Maryland
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001-15319
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04-3445278
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(State
of organization)
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(Commission
file number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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400
Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts
02458
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▪ the
affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding
shares
entitled to vote generally in the election of trustees is required
for the
removal of a trustee;
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▪ subject
to the provisions of any class or series of outstanding shares,
(i) the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes entitled to
be cast on the matter or (ii) if Maryland law permits the
effectiveness of a vote described in this clause (ii), the affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter, is required
for the
Company’s merger with or into another entity, its consolidation with one
or more other entities into a new entity, the sale, lease, exchange
or
transfer of all or substantially all of its assets or its termination
approved by the board of trustees and requiring shareholder
approval;
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▪ (i) the
affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes entitled to be
cast on the
matter or (ii) if Maryland law permits the effectiveness of a vote
described in this clause (ii), the affirmative vote of a majority
of the
votes cast on the matter, is required for any amendment to the
Company’s
declaration of trust approved by the board and requiring shareholder
approval, other than certain amendments relating to removal of
trustees or
the classification of the board of trustees;
and
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▪ the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast
on the
matter is required for certain amendments to the Company’s declaration of
trust relating to removal of trustees or the classification of
the board
of trustees which have been approved by the board of
trustees.
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3.1
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Composite
Copy of the Company’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated
September 20, 1999, as amended through June 1,
2007.
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3.2
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Composite
Copy of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated March 14, 2003,
as amended through May 30, 2007.
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99.1
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Press
Release dated May 30,
2007.
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SENIOR
HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
By:
/s/
Richard A. Doyle
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Richard
A. Doyle
Treasurer and
Chief Financial
Officer
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