UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 25

NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-15319

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

New York Stock Exchange

(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)

Two Newton Place

225 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, MA 02458-1634

(617) 796-8350

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)

5.625% Senior Notes due 2042

(Description of class of securities)

Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:

o17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)

o17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)

o17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)

o17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)

oPursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.

xPursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Senior Housing Properties Trust certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:	June 30, 2016	By:	/s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
			Richard W. Siedel, Jr. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer