Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces Proposed Public Offering of 25,000,000 Common Shares

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

Senior Housing Properties Trust SNH today announced it commenced a public offering of 25,000,000 common shares. SNH expects to use the proceeds of this offering to repay amounts outstanding on its revolving credit facility and for general business purposes, including funding, in part, a pending acquisition. It is contemplated that the underwriters will also be granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 common shares.

The joint bookrunning managers for this offering are Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. The joint lead managers for this offering are Jefferies and RBC Capital Markets.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The preliminary prospectus supplement relating to this offering and related prospectus are expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and copies can be obtained by contacting the offices of: Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, telephone: (800) 831-9146; BofA Merrill Lynch, Attn: Prospectus Department, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; or Morgan Stanley, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2^nd Floor, New York, NY 10014.

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON SNH'S PRESENT BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED. FOR EXAMPLE:

• ALTHOUGH THIS PRESS RELEASE REFERS TO AN OFFERING OF 25,000,000 COMMON SHARES, GREATER OR LESS THAN 25,000,000 COMMON SHARES MAY BE SOLD OR THIS OFFERING MAY BE WITHDRAWN.
• IF SNH AGREES TO SELL COMMON SHARES IN THE OFFERING, THE CLOSING OF THE OFFERING WILL BE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS AND CONTINGENCIES AS ARE CUSTOMARY IN UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT SATISFIED OR THE SPECIFIED CONTINGENCIES DO NOT OCCUR, THE SALE OF THE SHARES MAY NOT CLOSE.
• THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT SNH CONTEMPLATES THAT THE UNDERWRITERS WILL BE GRANTED AN OPTION TO PURCHASE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3,750,000 COMMON SHARES. AN IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT MAY BE THAT THIS OPTION MAY BE EXERCISED IN WHOLE OR IN PART. IN FACT, SNH DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER THE UNDERWRITERS WOULD EXERCISE THIS OPTION, OR ANY PART OF IT.

FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.

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.