Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces Underwriters' Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that the
underwriters of its public offering have exercised, in full, their
over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 common shares.
The sale of the additional common shares and the sale of the original
public offering of 10,000,000 common shares are expected to close on
Friday, July 1, 2011.
The joint bookrunning managers for this offering are Jefferies &
Company, Inc., Citi and UBS Investment Bank. The co-lead managers for
this offering are Morgan Keegan, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and
Wells Fargo Securities. The co-managers for this offering are BB&T
Capital Markets, Janney Montgomery Scott, JMP Securities and Oppenheimer
& Co.
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 prospectus supplement relating
to this offering and related prospectus have been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and copies can be obtained by
contacting the offices of: Jefferies & Company, Inc., 520 Madison
Avenue, 12th floor, New York, NY 10022, telephone: (877) 547-6340, Citi,
Prospectus Department, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th
floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220, telephone: (800) 831-9146, or UBS Investment
Bank, attn: Prospectus Dept., 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171,
telephone: (888) 827-7275 ext. 3884..
WARNING REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND
OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE
BASED UPON SNH'S PRESENT BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED. FOR EXAMPLE:
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THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE SALE OF THE 1,500,000 ADDITIONAL
COMMON SHARES AND THE SALE OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF
10,000,000 COMMON SHARES ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE ON FRIDAY, JULY 1,
2011. IN FACT, THE CLOSINGS OF THESE SALES ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS
CONDITIONS CUSTOMARY IN TRANSACTIONS OF THIS TYPE. IF THESE CONDITIONS
ARE NOT SATISFIED, THESE SALES MAY NOT CLOSE.
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.

Senior Housing Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang, (617) 796-8234
Vice
President, Investor Relations
or
Elisabeth A. Heiss, (617)
796-8234
Manager, Investor Relations
Source: Senior Housing Properties Trust
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