Senior Housing Properties Trust Raises Quarterly Dividend to $0.38 from $0.37

Senior Housing Properties Trust

today announced it has raised its regular quarterly common share dividend by $0.01 to $0.38 per common share ($1.52 per share per year). The next quarterly dividend will be paid to common shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 19, 2011 and distributed on or about November 11, 2011.