital Markets & Co. acted as financial advisor to a Special Committee of SIR's Independent Trustees; and Reynolds Advisory Partners, LLC acted as financial advisor to a Special Committee of GOV's Independent Trustees. SNH is a REIT which owns senior living communities, medical office and biotech research properties and other healthcare related real estate located in 39 states and Washington DC. HPT is a REIT which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and travel centers located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. SIR is a REIT which owns properties that are primarily net leased to single tenants located throughout the United States as well as leased lands on the Island of Oahu, HI. GOV is a REIT which owns properties primarily leased to the U.S. Government, the United Nations and various state governments located throughout the United States. SNH, HPT, SIR and GOV are headquartered in Newton, MA.