SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST (Form: 10-Q, Received: 08/03/2017 14:22:57)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-15319

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



Maryland		04-3445278
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02458-1634

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

617-796-8350

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):



Large accelerated filer ☒		Accelerated filer ☐

Non—accelerated filer ☐		Smaller reporting company ☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Number of registrant’s common shares outstanding as of August 2, 2017 : 237,558,963

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FORM 10-Q

June 30, 2017

INDEX



		Page
PART I	Financial Information

Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	1

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets — June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016	1

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016	2

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016	3

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	4

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	17

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	42

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	44

	Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements	46

	Statement Concerning Limited Liability	49

PART II	Other Information	51

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	51

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	51

Item 5.	Other Information	51

Item 6.	Exhibits	52

	Signatures	54

References in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the Company, we, us or our include Senior Housing Properties Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly stated or the context indicates otherwise.

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PART I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)



	June 30,			December 31,
	2017			2016
ASSETS
Real estate properties:
Land	$	806,369		$	803,773
Buildings and improvements	6,993,451			6,926,750
	7,799,820			7,730,523
Accumulated depreciation	(1,426,382		)	(1,328,011		)
	6,373,438			6,402,512

Cash and cash equivalents	27,160			31,749
Restricted cash	13,776			3,829
Acquired real estate leases and other intangible assets, net	476,494			514,446
Other assets, net	292,752			275,218
Total assets	$	7,183,620		$	7,227,754

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Unsecured revolving credit facility	$	434,000		$	327,000
Unsecured term loans, net	547,434			547,058
Senior unsecured notes, net	1,724,210			1,722,758
Secured debt and capital leases, net	817,083			1,117,649
Accrued interest	17,486			18,471
Assumed real estate lease obligations, net	101,007			106,038
Other liabilities	201,621			189,375
Total liabilities	3,842,841			4,028,349

Commitments and contingencies

Equity:
Equity attributable to common shareholders:
Common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized, 237,558,963 and 237,544,479 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively	2,376			2,375
Additional paid in capital	4,607,742			4,533,456
Cumulative net income	1,667,082			1,618,885
Cumulative other comprehensive income	58,861			34,549
Cumulative distributions	(3,175,144		)	(2,989,860		)
Total equity attributable to common shareholders	3,160,917			3,199,405
Noncontrolling interest:
Total equity attributable to noncontrolling interest	179,862			—
Total equity	3,340,779			3,199,405
Total liabilities and equity	$	7,183,620		$	7,227,754

See accompanying notes.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Revenues:
Rental income	$	166,647		$	163,997		$	333,090		$	325,419
Residents fees and services	98,366			97,370			196,484			194,323
Total revenues	265,013			261,367			529,574			519,742

Expenses:
Property operating expenses	102,795			97,474			203,851			195,422
Depreciation and amortization	69,669			71,372			142,844			142,594
General and administrative	22,922			11,965			38,005			22,828
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			180			292			619
Impairment of assets	5,082			4,961			5,082			12,351
Total expenses	200,468			185,952			390,074			373,814

Operating income	64,545			75,415			139,500			145,928

Dividend income	659			789			1,319			789
Interest and other income	76			177			195			242
Interest expense	(40,800		)	(41,118		)	(84,289		)	(80,399		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(7,353		)	—			(7,353		)	(6		)
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	17,127			35,263			49,372			66,554
Income tax expense	(99		)	(108		)	(191		)	(202		)
Equity in earnings of an investee	374			17			502			94
Income before gain on sale of properties	17,402			35,172			49,683			66,446
Gain on sale of properties	—			4,061			—			4,061
Net income	17,402			39,233			49,683			70,507
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,360		)	—			(1,486		)	—
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	16,042		$	39,233		$	48,197		$	70,507

Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments in available for sale securities	(4,995		)	15,931			19,050			40,118
Amounts reclassified from cumulative other comprehensive income to net income	5,082			—			5,082			—
Equity in unrealized gain of an investee	58			43			180			95
Other comprehensive income	145			15,974			24,312			40,213
Comprehensive income	17,547			55,207			$	73,995		$	110,720
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,360		)	—			(1,486		)	—
Comprehensive income attributable to common shareholders	$	16,187		$	55,207		$	72,509		$	110,720

Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic)	237,399			237,325			237,395			237,320
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted)	237,445			237,363			237,433			237,349

Per common share amounts (basic and diluted):
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	0.07		$	0.17		$	0.20		$	0.30

See accompanying notes.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)



	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2017			2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	49,683		$	70,507
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	142,844			142,594
Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts and premiums	2,803			2,783
Straight line rental income	(6,865		)	(9,306		)
Amortization of acquired real estate leases and other intangible assets	(2,610		)	(2,558		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	7,353			6
Impairment of assets	5,082			12,351
Gain on sale of properties	—			(4,061		)
Other non-cash adjustments	(1,887		)	(1,886		)
Equity in earnings of an investee	(502		)	(94		)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Restricted cash	(9,947		)	(871		)
Other assets	7,094			6,202
Accrued interest	(985		)	1,459
Other liabilities	9,487			(955		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	201,550			216,171

Cash flows from investing activities:
Real estate acquisitions and deposits	(15,146		)	(187,150		)
Real estate improvements	(57,067		)	(48,657		)
Proceeds from sale of properties	—			9,279
Net cash used for investing activities	(72,213		)	(226,528		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of senior unsecured notes	—			250,000
Proceeds from borrowings on revolving credit facility	501,000			340,000
Repayments of borrowings on revolving credit facility	(394,000		)	(366,000		)
Repayment of other debt	(302,476		)	(31,788		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt settled in cash	(5,485		)	—
Payment of debt issuance costs	—			(8,650		)
Repurchase of common shares	(11		)	—
Proceeds from noncontrolling interest, net	255,813			—
Distributions to noncontrolling interest	(3,483		)	—
Distributions to shareholders	(185,284		)	(185,228		)
Net cash used for financing activities	(133,926		)	(1,666		)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(4,589		)	(12,023		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	31,749			37,656
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	27,160		$	25,633

Supplemental cash flows information:
Interest paid	$	82,470		$	76,472
Income taxes paid	$	441		$	355

See accompanying notes.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data or as otherwise stated)

Note 1 . Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Senior Housing Properties Trust and its subsidiaries, or we, us, or our, are unaudited. Certain information and disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, for complete financial statements have been condensed or omitted. We believe the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. However, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 , or our Annual Report.

In the opinion of our management, all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All intercompany transactions and balances with or among our consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates in our condensed consolidated financial statements include purchase price allocations, useful lives of fixed assets and impairment of real estate and intangible assets.

In March 2017, we entered into a joint venture with a sovereign institutional investor for one of our properties leased to medical providers, medical related business, clinics and biotech laboratory tenants, or a MOB ( two buildings), located in Boston, Massachusetts. We have determined that this joint venture is a variable interest entity, or VIE, as defined under the Consolidation Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC. We concluded that we must consolidate this VIE because we are the entity with the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and we have the obligation to absorb losses of, and the right to receive benefits from, the VIE that could be significant to the VIE, and therefore are the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The assets of this VIE were $1,122,953 as of June 30, 2017 and consist primarily of the net real estate owned by the joint venture. The liabilities of this VIE were $723,417 as of June 30, 2017 and consist primarily of the mortgage debts on the property. The sovereign institutional investor's interest in this consolidated entity is reflected as noncontrolling interest in our condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 7 for further information about this joint venture.

Note 2 . Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2017, we adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business . This update provides additional guidance on evaluating whether a transaction should be accounted for as an acquisition (or disposal) of assets or of a business. This update defines three requirements for a set of assets and activities (collectively referred to as a “set”) to be considered a business: inputs, processes and outputs. As a result of the implementation of this update, certain property acquisitions, which under previous guidance were accounted for as business combinations, are now accounted for as acquisitions of assets. In an acquisition of assets, certain acquisition costs are capitalized as opposed to expensed under previous guidance.

On January 1, 2017, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation , which identifies areas for simplification involving several aspects of accounting for share based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, an option to recognize gross stock compensation expense with actual forfeitures recognized as they occur, as well as certain classifications on the statement of cash flows. The adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 did not have a material impact in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue From Contracts With Customers , which outlines a comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. ASU No. 2014-09 states that “an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.” While ASU No. 2014-09 specifically references contracts with customers, it may apply to certain other transactions such as the sale of real estate or equipment. In August 2015, the FASB provided for a one-year deferral of the effective date for ASU No. 2014-09, which is now effective for us beginning January 1, 2018. A substantial portion of our revenue consists of rental income from leasing arrangements, including leases with residents at properties leased to our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, which is specifically excluded from ASU No. 2014-09. We are continuing to evaluate ASU No. 2014-09 (and related clarifying guidance issued by the FASB); however, we do

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(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data or as otherwise stated)

not expect its adoption to have a significant impact on the amount or timing of our revenue recognition in our condensed consolidated financial statements. We currently expect to adopt the standard using the modified retrospective approach.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities , which changes how entities measure certain equity investments and present changes in the fair value of financial liabilities measured under the fair value option that are attributable to their own credit. This update is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted subject to certain conditions. Currently, changes in fair value of these investments are recorded through other comprehensive income. ASU No. 2016-01 states that these changes will be recorded through earnings. We are continuing to evaluate this guidance, but we expect the implementation of this guidance will affect how changes in the fair value of available for sale securities we hold are presented in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases , which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). ASU No. 2016-02 requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase of the leased asset by the lessee. This classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right of use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases today. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the potential impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02 will have in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments , which requires that entities use a new forward looking “expected loss” model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for credit losses. The measurement of expected credit losses is based upon historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. ASU No. 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently assessing the potential impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13 will have in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments , which clarifies how companies present and classify certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. ASU No. 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently assessing the potential impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-15 will have in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Restricted Cash , which clarifies how companies should present restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents. Companies will show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The new standard requires a reconciliation of the totals in the statement of cash flows to the related captions in the balance sheets. ASU No. 2016-18 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Upon the adoption of ASU No. 2016-18, we will reconcile both cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents, whereas under the current guidance we explain the changes during the period for cash and cash equivalents only.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting , which clarifies which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award are subject to the guidance on modification accounting under ASC 718. Entities would apply the modification accounting guidance unless the value, vesting requirements and classification of a share-based payment award are the same immediately before and after a change to the terms or conditions of the award. ASU No. 2017-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are continuing to evaluate ASU No. 2017-09; however, we do not expect its adoption to have a material impact in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data or as otherwise stated)

Note 3 . Real Estate Properties

At June 30, 2017 , we owned 434 properties ( 460 buildings) located in 42 states and Washington, D.C.

Acquisitions:

MOBs:

In January 2017, we acquired one MOB ( one building) located in Kansas with approximately 117,000 square feet for a purchase price of approximately $15,106 , including closing costs of $35 . We funded this asset acquisition using cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. The allocation of the purchase price for this acquisition is as follows:



Date	Location	Number of Properties	Number of Buildings	Square Feet (000’s)	Cash Paid plus Assumed Debt ⁽¹⁾		Land		Building and Improvements		Acquired Real Estate Leases ⁽²⁾		Acquired Real Estate Lease Obligations ⁽²⁾		Assumed Debt		Premium on Assumed Debt
Jan-17	Kansas	1	1	117	$	15,106	$	1,522	$	7,246	$	6,338	$	—	$	—	$	—


(1)	Amount includes the cash we paid and various closing settlement adjustments, as well as closing costs.


(2)	The weighted average amortization periods for acquired real estate leases at the time of this acquisition was 10.3 years .

In July 2017, we acquired one MOB ( one building) located in Maryland with approximately 59,000 square feet for a purchase price of approximately $16,400 , excluding closing costs.

Also in July 2017, we entered an agreement to acquire one MOB ( one building) located in Minnesota with approximately 150,000 square feet for a purchase price of approximately $16,650 , excluding closing costs. This acquisition is subject to conditions; accordingly, we may not acquire this property, this acquisition may be delayed or the terms may change.

Impairment:

We periodically evaluate our assets for impairments. Impairment indicators may include declining tenant or resident occupancy, weak or declining profitability from the property, decreasing tenant cash flows or liquidity, our decision to dispose of an asset before the end of its estimated useful life, and legislative, market or industry changes that could permanently reduce the value of an asset. If indicators of impairment are present, we evaluate the carrying value of the affected asset by comparing it to the expected future undiscounted net cash flows to be generated from that asset. If the sum of these expected future net cash flows is less than the carrying value, we reduce the net carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. We did not record any impairment charges for our real estate properties during the six months ended June 30, 2017 . See Note 4 for further information regarding other than temporary impairment losses recorded in 2017 on our investments in available for sale securities.

Note 4 . Investments in Available for Sale Securities

At June 30, 2017 , we owned 2,637,408 shares of class A common stock of The RMR Group Inc., or RMR Inc. We classify these shares as available for sale securities and carry them at fair value in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of shareholders’ equity. Our historical cost basis for these shares is $69,826 . At June 30, 2017 , our investment in RMR Inc. had a fair value of $128,310 , resulting in a cumulative unrealized gain of $58,484 based on RMR Inc.’s quoted share price at June 30, 2017 ( $48.65 per share).

At June 30, 2017 , we owned 4,235,000 common shares of Five Star Senior Living Inc., or Five Star. We classify these shares as available for sale securities and carry them at fair value in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of shareholders’ equity. In performing our periodic evaluation of other than temporary impairment on our investment in Five Star for the second quarter of 2017, we determined that, based upon the length of time and the extent to which the market value of our Five Star investment was below the carrying value of our Five Star investment, the decline in fair value should be deemed to be other than temporary at June 30, 2017. Accordingly, we recorded a loss on impairment of $5,082 to reduce the carrying value of our Five Star investment to its estimated fair value during the second quarter of 2017. We estimated fair value using the closing price of Five Star's common shares on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, or the Nasdaq, on June 30, 2017 ( $1.50 per share). At June 30, 2017, our Five Star investment had an adjusted cost basis and estimated fair value of $6,353 .

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(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data or as otherwise stated)

See Notes 6 and 12 below for further information regarding our investments in available for sale securities.

Note 5 . Indebtedness

Our principal debt obligations at June 30, 2017 were: (1) outstanding borrowings under our $1,000,000 unsecured revolving credit facility; (2) six public issuances of senior unsecured notes, including: (a) $400,000 principal amount at an annual interest rate of 3.25% due 2019, (b) $200,000 principal amount at an annual interest rate of 6.75% due 2020, (c) $300,000 principal amount at an annual interest rate of 6.75% due 2021, (d) $250,000 principal amount at an annual interest rate of 4.75% due 2024, (e) $350,000 principal amount at an annual interest rate of 5.625% due 2042 and (f) $250,000 principal amount at an annual interest rate of 6.25% due 2046; (3) our $350,000 principal amount unsecured term loan due 2020; (4) our $200,000 principal amount unsecured term loan due 2022; and (5) $807,775 aggregate principal amount of mortgages (excluding premiums, discounts and net debt issuance costs) secured by 24 of our properties ( 25 buildings) with maturity dates between 2018 and 2043. The 24 mortgaged properties ( 25 buildings) had a carrying value (before accumulated depreciation) of $1,232,046 at June 30, 2017 . We also had two properties subject to capital leases with lease obligations totaling $11,022 at June 30, 2017 ; these two properties had a carrying value (before accumulated depreciation) of $36,173 at June 30, 2017 , and the capital leases expire in 2026.

In April 2017, we prepaid a mortgage note secured by 17 of our properties with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $277,837 plus an aggregate premium of $5,449 plus accrued interest, a maturity date in September 2019 and an annual interest rate of 6.71% . In May 2017, we prepaid, at par plus accrued interest, a mortgage note secured by one of our properties with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $10,579 , a maturity date in August 2017 and an annual interest rate of 6.15% . In June 2017, we prepaid, at par plus accrued interest, a mortgage note secured by one of our properties with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $8,807 , a maturity date in August 2037 and an annual interest rate of 5.95% . We recorded loss on early extinguishment of debt of $7,353 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 related to these prepayments.

We have a $1,000,000 revolving credit facility that is available for general business purposes, including acquisitions. Our revolving credit facility provides that we can borrow, repay and re-borrow funds available under our revolving credit facility until maturity, and no principal repayment is due until maturity. Our revolving credit facility required annual interest to be paid on borrowings at LIBOR plus a premium, which was 130 basis points as of June 30, 2017 , plus a facility fee of 30 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) on the total amount of lending commitments.

In August 2017, we amended the agreement governing our revolving credit facility. As a result of the amendment, the interest rate payable on borrowings under the facility is reduced from LIBOR plus a premium of 130 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) to LIBOR plus a premium of 120 basis points per annum, and the facility fee is reduced from 30 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) to 25 basis points per annum on the total amount of lending commitments under the facility. The interest rate premium and facility fee are each subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. Also as a result of the amendment, the stated maturity date of the facility was extended from January 15, 2018 to January 15, 2022, and, subject to the payment of an extension fee and meeting other conditions, we have the option to extend the maturity date of the facility for an additional year. The facility also includes a feature pursuant to which in certain circumstances maximum borrowings under the facility may be increased to up to $2,000,000 .

As of June 30, 2017 , the annual interest rate payable on borrowings under our revolving credit facility was 2.5% . The weighted average annual interest rates for borrowings under our revolving credit facility were 2.3% and 1.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and 2.2% and 1.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. As of June 30, 2017 , we had $434,000 outstanding and $566,000 available for borrowing, and as of August 2, 2017 , we had $415,000 outstanding and $585,000 available for borrowing under our revolving credit facility. We incurred interest expense and other associated costs related to our revolving credit facility of $2,662 and $3,454 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $5,026 and $7,136 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

We have a $350,000 term loan, which we borrowed in 2014. This term loan matures in January 2020, and is prepayable without penalty at any time. This term loan requires annual interest to be paid at LIBOR plus a premium of 140 basis points that is subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. At June 30, 2017 , the annual interest rate payable on amounts outstanding under this term loan was 2.5% . The weighted average annual interest rate for amounts outstanding under this term loan was 2.5% and 1.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and 2.3% and 1.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. We incurred interest expense and other associated costs related to this term loan of $2,140 and $1,635 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $4,056 and $3,249 for the six months ended June 30, 2017

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and 2016 , respectively. This term loan includes an accordion feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $700,000 in certain circumstances.

We also have a $200,000 term loan, which we borrowed in 2015. This term loan matures in September 2022, and is prepayable without penalty at any time beginning in September 2017. At June 30, 2017 , the annual interest rate payable on amounts outstanding under this term loan was 3.0% . The weighted average annual interest rate for amounts outstanding under this term loan was 2.9% and 2.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and 2.8% and 2.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. We incurred interest expense and other associated costs related to this term loan of $1,427 and $1,133 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $2,725 and $2,260 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. This term loan includes an accordion feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $400,000 in certain circumstances. In August 2017, we amended the agreement governing this term loan. As a result of the amendment, the interest rate payable is reduced from LIBOR plus a premium of 180 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) to LIBOR plus a premium of 135 basis points per annum, subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings.

Our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements provide for acceleration of payment of all amounts due thereunder upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default, such as, in the case of our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements, a change of control of us, as defined, which includes The RMR Group LLC, or RMR LLC, ceasing to act as our business and property manager. Our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements also contain a number of covenants, including covenants that restrict our ability to incur debts, and generally require us to maintain certain financial ratios, and our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements restrict our ability to make distributions under certain circumstances. We believe we were in compliance with the terms and conditions of the respective covenants under our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements at June 30, 2017 .

Note 6 . Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

The table below presents certain of our assets measured at fair value at June 30, 2017 , categorized by the level of inputs as defined in the fair value hierarchy under GAAP, used in the valuation of each asset:

Significant

Total as of

Quoted Prices in Active

Significant Other

Unobservable

June 30,

Markets for Identical

Observable Inputs

Inputs

Description

2017

Assets (Level 1)

(Level 2)

(Level 3)

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

Assets:

Investments in available for sale securities ⁽¹⁾

134,662

—


(1)	Our investments in available for sale securities include our 2,637,408 shares of RMR Inc. class A common stock and our 4,235,000 Five Star common shares. The fair values of these shares are based upon quoted prices at June 30, 2017 in active markets (Level 1 inputs). See Note 4 for further information on our investments in available for sale securities.

In addition to the assets described in the table above, our financial instruments at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 included cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, other assets, our revolving credit facility, term loans, senior unsecured notes, secured debt and capital leases and other unsecured obligations and liabilities. The fair values of these financial instruments approximated their carrying values in our condensed consolidated financial statements as of such dates, except as follows:



	As of June 30, 2017				As of December 31, 2016
Description	Carrying Amount ⁽¹⁾		Estimated Fair Value		Carrying Amount ⁽¹⁾		Estimated Fair Value
Senior unsecured notes	$	1,724,210	$	1,819,342	$	1,722,758	$	1,755,715
Secured debt ⁽²⁾	806,061		784,752		1,106,183		1,090,515
	$	2,530,271	$	2,604,094	$	2,828,941	$	2,846,230


(1)	Includes unamortized debt issuance costs, premiums and discounts.

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(2)

We assumed certain of these secured debts in connection with our acquisitions of certain properties. We recorded the assumed mortgage debts at estimated fair value on the date of acquisition and we are amortizing the fair value adjustments, if any, to interest expense over the respective terms of the mortgage debts to reduce interest expense to the estimated market interest rates as of the date of acquisition.

We estimated the fair value of our two issuances of senior unsecured notes due 2042 and 2046 based on the closing price on the Nasdaq (a Level 1 input) as of June 30, 2017 . We estimated the fair values of our four issuances of senior unsecured notes due 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024 using an average of the bid and ask price on or about June 30, 2017 (Level 2 inputs as defined in the fair value hierarchy under GAAP). We estimated the fair values of our secured debts by using discounted cash flows analyses and currently prevailing market terms as of the measurement date (Level 3 inputs as defined in the fair value hierarchy under GAAP). Because Level 3 inputs are unobservable, our estimated fair value may differ materially from the actual fair value.

Note 7 . Noncontrolling Interest

In March 2017, we entered into a joint venture with a sovereign institutional investor for one of our MOBs ( two buildings) located in Boston, Massachusetts. The investor contributed approximately $260,891 for a 45% equity interest in the joint venture, and we retained the remaining 55% equity interest in the joint venture. Net proceeds from this transaction were approximately $255,813 , after transaction costs. We continue to effectively control this property and therefore continue to account for this property on a consolidated basis in our condensed consolidated financial statements under the VIE model.

This transaction was considered a partial sale of real estate that did not result in profit recognition under the full accrual method due to our continuing involvement in the entity. We recognized a noncontrolling interest in our condensed consolidated balance sheets of approximately $181,859 , which is equal to 45% of the aggregate carrying value of the total equity of the property immediately prior to the transaction. The difference between the net proceeds received from this transaction and the noncontrolling interest recognized, which was approximately $73,954 , has been reflected as an increase in additional paid in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The portion of the joint venture's net income and comprehensive income not attributable to us, or $1,360 and $1,486 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 , respectively, is reported as noncontrolling interest in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. We made aggregate cash distributions to our joint venture partner of $3,483 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 , which are reflected as a decrease in total equity attributable to noncontrolling interest in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2017 , this joint venture held real estate assets with an aggregate net book value of $999,346 , subject to mortgage debts of $620,000 .

In assessing whether we have a controlling interest in this joint venture arrangement and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of the joint venture entity, we considered the members' rights to residual gains and obligation to absorb losses, which activities most significantly impact the economic performance of the entity and which member has the power to direct those activities.

Note 8 . Shareholders’ Equity

Share Issuances and Repurchases:

On May 18, 2017, we granted 3,000 of our common shares, valued at $21.25 per share, the closing price of our common shares on the Nasdaq on that day, to each of our five Trustees as part of their annual compensation.

On June 30, 2017, we purchased 516 of our common shares valued at $20.44 per share, the closing price of our common shares on the Nasdaq on that day, from employees of our manager, RMR LLC, in satisfaction of tax withholding and payment obligations in connection with the vesting of awards of restricted common shares.

Distributions:

On February 21, 2017, we paid a regular quarterly distribution to common shareholders of $0.39 per share, or approximately $92,642 , that was declared on January 13, 2017 and was payable to shareholders of record on January 23, 2017. On May 18, 2017, we paid a regular quarterly distribution to common shareholders of $0.39 per share, or approximately $92,642 , that was declared on April 11, 2017 and was payable to shareholders of record on April 21, 2017. On July 12, 2017, we declared a regular quarterly distribution payable to common shareholders of record on July 24, 2017 of $0.39 per share, or approximately $92,648 . We expect to pay this distribution on or about August 17, 2017.

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Note 9 . Segment Reporting

As of June 30, 2017 , we have four operating segments, of which three are separate reporting segments. We aggregate our triple net leased senior living communities, our managed senior living communities and our MOBs into three reporting segments, based on their similar operating and economic characteristics. The first reporting segment includes triple net leased senior living communities that provide short term and long term residential care and other services for residents and with respect to which we receive rents from the operators. The second reporting segment includes managed senior living communities that provide short term and long term residential care and other services for residents where we pay fees to the operator to manage the communities for our account. The third reporting segment includes MOBs where the tenants pay us rent. Our fourth segment includes all of our other operations, including certain properties that offer wellness, fitness and spa services to members and with respect to which we receive rents from operators, which we do not consider to be sufficiently material to constitute a separate reporting segment.



	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	67,426		$	—		$	94,651		$	4,570		$	166,647
Residents fees and services	—			98,366			—			—			98,366
Total revenues	67,426			98,366			94,651			4,570			265,013

Expenses:
Property operating expenses	—			75,149			27,646			—			102,795
Depreciation and amortization	20,470			16,390			31,861			948			69,669
General and administrative	—			—			—			22,922			22,922
Impairment of assets	—			—			—			5,082			5,082
Total expenses	20,470			91,539			59,507			28,952			200,468

Operating income (loss)	46,956			6,827			35,144			(24,382		)	64,545

Dividend income	—			—			—			659			659
Interest and other income	—			—			—			76			76
Interest expense	(2,211		)	(1,176		)	(6,250		)	(31,163		)	(40,800		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(7,294		)	—			(59		)	—			(7,353		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	37,451			5,651			28,835			(54,810		)	17,127
Income tax expense	—			—			—			(99		)	(99		)
Equity in earnings of an investee	—			—			—			374			374
Net income (loss)	37,451			5,651			28,835			(54,535		)	17,402
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			(1,360		)	—			(1,360		)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	37,451		$	5,651		$	27,475		$	(54,535	)	$	16,042

	As of June 30, 2017
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Total assets	$	2,276,979		$	1,238,723		$	3,309,089		$	358,829		$	7,183,620

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	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2016
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	66,441		$	—		$	92,978		$	4,578		$	163,997
Residents fees and services	—			97,370			—			—			97,370
Total revenues	66,441			97,370			92,978			4,578			261,367

Expenses:
Property operating expenses	423			71,642			25,409			—			97,474
Depreciation and amortization	19,273			20,140			31,011			948			71,372
General and administrative	—			—			—			11,965			11,965
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			—			—			180			180
Impairment of assets	—			—			4,961			—			4,961
Total expenses	19,696			91,782			61,381			13,093			185,952

Operating income (loss)	46,745			5,588			31,597			(8,515		)	75,415

Dividend income	—			—			—			789			789
Interest and other income	—			—			—			177			177
Interest expense	(6,282		)	(2,663		)	(844		)	(31,329		)	(41,118		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	40,463			2,925			30,753			(38,878		)	35,263
Income tax expense	—			—			—			(108		)	(108		)
Equity in earnings of an investee	—			—			—			17			17
Income (loss) before gain on sale of properties	40,463			2,925			30,753			(38,969		)	35,172
Gain on sale of properties	4,061			—			—			—			4,061
Net income (loss)	$	44,524		$	2,925		$	30,753		$	(38,969	)	$	39,233

	As of December 31, 2016
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Total assets	$	2,289,045		$	1,260,032		$	3,333,141		$	345,536		$	7,227,754

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	For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	134,678		$	—		$	189,297		$	9,115		$	333,090
Residents fees and services	—			196,484			—			—			196,484
Total revenues	134,678			196,484			189,297			9,115			529,574

Expenses:
Property operating expenses	—			149,028			54,823			—			203,851
Depreciation and amortization	40,804			36,605			63,539			1,896			142,844
General and administrative	—			—			—			38,005			38,005
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			—			—			292			292
Impairment of assets	—			—			—			5,082			5,082
Total expenses	40,804			185,633			118,362			45,275			390,074

Operating income (loss)	93,874			10,851			70,935			(36,160		)	139,500

Dividend income	—			—			—			1,319			1,319
Interest and other income	—			—			—			195			195
Interest expense	(7,550		)	(2,352		)	(12,570		)	(61,817		)	(84,289		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(7,294		)	—			(59		)	—			(7,353		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	79,030			8,499			58,306			(96,463		)	49,372
Income tax expense	—			—			—			(191		)	(191		)
Equity in earnings of an investee	—			—			—			502			502
Net income (loss)	79,030			8,499			58,306			(96,152		)	49,683
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			(1,486		)	—			(1,486		)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	79,030		$	8,499		$	56,820		$	(96,152	)	$	48,197

	As of June 30, 2017
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Total assets	$	2,276,979		$	1,238,723		$	3,309,089		$	358,829		$	7,183,620

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	For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	131,749		$	—		$	184,559		$	9,111		$	325,419
Residents fees and services	—			194,323			—			—			194,323
Total revenues	131,749			194,323			184,559			9,111			519,742

Expenses:
Property operating expenses	786			143,820			50,816			—			195,422
Depreciation and amortization	38,674			40,158			61,866			1,896			142,594
General and administrative	—			—			—			22,828			22,828
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			—			—			619			619
Impairment of assets	4,391			—			7,960			—			12,351
Total expenses	43,851			183,978			120,642			25,343			373,814

Operating income (loss)	87,898			10,345			63,917			(16,232		)	145,928

Dividend income	—			—			—			789			789
Interest and other income	—			—			—			242			242
Interest expense	(12,665		)	(5,227		)	(1,798		)	(60,709		)	(80,399		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			(6		)	—			—			(6		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	75,233			5,112			62,119			(75,910		)	66,554
Income tax expense	—			—			—			(202		)	(202		)
Equity in earnings of an investee	—			—			—			94			94
Income (loss) from before gain on sale of properties	75,233			5,112			62,119			(76,018		)	66,446
Gain on sale of properties	4,061			—			—			—			4,061
Net income (loss)	$	79,294		$	5,112		$	62,119		$	(76,018	)	$	70,507

	As of December 31, 2016
	Triple Net Leased Senior Living Communities			Managed Senior Living Communities			MOBs			All Other Operations			Consolidated
Total assets	$	2,289,045		$	1,260,032		$	3,333,141		$	345,536		$	7,227,754

Note 10 . Leases and Management Agreements with Five Star

Our Senior Living Communities Leased by Five Star. We are Five Star’s largest landlord and Five Star is our largest tenant. As of June 30, 2017 and 2016 , we leased 185 and 184 senior living communities to Five Star, respectively. We lease senior living communities to Five Star pursuant to five leases with Five Star. We recognized total rental income from Five Star of $51,123 , and $48,234 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $102,108 and $96,341 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. These amounts exclude percentage rent payments we received from Five Star of $1,392 and $1,388 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $2,837 and $2,861 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. We determine actual percentage rent due under our Five Star leases annually and recognize any resulting amount as rental income at year end when all contingencies are met. As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 , we

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had rents receivable from Five Star of $17,044 and $18,320 , respectively, which amounts are included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Rental income from Five Star represented 19.3% of our total revenues for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 , respectively, and the properties Five Star leases from us represented 27.5% of our total gross book value of real estate assets as of June 30, 2017 .

Pursuant to the terms of our leases with Five Star, for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , we funded $19,308 and $11,836 , respectively, of improvements to communities leased to Five Star. As a result, the annual rent payable to us by Five Star increased by approximately $1,547 and $949 , respectively. During the quarter ended June 30, 2017, we and Five Star agreed to amend the applicable lease for certain construction, expansion and development projects at two senior living communities we own and lease to Five Star. If and when Five Star requests that we purchase improvements related to these specific projects from them, Five Star’s annual rent payable to us will increase by an amount equal to the interest rate then applicable to our borrowings under our revolving credit facility plus 2% per annum of the amount we purchased. This amount of increased rent will apply until 12 months after a certificate of occupancy is issued with respect to the project; thereafter, Five Star’s annual rent payable to us will be revised to equal the amount determined pursuant to the capital improvement formula specified in the applicable lease.

In June 2016, we entered into an agreement with Five Star pursuant to which, on June 29, 2016, we purchased seven senior living communities from Five Star for an aggregate purchase price of $112,350 , and we simultaneously leased these communities back to Five Star under a new long term lease agreement.

Our Senior Living Communities Managed by Five Star . Five Star managed 68 and 62 senior living communities for our account as of June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. We lease our senior living communities that are managed by Five Star and include assisted living units or skilled nursing facility, or SNF, beds to our TRSs and Five Star manages these communities pursuant to long term management agreements. We incurred management fees payable to Five Star of $3,554 and $2,819 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $7,117 and $5,623 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. These amounts are included in property operating expenses or have been capitalized, as appropriate, in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2017, we and Five Star agreed to amend the applicable management and pooling agreements for a construction, expansion and development project at a senior living community that we own and is managed by Five Star. Our minimum return of invested capital for this specific project will increase by an amount equal to the interest rate then applicable to our borrowings under our revolving credit facility plus 2% per annum. This amount of increased minimum return will apply until 12 months after a certificate of occupancy is issued with respect to the project; thereafter, the amount of annual minimum return of invested capital will be revised to equal the amount determined pursuant to the applicable management and pooling agreements. We and Five Star also agreed that the commencement of the measurement period for determining whether the specified annual minimum return under the applicable management and pooling agreements has been achieved will be deferred until 12 months after a certificate of occupancy is issued with respect to the project.

Simultaneously with the June 2016 sale and leaseback transaction, we and Five Star terminated three of our four then existing pooling agreements and entered into 10 new pooling agreements that combine our management agreements with Five Star for senior living communities that include assisted living units. Pursuant to these management agreements and the pooling agreements, Five Star receives management fees equal to either 3% or 5% of the gross revenues realized at the applicable communities, reimbursement for its direct costs and expenses related to such communities, annual incentive fees if certain operating results at those communities are achieved and fees for its supervision of capital expenditure projects at those communities equal to 3% of amounts funded by us.

Under the pooling agreements, the calculations of Five Star's fees and of our annual minimum returns related to management agreements that include assisted living units that became effective before May 2015 and had been pooled under one of the previously existing pooling agreements are generally the same as they were under the previously existing pooling agreements. However, for certain communities, the pooling agreements reduced our annual minimum returns, and also, with respect to 10 communities, reset the annual minimum returns we receive before Five Star is paid incentive fees to specified amounts. For those management agreements that include assisted living units that became effective from and after May 2015, the pooling agreements increased the management fees Five Star receives from 3% to 5% of the gross revenues realized at the applicable communities, and changed the potential annual incentive fees from 35% to 20% of the annual net operating income, or NOI, of the applicable communities remaining after we realize our requisite annual minimum returns.

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Note 11 . Business and Property Management Agreements with RMR LLC

We have no employees. The personnel and various services we require to operate our business are provided to us by RMR LLC. We have two agreements with RMR LLC to provide management services to us: (1) a business management agreement, which relates to our business generally; and (2) a property management agreement, which relates to the property level operations of our MOBs. We also have a subsidiary level management agreement with RMR LLC related to one of our MOBs located in Boston, Massachusetts, which we entered in connection with the joint venture arrangement for that MOB. Under that agreement, our subsidiary pays RMR LLC certain business management fees directly, which fees are credited against the business management fees payable by us to RMR LLC.

Pursuant to our business management agreement with RMR LLC, we recognized net business management fees of $20,431 and $9,243 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $33,212 and $17,590 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. The business management fees for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 include $725 and $787 , respectively, of management fees related to our subsidiary level management agreement with RMR LLC entered into in connection with our joint venture arrangement, as well as $10,760 and $14,026 , respectively, of estimated 2017 incentive fees based on our common share total return as of June 30, 2017 . Although we recognized estimated incentive fees in accordance with GAAP, the actual amount of incentive fees payable to RMR LLC for 2017, if any, will be based on our common share total return, as defined, for the three year period ending December 31, 2017, and will be payable in 2018. The net business management fees we recognized for the 2017 and 2016 periods are included in general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Pursuant to our property management agreement with RMR LLC, we recognized aggregate net property management and construction supervision fees of $2,708 and $2,686 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $4,888 and $5,232 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, which amounts are included in property operating expenses or have been capitalized, as appropriate, in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We are generally responsible for all of our operating expenses, including certain expenses incurred by RMR LLC on our behalf. Our property level operating expenses, including certain payroll and related costs incurred by RMR LLC, are generally incorporated into rents charged to our tenants. We reimbursed RMR LLC $2,383 and $2,171 for property management related expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, and $4,763 and $4,299 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, which amounts are included in property operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. In addition, we are responsible for our share of RMR LLC's costs for providing our internal audit function. The amounts recognized as expense for internal audit costs were $67 for each of the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , and $134 for each of the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , which amounts are included in general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Note 12 . Related Person Transactions

We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with Five Star, RMR LLC, RMR Inc., Affiliates Insurance Company, or AIC, and others related to them, including other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services and which have trustees, directors and officers who are also our Trustees or officers.

Five Star. We are currently one of Five Star’s largest stockholders. As of June 30, 2017 , we owned 4,235,000 of Five Star’s common shares, or approximately 8.5% of Five Star’s outstanding common shares. Five Star is our largest tenant and the manager of our managed senior living communities. As of June 30, 2017 , our Managing Trustees, the controlling shareholders of RMR LLC's parent, beneficially owned, directly and indirectly, 36.7% of Five Star's outstanding common shares. RMR LLC provides management services to both us and Five Star. See Note 10 for further information regarding our relationships, agreements and transactions with Five Star and Note 4 for further information regarding our investment in Five Star.

Our Manager, RMR LLC. See Note 11 for further information regarding our management agreements with RMR LLC.

RMR Inc. RMR LLC is a subsidiary of RMR Inc. and RMR Inc. is the managing member of RMR LLC. The controlling shareholder of RMR Inc., ABP Trust, is owned by our Managing Trustees. As of June 30, 2017 , we owned 2,637,408 shares of class A common stock of RMR Inc. See Note 4 for further information regarding our investment in RMR Inc.

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SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data or as otherwise stated)

AIC. We, ABP Trust, Five Star and four other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services currently own AIC, an Indiana insurance company, in equal amounts. We and the other AIC shareholders participate in a combined property insurance program arranged and reinsured in part by AIC; we also have a one year standalone insurance policy that provides coverage for our MOB ( two buildings) located in Boston, Massachusetts that is subject to our joint venture arrangement, which we obtained as a part of this insurance program. We currently expect to pay aggregate annual premiums, including taxes and fees, of approximately $2,453 in connection with this insurance program for the policy year ending June 30, 2018, which amount may be adjusted from time to time as we acquire and dispose of properties that are included in this insurance program.

As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 , our investment in AIC had a carrying value of $7,798 and $7,116 , respectively. These amounts are included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We recognized income related to our investment in AIC, which amounts are presented as equity in earnings of an investee in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Our other comprehensive income includes our proportionate part of unrealized gains on securities which are owned and held for sale by AIC.

For further information about these and certain other related person relationships and transactions, please refer to our Annual Report.

Note 13 . Income Taxes

We have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as such, are generally not subject to federal and most state income taxation on our operating income provided we distribute our taxable income to our shareholders and meet certain organization and operating requirements. We do, however, lease certain managed senior living communities to our wholly owned TRSs that, unlike most of our subsidiaries, file a separate consolidated federal corporate income tax return and are subject to federal and state income taxes. Our consolidated income tax provision includes the income tax provision related to the operations of our TRSs and certain state income taxes we incur despite our taxation as a REIT. During the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , we recognized income tax expense of $99 and $108 , respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , we recognized income tax expense of $191 and $202 , respectively.

Note 14 . Weighted Average Common Shares

The following table provides a reconciliation of the weighted average number of common shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017	2016	2017	2016
Weighted average common shares for basic earnings per share	237,399	237,325	237,395	237,320
Effect of dilutive securities: unvested share awards	46	38	38	29
Weighted average common shares for diluted earnings per share	237,445	237,363	237,433	237,349

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our Annual Report. We are a REIT organized under Maryland law. At June 30, 2017 , we owned 434 properties (460 buildings) located in 42 states and Washington, D.C. At June 30, 2017 , the undepreciated carrying value of our real estate assets was $8.4 billion . For the three months ended June 30, 2017 , 97% of our NOI came from properties where a majority of the revenues are paid from our residents’ and tenants’ private resources.

PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW

The following tables present an overview of our portfolio (dollars in thousands, except investment per unit / bed or square foot data):



		Number of						Investment per				% of
	Number of	Units/Beds or		Carrying Value		% of Total		Unit / Bed or		Q2 2017		Q2 2017
(As of June 30, 2017)	Properties	Square Feet		of Investment ⁽¹⁾		Investment		Square Foot ⁽²⁾		NOI ⁽³⁾		NOI ⁽³⁾
Facility Type
Independent living ⁽⁴⁾	68	16,452		$	2,360,927	28.0	%	$	143,504	$	45,652	28.1	%
Assisted living ⁽⁴⁾	197	14,443		2,115,511		25.1	%	$	146,473	40,750		25.1	%
Skilled nursing facilities ⁽⁴⁾	39	4,131		186,802		2.2	%	$	45,220	4,241		2.6	%
Subtotal senior living communities	304	35,026		4,663,240		55.3	%	$	133,137	90,643		55.8	%
MOBs ⁽⁵⁾	120	11,552,323	sq. ft.	3,598,811		42.6	%	$	312	67,005		41.4	%
Wellness centers	10	812,000	sq. ft.	178,172		2.1	%	$	219	4,570		2.8	%
Total	434			$	8,440,223	100.0	%			$	162,218	100.0	%

Tenant / Operator / Managed Properties

Five Star	185	20,187		$	2,314,805	27.5	%	$	114,668	$	51,124	31.5	%
Sunrise / Marriott ⁽⁶⁾	4	1,619		126,326		1.5	%	$	78,027	3,132		1.9	%
Brookdale	18	894		69,669		0.8	%	$	77,930	1,813		1.1	%
11 private senior living companies (combined)	29	3,520		567,507		6.7	%	$	161,224	11,357		7.0	%
Subtotal triple net leased senior living communities	236	26,220		3,078,307		36.5	%	$	117,403	67,426		41.5	%
Managed senior living communities ⁽⁷⁾	68	8,806		1,584,933		18.8	%	$	179,983	23,217		14.3	%
Subtotal senior living communities	304	35,026		4,663,240		55.3	%	$	133,137	90,643		55.8	%
MOBs ⁽⁵⁾	120	11,552,323	sq. ft.	3,598,811		42.6	%	$	312	67,005		41.4	%
Wellness centers	10	812,000	sq. ft.	178,172		2.1	%	$	219	4,570		2.8	%
Total	434			$	8,440,223	100.0	%			$	162,218	100.0	%

Tenant / Managed Property Operating Statistics ⁽⁸⁾



	Rent Coverage				Occupancy
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Five Star	1.16	x	1.23x		83.3	%	84.4	%
Sunrise / Marriott ⁽⁶⁾	2.09	x	1.93	x	92.3	%	90.3	%
Brookdale	2.53	x	2.76	x	83.9	%	87.9	%
11 private senior living companies (combined)	1.26	x	1.29	x	89.0	%	88.1	%
Subtotal triple net leased senior living communities	1.27	x	1.33	x	84.6	%	85.4	%
Managed senior living communities ⁽⁷⁾	NA		NA		86.6	%	87.8	%
Subtotal senior living communities	1.27	x	1.33	x	85.1	%	86.0	%
MOBs ⁽⁵⁾	NA		NA		96.5	%	95.9	%
Wellness centers	1.85	x	1.90	x	100.0	%	100.0	%
Total	1.31	x	1.37	x

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(1)	Represents gross book value of real estate assets before depreciation and purchase price allocations, less impairment write downs, if any.


(2)	Represents carrying value of investment divided by number of living units, beds or rentable square feet, as applicable, at June 30, 2017 .


(3)	NOI is defined and calculated by reportable segment. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.


(4)	Senior living communities are categorized by the type of living units or beds which constitute a majority of the living units or beds at the community.

(5)

These 120 MOB properties are comprised of 146 buildings. Our MOB leases include some triple net leases where, in addition to paying fixed rents, the tenants assume the obligation to operate and maintain the properties at their expense, and some net and modified gross leases where we are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the properties, and we charge tenants for some or all of the property operating costs. A small percentage of our MOB leases are so-called "full-service" leases where we receive fixed rent from our tenants and no reimbursement for our property operating costs.


(6)	Marriott International, Inc. guarantees the lessee’s obligations under these leases.


(7)	These senior living communities are managed by Five Star. The occupancy for the 12 month period ended, or, if shorter, from the date of acquisitions through, June 30, 2017 was 86.3%.

(8)

Operating data for MOBs are presented as of June 30, 2017 and 2016 and includes (i) space being fitted out for occupancy pursuant to existing leases and (ii) space which is leased but is not occupied or is being offered for sublease by tenants; operating data for other properties, tenants and managers are presented based upon the operating results provided by our tenants and managers for the 12 months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, or the most recent prior period for which tenant operating results are made available to us. Rent coverage is calculated as operating cash flows from our tenants’ facility operations of our properties, before subordinated charges, if any, divided by rents payable to us. We have not independently verified tenant operating data. Excludes data for periods prior to our ownership of certain properties, as well as data for properties sold during the periods presented.

The following tables set forth information regarding our lease expirations as of June 30, 2017 (dollars in thousands):



									Percent of		Cumulative
	Annualized Rental Income ^(1) (2)								Total		Percentage of
	Triple Net Leased								Annualized		Annualized
	Senior Living				Wellness				Rental Income		Rental Income
Year	Communities		MOBs		Centers		Total		Expiring ⁽²⁾		Expiring ⁽²⁾
2017	$	—	$	17,598	$	—	$	17,598	2.6	%	2.6	%
2018	—		23,256		—		23,256		3.5	%	6.1	%
2019	590		40,820		—		41,410		6.2	%	12.3	%
2020	—		32,234		—		32,234		4.8	%	17.1	%
2021	1,424		22,366		—		23,790		3.6	%	20.7	%
2022	—		21,447		—		21,447		3.2	%	23.9	%
2023	28,269		11,757		7,546		47,572		7.1	%	31.0	%
2024	68,870		38,187		—		107,057		16.0	%	47.0	%
2025	—		12,756		—		12,756		1.9	%	48.9	%
Thereafter	180,730		149,904		10,550		341,184		51.1	%	100.0	%
Total	$	279,883	$	370,325	$	18,096	$	668,304	100.0	%

Average remaining lease term for triple net leased senior living communities, MOBs and wellness center properties (weighted by annualized rental income): 8.3 years ⁽²⁾

(1)

Annualized rental income is rents pursuant to existing leases as of June 30, 2017 , including estimated percentage rents, straight line rent adjustments, estimated recurring expense reimbursements for certain net and modified gross leases and excluding lease value amortization at certain of our MOBs and wellness centers. Rental income amounts also include 100% of rental income as reported under GAAP from a property owned by a joint venture of which we own 55%.

(2)

Excludes rent received from our managed senior living communities leased to our TRSs. If the NOI from our TRSs (three months ended June 30, 2017 , annualized) were included in the foregoing table, the percent of total annualized rental income expiring in each of the following years would be: 2017 — 2.3%; 2018 — 3.1%; 2019 — 5.4%; 2020 — 4.2%; 2021 — 3.1%; 2022 — 2.8%; 2023 — 6.2%; 2024 — 14.1%; 2025 — 1.7%; and thereafter — 57.1%. In addition, if our leases to our TRSs using the terms of the management agreements for these communities were included in the foregoing table, the average remaining lease term for all properties (weighted by annualized rental income) would be 9.1 years.

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					Percent of		Cumulative
					Total		Percentage of
	Number of Tenants ⁽¹⁾				Number of		Number of
	Senior Living		Wellness		Tenancies		Tenancies
Year	Communities	MOBs	Centers	Total	Expiring ⁽¹⁾		Expiring ⁽¹⁾
2017	—	92	—	92	13.6	%	13.6	%
2018	—	94	—	94	13.9	%	27.5	%
2019	1	92	—	93	13.7	%	41.2	%
2020	—	88	—	88	13.0	%	54.2	%
2021	1	71	—	72	10.6	%	64.8	%
2022	—	73	—	73	10.8	%	75.6	%
2023	2	28	1	31	4.6	%	80.2	%
2024	3	30	—	33	4.9	%	85.1	%
2025	—	25	—	25	3.6	%	88.7	%
Thereafter	11	65	1	77	11.3	%	100.0	%
Total	18	658	2	678	100.0	%


(1)	Excludes our managed senior living communities leased to our TRSs.



	Number of Living Units / Beds or Square Feet with Leases Expiring
	Living Units / Beds ⁽¹⁾					Square Feet ⁽²⁾
	Triple Net			Cumulative
	Leased Senior	Percent of		Percentage of			Wellness		Percent of		Cumulative
	Living	Total Living		Living Units /			Centers		Total		Percent of
	Communities	Units / Beds		Beds		MOBs	(Square	Total Square	Square Feet		Total Square
Year	(Units / Beds)	Expiring		Expiring		(Square Feet)	Feet)	Feet	Expiring		Feet Expiring
2017	—	—	%	—	%	588,275	—	588,275	4.9	%	4.9	%
2018	—	—	%	—	%	784,779	—	784,779	6.6	%	11.5	%
2019	175	0.7	%	0.7	%	1,289,088	—	1,289,088	10.8	%	22.3	%
2020	—	—	%	0.7	%	1,448,636	—	1,448,636	12.1	%	34.4	%
2021	361	1.4	%	2.1	%	695,450	—	695,450	5.8	%	40.2	%
2022	—	—	%	2.1	%	773,462	—	773,462	6.5	%	46.7	%
2023	2,263	8.6	%	10.7	%	787,930	354,000	1,141,930	9.6	%	56.3	%
2024	6,561	25.0	%	35.7	%	1,444,844	—	1,444,844	12.1	%	68.4	%
2025	—	—	%	35.7	%	535,419	—	535,419	4.5	%	72.9	%
Thereafter	16,860	64.3	%	100.0	%	2,794,925	458,000	3,252,925	27.1	%	100.0	%
Total	26,220	100.0	%			11,142,808	812,000	11,954,808	100.0	%

(1)

Excludes 8,806 living units from our managed senior living communities leased to our TRSs. If the number of living units included in our TRS leases using the terms of the management agreements for these communities were included in the foregoing table, the percent of total living units / beds expiring in each of the following years would be: 2017 — 0.0%; 2018 — 0.0%; 2019 — 0.5%; 2020 — 0.0%; 2021 — 1.0%; 2022 — 0.0%; 2023 — 6.5%; 2024 — 18.7%; 2025 — 0.0%; and thereafter — 73.3%.


(2)	Includes 100% of square feet from a property owned by a joint venture of which we own 55%.

During the three months ended June 30, 2017 , we entered into MOB lease renewals for 280,000 leasable square feet and new leases for 37,000 leasable square feet. The weighted average annual rental rate for leases entered into during the quarter was $31.06 per square foot, and these rental rates were, on a weighted average basis, 1.7% below previous rents charged for the same space. Average lease terms for leases entered into during the second quarter of 2017 were 4.7 years based on annualized rental income pursuant to existing leases as of June 30, 2017 , including straight line rent adjustments and estimated recurring expense reimbursements and excluding lease value amortization. Commitments for tenant improvement costs, leasing commission costs and concessions for leases we entered into during the second quarter of 2017 totaled $7.2 million , or $22.83 per square foot on average (approximately $4.87 per square foot per year of the lease term).

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GENERAL INDUSTRY TRENDS

The primary market for senior living services is individuals age 75 and older, and, according to U.S. Census data, that group is projected to be among the fastest growing age cohort in the United States over the next 20 years. Also, as a result of medical advances, seniors are living longer. Due to these demographic trends, we expect the demand for senior living services to increase in future years. Despite this trend, future economic downturns, softness in the U.S. housing market, higher levels of unemployment, lower levels of consumer confidence, stock market volatility and/or changes in demographics could adversely affect the ability of seniors to afford the resident fees or entrance fees at our senior living communities.

The medical advances which are increasing the lengths of stay at our senior living communities, as noted above, are also causing some seniors to defer considering relocating to senior living communities, but we do not believe this factor is sufficient to affect the long term positive demographic trends causing increased demand for senior living communities for the foreseeable future.

In recent years, a significant number of new senior living communities have been developed, and we expect this increased development activity to continue for at least the next few years. This development activity has increased competitive pressures on our tenants and manager, particularly in certain geographic markets where we own senior living communities, including Arizona, Georgia and Texas. These competitive pressures may prevent our tenants and manager from maintaining or improving occupancy and rates at our senior living communities, which may increase the risk of default under our leases, reduce the rents we may collect from our leased and managed senior living communities and adversely affect the profitability of our senior living communities, and may cause the value of our properties to decline. In response to these competitive pressures, we have invested capital in our existing senior living communities and expect to continue to do so in order to remain competitive with newer communities.

The senior living industry is subject to extensive and frequently changing federal, state and local laws and regulations. For further information regarding these laws and regulations, and possible legislative and regulatory changes, see "Impact of Government Reimbursement" elsewhere in this Quarterly Report as well as in our Annual Report.

Our MOBs have been impacted by at least two major industry trends for the past 10 years which are continuing at this time and that have impacted our investment activities:

First, medical properties are being consolidated onto hospital campuses and/or under common ownership with hospitals. This has caused the number of free standing medical office buildings to decline. At the same time the number of medical office buildings on hospital campuses has increased and the number of multi-practice medical buildings that are anchor leased by hospital systems who employ doctors has increased.

Second, various advances in medical science have caused a large investment in new bio-medical research companies that require office, lab and medical products manufacturing space.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (dollars and square feet in thousands, unless otherwise noted)

We have four operating segments, of which three are separate reporting segments. We aggregate our triple net leased senior living communities, our managed senior living communities and our MOBs into three reporting segments, based on their similar operating and economic characteristics. The first reporting segment includes triple net leased senior living communities that provide short term and long term residential care and other services for residents and with respect to which we receive rents from the operators. The second reporting segment includes managed senior living communities that provide short term and long term residential care and other services for residents where we pay fees to the operator to manage the communities for our account. The third reporting segment includes MOBs where the tenants pay us rent. Our fourth segment includes all of our other operations, including certain properties that offer wellness, fitness and spa services to members and with respect to which we receive rents from operators, which we do not consider to be sufficiently material to constitute a separate reporting segment.



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Revenues:
Triple net leased senior living communities	$	67,426		$	66,441		$	134,678		$	131,749
Managed senior living communities	98,366			97,370			196,484			194,323
MOBs	94,651			92,978			189,297			184,559
All other operations	4,570			4,578			9,115			9,111
Total revenues	$	265,013		$	261,367		$	529,574		$	519,742

Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders:
Triple net leased senior living communities	$	37,451		$	44,524		$	79,030		$	79,294
Managed senior living communities	5,651			2,925			8,499			5,112
MOBs	27,475			30,753			56,820			62,119
All other operations	(54,535		)	(38,969		)	(96,152		)	(76,018		)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	16,042		$	39,233		$	48,197		$	70,507

The following sections analyze and discuss the results of operations of each of our segments for the periods presented.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2017 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2016 (dollars in thousands, except average monthly rate):

Unless otherwise indicated, references in this section to changes or comparisons of results, income or expenses refer to comparisons of the results for the three months ended June 30, 2017 to the three months ended June 30, 2016 .

Triple net leased senior living communities :



	All Properties				Comparable Properties ⁽¹⁾
	As of and for the Three Months				As of and for the Three Months
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Total properties	236		236		227		227
# of units / beds	26,220		26,432		25,549		25,549
Tenant operating data ⁽²⁾
Occupancy	84.6	%	85.4	%	84.6	%	85.4	%
Rent coverage	1.27	x	1.33	x	1.28	x	1.33	x


(1)	Consists of triple net leased senior living communities we have owned continuously since April 1, 2016 and excludes communities held for sale, if any.

(2)

All tenant operating data presented are based upon the operating results provided by our tenants for the 12 months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 or the most recent prior period for which tenant operating results are made available to us. Rent coverage is calculated as operating cash flows from our triple net lease tenants’ operations of our properties, before subordinated charges, if any, divided by triple net lease minimum rents payable to us. We have not independently verified tenant operating data. Excludes data for historical periods prior to our ownership of certain properties, as well as for properties sold during the periods presented.

Triple net leased senior living communities, all properties :



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	67,426		$	66,441		$	985		1.5	%
Property operating expenses	—			(423		)	(423		)	(100.0	)%
Net operating income (NOI)	67,426			66,018			1,408			2.1	%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(20,470		)	(19,273		)	1,197			6.2	%
Operating income	46,956			46,745			211			0.5	%

Interest expense	(2,211		)	(6,282		)	(4,071		)	(64.8	)%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(7,294		)	—			7,294			100.0	%
Gain on sale of properties	—			4,061			(4,061		)	(100.0	)%
Net income	$	37,451		$	44,524		$	(7,073	)	(15.9	)%

Except as noted below under “Rental income”, we have not included a discussion and analysis of the results of our comparable properties data for the triple net leased senior living communities segment as we believe that such a comparison is generally consistent with the comparison of results for all our triple net leased senior living communities from quarter to quarter and a separate, comparable properties comparison is not meaningful.

Rental income. Rental income increased primarily due to rents from triple net leased senior living communities we acquired since April 1, 2016, and also due to increased rents resulting from our funding of capital improvements since April 1, 2016. These increases were partially offset by reduced rental income resulting from our sales of two senior living communities since April 1, 2016. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling $778 and $1,148 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. Rental income increased year over year on a comparable property basis by $730, primarily as a result of our funding of capital improvements at certain of these communities that we have owned continuously since April 1, 2016 and the resulting increased rent, pursuant to the terms of the applicable leases.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses recorded in 2016 relate to bad debt reserves associated with the lease defaults at two triple net leased senior living communities we acquired in 2015 which were previously leased to third party private operators. In 2016, we terminated these leases and entered into management agreements with Five Star to manage the communities for our account under TRS structures.

Net operating income. NOI increased due to the increase in rental income and the decrease in property operating expenses described above. We typically incur minimal property operating expenses at these communities, as the majority of those expenses are paid by our tenants. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our triple net leased senior living communities segment is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily as a result of our acquisitions and our purchase of improvements since April 1, 2016.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts and capital leases secured by certain of these communities. The decrease in interest expense is due to our prepayment of $320,379 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debts since April 1, 2016 with a weighted average annual interest rate of 6.7%, as well as regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of one mortgage debt in April 2017.

Gain on sale of properties. Gain on sale of properties is the result of our sale of one SNF in June 2016.

Managed senior living communities :



	All Properties						Comparable Properties ⁽¹⁾
	As of and for the Three Months						As of and for the Three Months
	Ended June 30,						Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Total properties	68			67			60			60
# of units / beds	8,806			8,634			8,103			8,103
Occupancy	85.7		%	87.1		%	86.0		%	86.9		%
Average monthly rate ⁽²⁾	$	4,297		$	4,276		$	4,328		$	4,273


(1)	Consists of managed senior living communities owned and managed by the same operator continuously since April 1, 2016 and excludes communities classified as held for sale, if any.


(2)	Average monthly rate is calculated by taking the average daily rate, which is defined as total residents fees and services divided by occupied units during the period, and multiplying it by 30 days.

Managed senior living communities, all properties :



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Residents fees and services	$	98,366		$	97,370		$	996		1.0	%
Property operating expenses	(75,149		)	(71,642		)	3,507			4.9	%
Net operating income (NOI)	23,217			25,728			(2,511		)	(9.8	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(16,390		)	(20,140		)	(3,750		)	(18.6	)%
Operating income	6,827			5,588			1,239			22.2	%

Interest expense	(1,176		)	(2,663		)	(1,487		)	(55.8	)%
Net income	$	5,651		$	2,925		$	2,726		93.2	%

Residents fees and services. Residents fees and services are the revenues earned at our managed senior living communities. We recognize these revenues as services are provided and fees are charged. Residents fees and services increased primarily due to our acquisitions and the transfer of certain senior living communities we own from triple net leased senior living communities to managed senior living communities since April 1, 2016, as well as an increase in average monthly rates, partially offset by a decline in occupancy.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of management fees, real estate taxes, utility expense, insurance, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these communities. Property operating expenses increased primarily due to our acquisitions and the transfer of certain senior living communities we own from triple net leased senior living communities to managed senior living communities since April 1, 2016, increased real estate taxes and increased management fees as a result of the modifications made to our management and pooling arrangements with Five Star that took effect on July 1, 2016.

Net operating income. NOI decreased due to the increases in property operating expenses, partially offset by the increase in residents fees and services described above. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our managed senior living communities segment is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense includes the depreciation of owned property and equipment as well as the amortization expense related to in place resident agreements assumed upon the acquisition of a community. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased as a result of certain of our in place resident agreements becoming fully amortized since April 1, 2016, partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense due to our acquisitions and the transfer

of certain senior living communities we own from triple net leased senior living communities to managed senior living communities since April 1, 2016, as well as our purchase of improvements since April 1, 2016.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts secured by certain of these communities. The decrease in interest expense is due to our prepayment of $97,255 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debts since April 1, 2016 with a weighted average annual interest rate of 6.0%, as well as regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Managed senior living communities, comparable properties (managed senior living communities owned and managed by the same operator continuously since April 1, 2016 excluding communities classified as held for sale, if any):



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Residents fees and services	$	91,523		$	91,349		$	174		0.2	%
Property operating expenses	(69,293		)	(67,149		)	2,144			3.2	%
Net operating income (NOI)	22,230			24,200			(1,970		)	(8.1	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(13,476		)	(16,162		)	(2,686		)	(16.6	)%
Operating income	8,754			8,038			716			8.9	%

Interest expense	(559		)	(2,064		)	(1,505		)	(72.9	)%
Net income	$	8,195		$	5,974		$	2,221		37.2	%

Residents fees and services. Residents fees and services are the revenues earned at our managed senior living communities. We recognize these revenues as services are provided and fees are charged. Residents fees and services increased modestly year over year on a comparable property basis primarily due to an increase in average monthly rates, partially offset by a decline in occupancy.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of management fees, real estate taxes, utility expense, insurance, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these communities. Property operating expenses increased primarily due to increased real estate taxes and increased management fees as a result of the modifications made to our management and pooling arrangements with Five Star that took effect on July 1, 2016.

Net operating income. The decrease in NOI reflects the net changes in residents fees and services and property operating expenses described above. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our managed senior living communities segment, comparable properties, is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

MOBs :



	All Properties				Comparable Properties ⁽¹⁾
	As of and for the Three Months				As of and for the Three Months
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Total properties	120		123		117		117
Total buildings	146		149		143		143
Total square feet ⁽²⁾	11,552		11,610		11,174		11,168
Occupancy ⁽³⁾	96.5	%	95.9	%	96.3	%	96.3	%


(1)	Consists of MOBs we have owned continuously since April 1, 2016, includes our MOB (two buildings) that is subject to a joint venture arrangement and excludes properties classified as held for sale, if any.


(2)	Prior periods exclude space re-measurements made subsequent to those periods.


(3)	MOB occupancy includes (i) space being fitted out for occupancy pursuant to existing leases and (ii) space which is leased but is not occupied or is being offered for sublease by tenants.

MOBs, all properties :



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	94,651		$	92,978		$	1,673		1.8	%
Property operating expenses	(27,646		)	(25,409		)	2,237			8.8	%
Net operating income (NOI)	67,005			67,569			(564		)	(0.8	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(31,861		)	(31,011		)	850			2.7	%
Impairment of assets	—			(4,961		)	(4,961		)	(100.0	)%
Operating income	35,144			31,597			3,547			11.2	%

Interest expense	(6,250		)	(844		)	5,406			640.5	%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(59		)	—			59			100.0	%
Net income	28,835			$	30,753		(1,918		)	(6.2	)%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,360		)	—			1,360			100.0	%
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	27,475		$	30,753		$	(3,278	)	(10.7	)%

Rental income. Rental income increased primarily due to rents from the MOBs we acquired since April 1, 2016, as well as certain changes at our comparable MOB properties discussed below. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling $2,520 and $3,460 and net amortization of approximately $1,265 and $1,248 of above and below market lease adjustments for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of real estate taxes, utility expense, property management fees, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these properties. Property operating expenses increased primarily due to our acquisitions since April 1, 2016, as well as certain changes at our comparable MOB properties discussed below.

Net operating income. NOI decreased due to the increases in property operating expenses, partially offset by the increased rental income described above. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our MOB segment is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily due to an increase in the amortization of leasing costs and depreciation expense on fixed assets, partially offset by a reduction in amortization of acquired in place real estate leases that we amortize over the respective lease terms.

Impairment of assets. Impairment of assets for the three months ended June 30, 2016 relates to reducing the carrying value of five MOBs (five buildings) classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2016 to their sale prices.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts secured by certain of these properties. The increase in interest expense is the result of our obtaining, in July 2016, an aggregate $620,000 secured debt financing with a weighted average fixed annual interest rate of 3.5%, partially offset by our prepayment of $37,386 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debt since April 1, 2016 with an annual interest rate of 5.4%, as well as the regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a net loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of two mortgage debts during the second quarter of 2017.

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest. Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest represents a 45% noncontrolling interest of a sovereign institutional investor in the joint venture arrangement we entered in March 2017 for one of our MOBs (two buildings).

MOBs, comparable properties (MOBs we have owned continuously since April 1, 2016, includes our MOB (two buildings) that is subject to a joint venture arrangement and excludes properties classified as held for sale, if any):



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	91,840		91,002			$	838		0.9	%
Property operating expenses	(27,254		)	(25,260		)	1,994			7.9	%
Net operating income (NOI)	64,586			65,742			(1,156		)	(1.8	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(31,171		)	(30,567		)	604			2.0	%
Operating income	33,415			35,175			(1,760		)	(5.0	)%

Interest expense	(6,250		)	(844		)	5,406			640.5	%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(59		)	—			59			100.0	%
Net income	27,106			34,331			(7,225		)	(21.0	)%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,360		)	—			1,360			100.0	%
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	25,746		$	34,331		$	(8,585	)	(25.0	)%

Rental income. Rental income increased primarily due to an increase in tax escalation income and other reimbursable expenses at certain of these properties. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling $2,215 and $3,344 and net amortization of approximately $1,268 and $1,166 of above and below market lease adjustments for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of real estate taxes, utility expense, property management fees, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these properties. Property operating expenses increased primarily as the result of increases in real estate taxes at certain of these properties and other direct costs of operating these properties.

Net operating income. NOI reflects the net changes in rental income and property operating expenses described above. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our MOB segment for comparable properties is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense increased slightly due to an increase in the amortization of leasing costs and depreciation expense on fixed assets acquired since April 1, 2016, partially offset by a reduction in amortization of acquired in place real estate leases that we amortize over the respective lease terms.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a net loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of two mortgage debts during the second quarter of 2017.

All other operations ⁽¹⁾ :



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	4,570		$	4,578		$	(8	)	(0.2	)%

Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	(948		)	(948		)	—			—
General and administrative	(22,922		)	(11,965		)	10,957			91.6	%
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			(180		)	(180		)	(100.0	)%
Impairment of assets	(5,082		)	—			5,082			100.0	%
Total expenses	(28,952		)	(13,093		)	15,859			121.1	%

Operating loss	(24,382		)	(8,515		)	15,867			186.3	%

Dividend income	659			789			(130		)	(16.5	)%
Interest and other income	76			177			(101		)	(57.1	)%
Interest expense	(31,163		)	(31,329		)	(166		)	(0.5	)%
Loss before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	(54,810		)	(38,878		)	15,932			41.0	%
Income tax expense	(99		)	(108		)	(9		)	(8.3	)%
Equity in earnings of an investee	374			17			357			2,100.0	%
Net loss	$	(54,535	)	$	(38,969	)	$	15,566		39.9	%


(1)	All other operations includes all of our other operations, including certain properties that offer wellness, fitness and spa services to members, which segment we do not consider to be sufficiently material to constitute a separate reporting segment, and any operating expenses that are not attributable to a specific reporting segment.

Rental income. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent of approximately $137 for each of the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 . Rental income also includes net amortization of approximately $55 of acquired real estate leases and obligations for each of the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 .

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense remained consistent as we had no acquisitions or capital expenditures in this segment since April 1, 2016. We generally depreciate our long lived wellness center assets on a straight line basis.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expense consists of fees paid to RMR LLC under our business management agreements, legal and accounting fees, fees and expenses of our Trustees, equity compensation expense and other costs relating to our status as a publicly owned company. General and administrative expense increased primarily due to an increase in our business management fees of $11,188, including $10,760 of estimated business management incentive fees that we recognized

for the three months ended June 30, 2017 that may become payable in 2018 due to our outperformance of the SNL U.S. REIT Healthcare Index during the applicable measurement period.

Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs. Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs include legal and diligence costs incurred in connection with our acquisition, disposition and operations transition activities that we expensed under GAAP. We had no acquisitions, dispositions or operations transitions during the second quarter of 2017.

Impairment of assets. At June 30, 2017 , we recorded a $5,082 loss on impairment to reduce the carrying value of our investment in Five Star shares to its estimated fair value due to the market value of this investment being significantly below our carrying value for an extended period.

Dividend income. Dividend income consists of dividends received from our investment in RMR Inc.

Interest and other income. The decrease in interest and other income is primarily due to decreased investable cash on hand.

Interest expense. Interest expense decreased modestly due to decreased borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

Income tax expense. Income tax expense primarily reflects state income taxes payable in certain jurisdictions.

Equity in earnings of an investee. Equity in earnings of an investee represents our proportionate share of earnings from AIC.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2016 (dollars in thousands, except average monthly rate):

Unless otherwise indicated, references in this section to changes or comparisons of results, income or expenses refer to comparisons of the results for the six months ended June 30, 2017 to the six months ended June 30, 2016 .

Triple net leased senior living communities :



	All Properties				Comparable Properties ⁽¹⁾
	As of and for the Six Months				As of and for the Six Months
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Total properties	236		236		227		227
# of units / beds	26,220		26,432		25,549		25,549
Tenant operating data ⁽²⁾
Occupancy	84.6	%	85.4	%	84.6	%	85.4	%
Rent coverage	1.27	x	1.33	x	1.28	x	1.33	x


(1)	Consists of triple net leased senior living communities we have owned continuously since January 1, 2016 and excludes communities held for sale, if any.

(2)

Triple net leased senior living communities, all properties :



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	134,678		$	131,749		$	2,929		2.2	%
Property operating expenses	—			(786		)	(786		)	(100.0	)%
Net operating income (NOI)	134,678			130,963			3,715			2.8	%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(40,804		)	(38,674		)	2,130			5.5	%
Impairment of assets	—			(4,391		)	(4,391		)	(100.0	)%
Operating income	93,874			87,898			5,976			6.8	%

Interest expense	(7,550		)	(12,665		)	(5,115		)	(40.4	)%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(7,294		)	—			7,294			100.0	%
Gain on sale of properties	—			4,061			(4,061		)	(100.0	)%
Net income	$	79,030		$	79,294		$	(264	)	(0.3	)%

Rental income. Rental income increased primarily due to rents from triple net leased senior living communities we acquired since January 1, 2016, and also due to increased rents resulting from our funding of capital improvements since January 1, 2016. These increases were partially offset by our sales of two senior living communities since January 1, 2016. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling $1,554 and $2,320 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. Rental income increased year over year on a comparable property basis by $1,427, primarily as a result of our funding of capital improvements at certain of these communities that we have owned continuously since January 1, 2016 and the resulting increased rent, pursuant to the terms of the applicable leases.

Net operating income. NOI increased due to the increase in rental income and decrease in property operating expenses described above. We typically incur minimal property operating expenses at these communities, as the majority of those expenses are paid by our tenants. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our triple net leased senior living communities segment is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily as a result of our acquisitions and our purchase of improvements since January 1, 2016.

Impairment of assets. We recorded impairment of assets charges in the 2016 period to write off acquired lease intangible assets associated with the two communities where the tenants defaulted on their leases as discussed above.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts and capital leases secured by certain of these communities. The decrease in interest expense is due to our prepayment of $320,379 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debts since January 1, 2016 with a weighted average annual interest rate of 6.7%, as well as regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of one mortgage debt in April 2017.

Gain on sale of properties. Gain on sale of properties is the result of our sale of one SNF in June 2016.

Managed senior living communities :



	All Properties						Comparable Properties ⁽¹⁾
	As of and for the Six Months						As of and for the Six Months
	Ended June 30,						Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Total properties	68			67			60			60
# of units / beds	8,806			8,634			8,103			8,103
Occupancy	85.8		%	87.4		%	86.1		%	87.3		%
Average monthly rate ⁽²⁾	$	4,310		$	4,276		$	4,338		$	4,273


(1)	Consists of managed senior living communities owned and managed by the same operator continuously since January 1, 2016 and excludes communities classified as held for sale, if any.


(2)	Average monthly rate is calculated by taking the average daily rate, which is defined as total residents fees and services divided by occupied units during the period, and multiplying it by 30 days.

Managed senior living communities, all properties :



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Residents fees and services	$	196,484		$	194,323		$	2,161		1.1	%
Property operating expenses	(149,028		)	(143,820		)	5,208			3.6	%
Net operating income (NOI)	47,456			50,503			(3,047		)	(6.0	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(36,605		)	(40,158		)	(3,553		)	(8.8	)%
Operating income	10,851			10,345			506			4.9	%

Interest expense	(2,352		)	(5,227		)	(2,875		)	(55.0	)%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			(6		)	(6		)	(100.0	)%
Net income	$	8,499		$	5,112		$	3,387		66.3	%

Residents fees and services. Residents fees and services are the revenues earned at our managed senior living communities. We recognize these revenues as services are provided and fees are charged. Residents fees and services increased primarily due to our acquisitions and the transfer of certain senior living communities we own from triple net leased senior living communities to managed senior living communities since January 1, 2016, as well as an increase in average monthly rates, partially offset by a decline in occupancy.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of management fees, real estate taxes, utility expense, insurance, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these communities. Property operating expenses increased primarily due to our acquisitions and the transfer of certain senior living communities we own from triple net leased senior living communities to managed senior living communities since January 1, 2016, increased real estate taxes and increased management fees as a result of the modifications made to our management and pooling arrangements with Five Star that took effect on July 1, 2016.

fully amortized since January 1, 2016, partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense due to our purchase of improvements since January 1, 2016.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts secured by certain of these communities. The decrease in interest expense is due to our prepayment of $103,370 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debts since January 1, 2016 with a weighted average annual interest rate of 6.0%, as well as regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of one mortgage debt in January 2016.

Managed senior living communities, comparable properties (managed senior living communities owned and managed by the same operator continuously since January 1, 2016 excluding communities classified as held for sale, if any):



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Residents fees and services	$	182,608		$	183,369		$	(761	)	(0.4	)%
Property operating expenses	(137,403		)	(135,455		)	1,948			1.4	%
Net operating income (NOI)	45,205			47,914			(2,709		)	(5.7	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(29,631		)	(32,594		)	(2,963		)	(9.1	)%
Operating income	15,574			15,320			254			1.7	%

Interest expense	(1,122		)	(4,148		)	(3,026		)	(73.0	)%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			(6		)	(6		)	(100.0	)%
Net income	$	14,452		$	11,166		$	3,286		29.4	%

Residents fees and services. Residents fees and services are the revenues earned at our managed senior living communities. We recognize these revenues as services are provided and fees are charged. Residents fees and services decreased year over year on a comparable property basis primarily due to a decline in occupancy, partially offset by an increase in average monthly rates.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of management fees, real estate taxes, utility expense, insurance, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these communities. Property operating expenses increased primarily due to increased real estate taxes and increased management fees as a result of the modifications made to our management and pooling arrangements with Five Star that took effect on July 1, 2016.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense includes the depreciation of owned property and equipment as well as the amortization expense related to in place resident agreements assumed upon the acquisition of a community. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased as a result of certain of our in place resident agreements becoming fully amortized since January 1, 2016, partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense due to our purchase of improvements since January 1, 2016.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of one mortgage debt in January 2016.

MOBs :



	All Properties				Comparable Properties ⁽¹⁾
	As of and for the Six Months				As of and for the Six Months
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Total properties	120		123		116		116
Total buildings	146		149		140		140
Total square feet ⁽²⁾	11,552		11,610		11,046		11,040
Occupancy ⁽³⁾	96.5	%	95.9	%	96.3	%	96.3	%


(1)	Consists of MOBs we have owned continuously since January 1, 2016, includes our MOB (two buildings) subject to a joint venture arrangement and excludes properties classified as held for sale, if any.


(2)	Prior periods exclude space re-measurements made subsequent to those periods.


(3)	MOB occupancy includes (i) space being fitted out for occupancy pursuant to existing leases and (ii) space which is leased, but is not occupied or is being offered for sublease by tenants.

MOBs, all properties :



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	189,297		$	184,559		$	4,738		2.6	%
Property operating expenses	(54,823		)	(50,816		)	4,007			7.9	%
Net operating income (NOI)	134,474			133,743			731			0.5	%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(63,539		)	(61,866		)	1,673			2.7	%
Impairment of assets	—			(7,960		)	(7,960		)	(100.0	)%
Operating income	70,935			63,917			7,018			11.0	%

Interest expense	(12,570		)	(1,798		)	10,772			599.1	%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(59		)	—			59			100.0	%
Net income	58,306			$	62,119		(3,813		)	(6.1	)%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,486		)	—			1,486			100.0	%
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	56,820		$	62,119		$	(5,299	)	(8.5	)%

Rental income. Rental income increased primarily due to rents from the MOBs we acquired since January 1, 2016, as well as certain changes at our comparable MOB properties discussed below. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling $5,035 and $6,711 and net amortization of approximately $2,500 and $2,448 of above and below market lease adjustments for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of real estate taxes, utility expense, property management fees, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these properties. Property operating expenses increased primarily due to our acquisitions since January 1, 2016, as well as certain changes at our comparable MOB properties discussed below.

Net operating income. NOI increased because of the increases in rental income, partially offset by the increased property operating expenses described above. The reconciliation of NOI to net income for our MOB segment is shown in the table above. Our definition of NOI and our reconciliation of net income to consolidated NOI are included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Impairment of assets. Impairment of assets for the six months ended June 30, 2016 relates to reducing the carrying value of five MOBs (five buildings) and one land parcel to their sale prices.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts secured by certain of these properties. The increase in interest expense is the result of our obtaining, in July 2016, an aggregate $620,000 secured debt financing with a weighted average fixed annual interest rate of 3.5%, partially offset by our prepayment of $37,836 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debt since January 1, 2016 with an annual interest rate of 5.4%, as well as the regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a net loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of two mortgage debts during the second quarter of 2017.

MOBs, comparable properties (MOBs we have owned continuously since January 1, 2016, includes our MOB (two buildings) that is subject to a joint venture arrangement and excludes properties classified as held for sale, if any):



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	181,822		180,087			$	1,735		1.0	%
Property operating expenses	(53,232		)	(49,977		)	3,255			6.5	%
Net operating income (NOI)	128,590			130,110			(1,520		)	(1.2	)%

Depreciation and amortization expense	(61,609		)	(60,551		)	1,058			1.7	%
Operating income	66,981			69,559			(2,578		)	(3.7	)%

Interest expense	(12,570		)	(1,798		)	10,772			599.1	%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(59		)	—			59			100.0	%
Net income	54,352			67,761			(13,409		)	(19.8	)%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,486		)	—			1,486			100.0	%
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	52,866		$	67,761		$	(14,895	)	(22.0	)%

Rental income. Rental income increased primarily due to an increase in tax escalation income and other reimbursable expenses and increased rents from leasing activity at certain of these properties. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling $4,378 and $6,602 and net amortization of approximately $2,428 and $2,185 of above and below market lease adjustments for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

Property operating expenses. Property operating expenses consist of real estate taxes, utility expense, property management fees, salaries and benefit costs of property level personnel, repairs and maintenance expense, cleaning expense and other direct costs of operating these properties. Property operating expenses increased primarily as the result of increases in real estate taxes at certain of these properties and other direct costs of operating these properties.

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense increased due to an increase in the amortization of leasing costs and depreciation expense on fixed assets acquired since January 1, 2016, partially offset by a reduction in amortization of acquired in place real estate leases that we amortize over the respective lease terms.

Interest expense. Interest expense relates to mortgage debts secured by certain of these properties. The increase in interest expense is the result of our obtaining, in July 2016, an aggregate $620,000 secured debt financing with a weighted average fixed annual interest rate of 3.5%, partially offset by our prepayment of $37,386 in aggregate principal amount of mortgage debt since January 1, 2016 with an annual interest rate of 5.4%, as well as the regularly scheduled amortization of mortgage debts related to these properties.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt. We recognized a net loss on early extinguishment of debt in connection with our prepayment of two mortgage debts during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

All other operations ⁽¹⁾ :



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			Change			% Change
Rental income	$	9,115		$	9,111		$	4		—	%

Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	(1,896		)	(1,896		)	—			—
General and administrative	(38,005		)	(22,828		)	15,177			66.5	%
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	(292		)	(619		)	(327		)	(52.8	)%
Impairment of assets	(5,082		)	—			5,082			100.0	%
Total expenses	(45,275		)	(25,343		)	19,932			78.6	%

Operating loss	(36,160		)	(16,232		)	19,928			122.8	%

Dividend income	1,319			789			530			67.2	%
Interest and other income	195			242			(47		)	(19.4	)%
Interest expense	(61,817		)	(60,709		)	1,108			1.8	%
Loss before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	(96,463		)	(75,910		)	20,553			27.1	%
Income tax expense	(191		)	(202		)	(11		)	(5.4	)%
Equity in earnings of an investee	502			94			408			434.0	%
Net loss	$	(96,152	)	$	(76,018	)	$	20,134		26.5	%


(1)	All other operations includes all of our other operations, including certain properties that offer wellness, fitness and spa services to members, which segment we do not consider to be sufficiently material to constitute a separate reporting segment, and any operating expenses that are not attributable to a specific reporting segment.

Rental income. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent of approximately $276 and $275 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. Rental income also includes net amortization of approximately $110 of acquired real estate leases and obligations for each of the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 .

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense remained consistent as we had no acquisitions or capital expenditures in this segment since January 1, 2016. We generally depreciate our long lived wellness center assets on a straight line basis.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expense consists of fees paid to RMR LLC under our business management agreements, legal and accounting fees, fees and expenses of our Trustees, equity compensation expense and other costs relating to our status as a publicly owned company. General and administrative expense increased primarily due to an increase in our business management fees of $15,621, including $14,026 of estimated business management incentive fees that we recognized

for the six months ended June 30, 2017 that may become payable in 2018 due to our outperformance of the SNL U.S. REIT Healthcare Index during the applicable measurement period.

Impairment of assets: At June 30, 2017 , we recorded a $5,082 loss on impairment to reduce the carrying value of our investment in Five Star shares to its estimated fair value due to the market value of this investment being significantly below our carrying value for an extended period.

Dividend income. Dividend income consists of dividends received from our investment in RMR Inc.

Interest and other income. The decrease in interest and other income is primarily due to decreased investable cash on hand.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased primarily due to our issuance of $250,000 of 6.25% senior unsecured notes due 2046 in February 2016, partially offset by decreased borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

Income tax expense. Income tax expense primarily reflects state income taxes payable in certain jurisdictions.

Equity in earnings of an investee. Equity in earnings of an investee represents our proportionate share of earnings from AIC.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

We provide below calculations of our funds from operations, or FFO, normalized funds from operations, or Normalized FFO, and NOI for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 . These measures should be considered in conjunction with net income, net income attributable to common shareholders and operating income as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. These measures do not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, net income attributable to common shareholders or operating income as an indicator of our operating performance or as a measure of our liquidity. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate FFO, Normalized FFO or NOI differently than we do.

Funds From Operations and Normalized Funds From Operations

We calculate FFO and Normalized FFO as shown below. FFO is calculated on the basis defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, which is net income attributable to common shareholders, calculated in accordance with GAAP, excluding any gain or loss on sale of properties and impairment of real estate assets, plus real estate depreciation and amortization and the difference between net income attributable to common shareholders and FFO attributable to noncontrolling interest, as well as certain other adjustments currently not applicable to us. Our calculation of Normalized FFO differs from NAREIT’s definition of FFO because we include business management incentive fees, if any, only in the fourth quarter versus the quarter when they are recognized as expense in accordance with GAAP due to their quarterly volatility not necessarily being indicative of our core operating performance and the uncertainty as to whether any such business management incentive fees will be payable when all contingencies for determining such fees are known at the end of the calendar year, and we exclude acquisition and certain other transaction related costs expensed under GAAP such as legal and professional fees associated with our acquisition and disposition activities, gains and losses on early extinguishment of debt, if any, and Normalized FFO from noncontrolling interest, net of FFO, if any. We consider FFO and Normalized FFO to be appropriate supplemental measures of operating performance for a REIT, along with net income, net income attributable to common shareholders and operating income. We believe that FFO and Normalized FFO provide useful information to investors, because by excluding the effects of certain historical amounts, such as depreciation and amortization expense, FFO and Normalized FFO may facilitate a comparison of our operating performance between periods and with other REITs. FFO and Normalized FFO are among the factors considered by our Board of Trustees when determining the amount of distributions to our shareholders. Other factors include, but are not limited to, requirements to maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT, limitations in our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and our public debt covenants, the availability to us of debt and equity capital, our expectation of our future capital requirements and operating performance and our expected needs and availability of cash to pay our obligations.

Our calculations of FFO and Normalized FFO for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 and reconciliations of net income attributable to common shareholders, the most directly comparable financial measure under GAAP reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements, to FFO and Normalized FFO appear in the following table. This table also provides a comparison of distributions to shareholders, FFO, Normalized FFO and net income attributable to common shareholders per share for these periods.



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	16,042		$	39,233		$	48,197		$	70,507
Depreciation and amortization expense	69,669			71,372			142,844			142,594
Noncontrolling interest's share of net FFO adjustments	(5,305		)	—			(5,761		)	—
Gain on sale of properties	—			(4,061		)	—			(4,061		)
Impairment of assets	5,082			4,961			5,082			12,351
FFO	85,488			111,505			190,362			221,391

Estimated business management incentive fees ⁽¹⁾	10,760			—			14,026			—
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			180			292			619
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	7,353			—			7,353			6
Normalized FFO	$	103,601		$	111,685		$	212,033		$	222,016

Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic)	237,399			237,325			237,395			237,320
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted)	237,445			237,363			237,433			237,349

Per common share data (basic and diluted):
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	0.07		$	0.17		$	0.20		$	0.30
FFO	$	0.36		$	0.47		$	0.80		$	0.93
Normalized FFO	$	0.44		$	0.47		$	0.89		$	0.94
Distributions declared per common share	$	0.39		$	0.39		$	0.78		$	0.78

(1)

Incentive fees under our business management agreement are payable after the end of each calendar year, are calculated based on common share total return, as defined, and are included in general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. In calculating net income attributable to common shareholders in accordance with GAAP, we recognize estimated business management incentive fee expense, if any, in the first, second and third quarters. Although we recognize this expense, if any, in the first, second and third quarters for purposes of calculating net income attributable to common shareholders, we do not include these amounts in the calculation of Normalized FFO until the fourth quarter, when the amount of the business management incentive fee expense for the calendar year, if any, is determined.

Property Net Operating Income (NOI)

We calculate NOI as shown below. The calculation of NOI excludes certain components of net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to our property level results of operations. We define NOI as income from our real estate less our property operating expenses. NOI excludes amortization of capitalized tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions because we record those amounts as depreciation and amortization. We consider NOI to be an appropriate supplemental measure to net income because it may help both investors and management to understand the operations of our properties. We use NOI internally to evaluate individual and company wide property level performance, and we believe that NOI provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are generated and incurred at the property level and may facilitate comparisons of our operating performance between periods and with other REITs. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate FFO, Normalized FFO or NOI differently than we do.

The calculation of NOI by reportable segment is included above in this Item 2. The following table includes the reconciliation of net income to NOI for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 .



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Reconciliation of Net Income to NOI:
Net income	$	17,402		$	39,233		$	49,683		$	70,507
Gain on sale of properties	—			(4,061		)	—			(4,061		)
Income before gain on sale of properties	17,402			35,172			49,683			66,446

Equity in earnings of an investee	(374		)	(17		)	(502		)	(94		)
Income tax expense	99			108			191			202
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	17,127			35,263			49,372			66,554
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	7,353			—			7,353			6
Interest expense	40,800			41,118			84,289			80,399
Interest and other income	(76		)	(177		)	(195		)	(242		)
Dividend income	(659		)	(789		)	(1,319		)	(789		)

Operating income	64,545			75,415			139,500			145,928

Impairment of assets	5,082			4,961			5,082			12,351
Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs	—			180			292			619
General and administrative expense	22,922			11,965			38,005			22,828
Depreciation and amortization expense	69,669			71,372			142,844			142,594
Total NOI	$	162,218		$	163,893		$	325,723		$	324,320

Triple net leased communities NOI	$	67,426		$	66,018		$	134,678		$	130,963
Managed communities NOI	23,217			25,728			47,456			50,503
MOB NOI	67,005			67,569			134,474			133,743
All other operations NOI	4,570			4,578			9,115			9,111
Total NOI	162,218			163,893			325,723			324,320

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our principal sources of funds to meet operating and capital expenses and debt service obligations and to pay distributions on our common shares are rental income revenues from our leased properties, residents fees and services revenues from our managed communities and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. We believe that these sources will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital expenses and debt service obligations and pay distributions on our common shares for the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future thereafter. Our future cash flows from operating activities will depend primarily upon:


•	our ability to maintain or increase the occupancy of, and the rental rates at, our properties;


•	our ability to control operating expenses at our properties;


•	our manager's ability to operate our managed senior living communities so as to maintain or increase our returns; and


•	our ability to purchase additional properties which produce cash flows in excess of our cost of acquisition capital and property operating expenses.

Our Operating Liquidity and Resources

We generally receive minimum rents monthly or quarterly from our tenants, we receive percentage rents from our senior living community tenants monthly, quarterly or annually and we receive residents fees and services revenues, net of expenses,

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from our managed senior living communities monthly. Our changes in cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2016 were as follows: (1) cash provided by operating activities decreased to $201.6 million in 2017 from $216.2 million in 2016 ; (2) cash used for investing activities decreased to $72.2 million in 2017 from $226.5 million in 2016 ; and (3) cash used for financing activities increased to $133.9 million in 2017 from $1.7 million in 2016 .

The decrease in cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the prior year was primarily a result of an increase in restricted cash balances primarily due to our joint venture arrangement as of June 30, 2017 compared to June 30, 2016, as well as a decrease in operating income in 2017 . Cash used for investing activities decreased in 2017 primarily due to higher acquisition activity in the six months ended June 30, 2016 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2017 , partially offset by proceeds from the sale of properties during the six months ended June 30, 2016 , and increased funding for real estate improvements during the 2017 period. The increase in cash used for financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the prior year was due primarily to the repayment of certain mortgage debts in 2017, partially offset by higher net borrowings under our revolving credit facility in 2017 compared to net repayments of borrowings under our revolving credit facility in the prior year.

Our Investment and Financing Liquidity and Resources

As of June 30, 2017 , we had $27.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and $566.0 million available to borrow under our revolving credit facility. We expect to use cash balances, borrowings under our revolving credit facility, net proceeds from offerings of debt or equity securities and the cash flows from our operations to fund our operations, debt repayments, distributions, property acquisitions, capital expenditures related to the repair, maintenance or renovation of our properties and other general business purposes.

In order to fund acquisitions and to meet cash needs that may result from timing differences between our receipt of rents and our need or desire to make distributions or pay operating or capital expenses, we maintain a $1.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of institutional lenders. In August 2017, we amended the agreement governing our revolving credit facility. As a result of the amendment, the interest rate payable on borrowings under the facility is reduced from LIBOR plus a premium of 130 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) to LIBOR plus a premium of 120 basis points per annum, and the facility fee is reduced from 30 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) to 25 basis points per annum on the total amount of lending commitments under the facility. The interest rate premium and facility fee are each subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. Also as a result of the amendment, the stated maturity date of the facility was extended from January 15, 2018 to January 15, 2022, and subject to the payment of an extension fee and meeting other conditions, we have an option to extend the maturity date of this facility for an additional year. The facility also includes a feature pursuant to which in certain circumstances maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $2.0 billion . We can borrow, repay and re-borrow funds available under our revolving credit facility until maturity, and no principal repayment is due until maturity. As of June 30, 2017 , the annual interest rate required on borrowings under our revolving credit facility was 2.5% . As of June 30, 2017 and August 2, 2017 , we had $434.0 million and $415.0 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility, respectively.

When significant amounts are outstanding under our revolving credit facility, or as the maturities of our indebtedness approach, we intend to explore refinancing alternatives. Such alternatives may include incurring additional debt, selling certain properties and issuing new equity securities. In addition, we may also seek to participate in joint ventures or other arrangements that may provide us additional sources of financing. We currently have an effective shelf registration statement that allows us to issue public securities on an expedited basis, but it does not assure that there will be buyers for such securities. We may also assume mortgage debts in connection with our acquisitions of properties or place new mortgages on properties we own.

We have a $350.0 million unsecured term loan that matures on January 15, 2020. This term loan includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $700.0 million in certain circumstances. This term loan requires interest to be paid at LIBOR plus a premium (currently 140 basis points per annum) that is subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. As of June 30, 2017 , the annual interest rate payable on amounts outstanding under this term loan was 2.5% .

We also have a $200.0 million unsecured term loan that matures on September 28, 2022. This term loan includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $400.0 million in certain circumstances. In August 2017, we amended the agreement governing this term loan. As a result of the amendment, the interest rate payable on borrowings under the facility is reduced from LIBOR plus a premium of 180 basis points per annum (as of June 30, 2017) to LIBOR plus a premium of 135 basis points per annum, subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. As of June 30, 2017 , the annual interest rate payable on amounts outstanding under this term loan was 3.0% .

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venture, and we retained the remaining 55% equity interest in the joint venture. Net proceeds that we received from this transaction were approximately $255.8 million , after transaction costs. We used the proceeds from this transaction to repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility.

In April 2017, we prepaid a mortgage note secured by 17 of our properties with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $277.8 million plus a premium of $5.4 million plus accrued interest, a maturity date in September 2019 and an annual interest rate of 6.71%. In May 2017, we prepaid, at par plus accrued interest, a mortgage note secured by one of our properties with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $10.6 million, a maturity date in August 2017 and an annual interest rate of 6.15%. In June 2017, we prepaid, at par plus accrued interest, a mortgage note secured by one of our properties with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $8.8 million, a maturity date in August 2037 and an annual interest rate of 5.95%. We funded these prepayments with cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

In January 2017, we acquired one MOB (one building) located in Kansas with approximately 117,000 square feet for approximately $15.1 million, excluding closing costs. In July 2017, we acquired one MOB (one building) located in Maryland with approximately 59,000 square feet for a purchase price of approximately $16.4 million , excluding closing costs. We funded these acquisitions with cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

Also in July 2017, we entered an agreement to acquire one MOB (one building) located in Minnesota with approximately 150,000 square feet for a purchase price of approximately $16.7 million, excluding closing costs. We expect to fund this acquisition with cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. This acquisition is expected to occur in 2017, but is subject to conditions; accordingly, we may not acquire this property, this acquisition may be delayed or the terms may change.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 , we invested $14.8 million and $26.5 million in revenue producing capital improvements at certain of our triple net leased senior living communities, and, as a result, annual rent payable to us increased or will increase by approximately $1.2 million and $2.1 million , respectively, pursuant to the terms of the applicable leases. We used cash on hand to fund these purchases.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 , amounts capitalized for leasing costs and building improvements at our MOBs and capital expenditures at our managed senior living communities were as follows (dollars in thousands):



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
MOB tenant improvements ⁽¹⁾	$	1,575	$	1,743	$	3,840	$	2,132
MOB leasing costs ⁽²⁾	2,090		965		3,198		1,822
MOB building improvements ⁽³⁾	3,680		4,759		5,260		6,736
Managed senior living communities capital improvements	3,150		2,628		6,936		6,248
Development, redevelopment and other activities ⁽⁴⁾	7,530		10,847		17,022		17,306
Total capital expenditures	$	18,025	$	20,942	$	36,256	$	34,244


(1)	MOB tenant improvements generally include capital expenditures to improve tenants’ space or amounts paid directly to tenants to improve their space.


(2)	MOB leasing costs generally include leasing related costs, such as brokerage commissions and tenant inducements.


(3)	MOB building improvements generally include capital expenditures to replace obsolete building components and capital expenditures that extend the useful life of existing assets.


(4)	Development, redevelopment and other activities generally include (i) capital expenditures that are identified at the time of acquisition of a property and incurred within a short period thereafter; and (ii) capital expenditure projects that reposition a property or result in new sources of revenues.

During the three months ended June 30, 2017 , commitments made for expenditures in connection with leasing space in our MOBs, such as tenant improvements and leasing costs, were as follows (dollars and square feet in thousands, except per square foot amounts):

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	New
	Leases		Renewals		Total
Square feet leased during the quarter	37		280		317
Total leasing costs and concession commitments ⁽¹⁾	$	1,260	$	5,970	$	7,230
Total leasing costs and concession commitments per square foot ⁽¹⁾	$	34.23	$	21.33	$	22.83
Weighted average lease term (years) ⁽²⁾	5.1		4.6		4.7
Total leasing costs and concession commitments per square foot per year ⁽¹⁾	$	6.65	$	4.62	$	4.87


(1)	Includes commitments made for leasing expenditures and concessions, such as tenant improvements, leasing commissions, tenant reimbursements and free rent.


(2)	Weighted based on annualized rental income pursuant to existing leases as of June 30, 2017 , including straight line rent adjustments and estimated recurring expense reimbursements and excluding lease value amortization.

We funded or expect to fund the foregoing capital commitments at our MOBs using cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

As of June 30, 2017 , we have estimated unspent leasing related obligations at our triple net leased senior living communities and our MOBs of approximately $21.3 million .

On February 21, 2017, we paid a regular quarterly distribution to common shareholders of $0.39 per share, or approximately $92.6 million , that was declared on January 13, 2017 and was payable to shareholders of record on January 23, 2017. On May 18, 2017, we paid a regular quarterly distribution to common shareholders of $0.39 per share, or approximately $92.6 million , that was declared on April 11, 2017 and was payable to shareholders of record on April 21, 2017. We funded these distributions using cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

On July 12, 2017, we declared a regular quarterly distribution payable to common shareholders of record on July 24, 2017 of $0.39 per share, or approximately $92.6 million . We expect to pay this distribution on or about August 17, 2017 using cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

We believe we will have access to various types of financings, including debt or equity offerings, to fund our future acquisitions and to pay our debts and other obligations as they become due. Our ability to complete, and the costs associated with, future debt transactions depends primarily upon credit market conditions and our then creditworthiness. We have no control over market conditions. Our credit ratings depend upon evaluations by credit rating agencies of our business practices and plans, including our ability to maintain our earnings, to stagger our debt maturities and to balance our use of debt and equity capital so that our financial performance and leverage ratios afford us flexibility to withstand any reasonably anticipated adverse changes. Similarly, our ability to raise equity capital in the future will depend primarily upon equity capital market conditions and our ability to operate our business to maintain and grow our operating cash flows. We intend to conduct our business activities in a manner which will continue to afford us reasonable access to capital for investment and financing activities, but we cannot be sure that we will be able to successfully carry out that intention.

Our strategy related to property acquisitions and dispositions is materially unchanged from that disclosed in our Annual Report. We continue to explore and evaluate for possible acquisition additional properties primarily for income and secondarily for appreciation potential; however, we cannot be sure that we will reach any agreement to acquire such properties, or that if we do reach any such agreement, that we will complete any acquisitions. We may periodically identify properties for sale based on future changes in market conditions, changes in property performance, our expectation regarding lease renewals, our plans with regard to particular properties or alternative opportunities we may wish to pursue. Our plans for particular properties and other strategic considerations may cause us to change our acquisition and disposition strategies, and we may do so at any time and without shareholder approval.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2017 , we had no off balance sheet arrangements that have had or that we expect would be reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

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Debt Covenants

Our principal debt obligations at June 30, 2017 were: (1) outstanding borrowings under our $1.0 billion revolving credit facility; (2) six public issuances of senior unsecured notes, including: (a) $400.0 million principal amount at an annual interest rate of 3.25% due 2019, (b) $200.0 million principal amount at an annual interest rate of 6.75% due 2020, (c) $300.0 million principal amount at an annual interest rate of 6.75% due 2021, (d) $250.0 million principal amount at an annual interest rate of 4.75% due 2024, (e) $350.0 million principal amount at an annual interest rate of 5.625% due 2042 and (f) $250.0 million principal amount at an annual interest rate of 6.25% due 2046; (3) our $350.0 million principal amount term loan due 2020; (4) our $200.0 million principal amount term loan due 2022; and (5) $807.8 million aggregate principal amount of mortgage notes secured by 24 of our properties ( 25 buildings) with maturity dates between 2018 and 2043. We also have two properties encumbered by capital leases with lease obligations totaling $11.0 million at June 30, 2017 ; the capital leases expire in 2026. We had $434.0 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2017 . Our senior unsecured notes are governed by our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements. Our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements provide for acceleration of payment of all amounts outstanding upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default, such as, in the case of our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements, a change of control of us, as defined, which includes RMR LLC ceasing to act as our business and property manager. Our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements and our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements also contain a number of covenants which restrict our ability to incur debts, including debts secured by mortgages on our properties, in excess of calculated amounts and require us to maintain various financial ratios, and our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements contains covenants which restrict our ability to make distributions in certain circumstances. As of June 30, 2017 , we believe we were in compliance with all of the covenants under our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements, our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and our other debt obligations.

Neither our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements, nor our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements, contain provisions for acceleration which could be triggered by our debt ratings. However, under our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements, our senior unsecured debt ratings are used to determine the fees and interest rates we pay. Accordingly, if our debt ratings are downgraded by credit rating agencies, our interest expense and related costs under our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements would increase.

Our senior unsecured notes indentures and their supplements contain cross default provisions to any other debts of more than $20.0 million ($50.0 million or more in the case of our senior unsecured notes indenture and supplement entered into in February 2016). Similarly, our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements have cross default provisions to other indebtedness that is recourse of $25.0 million or more and indebtedness that is non-recourse of $75.0 million or more.

The loan agreements governing the aggregate $620.0 million secured debt financing we obtained in July 2016 contain customary covenants and provide for acceleration of payment of all amounts due thereunder upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default.

Related Person Transactions

We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with RMR LLC, RMR Inc. and others related to them. For example: we have no employees and the personnel and various services we require to operate our business are provided to us by RMR LLC pursuant to our management agreements with RMR LLC; RMR Inc. is the managing member of RMR LLC; ABP Trust, which is owned by our Managing Trustees, is the controlling shareholder of RMR Inc.; and we own shares of class A common stock of RMR Inc. We also have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services and which may have trustees, directors and officers who are also trustees, directors or officers of us, RMR LLC or RMR Inc., including: Five Star, which is our former subsidiary and largest tenant and the manager of our managed senior living communities and of which we own 8.5% of its outstanding common stock and our Managing Trustees beneficially own, directly and indirectly, 36.7% of its outstanding common stock; and AIC, of which we, ABP Trust, Five Star and four other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services each own 14.3% and which arranges and reinsures in part a combined property insurance program for us and its six other shareholders.

For further information about these and other such relationships and related person transactions, see Notes 10, 11 and 12 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our Annual Report, our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and our other filings with the SEC. In addition, see the section captioned “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report for a description of risks that may arise as a result of these and other related person transactions and relationships. Our filings with the SEC and copies of certain of our agreements with these related persons, including our business and property management agreements with RMR LLC, our various agreements with Five Star and our shareholders agreement with AIC and its six other shareholders, are available as exhibits to our filings with the SEC

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and accessible at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov . We may engage in additional transactions with related persons, including businesses to which RMR LLC or its affiliates provide management services.

Impact of Government Reimbursement

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 , approximately 97% of our NOI was generated from properties where a majority of the revenues are derived from our tenants’ and residents’ private resources, and the remaining 3% of our NOI was generated from properties where a majority of the revenues are derived from Medicare and Medicaid payments. Nonetheless, we own, and our tenants and manager operate, facilities in many states that participate in federal and state healthcare payment programs, including the federal Medicare and state Medicaid programs and other federal and state healthcare payment programs. Also, some of our MOB tenants participate in federal Medicare and state Medicaid programs and other government healthcare payment programs.

On May 4, 2017, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass the American Health Care Act of 2017, or the AHCA, a bill intended to repeal and replace major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or the ACA. On June 26, 2017, the United States Senate released a discussion draft of its proposal, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, or BCRA, which is an amended version of the AHCA bill. Although it is unclear whether the AHCA or BCRA will ultimately become law, attempts to repeal or to repeal and replace the ACA will likely continue. In addition, on June 12, 2017, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, solicited suggestions for changes that could be made within the existing ACA legal framework to improve health insurance markets and meet the Trump Administration’s reform goals. Through July 12, 2017, HHS sought comments from interested parties to inform its ongoing efforts to create a more patient-centered healthcare system that adheres to the key principles of affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation and empowerment. It is unclear what the result of any of these legislative or reform efforts may be or the effect they may have on us or the tenants and manager of our properties.

On June 14, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, extended the public comment period from June 26, 2017 to August 25, 2017 for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding potential options for revising certain aspects of the existing Medicare SNF prospective payment system, or PPS. CMS is seeking comments on the possibility of replacing the existing case-mix classification model (the Resource Utilization Groups, Version 4, or RUG-IV) with a new model (the Resident Classification System, Version I, or RCS-I).

On July 31, 2017, CMS issued a final rule updating Medicare payments to SNFs under the PPS for federal fiscal year 2018, which CMS estimates would increase payments to SNFs by an aggregate of 1.0% compared to federal fiscal year 2017. Additionally, in the final rule, CMS revised and rebased the market basket index for federal fiscal year 2018 and subsequent federal fiscal years by updating the base year from 2010 to 2014, and by adding a new cost category for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Services. CMS also adopted additional polices, measures and data reporting requirements for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program, as well as requirements for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program, including an exchange function to translate SNF performance scores calculated using the program’s scoring methodology into incentive payments.

Because of the current and projected federal budget deficit, other federal spending priorities and challenging fiscal conditions in some states, there have been numerous recent legislative and regulatory actions or proposed actions with respect to federal Medicare rates, state Medicaid rates and federal payments to states for Medicaid programs. We cannot currently predict the type and magnitude of the potential Medicare and Medicaid policy changes, rate changes or other changes that may be implemented, but we believe that some of these changes will cause these government funded healthcare programs to fail to increase rates that match our and our tenants’ increasing expenses and that such changes may be material and adverse to our future financial results.

For more information regarding the government healthcare funding and regulation of our business, please see the section captioned “Business-Government Regulation and Reimbursement” in our Annual Report and the section captioned “Impact of Government Reimbursement” in our Annual Report and in Part I, Item 2 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to risks associated with market changes in interest rates. We manage our exposure to this market risk by monitoring available financing alternatives. Our strategy to manage exposure to changes in interest rates has not materially changed since December 31, 2016 . Other than as described below, we do not currently foresee any significant changes in our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or in how we manage this exposure in the near future.

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Fixed Rate Debt

At June 30, 2017 , our outstanding fixed rate debt included the following (dollars in thousands):



			Annual		Annual
	Principal		Interest		Interest			Interest
Debt	Balance ⁽¹⁾		Rate ⁽¹⁾		Expense		Maturity	Payments Due
Senior unsecured notes	$	400,000	3.25	%	$	13,000	2019	Semi-Annually
Senior unsecured notes	350,000		5.63	%	19,705		2042	Quarterly
Senior unsecured notes	300,000		6.75	%	20,250		2021	Semi-Annually
Senior unsecured notes	250,000		4.75	%	11,875		2024	Semi-Annually
Senior unsecured notes	250,000		6.25	%	15,625		2046	Quarterly
Senior unsecured notes	200,000		6.75	%	13,500		2020	Semi-Annually
Mortgage notes ⁽²⁾	620,000		3.53	%	21,886		2026	Monthly
Mortgage notes	68,863		4.47	%	3,078		2018	Monthly
Mortgage notes	44,012		3.79	%	1,668		2019	Monthly
Mortgage note	14,025		6.28	%	881		2022	Monthly
Mortgage notes	12,663		6.31	%	799		2018	Monthly
Mortgage notes	11,960		6.24	%	746		2018	Monthly
Mortgage note	11,495		4.85	%	558		2022	Monthly
Mortgage note	8,546		6.73	%	575		2018	Monthly
Mortgage note	6,498		4.69	%	305		2019	Monthly
Mortgage note	4,383		4.38	%	192		2043	Monthly
Mortgage notes	2,870		7.49	%	215		2022	Monthly
Mortgage note	2,460		6.25	%	154		2033	Monthly
	$	2,557,775			$	125,012


(1)	The principal balances and interest rates are the amounts stated in the applicable contracts. In accordance with GAAP, our carrying values and recorded interest expense may differ from these amounts because of market conditions at the time we assumed these debts. This table does not include obligations under capital leases.


(2)	The property encumbered by these mortgages is subject to a joint venture arrangement. No principal payments are due on these mortgages until maturity.

No principal repayments are due under our unsecured notes until maturity. Our mortgage debts generally require principal and interest payments through maturity pursuant to amortization schedules. Because these debts require interest to be paid at a fixed rate, changes in market interest rates during the term of these debts will not affect our interest obligations.

If these debts were refinanced at interest rates which are 100 basis points higher or lower than shown above, our annual interest cost would increase or decrease by approximately $25.6 million .

Changes in market interest rates would affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt obligations; increases in market interest rates decrease the fair value of our fixed rate debt, while decreases in market interest rates increase the fair value of our fixed rate debt. Based on the balances outstanding at June 30, 2017 , and discounted cash flows analyses through the respective maturity dates, and assuming no other changes in factors that may affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt obligations, a hypothetical immediate 100 basis point change in interest rates would change the fair value of those obligations by approximately $50.3 million .

Our senior unsecured notes and certain of our mortgages contain provisions that allow us to make repayments earlier than the stated maturity date. In some cases, we are not allowed to make early repayment prior to a cutoff date and we are generally allowed to make prepayments only at a premium equal to a make whole amount, as defined, which is generally designed to preserve a stated yield to the noteholder. In the past, we have repurchased and retired some of our outstanding debts and we may do so again in the future. These prepayment rights and our ability to repurchase and retire outstanding debt may afford us opportunities to mitigate the risk of refinancing our debts at maturity at higher rates by refinancing prior to maturity.

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Floating Rate Debt

At June 30, 2017 , our floating rate debt obligations consisted of our $1.0 billion revolving credit facility, under which we had $434.0 million outstanding, our $350.0 million term loan and our $200.0 million term loan. In August 2017, we amended the agreement governing our revolving credit facility. As a result of the amendment, among other things, the stated maturity date of the facility was extended from January 15, 2018 to January 15, 2022, and subject to the payment of an extension fee and meeting other conditions, we have an option to extend the maturity date of the facility for an additional year. No principal repayments are required under our revolving credit facility prior to maturity, and we can borrow, repay and re-borrow funds available, subject to conditions, at any time without penalty. Our $350.0 million term loan matures on January 15, 2020, and our $200.0 million term loan matures on September 28, 2022. Our $350.0 million term loan is prepayable without penalty at any time. Our $200.0 million term loan is prepayable without penalty beginning in September 2017.

Borrowings under our revolving credit facility and term loans are in U.S. dollars and interest is required to be paid at LIBOR plus premiums that are subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. Accordingly, we are exposed to interest rate risk for changes in U.S. dollar based short term rates, specifically LIBOR. In addition, upon renewal or refinancing of our revolving credit facility or our term loans, we are vulnerable to increases in interest rate premiums due to market conditions or our perceived credit characteristics. Generally, a change in interest rates would not affect the value of our floating rate debt but would affect our operating results.

The following table presents the impact a 100 basis point increase in interest rates would have on our annual floating rate interest expense as of June 30, 2017 (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):



	Impact of Changes in Interest Rates
			Outstanding		Total Interest		Annual Earnings
	Interest Rate ⁽¹⁾		Floating Rate Debt		Expense Per Year		per Share Impact ⁽²⁾
At June 30, 2017	2.59	%	$	984,000	$	25,486	$	(0.11	)
100 basis point increase	3.59	%	$	984,000	$	35,326	$	(0.15	)


(1)	Weighted based on the respective interest rates and outstanding borrowings under our credit facility and term loans as of June 30, 2017 . Subsequent to June 30, 2017, the interest rates under our $1.0 billion credit facility and our $200.0 million term loan decreased as a result of the amendments to the agreements governing these facilities.


(2)	Based on weighted average number of shares outstanding (diluted) for the six months ended June 30, 2017 .

The following table presents the impact a 100 basis point increase in interest rates would have on our annual floating rate interest expense as of June 30, 2017 if we were fully drawn on our revolving credit facility and our term loan remained outstanding (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):



	Impact of Changes in Interest Rates
			Outstanding		Total Interest		Annual Earnings
	Interest Rate ⁽¹⁾		Floating Rate Debt		Expense Per Year		per Share Impact ⁽²⁾
At June 30, 2017	2.55	%	$	1,550,000	$	39,525	$	(0.17	)
100 basis point increase	3.55	%	$	1,550,000	$	55,025	$	(0.23	)


(1)	Weighted based on the respective interest rates and outstanding borrowings under our credit facility (assuming fully drawn) and term loans as of June 30, 2017 . Subsequent to June 30, 2017, the interest rates under our $1.0 billion credit facility and our $200.0 million term loan decreased as a result of the amendments to the agreements governing these facilities.


(2)	Based on weighted average number of shares outstanding (diluted) for the six months ended June 30, 2017 .

The foregoing tables show the impact of an immediate increase in floating interest rates. If interest rates were to change gradually over time, the impact would be spread over time. Our exposure to fluctuations in floating interest rates will increase or decrease in the future with increases or decreases in the outstanding amount of our borrowings under our revolving credit facility or other floating rate debt.

Although we have no present plans to do so, we may in the future enter into hedge arrangements to mitigate our exposure to changes in interest rates.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, our management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Managing Trustees, President and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, our Managing Trustees, President and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

During the second quarter of 2017, enhancements were made to our controls relating to electronic payments of funds by or for us, including by wire transfers. These enhancements include additional verification and documentation procedures to be followed prior to the initiation or approval of electronic payments. We believe these enhancements increase the ability of our and RMR LLC’s personnel to identify and block attempts by third parties to fraudulently receive electronic payments from us. Our management believes that the foregoing actions have improved our internal controls regarding the detection of fraudulent activities and the safeguarding of our assets.

Other than the actions described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q CONTAINS STATEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”, “EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE”, “WILL”, “MAY” AND NEGATIVES OR DERIVATIVES OF THESE OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OUR PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS REPORT RELATE TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS, INCLUDING:


•	OUR POLICIES AND PLANS REGARDING INVESTMENTS, FINANCINGS AND DISPOSITIONS,


•	OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN OUR EXISTING TENANTS, ATTRACT NEW TENANTS AND MAINTAIN OR INCREASE CURRENT RENTAL RATES,


•	THE CREDIT QUALITIES OF OUR TENANTS,


•	OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE FOR ACQUISITIONS AND TENANCIES EFFECTIVELY,


•	OUR ACQUISITIONS AND SALES OF PROPERTIES,


•	THE ABILITY OF THE MANAGER OF OUR MANAGED SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE OCCUPANCY AND REVENUES AT THOSE COMMUNITIES,


•	OUR ABILITY TO PAY DISTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND THE AMOUNT OF SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS,


•	OUR ABILITY TO RAISE DEBT OR EQUITY CAPITAL,


•	THE FUTURE AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY,


•	OUR ABILITY TO PAY INTEREST ON AND PRINCIPAL OF OUR DEBT,


•	OUR ABILITY TO APPROPRIATELY BALANCE OUR USE OF DEBT AND EQUITY CAPITAL,


•	OUR CREDIT RATINGS,


•	OUR EXPECTATION THAT WE BENEFIT FROM OUR OWNERSHIP OF RMR INC.,


•	OUR EXPECTATION THAT WE BENEFIT FROM OUR OWNERSHIP OF AIC AND FROM OUR PARTICIPATION IN INSURANCE PROGRAMS ARRANGED BY AIC,


•	OUR QUALIFICATION FOR TAXATION AS A REIT,


•	OUR BELIEF THAT THE AGING U.S. POPULATION AND INCREASING LIFE SPANS OF SENIORS WILL INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR SENIOR LIVING SERVICES,


•	OUR BELIEF THAT FIVE STAR, OUR FORMER SUBSIDIARY AND LARGEST TENANT AND THE MANAGER OF OUR MANAGED SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, HAS ADEQUATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY AND THE ABILITY TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS TO US AND TO MANAGE OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES SUCCESSFULLY, AND


•	OTHER MATTERS.

OUR ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS. FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND UPON OUR BUSINESS, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, FINANCIAL CONDITION, FFO, NORMALIZED FFO, NOI, CASH FLOWS, LIQUIDITY AND PROSPECTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

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•	THE IMPACT OF CONDITIONS AND CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY AND THE CAPITAL MARKETS ON US AND OUR TENANTS AND MANAGERS,


•	THE IMPACT OF THE ACA, INCLUDING CURRENT PROPOSALS TO REPEAL OR TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE ACA, AND OTHER EXISTING OR PROPOSED LEGISLATION OR REGULATIONS ON US, ON OUR TENANTS AND MANAGERS AND ON THEIR ABILITY TO PAY OUR RENTS AND RETURNS,


•	ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH OUR RELATED PARTIES, INCLUDING OUR MANAGING TRUSTEES, FIVE STAR, RMR LLC, RMR INC., AIC AND OTHERS AFFILIATED WITH THEM,


•	COMPLIANCE WITH, AND CHANGES TO, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, ACCOUNTING RULES, TAX LAWS AND SIMILAR MATTERS,


•	LIMITATIONS IMPOSED ON OUR BUSINESS AND OUR ABILITY TO SATISFY COMPLEX RULES IN ORDER FOR US TO QUALIFY FOR TAXATION AS A REIT FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES,


•	COMPETITION WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES, AND


•	ACTS OF TERRORISM, OUTBREAKS OF SO CALLED PANDEMICS OR OTHER MANMADE OR NATURAL DISASTERS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

FOR EXAMPLE:


•	FIVE STAR IS OUR LARGEST TENANT AND THE MANAGER OF OUR MANAGED SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES AND IT MAY EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AS A RESULT OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:


•	CHANGES IN MEDICARE OR MEDICAID POLICIES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE ACA, INCLUDING CURRENT PROPOSALS TO REPEAL OR TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE ACA, AND OTHER EXISTING OR PROPOSED LEGISLATION OR REGULATIONS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN REDUCED MEDICARE OR MEDICAID RATES OR A FAILURE OF SUCH RATES TO COVER FIVE STAR’S COSTS OR LIMIT THE SCOPE OR FUNDING OF EITHER OR BOTH PROGRAMS,


•	THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY AND THE CAPITAL MARKETS ON FIVE STAR AND ITS RESIDENTS AND OTHER CUSTOMERS,


•	COMPETITION WITHIN THE SENIOR LIVING SERVICES BUSINESS,


•	INCREASES IN INSURANCE AND TORT LIABILITY COSTS, AND


•	INCREASES IN FIVE STAR'S LABOR COSTS OR IN COSTS FIVE STAR PAYS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.


•	IF FIVE STAR’S OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO BE UNPROFITABLE, IT MAY DEFAULT ON ITS RENT OBLIGATIONS TO US,


•	IF FIVE STAR FAILS TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES AT SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES THAT WE OWN, OUR INCOME FROM THESE COMMUNITIES MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED,


•	IN RESPONSE TO COMPETITIVE PRESSURES RESULTING FROM RECENT AND EXPECTED NEW SUPPLY OF SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR EXISTING SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES. OUR COMMUNITIES MAY FAIL TO BE COMPETITIVE AND THEY MAY FAIL TO ATTRACT RESIDENTS, DESPITE OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS,


•	OUR OTHER TENANTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOSSES AND DEFAULT ON THEIR RENT OBLIGATIONS TO US,


•	SOME OF OUR TENANTS MAY NOT RENEW EXPIRING LEASES, AND WE MAY BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN NEW TENANTS TO MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THE HISTORICAL OCCUPANCY RATES OF, OR RENTS FROM, OUR PROPERTIES,


•	OUR ABILITY TO MAKE FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND TO MAKE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OUR INDEBTEDNESS DEPENDS UPON A NUMBER OF FACTORS,

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INCLUDING OUR FUTURE EARNINGS, THE CAPITAL COSTS WE INCUR TO LEASE AND OPERATE OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. WE MAY BE UNABLE TO PAY OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS OR TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT RATE OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON OUR COMMON SHARES AND FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS MAY BE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED,

•

OUR ABILITY TO GROW OUR BUSINESS AND INCREASE OUR DISTRIBUTIONS DEPENDS IN LARGE PART UPON OUR ABILITY TO BUY PROPERTIES AND ARRANGE FOR THEIR PROFITABLE OPERATION OR LEASE THEM FOR RENTS, LESS OUR PROPERTY OPERATING EXPENSES, THAT EXCEED OUR CAPITAL COSTS. WE MAY BE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT WE WANT TO ACQUIRE OR TO NEGOTIATE ACCEPTABLE PURCHASE PRICES, ACQUISITION FINANCING, MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS OR LEASE TERMS FOR NEW PROPERTIES,


•	RENTS THAT WE CAN CHARGE AT OUR PROPERTIES MAY DECLINE BECAUSE OF CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS OR OTHERWISE,


•	CONTINGENCIES IN OUR ACQUISITION AND SALE AGREEMENTS MAY NOT BE SATISFIED AND OUR PENDING ACQUISITIONS AND SALES AND ANY RELATED LEASES OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS WE MAY EXPECT TO ENTER INTO MAY NOT OCCUR, MAY BE DELAYED OR THE TERMS OF SUCH TRANSACTIONS OR ARRANGEMENTS MAY CHANGE,


•	WE EXPECT TO ENTER INTO ADDITIONAL LEASE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH FIVE STAR FOR ADDITIONAL SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES THAT WE OWN OR MAY ACQUIRE IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT BE SURE THAT WE WILL ENTER INTO ANY ADDITIONAL LEASES, MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS OR OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH FIVE STAR,


•	CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY IS SUBJECT TO OUR SATISFYING CERTAIN FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND OTHER CREDIT FACILITY CONDITIONS THAT WE MAY BE UNABLE TO SATISFY,


•	ACTUAL COSTS UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY OR OTHER FLOATING RATE CREDIT FACILITIES WILL BE HIGHER THAN LIBOR PLUS A PREMIUM BECAUSE OF FEES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH FACILITIES,


•	THE MAXIMUM BORROWING AVAILABILITY UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND TERM LOANS MAY BE INCREASED TO UP TO $3.1 BILLION ON A COMBINED BASIS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWEVER, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM BORROWING AVAILABILITY UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND TERM LOANS IS SUBJECT TO OUR OBTAINING ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS FROM LENDERS, WHICH MAY NOT OCCUR,


•	WE HAVE THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE MATURITY DATE OF OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE AND MEETING OTHER CONDITIONS; HOWEVER, THE APPLICABLE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE MET,


•	THE PREMIUMS USED TO DETERMINE THE INTEREST RATE PAYABLE ON OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND TERM LOANS AND THE FACILITY FEE PAYABLE ON OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY ARE BASED ON OUR CREDIT RATINGS. FUTURE CHANGES IN OUR CREDIT RATINGS MAY CAUSE THE INTEREST AND FEES WE PAY TO INCREASE,


•	WE MAY BE UNABLE TO REPAY OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS WHEN THEY BECOME DUE,

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FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017 , APPROXIMATELY 97% OF OUR NOI WAS GENERATED FROM PROPERTIES WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE REVENUES ARE DERIVED FROM OUR TENANTS’ AND RESIDENTS’ PRIVATE RESOURCES. THIS MAY IMPLY THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR NOI GENERATED FROM PRIVATE RESOURCES AT OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, OUR RESIDENTS AND PATIENTS MAY BECOME UNABLE TO FUND OUR CHARGES WITH PRIVATE RESOURCES AND WE MAY BE REQUIRED OR MAY ELECT FOR BUSINESS REASONS TO ACCEPT OR PURSUE REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT SOURCES, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED PART OF OUR NOI AND REVENUE BEING GENERATED FROM GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AND OUR BECOMING MORE DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS,

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CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ABILITY OF SENIORS OR THEIR FAMILIES TO PAY FOR OUR TENANTS' AND MANAGER'S SERVICES, SUCH AS ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, WEAK HOUSING MARKET CONDITIONS, HIGHER LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG OUR RESIDENTS' FAMILY MEMBERS, LOWER LEVELS OF CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY AND/OR CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICS GENERALLY COULD AFFECT THE PROFITABILITY OF OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES,


•	WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SELL PROPERTIES THAT WE DETERMINE TO OFFER FOR SALE ON TERMS ACCEPTABLE TO US OR OTHERWISE,


•	WE BELIEVE THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR RELATED PARTIES, INCLUDING FIVE STAR, RMR LLC, RMR INC., ABP TRUST, AIC AND OTHERS AFFILIATED WITH THEM MAY BENEFIT US AND PROVIDE US WITH COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN OPERATING AND GROWING OUR BUSINESS. HOWEVER, THE ADVANTAGES WE BELIEVE WE MAY REALIZE FROM THESE RELATIONSHIPS MAY NOT MATERIALIZE,

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OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES ARE SUBJECT TO EXTENSIVE GOVERNMENT REGULATION, LICENSURE AND OVERSIGHT. WE SOMETIMES EXPERIENCE DEFICIENCIES IN THE OPERATION OF OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES MAY BE PROHIBITED FROM ADMITTING NEW RESIDENTS OR OUR LICENSE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS AT A COMMUNITY MAY BE REVOKED. ALSO, OPERATING DEFICIENCIES OR A LICENSE REVOCATION AT ONE OR MORE OF OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN LICENSES FOR, OR ATTRACT RESIDENTS TO, OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES,


•	THE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN US AND RMR LLC HAVE CONTINUING 20 YEAR TERMS. HOWEVER, THOSE AGREEMENTS PERMIT EARLY TERMINATION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. ACCORDINGLY, WE CANNOT BE SURE THAT THESE AGREEMENTS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CONTINUING 20 YEAR TERMS, AND

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ENHANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO OUR CONTROLS RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF OUR BECOMING A VICTIM OF FUTURE FRAUDS RELATED TO PAYMENTS OF OUR FUNDS, INCLUDING BY WIRE TRANSFERS. HOWEVER, CYBER-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND INCREASE IN SOPHISTICATION, FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTROL ENHANCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT MAY BE MADE IN THE FUTURE, TO OUR CONTROLS MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN AVOIDING OUR BECOMING A VICTIM TO FUTURE CYBER-RELATED CRIMES.

CURRENTLY UNEXPECTED RESULTS COULD OCCUR DUE TO MANY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME OF WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS NEW LEGISLATION OR REGULATIONS AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS OR THE BUSINESSES OF OUR TENANTS OR MANAGERS, CHANGES IN OUR TENANTS’ OR MANAGERS’ REVENUES OR COSTS, CHANGES IN OUR TENANTS’ OR MANAGERS’ FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, DEFICIENCIES IN OPERATIONS BY A TENANT OR MANAGER OF ONE OR MORE OF OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, CHANGED MEDICARE OR MEDICAID RATES, ACTS OF TERRORISM, NATURAL DISASTERS OR CHANGES IN CAPITAL MARKETS OR THE ECONOMY GENERALLY.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ELSEWHERE IN THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q AND IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT OR IN OUR OTHER FILINGS WITH THE SEC INCLUDING UNDER THE CAPTION “RISK FACTORS”, OR INCORPORATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, IDENTIFIES OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE DIFFERENCES FROM OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. OUR FILINGS WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SEC’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

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STATEMENT CONCERNING LIMITED LIABILITY

THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 1999, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, AS FILED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND, PROVIDES THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST IN ANY WAY SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.

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PART II. Other Information

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to risk factors from those we previously disclosed in our Annual Report.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer purchases of equity securities. The following table provides information about our purchases of our equity

securities during the quarter ended June 30, 2017:



Calendar Month	Number of Shares Purchased ⁽¹⁾	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
June 2017	516	$	20.44	—	$	—
Total	516	$	20.44	—	$	—

(1) These common share withholdings and purchases were made to satisfy tax withholding and payment obligations of former RMR LLC employees in connection with the vesting of awards of our common shares. We withheld and purchased these shares at their fair market value based upon the trading price of our common shares at the close of trading on the Nasdaq on the purchase date.

Item 5. Other Information

On August 1, 2017, we amended and restated the agreements governing our existing $1 billion revolving credit facility and $200 million term loan, and we amended the agreement governing our existing $350 million term loan, each with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and a lender, and a syndicate of other lenders.

Pursuant to the amended and restated credit agreement for our revolving credit facility, the interest rate payable on borrowings under this facility is reduced from LIBOR plus a premium of 130 basis points per annum to LIBOR plus a premium of 120 basis points per annum, and the facility fee is reduced from 30 basis points per annum to 25 basis points per annum on the total amount of lending commitments under this facility. The interest rate premium and facility fee are each subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. In addition, the stated maturity date of this facility was extended from January 15, 2018 to January 15, 2022, and, subject to the payment of an extension fee and meeting other conditions, we have an option to extend the maturity date by an additional year. This facility also includes a feature pursuant to which in certain circumstances maximum borrowings may be increased to $2.0 billion.

Pursuant to the amended and restated term loan agreement for our $200 million term loan, the interest rate payable is reduced from LIBOR plus a premium of 180 basis points per annum to LIBOR plus a premium of 135 basis points per annum, subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. This term loan continues to mature in September 2022, is prepayable without penalty at any time beginning in September 2017 and includes a feature pursuant to which, in certain circumstances, maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $400 million. Pursuant to the second amendment to our term loan agreement for our $350 million term loan, the interest rate payable on borrowings under this term loan remained unchanged at LIBOR plus a premium of 140 basis points, subject to adjustment based upon changes to our credit ratings. This term loan continues to mature in January 2020, is prepayable without penalty at any time and includes a feature pursuant to which in certain circumstances maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $700 million.

The amended and restated revolving credit facility, the amended and restated term loan agreement for our $200 million term loan and the amended term loan agreement for our $350 million term loan also contain a number of covenants, including covenants that restrict our ability to incur debts, and generally require us to maintain certain financial ratios, and restrict our ability to make distributions under certain circumstances. Pursuant to the amended and restated revolving credit facility, the amended and restated term loan agreement for our $200 million term loan and the amended term loan agreement for our $350 million term loan, certain of these covenants and related definitions, among other provisions, were modified. Obligations under our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements continue to be unsecured. The amended and restated revolving credit facility, the amended and restated term loan agreement for our $200 million term loan and the amended term loan agreement for our $350 million term loan also continue to provide for acceleration of payment of all amounts due thereunder upon the occurrence and continuation of

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certain events of default, such as a change of control of us, as defined, which includes RMR LLC ceasing to act as our business and property manager.

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and the other lenders party to the amended and restated revolving credit facility, the amended and restated term loan agreement for our $200 million term loan and the amended term loan agreement for our $350 million term loan, as well as their affiliates, have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking, commercial banking, advisory and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us. They have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these engagements.

The foregoing descriptions of the amended and restated revolving credit facility, the amended and restated term loan agreement for our $200 million term loan and the amended term loan agreement for our $350 million term loan are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the copies of those agreements attached as Exhibits 10.3 through 10.5 filed herewith.

Item 6. Exhibits.



Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Composite Copy of Articles of Amendment and Restatement, dated September 20, 1999, as amended to date. (Filed herewith.)
3.2		Composite Copy of Articles of Amendment and Restatement, dated September 20, 1999, as amended to date. (marked copy) (Filed herewith.)
3.3		Articles Supplementary, dated May 11, 2000. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000, File No. 001-15319.)
3.4		Articles Supplementary, dated April 17, 2014. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17, 2014.)
3.5		Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted September 7, 2016. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 7, 2016.)
4.1		Form of Common Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.)
4.2		Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2001, between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-76588.)
4.3		Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of April 9, 2010, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, related to 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, File No. 001-15319.)
4.4		Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of December 8, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, related to 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, File No. 001-15319.)
4.5		Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of July 20, 2012, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, related to 5.625% Senior Notes due 2042, including form thereof (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 20, 2012, File No. 001-15319.)
4.6		Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of April 28, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, related to 3.25% Senior Notes due 2019, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.)
4.7		Supplemental Indenture No. 9, dated as of April 28, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, related to 4.75% Senior Notes due 2024, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.)
4.8		Indenture, dated as of February 18, 2016, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 18, 2016.)
4.9		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 18, 2016, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, related to 6.25% Senior Notes due 2046, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 18, 2016.)
4.10		Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, among the Company, ABP Trust (f/k/a Reit Management & Research Trust), Barry M. Portnoy and Adam D. Portnoy. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 5, 2015.)
10.1		Summary of Trustee Compensation. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2017.)

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10.2		Tenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 1, 2017, among certain subsidiaries of the Company, as landlord, and certain subsidiaries of Five Star Senior Living Inc., as tenant. (Filed herewith.)
10.3		Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions party thereto. (Filed herewith.)
10.4		Amended and Restated $200 Million Term Loan Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions party thereto. (Filed herewith.)
10.5		Second Amendment to $350 Million Term Loan Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions party thereto. (Filed herewith.)
12.1		Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (Filed herewith.)
31.1		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.)
31.2		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.)
31.3		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.)
31.4		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.)
32.1		Section 1350 Certification. (Furnished herewith.)
99.1		Letter Agreement, dated June 1, 2017, among certain subsidiaries of the Company and certain subsidiaries of Five Star Senior Living Inc., regarding the community known as The Millcroft Community. (Filed herewith.)
99.2		Letter Agreement, dated June 1, 2017, among certain subsidiaries of the Company and certain subsidiaries of Five Star Senior Living Inc., regarding the senior living community known as The Remington Club. (Filed herewith.)
99.3		Letter Agreement, dated June 1, 2017, among certain subsidiaries of the Company and certain subsidiaries of Five Star Senior Living Inc., regarding the senior living community known as Tiffany Court. (Filed herewith.)
99.4		Press Release dated August 1, 2017 (Furnished herewith.)
101.1		The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (iv) related notes to these financial statements, tagged as blocks of text and in detail. (Filed herewith.)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



	SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST


	By:	/s/ David J. Hegarty
		David J. Hegarty
		President and Chief Operating Officer

Dated: August 3, 2017


	By:	/s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
		Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		(principal financial and accounting officer)

Dated: August 3, 2017

Exhibit 3.1

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

COMPOSITE DECLARATION OF TRUST
INCORPORATING:

Declaration of Trust filed December 16, 1998

Articles of Amendment and Restatement filed September 20, 1999

Articles of Amendment filed February 13, 2002

Articles of Amendment filed January 21, 2004

Articles of Amendment filed February 7, 2007

Articles of Amendment filed June 1, 2007

Articles of Amendment filed December 12, 2007

Articles of Amendment filed February 21, 2008

Articles of Amendment filed June 3, 2008

Articles of Amendment filed June 28, 2011

Articles of Amendment filed July 10, 2012

Articles of Amendment filed April 17, 2014

Articles of Amendment filed June 5, 2014

Articles of Amendment filed February 4, 2015

Articles Supplementary filed June 30, 2017 ¹



¹ This Composite Declaration of Trust does not incorporate the Articles Supplementary filed May 11, 2000, which Articles relate to the provisions of the Bylaws of the Trust, or the Articles Supplementary filed March 15, 2004, as corrected by the Articles of Correction filed March 30, 2004 and thereafter superseded by the Articles Supplementary filed April 17, 2014, which Articles collectively relate to the establishment of Junior Participating Preferred Shares and subsequent reclassification thereof as Common Shares of the Trust.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

FIRST : Senior Housing Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Trust”) formed under Title 8 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (as amended and in effect from time to time, and including any successor title thereto, “Title 8”), desires to amend and restate its Declaration of Trust as currently in effect and as hereinafter amended. All references in the Declaration of Trust to specific sections of Title 8 shall include applicable successor provisions.

SECOND : The following provisions are all the provisions of the Declaration of Trust currently in effect and as hereinafter amended:

ARTICLE I

FORMATION

The Trust is a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Title 8. It is also intended that the Trust shall carry on a business as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” as described in the REIT provisions of the Code (as defined in Article VII below), for so long as it is wholly owned by HRPT Properties Trust and thereafter shall qualify and carry on business as a “real estate investment trust” as described therein. The Trust shall not be deemed to be a general partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, joint stock company or a corporation, but nothing herein shall preclude the Trust from being treated for tax purposes as an association under the Code; nor shall the Trustees or shareholders or any of them for any purpose be, nor be deemed to be, nor be treated in any way whatsoever as, liable or responsible hereunder as partners or joint venturers.

ARTICLE II

NAME

The name of the Trust is:

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Under circumstances in which the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board of Trustees” or “Board”) determines that the use of the name of the Trust is not practicable, the Trust may use any other designation or name for the Trust. To the extent permitted by Maryland law, the Board of Trustees may amend the Declaration of Trust to change the name of the Trust without any action by the shareholders.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSES AND POWERS

Section 3.1 Purposes . The purposes for which the Trust is formed are to invest in and to acquire, hold, manage, administer, control and dispose of property and interests in property, including, without limitation or obligation, engaging in business as a real estate investment trust under the Code.

Section 3.2 Powers . The Trust shall have all of the powers granted to real estate investment trusts by Title 8 and all other powers set forth in the Declaration of Trust which are not inconsistent with law and are appropriate to promote and attain the purposes set forth in the Declaration of Trust.

ARTICLE IV

RESIDENT AGENT

The name of the resident agent of the Trust in the State of Maryland is CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, whose post office address is 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a citizen of and resides in the State of Maryland. The Trust may change such resident agent from time to time as the Board of Trustees shall determine. The Trust may have such offices or places of business within or outside the State of Maryland as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine. ²

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Section 5.1 Powers . Subject to any express limitations contained in the Declaration of Trust or in the Bylaws, (a) the business and affairs of the Trust shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Trustees and (b) the Board shall have full, exclusive and absolute power, control and authority over any and all property of the Trust. The Board may take any action as in its sole judgment and discretion is necessary or appropriate to conduct the business and affairs of the Trust. The Declaration of Trust shall be construed with the presumption in favor of the grant of power and authority to the Board. Any construction of the Declaration of Trust or determination made in good faith by the Board concerning its powers and authority hereunder shall be conclusive. The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Trustees included in the Declaration of Trust or in the Bylaws shall in no way be construed or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit the powers conferred upon the Board or the Trustees under the general laws of the State of Maryland or any other applicable laws.

The Board, without any action by the shareholders of the Trust, shall have and may exercise, on behalf of the Trust, without limitation, the power to terminate the status of the Trust as a real estate investment trust under the Code; to determine that compliance with any restriction or limitations on ownership and transfers of shares of the Trust’s beneficial interest set forth in Article VII of the Declaration of Trust is no longer required in order for the Trust to qualify as a real estate investment trust; to adopt, amend and repeal Bylaws not inconsistent with law or this Declaration of Trust; to elect officers in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws; to solicit proxies from holders of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust; and to do any other acts and deliver any other documents necessary or appropriate to the foregoing powers.



² This provision has been revised to reflect the Resolution filed February 5, 2004, as superseded by the Resident Agent’s Notice of Change of Address filed June 5, 2008, as superseded by the Resolution filed September 8, 2011, as superseded by the Resident Agent’s Notice of Change of Address filed December 4, 2014.

Section 5.2 Number and Classification .

Section 5.2.1 The number of trustees of the Trust (hereinafter the “Trustees”) initially shall be two (2). On the first date on which the Trust shall have more than one shareholder of record, the number of the Trustees shall automatically and without further action by the Board of Trustees increase to five (5), which number may thereafter be increased or decreased pursuant to the Bylaws of the Trust; provided, however, that no such increase or decrease shall result in the Trust having fewer than three (3) or more than seven (7) Trustees. Any vacancies in the Board of Trustees shall be filled by a majority of the Trustees then in office, except that a majority of the entire Board of Trustees must fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Trustees.

Section 5.2.2 ³ The Board of Trustees has elected to be subject to Section 3-803 of the Maryland General Corporation Law. Pursuant to this election, the Board of Trustees is divided into three classes with the following terms: one Independent Trustee and one Managing Trustee in Class I with a term expiring at the Trust’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; one Independent Trustee and one Managing Trustee in Class II with a term expiring at the Trust’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; and one Independent Trustee in Class III with a term expiring at the Trust’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Section 5.2.3 The names and business addresses of the initial Trustees who shall serve as Trustees are as follows:



Name		Address

Gerard M. Martin		c/o Reit Management & Research, Inc.
		400 Centre Street
		Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Barry M. Portnoy		c/o Reit Management & Research, Inc.
		400 Centre Street
		Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Section 5.2.4 The Trustees may fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of Trustees or otherwise, on the Board in the manner provided in the Bylaws. It shall not be necessary to list in the Declaration of Trust the names and addresses of any Trustees hereinafter elected. No reduction in the number of Trustees shall have the effect of removing any Trustee from office prior to the expiration of his or her term. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of Trustees.

Section 5.3 Resignation or Removal . ⁴ Any Trustee may resign by written notice to the



³ This provision has been revised to reflect changes effectuated by the Articles of Amendment filed June 5, 2014, as superseded by the Articles Supplementary filed June 30, 2017.
⁴ This provision has been revised to reflect changes effectuated by the Articles Supplementary filed June 30, 2017.

Board, effective upon execution and delivery to the Trust of such written notice or upon any future date specified in the notice. A Trustee may be removed at any time with cause, at a meeting of the shareholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the Shares (as defined in Section 6.1 below) then outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of Trustees. A Trustee judged incompetent or for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed shall be deemed to have resigned as of the date of such adjudication or appointment.

ARTICLE VI

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

Section 6.1 Authorized Shares . ⁵ The beneficial interest of the Trust shall be divided into shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”). The Trust has authority to issue 300,000,000 Shares, consisting of 300,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share (“Common Shares”). If shares of one class are classified or reclassified into shares of another class of shares pursuant to this Article VI, the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified, so that the aggregate number of shares of beneficial interest of all classes that the Trust has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of shares of beneficial interest set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph. The Board of Trustees, without any action by the shareholders of the Trust, may amend the Declaration of Trust from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of Shares or the number of Shares of any class or series, including preferred shares of beneficial interest (“Preferred Shares”), that the Trust has authority to issue.

Section 6.2 Common Shares . Subject to the provisions of Article VII, each Common Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on each matter upon which holders of Common Shares are entitled to vote. The Board of Trustees may reclassify any unissued Common Shares from time to time in one or more classes or series of Shares.

Section 6.3 Preferred Shares . The Board of Trustees may classify any unissued Preferred Shares and reclassify any previously classified but unissued Preferred Shares of any series from time to time, in one or more series of Shares.

Section 6.4 Classified or Reclassified Shares . Prior to issuance of classified or reclassified Shares of any class or series, the Board of Trustees by resolution shall (a) designate that class or series; (b) specify the number of Shares to be included in the class or series; (c) set, subject to the provisions of Article VII, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series; and (d) cause the Trust to file articles supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”). Any of the terms of any class or series of Shares set pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 6.4 may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside the Declaration of Trust (including the occurrence of any event, determination or action by the Trust or any other person or body) and may vary among holders thereof, provided that the manner in which such facts or variations



⁵ This provision has been revised to reflect changes effectuated by the following Articles of Amendment, each of which supersede the immediately preceding Articles of Amendment: (i) Articles of Amendment filed February 13, 2002; (ii) the Articles of Amendment filed January 21, 2004; (iii) Articles of Amendment filed February 7, 2007; (iv) Articles of Amendment filed December 12, 2007; (v) Articles of Amendment filed February 21, 2008; (vi) Articles of Amendment filed June 3, 2008; (vii) Articles of Amendment filed June 28, 2011; (viii) Articles of Amendment filed July 10, 2012; (ix) Articles of Amendment filed April 17, 2014; and (x) Articles of Amendment filed February 4, 2015.

shall operate upon the terms of such class or series of Shares is clearly and expressly set forth in the articles supplementary filed with the SDAT.

Section 6.5 Authorization by Board of Share Issuance . The Board of Trustees may authorize the issuance from time to time of Shares of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities or rights convertible into Shares of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration (whether in cash, property, past or future services, obligation for future payment or otherwise) as the Board of Trustees may deem advisable (or without consideration), subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in this Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws of the Trust.

Section 6.6 Dividends and Distributions . The Board of Trustees may from time to time authorize and declare to shareholders such dividends or distributions, in cash or other assets of the Trust or in securities of the Trust or from any other source as the Board of Trustees in its discretion shall determine. Shareholders shall have no right to any dividend or distribution unless and until authorized and declared by the Board. The exercise of the powers and rights of the Board of Trustees pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding.

Section 6.7 General Nature of Shares . All Shares shall be personal property entitling the shareholders only to those rights provided in the Declaration of Trust. The shareholders shall have no interest in the property of the Trust and shall have no right to compel any partition, division, dividend or distribution of the Trust or of the property of the Trust. The death of a shareholder shall not terminate the Trust or affect its continuity nor give his or her legal representative any rights whatsoever, whether against or in respect of other shareholders, the Trustees or the trust estate or otherwise, except the sole right to demand and, subject to the provisions of the Declaration of Trust, the Bylaws and any requirements of law, to receive a new certificate for Shares registered in the name of such legal representative, in exchange for the certificate held by such shareholder. The Trust is entitled to treat as shareholders only those persons in whose names Shares are registered as holders of Shares on the beneficial interest ledger of the Trust.

Section 6.8 Fractional Shares . The Trust may, without the consent or approval of any shareholder, issue fractional Shares, eliminate a fraction of a Share by rounding up or down to a full Share, arrange for the disposition of a fraction of a Share by the person entitled to it or pay cash for the fair value of a fraction of a Share.

Section 6.9 Declaration and Bylaws . All shareholders are subject to the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws of the Trust.

Section 6.10 Divisions and Combinations of Shares . Subject to an express provision to the contrary in the terms of any class or series of beneficial interest hereafter authorized, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to divide or combine the outstanding shares of any class or series of beneficial interest, without a vote of shareholders.

ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

Section 7.1 Definitions . For the purpose of this Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate . The term “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, another Person controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person.

Aggregate Share Ownership Limit . The term “Aggregate Share Ownership Limit” shall mean 9.8 percent in value or in number of the aggregate of the outstanding Equity Shares. The value of the outstanding Equity Shares shall be determined by the Board of Trustees in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof.

Beneficial Ownership . The term “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of Equity Shares by a Person, whether the interest in Equity Shares is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include, but not be limited to, interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

Business Day . The term “Business Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Charitable Beneficiary . The term “Charitable Beneficiary” shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Charitable Trust as determined pursuant to Section 7.3.6, provided that each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code. If the Code shall cease to define a charitable organization, “Charitable Beneficiary” shall mean an entity organized to do work for charitable purposes and not for profit.

Charitable Trust . The term “Charitable Trust” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 7.3.1.

Code . The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. All references to specific sections of the Code shall include applicable successor provisions.

Common Share Ownership Limit . The term “Common Share Ownership Limit” shall mean 9.8 percent (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate outstanding Common Shares. The number and value of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined by the Board of Trustees in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes.

Constructive Ownership . The term “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Equity Shares by a Person, whether the interest in Equity Shares is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include, but not be limited to, interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

Declaration of Trust . The term “Declaration of Trust” shall mean these Articles of Amendment and Restatement as accepted for record by the SDAT, and any amendments thereto.

Equity Shares . The term “Equity Shares” shall mean Shares of all classes or series, including, without limitation, Common Shares and Preferred Shares.

Excepted Holder . The term “Excepted Holder” shall mean a shareholder of the Trust for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by this Article VII or by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

Excepted Holder Limit . The term “Excepted Holder Limit” shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 7.2.7, and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7.2.8, the percentage limit established by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

HRPT . The term “HRPT” shall mean HRPT Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, or any successor thereto by merger or consolidation, or any transferee of all or substantially all of its assets.

Initial Date . The term “Initial Date” shall mean the date upon which these Articles of Amendment and Restatement containing this Article VII is accepted for record by the SDAT.

Market Price . The term “Market Price” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding Equity Shares, the Closing Price for such Equity Shares on such date. The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Equity Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Equity Shares, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if such Equity Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Equity Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Equity Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Equity Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Equity Shares selected by the Board of Trustees or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Equity Shares, the fair market value of Equity Shares, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees.

NYSE . The term “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

Person . The term “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including, but not limited to, a trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a group to which an Excepted Holder Limit applies.

Prohibited Owner . The term “Prohibited Owner” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person who, but for the provisions of Section 7.2.1, would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Equity Shares, and if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of Equity Shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

REIT . The term “REIT” shall mean a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code.

Restriction Termination Date . The term “Restriction Termination Date” shall mean the first day after the Initial Date on which the Board of Trustees determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Trust for the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership and Transfers of Equity Shares set forth herein to apply.

RMR . The term “RMR” shall mean REIT Management & Research, Inc., the Trust’s investment advisor, or any successor investment advisor to the Trust.

SDAT . The term “SDAT” shall mean the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.

Transfer . The term “Transfer” shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, of Equity Shares or the right to vote or receive dividends on Equity Shares, including (a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Shares or any interest in Equity Shares or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” shall have the correlative meanings.

Trustee . The term “Trustee” shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Trust and a Prohibited Owner, that is appointed by the Trust to serve as trustee of the Charitable Trust.

Section 7.2 Equity Shares .

Section 7.2.1 Ownership Limitations . During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) Basic Restrictions .

(i) (1) No Person, other than an Excepted Holder and other than HRPT, RMR and their affiliates, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Equity Shares in excess of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, (2) no Person, other than an Excepted Holder and other than HRPT, RMR and their affiliates, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of the Common Share Ownership Limit and (3) no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Equity Shares in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.

(ii) No Person shall Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares to the extent that such Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares would result in the Trust being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, Beneficial or Constructive Ownership that would result in the Trust owning (actually or Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the

Code if the income derived by the Trust from such tenant would cause the Trust to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code).

(iii) Subject to Section 7.4, notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, any Transfer of Equity Shares (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system) that, if effective, would result in Equity Shares being beneficially owned by less than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

(b) Transfer in Trust . If any Transfer of Equity Shares occurs which, if effective, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning Equity Shares in violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii),

(i) then that number of Equity Shares the Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically transferred to a Charitable Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3, effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares; or

(ii) if the transfer to the Charitable Trust described in clause (i) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii), then the Transfer of that number of Equity Shares that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 7.2.2 or (ii) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

Section 7.2.2 Remedies for Breach . If the Board of Trustees or any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 7.2.1 or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of any Equity Shares in violation of Section 7.2.1 (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board of Trustees or a committee thereof shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event, including, without limitation, causing the Trust to redeem Equity Shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Trust or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; provided , however , that any Transfers or attempted Transfers or other events in violation of Section 7.2.1 shall automatically result in the transfer to the Charitable Trust described above, and, where applicable, such Transfer (or other event) shall be void ab initio as provided above irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board of Trustees or a committee thereof.

Section 7.2.3 Notice of Restricted Transfer . Any Person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares that will or may violate Section 7.2.1(a), or any Person who would have owned Equity Shares that resulted in a transfer to the Charitable Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2.1(b), shall immediately give written notice to the Trust of such event, or in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Trust such other information as the Trust may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer.

Section 7.2.4 Owners Required To Provide Information . From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) every owner of more than five percent (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding Equity Shares, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, shall give written notice to the Trust stating the name and address of such owner, the number of Equity Shares and other Equity Shares Beneficially Owned and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. Each such owner shall provide to the Trust such additional information as the Trust may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Trust’s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit.

(b) each Person who is a Beneficial or Constructive Owner of Equity Shares and each Person (including the shareholder of record) who is holding Equity Shares for a Beneficial or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Trust such information as the Trust may request, in good faith, in order to determine the Trust’s status as a REIT and to comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

Section 7.2.5 Remedies Not Limited . Subject to Section 5.1 of the Declaration of Trust, nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall limit the authority of the Board of Trustees to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Trust and the interests of its shareholders in preserving the Trust’s status as a REIT.

Section 7.2.6 Ambiguity . In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 7.2, Section 7.3 or any definition contained in Section 7.1, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event Section 7.2 or 7.3 requires an action by the Board of Trustees and the Declaration of Trust fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3.

Section 7.2.7 Exceptions .

(a) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), the Board of Trustees, in its sole discretion, may exempt a Person from the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and the Common Share Ownership Limit, as the case may be, and may (but is not required to) establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if:

(i) the Board of Trustees obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual’s Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of such Equity Shares will violate Section 7.2.1(a)(ii);

(ii) such Person does not and represents that it will not own, actually or Constructively, an interest in a tenant of the Trust (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Trust) that would cause the Trust to own, actually or Constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant and the Board of Trustees obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact (for this purpose, a tenant from whom the Trust (or an entity owned or controlled by the Trust) derives (and is expected to continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Trust’s ability to qualify as a REIT, shall not be treated as a tenant of the Trust); and

(iii) such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6) will result in such Equity Shares being automatically transferred to a Charitable Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3.

(b) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 7.2.7(a), the Board of Trustees may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Trustees in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Trust’s status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board of Trustees may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exception.

(c) In determining whether to grant any exemption pursuant to Section 7.2.7(a), the Board of Trustees may consider, among other factors, (i) the general reputation and moral character of the person requesting an exemption, (ii) whether ownership of shares would be direct or through ownership attribution, (iii) whether the person’s ownership of shares would adversely affect the Trust’s ability to acquire additional properties or engage in other business and (iv) whether granting an exemption for the person requesting an exemption would adversely affect any of the Trust’s existing contractual arrangements.

(d) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), an underwriter which participates in a public offering or a private placement of Equity Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Shares) may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Equity Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Shares) in excess of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, the Common Share Ownership Limit or both such limits, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering or private placement.

(e) The Board of Trustees may only reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder: (1) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time, or (2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the Common Share Ownership Limit for an Excepted Holder without the written consent of such Excepted Holder.

Section 7.2.8 Increase in Aggregate Share Ownership and Common Share Ownership Limits . The Board of Trustees may from time to time increase the Common Share Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit.

Section 7.2.9 Legend . Each certificate for Equity Shares shall bear substantially the following legend:

Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares of the Trust in excess of 9.8 percent of the value of the total outstanding Equity Shares of the Trust, unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares that would result in the Trust being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Trust to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (iv) no Person may Transfer Equity Shares if such Transfer would result in Equity Shares of the Trust being owned by fewer than 100 Persons. Any Person who Beneficially or Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares which cause or will cause a Person to Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Trust. If any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership are violated, the Equity Shares represented hereby will be automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Charitable Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, attempted Transfers in violation of the restrictions described above may be void ab in itio. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Equity Shares of the Trust on request and without charge.

Instead of the foregoing legend, the certificate may state that the Trust will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on transferability to a shareholder on request and without charge.

Section 7.3 Transfer of Equity Shares in Trust .

Section 7.3.1 Ownership in Trust . Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 7.2.1(b) that would result in a transfer of Equity Shares to a Charitable Trust, such Equity Shares shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Trustee as trustee of a Charitable Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 7.2.1(b). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Trust and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Trust and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Trust as provided in Section 7.3.6.

Section 7.3.2 Status of Shares Held by the Trustee . Equity Shares held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding Equity Shares of the Trust. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the shares held by the Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other distributions and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares held in the Charitable Trust.

the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Trust that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Trust has already taken irreversible trust action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article VII, until the Trust has received notification that Equity Shares have been transferred into a Charitable Trust, the Trust shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other shareholder records for purposes of preparing lists of shareholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of shareholders.

Section 7.3.4 Sale of Shares by Trustee . Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Trust that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trust, the Trustee of the Charitable Trust shall sell the shares held in the Charitable Trust to a person, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 7.2.1(a). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 7.3.4. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Charitable Trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Charitable Trust and (2) the price per share received by the Trustee from the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Charitable Trust. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Trust that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Trustee, such shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Charitable Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7.3.4, such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand.

Section 7.3.5 Purchase Right in Shares Transferred to the Trustee . Equity Shares transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Trust, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Charitable Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Trust, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Trust shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the shares held in the Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 7.3.4. Upon such a sale to the Trust, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner.

Section 7.3.6 Designation of Charitable Beneficiaries . By written notice to the Trustee, the Trust shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Charitable Trust such that Equity Shares held in the Charitable Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 7.2.1(a) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary.

Section 7.4 NYSE Transactions . Nothing in this Article VII shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any other provision of this Article VII and any transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this Article VII.

Section 7.5 Enforcement . The Trust is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this Article VII.

Section 7.6 Non-Waiver . No delay or failure on the part of the Trust or the Board of Trustees in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Trust or the Board of Trustees, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing.

ARTICLE VIII

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 8.1 Meetings . There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders, to be held on proper notice at such time (after the delivery of the annual report) and convenient location as shall be determined by or in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws, for the election of the Trustees, if required, and for the transaction of any other business within the powers of the Trust. Except as otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders may be called in the manner provided in the Bylaws. Shareholders meetings, including the annual meeting and any special meetings, may be called only by the Board of Trustees. If there are no Trustees, the officers of the Trust shall promptly call a special meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Trustees. Any meeting may be adjourned and reconvened as the Trustees determine or as provided in the Bylaws.

Section 8.2 Voting Rights . Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares then outstanding, the shareholders shall be entitled to vote only on the following matters: (a) election of Trustees as provided in Section 5.2 and the removal of Trustees as provided in Section 5.3; (b) amendment of the Declaration of Trust as provided in Article X; (c) termination of the Trust as provided in Section 12.2; (d) merger or consolidation of the Trust to the extent required by Title 8, or the sale or disposition of substantially all of the Trust Property, as provided in Article XI; and (e) such other matters with respect to which the Board of Trustees has adopted a resolution declaring that a proposed action is advisable and directing that the matter be submitted to the shareholders for approval or ratification. Except with respect to the foregoing matters, no action taken by the shareholders at any meeting shall in any way bind the Board of Trustees.

Section 8.3 Preemptive and Appraisal Rights . Except as may be provided by the Board of Trustees in setting the terms of classified or reclassified Shares pursuant to Section 6.4, or as may otherwise be provided by contract, no holder of Shares shall, as such holder, (a) have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional Shares of the Trust or any other security of the Trust which it may issue or sell or (b) have any right to require the Trust to pay him the fair value of his Shares in an appraisal or similar proceeding.

Section 8.4 Extraordinary Actions . Except as specifically provided in Section 5.3 (relating to removal of Trustees) and subject to Section 8.5, notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if taken or approved by (i) the affirmative vote of holders of Shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, or (ii) if Maryland law hereafter permits the effectiveness of a vote described in this clause (ii), the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter.

Section 8.5 Board Approval . The submission of any action to the shareholders for their consideration shall first be approved or advised by the Board of Trustees, and the shareholders shall not otherwise be entitled to act thereon.

Section 8.6 Action By Shareholders Without a Meeting . To the extent, if any, permitted by the Bylaws of the Trust, any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders may be taken without a meeting by the written consent of the shareholders entitled to cast a sufficient number of votes to approve the matter as required by statute, the Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws of the Trust, as the case may be.

Section 8.7 Indemnification of the Trust . ⁶ Each shareholder will indemnify and hold harmless the Trust from and against all costs, expenses, penalties, fines and other amounts, including, without limitation, attorneys’ and other professional fees, whether third party or internal, arising from such shareholder’s violation of any provision of this Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws, including, without limitation, Article VII, and shall pay such sums to the Trust upon demand, together with interest on such amounts, which interest will accrue at the lesser of 15% per annum and the maximum amount permitted by law, from the date such costs or the like are incurred until the receipt of repayment by the Trust. Nothing in this Section shall create or increase the liability of any shareholders, trustees, officers, employees or agents of the Trust for actions taken on behalf of the Trust.

ARTICLE IX

LIABILITY LIMITATION, INDEMNIFICATION
AND TRANSACTIONS WITH THE TRUST

Section 9.1 Limitation of Shareholder Liability . No shareholder shall be liable for any debt, claim, demand, judgment or obligation of any kind of, against or with respect to the Trust by reason of his being a shareholder, nor shall any shareholder be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person in connection with the property or the affairs of the Trust by reason of his being a shareholder.

Section 9.2 Limitation of Trustee and Officer Liability . To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of trustees and officers of a real estate investment trust, no current or former Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be liable to the Trust or to any shareholder for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section 9.2, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Declaration of Trust inconsistent with this Section 9.2, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding sentence with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. In the absence of any Maryland statute limiting the liability of trustees and officers of a Maryland real estate investment trust for money damages in a suit by or on behalf of the Trust or by any shareholder, or arising by reason of his or her action on behalf of the Trust, no Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be liable to the Trust or to any shareholder for money damages except to the extent that (a) the Trustee or officer actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services, for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received, or (b) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the Trustee or officer is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the Trustee’s or officer’s action or failure to act was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding.



⁶ This provision was added by the Articles of Amendment filed June 1, 2007.

Section 9.3 Express Exculpatory Clauses and Instruments . Any written instrument creating an obligation of the Trust shall, to the extent practicable, include a reference to this Declaration and provide that neither the shareholders nor the Trustees nor any officers, employees or agents (including the Trust’s advisor, the “Advisor”) of the Trust shall be liable thereunder and that all persons shall look solely to the trust estate for the payment of any claim thereunder or for the performance thereof; however, the omission of such provision from any such instrument shall not render the shareholders, any Trustee, or any officer, employee or agent (including the Advisor) of the Trust liable, nor shall the shareholders, any Trustee or any officer, employee or agent (including the Advisor) of the Trust be liable to anyone for such omission.

Section 9.4 Indemnification . The Trust shall, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, indemnify, and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to, (a) any individual who is a present or former shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust or (b) any individual who, while a Trustee of the Trust and at the request of the Trust, serves or has served as a trustee, director, officer, partner, employee or agent of another real estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his status as a present or former shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust. The Trust shall have the power, with the approval of its Board of Trustees, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Trust in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Trust or a predecessor of the Trust.

Section 9.5 Transactions Between the Trust and its Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents . (a) Subject to any express restrictions adopted by the Trustees in the Bylaws or by resolution, the Trust may enter into any contract or transaction of any kind, whether or not any of its Trustees, officers, employees or agents has a financial interest in such transaction, with any person, including any Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust or any person affiliated with a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust or in which a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust has a material financial interest.

(b) To the extent permitted by Maryland law, a contract or other transaction between the Trust and any Trustee or between the Trust and RMR or any other corporation, trust, firm, or other entity in which any Trustee is a director or trustee or has a material financial interest shall not be void or voidable if:

(i) The fact of the common directorship, trusteeship or interest is disclosed or known to:

(A) The Board of Trustees or a proper committee thereof, and the Board of Trustees or such Committee authorizes, approves or ratifies the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested Trustees, even if the disinterested Trustees constitute less than a quorum; or

(B) The shareholders entitled to vote, and the contract or transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders entitled to vote other than the votes of shares owned of record or beneficially by the interested trustee, corporation, trust, firm or other entity; or

(ii) Common or interested trustees or the shares owned by them or by an interested corporation, trust, firm or other entity may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Trustees or a committee thereof or at a meeting of the shareholders, as the case may be, at which the contract or transaction is authorized, approved or ratified.

(c) The failure of a contract or other transaction between the Trust and any Trustee or between the Trust and RMR or any other corporation, trust, firm, or other entity in which any Trustee is a director or trustee or has a material financial interest to satisfy the criteria set forth in Section 9.5(b) shall not create any presumption that such contract or other transaction is void, voidable or otherwise invalid, and any such contract or other transaction shall be valid to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law. To the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law, (i) the fixing by the Board of Trustees of compensation for a Trustee (whether as a Trustee or in any other capacity) and (ii) Section 9.4 of this Declaration of Trust or any provision of the Bylaws or any contract or transaction requiring or permitting indemnification (including advancing of expenses) in accordance with terms and procedures not materially less favorable to the Trust than those described in Section 2-418 (or any successor section thereto) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (as in effect at the time such provision was adopted or such contract or transaction was entered into or as it may thereafter be in effect) shall be deemed to have satisfied the criteria set forth in Section 9.5(b).

Section 9.6 Right of Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents to Own Shares or Other Property and to Engage in Other Business . Subject to any restrictions which may be adopted by the Trustees in the Bylaws or otherwise: Any Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust may acquire, own, hold and dispose of Shares in the Trust, for his or her individual account, and may exercise all rights of a shareholder to the same extent and in the same manner as if he or she were not a Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust. Any Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust may, in his or her personal capacity or in the capacity of trustee, officer, director, stockholder, partner, member, advisor or employee of any Person or otherwise, have business interests and engage in business activities similar to or in addition to those relating to the Trust, which interests and activities may be similar to and competitive with those of the Trust and may include the acquisition, syndication, holding, management, development, operation or disposition, for his own account, or for the account of such Person or others, of interests in mortgages, interests in real property, or interests in Persons engaged in the real estate business. Each Trustee, officer, employee and agent of the Trust shall be free of any obligation to present to the Trust any investment opportunity which comes to him or her in any capacity other than solely as Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust. Any Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust may be interested as trustee, officer, director, stockholder, partner, member, advisor or employee of, or otherwise have a direct or indirect interest in, any Person who may be engaged to render advice or services to the Trust, and may receive compensation from such Person as well as compensation as Trustee, officer, employee or agent or otherwise hereunder. None of these activities shall be deemed to conflict with his or her duties and powers as Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust.

Section 9.7 Persons Dealing with Trustees, Officers, Employees or Agents . Any act of the Trustees or of the officers, employees or agents of the Trust purporting to be done in their capacity as such, shall, as to any Persons dealing with such Trustees, officers, employees or agents, be conclusively deemed to be within the purposes of this Trust and within the powers of such Trustees or officers, employees or agents. No Person dealing with the Board or any of the Trustees or with the officers, employees or agents of the Trust shall be bound to see to the application of any funds or property passing

into their hands or control. The receipt of the Board or any of the Trustees, or of authorized officers, employees or agents of the Trust, for moneys or other consideration, shall be binding upon the Trust.

Section 9.8 Reliance . The Trustees and the officers, employees and agents of the Trust may consult with counsel and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete personal protection to all the Trustees and the officers, employees and agents of the Trust in respect of any action taken or suffered by them in good faith and in reliance on or in accordance with such advice or opinion. In discharging their duties, Trustees or officers, employees or agents of the Trust, when acting in good faith, may rely upon financial statements of the Trust represented to them to fairly present the financial position or results of operations of the Trust by the chief financial officer of the Trust or the officer of the Trust having charge of its books of account, or stated in a written report by an independent certified public accountant fairly to present the financial position or results of operations of the Trust. The Trustees and the officers, employees and agents of the Trust may rely, and shall be personally protected in acting, upon any instrument or other document believed by them to be genuine.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 10.1 General . The Trust reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment to the Declaration of Trust, now or hereafter authorized by law, including any amendment altering the terms or contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Declaration of Trust, of any Shares, except that the provisions governing the personal liability of the shareholders, Trustees and of the officers, employees and agents of the Trust and the prohibition of assessments upon shareholders may not be amended in any respect that could increase the personal liability of such shareholders, Trustees or officers, employees and agents of the Trust. All rights and powers conferred by the Declaration of Trust on shareholders, Trustees and officers are granted subject to this reservation. An amendment to the Declaration of Trust (a) shall be signed and acknowledged by at least a majority of the Trustees, or an officer duly authorized by at least a majority of the Trustees, (b) shall be filed for record as provided in Section 13.5 and (c) shall become effective as of the later of the time the SDAT accepts the amendment for record or the time established in the amendment, not to exceed thirty (30) days after the amendment is accepted for record. All references to the Declaration of Trust shall include all amendments thereto.

Section 10.2 By Trustees . The Trustees may amend this Declaration of Trust from time to time, in the manner provided by Title 8, without any action by the shareholders, to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code or under Title 8 and as otherwise provided in Section 8-501(e) of Title 8 and the Declaration of Trust. If permitted by Maryland law as in effect from time to time, the Trustees may amend this Declaration of Trust from time to time in any other respect, in accordance with such law, without any action by the shareholders.

Section 10.3 By Shareholders . Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2 and subject to the following sentence, any amendment to this Declaration of Trust must first be advised by the Board of Trustees and then shall be valid only if approved by (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter or (ii) if Maryland law hereafter permits the effectiveness of a vote described in this clause (ii), the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter. Any amendment to Section 5.2.2 or 5.3 or to this sentence of the Declaration of Trust shall be valid only if approved by the Board of Trustees and then by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

ARTICLE XI

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF TRUST PROPERTY

Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding, the Trust may (a) merge with or into another entity, (b) consolidate with one or more other entities into a new entity or (c) sell, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the trust property. Any such action must first be approved by the Board of Trustees and, after notice to all shareholders entitled to vote on the matter, by (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter or (ii) if Maryland law hereafter permits the effectiveness of a vote described in this clause (ii), the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter.

ARTICLE XII

DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

Section 12.1 Duration . The Trust shall continue perpetually unless terminated pursuant to Section 12.2.

Section 12.2 Termination .

(a) Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding, after approval by a majority of the entire Board of Trustees, the Trust may be terminated at any meeting of shareholders by (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter or (ii) or if hereafter expressly authorized by Title 8, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter. Upon the termination of the Trust:

(i) The Trust shall carry on no business except for the purpose of winding up its affairs.

(ii) The Trustees shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Trust and all of the powers of the Trustees under the Declaration of Trust shall continue, including the powers to fulfill or discharge the Trust’s contracts, collect its assets, sell, convey, assign, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the remaining property of the Trust to one or more persons at public or private sale for consideration which may consist in whole or in part of cash, securities or other property of any kind, discharge or pay its liabilities and do all other acts appropriate to liquidate its business.

(iii) After paying or adequately providing for the payment of all liabilities, and upon receipt of such releases, indemnities and agreements as they deem necessary for their protection, the Trust may distribute the remaining property of the Trust among the shareholders so that after payment in full or the setting apart for payment of such preferential amounts, if any, to which the holders of any Shares at the time outstanding shall be entitled, the remaining property of the Trust shall, subject to any participating or similar rights of Shares at the time outstanding, be distributed ratably among the holders of Common Shares at the time outstanding.

(b) After termination of the Trust, the liquidation of its business and the distribution to the shareholders as herein provided, a majority of the Trustees shall execute and file with the Trust’s records a document certifying that the Trust has been duly terminated and the Trustees shall be discharged from all liabilities and duties hereunder, and the rights and interests of all shareholders shall cease.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.1 Governing Law . The Declaration of Trust is executed and delivered with reference to the laws of the State of Maryland, and the rights of all parties and the validity, construction and effect of every provision hereof shall be subject to and construed according to the laws of the State of Maryland.

Section 13.2 Reliance by Third Parties . Any certificate shall be final and conclusive as to any person dealing with the Trust if executed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Trust or a Trustee, and if certifying to: (a) the number or identity of Trustees, officers of the Trust or shareholders; (b) the due authorization of the execution of any document; (c) the action or vote taken, and the existence of a quorum, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees or shareholders; (d) a copy of the Declaration of Trust or of the Bylaws as a true and complete copy as then in force; (e) an amendment to the Declaration of Trust; (f) the termination of the Trust; or (g) the existence of any fact relating to the affairs of the Trust. No purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other person shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction purporting to be made by the Trust on its behalf or by any officer, employee or agent of the Trust.

Section 13.3 Severability .

(a) The provisions of the Declaration of Trust are severable, and if the Board of Trustees shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any one or more of such provisions (the “Conflicting Provisions”) are in conflict with the Code, Title 8 or other applicable federal or state laws, the Conflicting Provisions, to the extent of the conflict, shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of the Declaration of Trust, even without any amendment of the Declaration of Trust pursuant to Article X and without affecting or impairing any of the remaining provisions of the Declaration of Trust or rendering invalid or improper any action taken or omitted (including but not limited to the election of Trustees) prior to such determination. No Trustee shall be liable for making or failing to make such a determination. In the event of any such determination by the Board of Trustees, the Board shall amend the Declaration of Trust in the manner provided in Section 10.2.

(b) If any provision of the Declaration of Trust shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such holding shall apply only to the extent of any such invalidity or unenforceability and shall not in any manner affect, impair or render invalid or unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of the Declaration of Trust in any jurisdiction.

Section 13.4 Construction . In the Declaration of Trust, unless the context otherwise requires, words used in the singular or in the plural include both the plural and singular and words denoting any gender include all genders. The title and headings of different parts are inserted for convenience and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of the Declaration of Trust. In defining or interpreting the powers and duties of the Trust and its Trustees and officers, reference may be made by the Trustees or officers, to the extent appropriate and not inconsistent with the Code or Title 8, to Titles 1 through 3 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, in accordance with the provisions of Title 3, Subtitles 6 and 7, of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the Trust shall be included within the definition of “corporation” for purposes of such provisions.

Section 13.5 Recordation . The Declaration of Trust and any amendment hereto shall be filed for record with the SDAT and may also be filed or recorded in such other places as the Trustees deem appropriate, but failure to file for record the Declaration of Trust or any amendment hereto in any office other than in the State of Maryland shall not affect or impair the validity or effectiveness of the Declaration of Trust or any amendment hereto. A restated Declaration of Trust shall, upon filing, be conclusive evidence of all amendments contained therein and may thereafter be referred to in lieu of the original Declaration of Trust and the various amendments thereto.

THIRD : The amendment to and restatement of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust as hereinabove set forth have been duly advised by the Board of Trustees and approved by the shareholders of the Trust as required by law.

FOURTH : The total number of shares of beneficial interest which the Trust has authority to issue has not been amended by this amendment and restatement.

Exhibit 3.2

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

COMPOSITE DECLARATION OF TRUST
INCORPORATING:

Declaration of Trust filed December 16, 1998

Articles of Amendment and Restatement filed September 20, 1999

As Amended Articles of Amendment filed February 13, 2002

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed January 21, 2004

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed February 7, 2007

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed June 1, 2007

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed December 12, 2007

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed February 21, 2008

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed June 3, 2008

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed June 28, 2011

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed July 10, 2012

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed April 17, 2014

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed June 5, 2014

and Amended Articles of Amendment filed February 4, 2015

Articles Supplementary filed June 30, 2017 ¹



¹ This Composite Declaration of Trust does not incorporate the Articles Supplementary filed May 11, 2000, which Articles relate to the provisions of the Bylaws of the Trust, or the Articles Supplementary filed March 15, 2004, as corrected by the Articles of Correction filed March 30, 2004 and thereafter superseded by the Articles Supplementary filed April 17, 2014, which Articles collectively relate to the establishment of Junior Participating Preferred Shares and subsequent reclassification thereof as Common Shares of the Trust.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

SECOND : The following provisions are all the provisions of the Declaration of Trust currently in effect and as hereinafter amended:

ARTICLE I

FORMATION

ARTICLE II

NAME

The name of the Trust is:

Senior Housing Properties Trust

ARTICLE III

PURPOSES AND POWERS

ARTICLE IV

RESIDENT AGENT

The name of the resident agent of the Trust in the State of Maryland is James J. Hanks, Jr. CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company , whose post office address is c/o Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 300 East Lombard 7 St. Paul Street , Suite 820 , Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a citizen of and resides in the State of Maryland. The Trust may change such resident agent from time to time as the Board of Trustees shall determine. The Trust may have such offices or places of business within or outside the State of Maryland as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine. ²

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF TRUSTEES



² This provision has been revised to reflect the Resolution filed February 5, 2004, as superseded by the Resident Agent’s Notice of Change of Address filed June 5, 2008, as superseded by the Resolution filed September 8, 2011, as superseded by the Resident Agent’s Notice of Change of Address filed December 4, 2014.

Section 5.2 Number and Classification .

Section 5.2.2 The terms of the Trustees shall be determined as follows: (i) at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2014 (the “2014 Annual Meeting”), the Trustee whose term expires at the 2014 Annual Meeting (or such Trustee’s successor) shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”); (ii) at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2015 (the “2015 Annual Meeting”), the Trustees whose terms expire at the 2015 Annual Meeting (or such Trustees’ successors) shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2016 (the “2016 Annual Meeting”); (iii) at the 2016 Annual Meeting, the Trustees whose terms expire at the 2016 Annual Meeting (or such Trustees’ successors) shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the 2017 Annual Meeting; and (iv) at the 2017 Annual Meeting, and at each annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust thereafter, all Trustees shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders following his or her election. For the avoidance of doubt, each Trustee elected or appointed to the Board of Trustees to serve a term that commenced before the 2015 Annual Meeting (an “Existing Trustee”), and each Trustee elected or appointed to the Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of an Existing Trustee, shall serve for the full term to which the Existing Trustee was elected or appointed.



³ This provision has been revised to reflect changes effectuated by the Articles of Amendment filed June 5, 2014, as superseded by the Articles Supplementary filed June 30, 2017.

Section 5.2.3 The names and business addresses of the initial Trustees who shall serve as Trustees are as follows:



Name		Address

Gerard M. Martin		c/o Reit Management & Research, Inc.
		400 Centre Street
		Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Barry M. Portnoy		c/o Reit Management & Research, Inc.
		400 Centre Street
		Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Section 5.3 Resignation or Removal. ⁴ Any Trustee may resign by written notice to the Board, effective upon execution and delivery to the Trust of such written notice or upon any future date specified in the notice. A Trustee may be removed at any time with or without cause, at a meeting of the shareholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the Shares (as defined in Section 6.1 below) then outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of Trustees. A Trustee judged incompetent or for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed shall be deemed to have resigned as of the date of such adjudication or appointment.

ARTICLE VI

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

Section 6.1 Authorized Shares . ⁵ The beneficial interest of the Trust shall be divided into



⁴ This provision has been revised to reflect changes effectuated by the Articles Supplementary filed June 30, 2017.
⁵ This provision has been revised to reflect changes effectuated by the following Articles of Amendment, each of which supersede the immediately preceding Articles of Amendment: (i) Articles of Amendment filed February 13, 2002; (ii) the Articles of Amendment filed January 21, 2004; (iii) Articles of Amendment filed February 7, 2007; (iv) Articles of Amendment filed December 12, 2007; (v) Articles of Amendment filed February 21, 2008; (vi) Articles of Amendment filed June 3, 2008; (vii) Articles of Amendment filed June 28, 2011; (viii) Articles of Amendment filed July 10, 2012; (ix) Articles of Amendment filed April 17, 2014; and (x) Articles of Amendment filed February 4, 2015.

shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”). The Trust has authority to issue 300,000,000 Shares, consisting of 300,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share (“Common Shares”). If shares of one class are classified or reclassified into shares of another class of shares pursuant to this Article VI, the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified, so that the aggregate number of shares of beneficial interest of all classes that the Trust has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of shares of beneficial interest set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph. The Board of Trustees, without any action by the shareholders of the Trust, may amend the Declaration of Trust from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of Shares or the number of Shares of any class or series, including preferred shares of beneficial interest (“Preferred Shares”), that the Trust has authority to issue.

Section 6.9 Declaration and Bylaws . All shareholders are subject to the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws of the Trust.

ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

Section 7.1 Definitions . For the purpose of this Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate . The term “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, another Person controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person.

Charitable Trust . The term “Charitable Trust” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 7.3.1.

Code . The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. All references to specific sections of the Code shall include applicable successor provisions.

Declaration of Trust . The term “Declaration of Trust” shall mean these Articles of Amendment and Restatement as accepted for record by the SDAT, and any amendments thereto.

Equity Shares . The term “Equity Shares” shall mean Shares of all classes or series, including, without limitation, Common Shares and Preferred Shares.

Initial Date . The term “Initial Date” shall mean the date upon which these Articles of Amendment and Restatement containing this Article VII is accepted for record by the SDAT.

Market Price . The term “Market Price” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding Equity Shares, the Closing Price for such Equity Shares on such date.

The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Equity Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Equity Shares, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if such Equity Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Equity Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Equity Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Equity Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Equity Shares selected by the Board of Trustees or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Equity Shares, the fair market value of Equity Shares, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees.

NYSE . The term “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

REIT . The term “REIT” shall mean a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code.

RMR . The term “RMR” shall mean REIT Management & Research, Inc., the Trust’s investment advisor, or any successor investment advisor to the Trust.

SDAT . The term “SDAT” shall mean the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.

Shares or the right to vote or receive dividends on Equity Shares, including (a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Shares or any interest in Equity Shares or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” shall have the correlative meanings.

Trustee . The term “Trustee” shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Trust and a Prohibited Owner, that is appointed by the Trust to serve as trustee of the Charitable Trust.

Section 7.2 Equity Shares .

Section 7.2.1 Ownership Limitations . During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) Basic Restrictions .

Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3, effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares; or

Section 7.2.4 Owners Required To Provide Information . From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

Section 7.2.7 Exceptions .

through ownership attribution, (iii) whether the person’s ownership of shares would adversely affect the Trust’s ability to acquire additional properties or engage in other business and (iv) whether granting an exemption for the person requesting an exemption would adversely affect any of the Trust’s existing contractual arrangements.

Section 7.2.9 Legend . Each certificate for Equity Shares shall bear substantially the following legend:

The shares evidenced by this certificate are subject to restrictions on Beneficial and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose, among others, of the Trust’s maintenance of its status as a Real Estate Investment Trust (a “REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, (i) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Common Shares of the Trust in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares) of the outstanding Common Shares of the Trust unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares of the Trust in excess of 9.8 percent of the value of the total outstanding Equity Shares of the Trust, unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares that would result in the Trust being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Trust to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (iv) no Person may Transfer Equity Shares if such Transfer would result in Equity Shares of the Trust being owned by fewer than 100 Persons. Any Person who Beneficially or Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares which cause or will cause a Person to Beneficially or Constructively Own Equity Shares in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Trust. If any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership are violated, the Equity Shares represented hereby will be automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Charitable Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, attempted Transfers in violation of the restrictions described above may be void ab in itio. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined

in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Equity Shares of the Trust on request and without charge.

Instead of the foregoing legend, the certificate may state that the Trust will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on transferability to a shareholder on request and without charge.

Section 7.3 Transfer of Equity Shares in Trust .

Section 7.3.3 Dividend and Voting Rights . The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other distributions with respect to Equity Shares held in the Charitable Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Trust that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Trustee shall be paid with respect to such Equity Shares to the Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other distribution authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any dividends or distributions so paid over to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall have no voting rights with respect to shares held in the Charitable Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Trustee, the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Trust that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Trust has already taken irreversible trust action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article VII, until the Trust has received notification that Equity Shares have been transferred into a Charitable Trust, the Trust shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other shareholder records for purposes of preparing lists of shareholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of shareholders.

net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 7.3.4. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Charitable Trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Charitable Trust and (2) the price per share received by the Trustee from the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Charitable Trust. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Trust that Equity Shares have been transferred to the Trustee, such shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Charitable Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7.3.4, such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand.

Section 7.5 Enforcement . The Trust is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this Article VII.

ARTICLE VIII

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 8.1 Meetings . There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders, to be held on proper notice at such time (after the delivery of the annual report) and convenient location as shall be

determined by or in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws, for the election of the Trustees, if required, and for the transaction of any other business within the powers of the Trust. Except as otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders may be called in the manner provided in the Bylaws. Shareholders meetings, including the annual meeting and any special meetings, may be called only by the Board of Trustees. If there are no Trustees, the officers of the Trust shall promptly call a special meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Trustees. Any meeting may be adjourned and reconvened as the Trustees determine or as provided in the Bylaws.

Section 8.7 Indemnification of the Trust . ⁶ Each shareholder will indemnify and hold



⁶ This provision was added by the Articles of Amendment filed June 1, 2007.

harmless the Trust from and against all costs, expenses, penalties, fines and other amounts, including, without limitation, attorneys’ and other professional fees, whether third party or internal, arising from such shareholder’s violation of any provision of this Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws, including, without limitation, Article VII, and shall pay such sums to the Trust upon demand, together with interest on such amounts, which interest will accrue at the lesser of 15% per annum and the maximum amount permitted by law, from the date such costs or the like are incurred until the receipt of repayment by the Trust. Nothing in this Section shall create or increase the liability of any shareholders, trustees, officers, employees or agents of the Trust for actions taken on behalf of the Trust.

ARTICLE IX

LIABILITY LIMITATION, INDEMNIFICATION
AND TRANSACTIONS WITH THE TRUST

Section 9.4 Indemnification . The Trust shall, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, indemnify, and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final

disposition of a proceeding to, (a) any individual who is a present or former shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust or (b) any individual who, while a Trustee of the Trust and at the request of the Trust, serves or has served as a trustee, director, officer, partner, employee or agent of another real estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his status as a present or former shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust. The Trust shall have the power, with the approval of its Board of Trustees, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Trust in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Trust or a predecessor of the Trust.

(i) The fact of the common directorship, trusteeship or interest is disclosed or known to:

for a Trustee (whether as a Trustee or in any other capacity) and (ii) Section 9.4 of this Declaration of Trust or any provision of the Bylaws or any contract or transaction requiring or permitting indemnification (including advancing of expenses) in accordance with terms and procedures not materially less favorable to the Trust than those described in Section 2-418 (or any successor section thereto) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (as in effect at the time such provision was adopted or such contract or transaction was entered into or as it may thereafter be in effect) shall be deemed to have satisfied the criteria set forth in Section 9.5(b).

officers, employees and agents of the Trust may rely, and shall be personally protected in acting, upon any instrument or other document believed by them to be genuine.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

ARTICLE XI

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF TRUST PROPERTY

ARTICLE XII

DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

Section 12.1 Duration . The Trust shall continue perpetually unless terminated pursuant to Section 12.2.

Section 12.2 Termination .

(i) The Trust shall carry on no business except for the purpose of winding up its affairs.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.2 Reliance by Third Parties . Any certificate shall be final and conclusive as to any person dealing with the Trust if executed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of

the Trust or a Trustee, and if certifying to: (a) the number or identity of Trustees, officers of the Trust or shareholders; (b) the due authorization of the execution of any document; (c) the action or vote taken, and the existence of a quorum, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees or shareholders; (d) a copy of the Declaration of Trust or of the Bylaws as a true and complete copy as then in force; (e) an amendment to the Declaration of Trust; (f) the termination of the Trust; or (g) the existence of any fact relating to the affairs of the Trust. No purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other person shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction purporting to be made by the Trust on its behalf or by any officer, employee or agent of the Trust.

Section 13.3 Severability .

FOURTH : The total number of shares of beneficial interest which the Trust has authority to issue has not been amended by this amendment and restatement.

Exhibit 10.2

TENTH AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT
(LEASE NO. 2)

THIS TENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT (LEASE NO. 2) (this “ Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of August 1, 2017, by and among each of the parties identified on the signature pages hereof as a landlord (collectively, “ Landlord ”) and each of the parties identified on the signature pages hereof as a tenant (jointly and severally, “ Tenant ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 4, 2009, as amended by that certain Partial Termination of and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of November 1, 2009, that certain Partial Termination of and Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 1, 2010, that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of June 20, 2011, that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of July 22, 2011, that certain Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 31, 2012, that certain Partial Termination of and Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of September 19, 2013, that certain Partial Termination of and Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of June 1, 2014, that certain Partial Termination of and Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of July 20, 2015, and that certain Partial Termination of and Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of September 30, 2016 (as so amended, “ Master Lease No. 2 ”), Landlord leases to Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord, the Leased Property (this and other capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein having the meanings given such terms in Master Lease No. 2), all as more particularly described in Master Lease No. 2;

WHEREAS , Landlord and Tenant are parties to that certain letter agreement, dated as of June 1, 2017 (the “ Millcroft Letter ”), regarding the Property known as Millcroft and located at 255 Possum Park Road, Newark, Delaware (the “ Millcroft Property ”);

WHEREAS, as contemplated by the Millcroft Letter, CCDE Senior Living LLC has acquired the Millcroft Vacant Land (as defined in the Millcroft Letter) and Landlord and Tenant wish to add the Millcroft Vacant Land to the Millcroft Property in accordance with the Millcroft Letter;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the mutual receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree, effective as of the date hereof, as follows:

1. Exhibit A . Exhibit A to Master Lease No. 2 is amended by deleting Exhibit A-10 therefrom in its entirety and replacing it with Exhibit A-10 attached hereto.

2. Millcroft Letter . The terms and conditions of the Millcroft Letter shall apply to the addition of the Millcroft Vacant Land to the Millcroft Property, and the Minimum Rent is hereby increased in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Millcroft Letter.

3. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed and original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

4. Ratification . As amended hereby, Master Lease No. 2 is ratified and confirmed.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank; signature pages follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.

LANDLORD:

SPTIHS PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

SPTMNR PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

SNH/LTA PROPERTIES GA LLC

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

SNH/LTA PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

O.F.C. CORPORATION

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

SNH CHS PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC OF KENTUCKY TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

LEISURE PARK VENTURE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By: CCC Leisure Park Corporation,
its General Partner

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCDE SENIOR LIVING LLC

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCOP SENIOR LIVING LLC

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC PUEBLO NORTE TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES II, L.P.

By: Crestline Ventures LLC,

its General Partner

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC INVESTMENTS I, L.L.C.

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC FINANCING I TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC FINANCING LIMITED, L.P.

By: CCC Retirement Trust,

its General Partner

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

SNH SOMERFORD PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

TENANT:

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE TRUST

By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

President

FS TENANT HOLDING COMPANY TRUST

By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

President

EXHIBIT A-10

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Millcroft

255 Possum Park Road

Newark, Delaware 19711

The land and improvements thereon:

BEGINNING at a found iron pin on the southwesterly side of Possum Park Road (at 80 feet wide), said point of Beginning being the northwesterly corner of the Lot No. 7, West Meadow, and being distant North 69 degrees 48 minutes 50 seconds West, 90.32 feet measured along the said southwesterly side of Possum Park Road from the northwesterly end of a 30 foot radius junction curve joining the said southwesterly side of Possum Park Road with the Northwesterly side of Eileen Drive (at 60 feet wide) in West Meadow.

THENCE from said point of Beginning and along the northwesterly line of Lots No. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 , and 1 of said West Meadow, South 26 degrees 49 minutes 25 seconds West, 575.4 feet to a found iron pin, a corner for Lot No. 8 the Hunt at Louviers;

THENCE along the northeasterly line of lands of Lots No, 8, 7, 6 and 5, and partially along the northeasterly line of lands of Lot No. 1, of said The Hunt at Louviers, North 63 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 539.55 feet to a found iron pin, a corner for lands now or formerly of Point Breeze Enterprises;

THENCE along the southeasterly line of said lands now or formerly of Point Breeze Enterprises , North 25 degrees 28 minutes 15 seconds East, 528.32 feet to a point on the said southwesterly side of Possum Park Road, said point being distant 0.6 feet southeasterly measured along the said southwesterly side of Possum Park Road from a found concrete monument;

THENCE THEREBY , the two following described courses and distances;

1) Southeasterly along a curve to the left, having a radius of 3,859.72 feet, an arc distance of 290.40 feet to a set masonry nail, the point of tangency for said curve, said point being distant by a chord of South 67 degrees 39 minutes 32 seconds East, 290.33 feet from the last described point; and

South 69 degrees 48 minutes 50 seconds East 264.32 feet to a corner for said Lot No. 7. West Meadow, and the point and place of Beginning.

Together with:

ALL that certain lot, piece and parcel of land, situate in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, State of Delaware as shown on the Record Resubdivision Plan for property known as Possum Park Centre prepared by Ramesh C. Batta Associates, P.A., Consulting Engineers, Planners and Land Surveyors; recorded July 20, 2004 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for New Castle County, State of Delaware in Instrument No. 200407200080331. The said Property being more particularly bounded and described a follows, to wit:

BEGINNING a point on the southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road (also known as State Road No. 314) at 80 feet wide, a common corner of the Property herein being described and the lands, now or formerly, of the Millcroft Association, Inc., Thence from the Point of Beginning, leaving the southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road, along a common line with the lands, now or formerly, of the Millcroft Association, Inc., South 25° -28'-15" West, 528.32' to a corner in common with the said Lands and a point on a subdivision line of The Hunt at Louviers; Thence along the subdivision line of The Hunt of Louviers, North 63° -46'-46" West, 196.22' to a corner in common with the said Subdivision on the easterly right-of-way line of Cullen Way, at 100 feet wide; Thence along the easterly right-of-way line of Cullen Way, North 09° -14'-00" East, 515.08' to a corner, being the point of curvature of a junction curve, joining the easterly right-of-way line of Cullen Way with the aforementioned southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road; Thence by curve, curving to the right, having a radius of 30.00', an arc length of 57.38' to a corner, being the point of tangency of the said Junction Curve, joining the southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road with the easterly right-of way line of Cullen Way; Thence along the southwesterly right of way line of Possum Park Road, by the following two (2) courses and distances: (1) South 61°-10'-4" East, 18.45' to a corner, the point of curvature of a curve, and (2) By a curve, curving to the left, having a radius of 3,859.72', an arc length or 291.39' to the Point of Beginning. Containing with the said described metes and bounds, 3.307 acres of land, be the same, more or less.

TOGETHER WITH those certain nonexclusive and perpetual Access, Parking and Utility Easements set forth in Access Easement and Maintenance Agreement dated July 12, 2016 and recorded July 27, 2016 as Instrument No. 20160727-0037040.

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Exhibit 10.3

Loan Number: 1010272-2

Execution Version

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of August 1, 2017

by and among

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST,

as Borrower,

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

AND THEIR ASSIGNEES UNDER SECTION 12.6.,

as Lenders,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent,

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

and

PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and

Joint Lead Bookrunners,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

CITIBANK, N.A.

and

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agents

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

COMPASS BANK,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A.

and

REGIONS BANK,

as Documentation Agents

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Article I. Definitions	1
Section 1.1. Definitions.	1
Section 1.2. General; References to Eastern Time.	29
Article II. Credit Facility	29
Section 2.1. Revolving Loans.	29
Section 2.2. Letters of Credit.	31
Section 2.3. Swingline Loans.	35
Section 2.4. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.	38
Section 2.5. Number of Interest Periods.	38
Section 2.6. Repayment of Loans.	39
Section 2.7. Prepayments.	39
Section 2.8. Continuation.	39
Section 2.9. Conversion.	40
Section 2.10. Notes.	40
Section 2.11. Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment.	40
Section 2.12. Extension of Termination Date.	41
Section 2.13. Expiration Date of Letters of Credit Past Commitment Termination.	41
Section 2.14. Amount Limitations.	41
Section 2.15. Increase in Commitments.	42
Section 2.16. Funds Transfer Disbursements.	43
Article III. Payments, Fees and Other General Provisions	43
Section 3.1. Payments.	43
Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.	44
Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.	44
Section 3.4. Several Obligations.	45
Section 3.5. Fees.	45
Section 3.6. Computations.	46
Section 3.7. Usury.	46
Section 3.8. Statements of Account.	46
Section 3.9. Defaulting Lenders.	47
Section 3.10. Taxes; Foreign Lenders.	50
Article IV. Yield Protection, Etc.	53
Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.	53
Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans.	55
Section 4.3. Illegality.	56
Section 4.4. Compensation.	56
Section 4.5. Treatment of Affected Loans.	56
Section 4.6. Affected Lenders.	57
Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office.	57
Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.	58
Article V. Conditions Precedent	58

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Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent.	58
Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit.	60
Article VI. Representations and Warranties	60
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties.	61
Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.	67
Article VII. Affirmative Covenants	67
Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.	67
Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts.	67
Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property.	67
Section 7.4. Conduct of Business.	68
Section 7.5. Insurance.	68
Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims.	68
Section 7.7. Books and Records; Inspections.	68
Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds.	69
Section 7.9. Environmental Matters.	69
Section 7.10. Further Assurances.	69
Section 7.11. REIT Status.	69
Section 7.12. Exchange Listing.	69
Section 7.13. Guarantors.	69
Article VIII. Information	70
Section 8.1. Quarterly Financial Statements.	70
Section 8.2. Year-End Statements.	71
Section 8.3. Compliance Certificate.	71
Section 8.4. Other Information.	72
Section 8.5. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information.	73
Section 8.6. Public/Private Information.	74
Section 8.7. USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance.	74
Article IX. Negative Covenants	75
Section 9.1. Financial Covenants.	75
Section 9.2. Negative Pledge.	76
Section 9.3. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers.	76
Section 9.4. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.	77
Section 9.5. Plans.	77
Section 9.6. Fiscal Year.	77
Section 9.7. Modifications of Organizational Documents, Business Management Agreement and Property Management Agreement and Other Material Contracts.	78
Section 9.8. Transactions with Affiliates.	78
Section 9.9. Environmental Matters.	78
Section 9.10. Derivatives Contracts.	78
Section 9.11. Use of Proceeds.	78
Article X. Default	79
Section 10.1. Events of Default.	79

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Section 10.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default.	82
Section 10.3. Remedies Upon Default.	83
Section 10.4. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.	83
Section 10.5. Allocation of Proceeds.	84
Section 10.6. Letter of Credit Collateral Account.	84
Section 10.7. Performance by Administrative Agent.	86
Section 10.8. Rights Cumulative.	86
Article XI. The Administrative Agent	86
Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization.	87
Section 11.2. Wells Fargo as Lender.	87
Section 11.3. Approvals of Lenders.	88
Section 11.4. Notice of Events of Default.	88
Section 11.5. Administrative Agent’s Reliance.	88
Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent.	89
Section 11.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc.	90
Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent.	90
Section 11.9. Titled Agents.	91
Article XII. Miscellaneous	92
Section 12.1. Notices.	92
Section 12.2. Expenses.	94
Section 12.3. [Intentionally Omitted].	95
Section 12.4. Setoff.	95
Section 12.5. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.	95
Section 12.6. Successors and Assigns.	96
Section 12.7. Amendments and Waivers.	100
Section 12.8. Nonliability of Administrative Agent and Lenders.	102
Section 12.9. Confidentiality.	102
Section 12.10. Indemnification.	103
Section 12.11. Termination; Survival.	105
Section 12.12. Severability of Provisions.	105
Section 12.13. GOVERNING LAW.	106
Section 12.14. Counterparts.	106
Section 12.15. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties.	106
Section 12.16. Independence of Covenants.	106
Section 12.17. Limitation of Liability.	106
Section 12.18. Entire Agreement.	106
Section 12.19. Construction.	107
Section 12.20. Headings.	107
Section 12.21. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES, ETC.	107
Section 12.22. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.	107
Section 12.23. Effect on Existing Credit Agreement.	108

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SCHEDULE I	Commitments


SCHEDULE 1.1.	Loan Parties


SCHEDULE 6.1.(i)	Litigation


SCHEDULE 6.1.(s)	Affiliate Transactions


EXHIBIT A	Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement


EXHIBIT B	Form of Guaranty


EXHIBIT C	Form of Notice of Borrowing


EXHIBIT D	Form of Notice of Continuation


EXHIBIT E	Form of Notice of Conversion


EXHIBIT F	Form of Notice of Swingline Borrowing


EXHIBIT G	Form of Revolving Note


EXHIBIT H	Form of Swingline Note


EXHIBIT I	Form of Disbursement Instruction Agreement


EXHIBIT J	Form of Compliance Certificate


EXHIBIT K	Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates

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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of August 1, 2017 by and among SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), each of WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (each a “Lead Arranger”), each of the financial institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their successors and assignees under Section 12.6. (the “Lenders”), each of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, CITIBANK, N.A. and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agents (each a “Syndication Agent”), each of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., COMPASS BANK, MIZUHO BANK, LTD., SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. and REGIONS BANK, as Documentation Agents (each a “Documentation Agent”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain of the Lenders and other financial institutions, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 24, 2011 (as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which the Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo, as Issuing Bank and certain of the Lenders made available to the Borrower a revolving credit facility in the initial amount of $750,000,000, including a $100,000,000 swingline subfacility and a $50,000,000 letter of credit subfacility on the terms and conditions contained therein; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to amend and restate the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions contained herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions.

In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:

“ Accession Agreement ” means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Annex I to the Guaranty.

“ Acquired Encumbered Properties ” means the Properties subject, as of the Agreement Date, to the Liens created under Acquired Property Lien Documents.

“ Acquired Property Lien Documents ” means those documents relating to the Liens on the Acquired Encumbered Properties as described on Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (except that amendments, supplements and modifications which (x) result in the Lien created by such lease or mortgage being spread to Properties other than the Acquired Encumbered Properties or (y) change any non-recourse provisions of such lease or mortgage applicable to lease or loan payments thereunder in a manner which is materially adverse to the lessee or mortgagor, must, in each case, be approved by the Requisite Lenders).

“ Additional Costs ” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1.(b).

“ Adjusted EBITDA ” means, with respect to any period of time, EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period less Capital Expenditure Reserves for all Properties for such period.

“ Administrative Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as contractual representative of the Lenders under this Agreement, or any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 11.8.

“ Administrative Questionnaire ” means the Administrative Questionnaire completed by each Lender and delivered to the Administrative Agent in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders from time to time.

“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower. For purposes of this Agreement, Five Star shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower so long as each of the board of trustees of the Borrower and the board of directors of Five Star has at least one independent trustee or independent director who does not serve as both a trustee of the Borrower and a director of Five Star. The terms “independent director” and “independent trustee” have the meaning given the term “independent director” under the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

“ Agreement Date ” means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.

“ Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering, including without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

“ Anti-Terrorism Laws ” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(y).

“ Applicable Facility Fee ” means the percentage set forth in the table below corresponding to the Level at which the “Applicable Margin” is determined in accordance with the definition thereof:



Level	Facility Fee
1	0.10%
2	0.125%
3	0.15%
4	0.20%
5	0.25%
6	0.30%

Any change in the applicable Level at which the Applicable Margin is determined shall result in a corresponding and simultaneous change in the Applicable Facility Fee. The provisions of this definition shall be subject to Section 2.4.(c).

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authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“ Applicable Margin ” means the percentage rate set forth in the table below corresponding to the level (each a “Level”) into which the Borrower’s Credit Rating then falls. As of the Agreement Date, the Applicable Margin is determined based on Level 5. Any change in the Borrower’s Credit Rating which would cause it to move to a different Level shall be effective as of the first day of the first calendar month immediately following receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice delivered by the Borrower in accordance with Section 8.4.(m) that the Borrower’s Credit Rating has changed; provided, however, if the Borrower has not delivered the notice required by such Section but the Administrative Agent becomes aware that the Borrower’s Credit Rating has changed, then the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, adjust the Level effective as of the first day of the first calendar month following the date the Administrative Agent becomes aware that the Borrower’s Credit Rating has changed. During any period that the Borrower has received two Credit Ratings that are not equivalent, then (x) the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the Level corresponding to the higher of such two Credit Ratings if the higher of such two Credit Ratings is not more than one Level higher than the lower of such two Credit Ratings and (y) the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the Level corresponding to the Level immediately below the higher of such two Credit Ratings if the higher of such two Credit Ratings is more than one Level higher than the lower of such two Credit Ratings. During any period for which the Borrower has received a Credit Rating from only one Rating Agency, then the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on such Credit Rating. During any period that the Borrower has not received a Credit Rating from any Rating Agency, the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on Level 6. The provisions of this definition shall be subject to Section 2.4.(c).



Level	Borrower’s Credit Rating (S&P/Moody’s)	Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans	Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans
1	A/A2 or better	0.775%	0.00%
2	A-/A3	0.825%	0.00%
3	BBB+/Baa1	0.875%	0.00%
4	BBB/Baa2	1.00%	0.00%
5	BBB-/Baa3	1.20%	0.20%
6	Lower than BBB-/Baa3	1.55%	0.55%

“ Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of any entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“ Asset Under Development ” means, as of any date of determination, any Property owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on which the construction of new income-producing improvements has been commenced and is continuing, with both the land and the improvements under construction thereon which comprise such Property to be valued as set forth in the definition of “Total Asset Value”. In the event of construction of an addition or expansion to an existing income producing Property, only the addition or expansion shall be considered an Asset Under Development.

“ Assignment and Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.6.), and

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accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“ Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“ Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

“ Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.

“ Base Rate ” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus 1.0%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the LIBOR Market Index Rate (provided that clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which LIBOR is unavailable or unascertainable).

“ Base Rate Loan ” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.

“ Benefit Arrangement ” means at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.

“ Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include the Borrower’s successors and permitted assigns.

“ Borrower Information ” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.4.(c).

“ Borrower Letter ” means that certain letter dated as of even date herewith from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

“ Business Day ” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday) on which banks in New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business, and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Loan, or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, any day that is a Business Day described in clause (a) and that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market. Unless specifically referenced in this Agreement as a Business Day, all references to “days” shall be to calendar days.

“ Business Management Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Business Management Agreement dated as of June 5, 2015 by and between the Borrower and RMR.

“ Capital Expenditure Reserves ” means, with respect to a Property and for a given period, an amount equal to (a)(i) $300 per annum per bed, for a skilled nursing facility, or per unit for any other Senior Housing Asset, on which the applicable lease does not require the Lessee to pay for all capital expenditures or (ii) an amount equal to $0.40 per square foot per annum for any other Property on which the applicable

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lease does not require the Lessee to pay for all capital expenditures, times (b) the number of days in such period, divided by (c) 365.

“ Capitalization Rate ” means (a) 7.00% for Senior Housing Assets and (b) 6.50% for all other Properties.

“ Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means obligations under a lease (to pay rent or other amounts under any lease or other arrangement conveying the right to use) that are required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The amount of a Capitalized Lease Obligation is the capitalized amount of such obligation as would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of the applicable Person prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the applicable date.

“ Cash Collateralize ” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks or the Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Liabilities or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Liabilities, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“ Cash Equivalents ” means: (a) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; (b) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired issued by a United States federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing, or a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, acting through a branch or agency, which bank has capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and which bank or its holding company has a short‑term commercial paper rating of at least A‑2 or the equivalent by S&P or at least P‑2 or the equivalent by Moody’s; (c) reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than seven days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (a) above and entered into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (b) above; (d) commercial paper issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and rated at least A‑2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P‑2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and (e) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least 85% of whose assets consist of securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above.

“ Commitment ” means, as to each Lender (other than a Swingline Lender), such Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.1., to issue (in the case of an Issuing Bank) and to participate (in the case of the other Lenders) in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.2.(i), and to participate in Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3.(e), in an amount up to, but not exceeding the amount set forth for such Lender on Schedule I as such Lender’s “Commitment Amount” or as set forth in any applicable Assignment and Assumption or agreement executed by a Lender becoming a party hereto in accordance with Section 2.15., as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11. or increased or reduced as appropriate to reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in accordance with Section 12.6. or increased as appropriate to reflect any increase effected in accordance with Section 2.15.

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“ Commitment Percentage ” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to (b) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders; provided, however, that if at the time of determination the Commitments have been terminated or been reduced to zero, the “Commitment Percentage” of each Lender shall be the “Commitment Percentage” of such Lender in effect immediately prior to such termination or reduction.

“ Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.

“ Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“ Construction Budget ” means the fully-budgeted costs for the acquisition and construction of a given piece of real property (including without limitation, the cost of acquiring such piece of real property (except to the extent any portion thereof is Unimproved Land), reserves for construction interest and operating deficits, tenant improvements, leasing commissions, and infrastructure costs), as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith. Real property under construction to be (but not yet) acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary upon completion of construction pursuant to a contract in which the seller of such real property is required to complete construction prior to, and as a condition precedent to, such acquisition, shall be subject to this definition.

“ Continue ”, “ Continuation ” and “ Continued ” each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR Loan from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.8.

“ Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“ Convert ”, “ Conversion ” and “ Converted ” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.9.

“ Credit Event ” means any of the following: (a) the making (or deemed making) of any Loan, (b) the Conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan and (c) the issuance, extension or amendment that increases the amount of a Letter of Credit.

“ Credit Rating ” means the rating assigned by a Rating Agency to the senior unsecured long term Indebtedness of a Person.

“ Debt Service ” means, for any period, the sum of: (a) Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period and (b) all regularly scheduled principal payments made with respect to Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, other than any balloon, bullet or similar principal payment which repays such Indebtedness in full.

“ Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar Applicable Laws relating to the relief of debtors in the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“ Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., whether or not there has been satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.

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“ Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 3.9.(f), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within 2 Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lenders or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within 2 Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lenders in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within 3 Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 3.9.(f)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and each Lender.

“ Derivatives Contract ” means (a) any transaction (including any master agreement, confirmation or other agreement with respect to any such transaction) now existing or hereafter entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) which is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction or forward purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other financial instrument or interest (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or (ii) which is a type of transaction that is similar to any transaction referred to in clause (i) above that is currently, or in the future becomes, recurrently entered into in the financial markets (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and which is a forward, swap, future, option or other derivative on one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities or other debt

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instruments, economic indices or measures of economic risk or value, or other benchmarks against which payments or deliveries are to be made, and (b) any combination of these transactions.

“ Derivatives Support Document ” means (i) any credit support annex comprising part of (and as defined in) any Specified Derivatives Contract, and (ii) any document or agreement pursuant to which cash, deposit accounts, securities accounts or similar financial asset collateral are pledged to or made available for set-off by, a Specified Derivatives Provider, including any banker’s lien or similar right, securing or supporting Specified Derivatives Obligation.

“ Derivatives Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement or provision relating thereto, (a) for any date on or after the date such Derivatives Contracts have been terminated or closed out, the termination amount or value determined in accordance therewith, and (b) for any date prior to the date such Derivatives Contracts have been terminated or closed out, the then-current mark-to-market value for such Derivatives Contracts, determined based upon one or more mid-market quotations or estimates provided by any recognized dealer in Derivatives Contracts (which may include the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Specified Derivatives Provider or any Affiliate of any thereof).

“ Disbursement Instruction Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I to be executed and delivered by the Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time with the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

“ Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“ EBITDA ” means, with respect to a Person for a given period and without duplication, the sum of: (a) net income (or loss) of such Person for such period determined on a consolidated basis, in accordance with GAAP, exclusive of the following (but only to the extent included in the determination of such net income (loss) for such period): (i) depreciation and amortization; (ii) interest expense; (iii) income tax expense; (iv) extraordinary or nonrecurring items, including without limitation, extraordinary or non-recurring gains and losses; (v) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, funds received by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as rent but which are reserved for capital expenses; and (vi) in the case of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, equity in the earnings (or loss) of Unconsolidated Affiliates and RMR Inc. (but only in the case of RMR Inc., if RMR Inc. would be an Unconsolidated Affiliate but for the last sentence of the definition of that term); plus (b) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries cash dividends (other than extraordinary cash dividends or distributions) received by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from RMR Inc. during such period; plus (c) such Person’s Ownership Share of EBITDA of its Unconsolidated Affiliates. Straight line rent leveling adjustments and deferred percentage rent adjustments required under GAAP, and amortization of intangibles pursuant to FASB ASC 805 and the like, shall be disregarded in determinations of EBITDA (to the extent such adjustments would otherwise have been included in the determination of EBITDA). For purposes of this definition, nonrecurring items shall be deemed to include (x) gains and losses on early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (y) non-cash severance and other non-cash restructuring charges and (z) transaction costs of acquisitions not permitted to be capitalized pursuant to GAAP.

“ EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

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“ EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“ EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“ Effective Date ” means the later of (a) the Agreement Date and (b) the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1. shall have been fulfilled or waived by all of the Lenders.

“ Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 12.6.(b)(iii)).

“ Environmental Laws ” means any Applicable Law relating to environmental protection or the manufacture, storage, remediation, disposal or clean‑up of Hazardous Materials including, without limitation, the following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, any applicable rule of common law and any judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to the environment or Hazardous Materials, and any analogous or comparable state or local laws, regulations or ordinances that concern Hazardous Materials or protection of the environment.

“ Equity Interest ” means, with respect to any Person, any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person whether or not certificated, any security convertible into or exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any other ownership or profit interest in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.

“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to time.

“ ERISA Event ” means, with respect to the ERISA Group, (a) any “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the withdrawal of a member of the ERISA Group from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the incurrence by a member of the ERISA Group of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by any member of the ERISA Group of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure by any member of the ERISA Group to make when due required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Plan unless such failure is cured within 30 days or the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard; (g) any other event or condition

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that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the receipt by any member of the ERISA Group of any notice or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any member of the ERISA Group of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA), in reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), or in “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (i) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any member of the ERISA Group or the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA; or (j) a determination that a Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA).

“ ERISA Group ” means the Borrower, any Subsidiary and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control, which, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“ Event of Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.

“ Excluded Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary (a) holding title to or beneficially owning assets which are or are intended to become collateral for any Secured Indebtedness of such Subsidiary, or being a beneficial owner of a Subsidiary holding title to or beneficially owning such assets (but having no material assets other than such beneficial ownership interests or the equity interests of a Subsidiary having no material assets other than such beneficial ownership interests) and (b) which (i) is, or is expected to be, prohibited from Guarantying the Indebtedness of any other Person pursuant to any document, instrument or agreement evidencing such Secured Indebtedness or (ii) is prohibited from Guarantying the Indebtedness of any other Person pursuant to a provision of such Subsidiary’s organizational documents which provision was included in such Subsidiary’s organizational documents as a condition or anticipated condition to the extension of such Secured Indebtedness. In addition, (A) CCC of Kentucky Trust shall be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary so long as any Indebtedness secured by the Acquired Property Lien Documents described in Part I or Part II of Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter remains outstanding, (B) each SE Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary so long as any Property owned by such SE Subsidiary remains subject to a Lien arising in connection with any Acquired Property Lien Document described in Part III of Item 1.1(b) of the Borrower Letter, and (C) SNH NS Mtg Properties 2 Trust shall be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary so long as the Property owned by such Subsidiary remains subject to a Lien arising in connection with any Acquired Property Lien Document described in Part IV of Item 1.1(b) of the Borrower Letter.

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applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to an Applicable Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 4.6.) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.10., amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.10.(g) (relating to documentation to reduce or eliminate withholding Tax) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“ Existing Credit Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

“ Existing Term Loan Agreements ” shall mean the Original 2014 Term Loan Agreement and the Original 2015 Term Loan Agreement.

“ Fair Market Value ” means, (a) with respect to a security listed on a national securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market, the price of such security as reported on such exchange or market by any widely recognized reporting method customarily relied upon by financial institutions and (b) with respect to any other property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

“ FASB ASC ” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“ FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal Funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. If the Federal Funds Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, the Federal Funds Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

“ Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter dated as of June 29, 2017, by and among the Borrower, Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., PNC Bank, National Association, PNC Capital Markets LLC and the other parties thereto.

“ Fees ” means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in Section 3.5. and any other fees payable by the Borrower hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under the Fee Letter.

“ Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

“ Five Star ” means Five Star Senior Living Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors.

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“ Fixed Charges ” means, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Debt Service for such period and (b) Preferred Dividends for such period.

“ Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary not formed under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“ Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Banks, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities other than Letter of Credit Liabilities as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lenders, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.

“ Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“ Funds From Operations ” means, for any period, (a) net income of the Borrower for such period determined on a consolidated basis exclusive of the following (to the extent included in the determination of such net income): (i) depreciation and amortization; (ii) gains and losses from extraordinary or non-recurring items; (iii) gains and losses on sales of real estate; (iv) gains and losses on investments in marketable securities; and (v) provisions/benefits for income taxes for such period; plus (b) the Borrower’s share of Funds From Operations from Unconsolidated Affiliates. Straight line rent leveling adjustments and deferred percentage rent adjustments required under GAAP, and amortization of intangibles pursuant to FASB ASC 805 and the like, shall be disregarded in determinations of Funds From Operations (to the extent such adjustments otherwise would be included in the determination of Funds From Operations).

“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (including Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification”) or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States of America, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

“ Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

“ Governmental Authority ” means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi‑governmental, judicial, administrative, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau, commission, board, department or other entity (including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.

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“ Ground Lease ” means a ground lease containing the following terms and conditions: (a) either (i) a remaining term (taking into account extensions which may be effected by the lessee without the consent of the lessor) of no less than 30 years from the Agreement Date, or (ii) the right of the lessee to purchase the property on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (b) the right of the lessee to mortgage and encumber its interest in the leased property without the consent of the lessor; (c) the obligation of the lessor to give the holder of any mortgage Lien on such leased property written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee and that such lease will not be terminated until such holder has had a reasonable opportunity to cure or complete foreclosures, and fails to do so; and (d) free transferability of the lessee’s interest under such lease, including ability to sublease, subject to only reasonable consent provisions.

“ Guarantor ” means any Person that is party to the Guaranty as a “Guarantor”.

“ Guaranty ”, “ Guaranteed ” or to “ Guarantee ” as applied to any obligation means and includes: (a) a guaranty (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation, or (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation whether by: (i) the purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on account of any part or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) repayment of amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit (including Letters of Credit), or (v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all or any part of such Person’s obligation under a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation. As the context requires, “Guaranty” shall also mean the guaranty executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.1. or 7.13. and substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“ Hazardous Materials ” means all or any of the following: (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as “hazardous substances”, “hazardous materials”, “hazardous wastes”, “toxic substances” or any other formulation intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP” toxicity, or “EP toxicity”; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids or synthetic gas and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in any form; (e) toxic mold; and (f) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per million.

“ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person, at the time of computation thereof, all of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person in respect of money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business); (b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for money borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or for services rendered;

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(c) Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (d) all reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person under or in respect of any letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations; (f) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Mandatorily Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other Person, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of any purchase obligation, repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the obligation can be satisfied by the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock)); (h) all Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such Person (excluding guarantees required under Applicable Laws, or by any Governmental Authority, as a condition to ownership of Senior Housing Assets); (i) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) on property or assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation, valued, in the case of any such Indebtedness as to which recourse for the payment thereof is expressly limited to the property or assets on which such Lien is granted, at the lesser of (x) the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness that is so secured or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) and (y) the Fair Market Value of such property or assets; and (j) such Person’s Ownership Share of the Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such Person.

“ Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the immediately preceding clause (a), Other Taxes.

“ Intellectual Property ” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(t).

“ Interest Expense ” means, with respect to a Person for any period of time (a) the interest expense whether paid, accrued or capitalized (without deduction of consolidated interest income) of such Person for such period plus (b) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower’s Ownership Share of Interest Expense of its Unconsolidated Affiliates. Interest Expense shall exclude any amortization of (i) deferred financing fees and (ii) debt discounts (but only to the extent such discounts do not exceed 3.0% of the initial face principal amount of such debt).

“ Interest Period ” means, with respect to each LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is made, or in the case of the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan the last day of the preceding Interest Period for such Loan, and ending 7 days thereafter or on the numerically corresponding day in the first, third or sixth calendar month thereafter, as the Borrower may select in a Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each Interest Period (other than an Interest Period having a duration of 7 days) that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month) shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the Termination Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Termination Date; and (ii) each Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately following Business Day (or, if such immediately following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately preceding Business Day).

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“ Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“ Investment ” means, (x) with respect to any Person, any acquisition or investment (whether or not of a controlling interest) by such Person, by means of any of the following: (a) the purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interest in another Person, (b) a loan, advance or extension of credit to, capital contribution to, Guaranty of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any Indebtedness of, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute the business or a division or operating unit of another Person and (y) with respect to any Property or other asset, the acquisition thereof. Any commitment to make an Investment in any other Person, as well as any option of another Person to require an Investment in such Person, shall constitute an Investment. Except as expressly provided otherwise, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant contained in a Loan Document, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“ Issuing Banks ” means each of Wells Fargo, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, N.A. and PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.2.

“ L/C Commitment Amount ” has the meaning given to that term in Section 2.2.(a).

“ L/C Disbursement ” has the meaning given to that term in Section 3.9.(b).

“ Lease ” means a (sub)lease of a Property, between the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as Lessor, and a Lessee.

“ Lender ” means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as a “Lender,” together with its respective successors and permitted assigns, and, as the context requires, includes the Swingline Lenders. Except as expressly provided herein, the term “Lender” shall exclude any Lender (and its Affiliates) in its capacity as a Specified Derivatives Provider

“ Lending Office ” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the office of such Lender specified in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may notify the Administrative Agent in writing from time to time.

“ Lessee ” means the (sub)lessee of a Property pursuant to a Lease, provided that (without the Administrative Agent’s approval) no such (sub)lessee shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower (including, without limitation, RMR, or any Managing Trustee, but, subject to compliance with Section 9.8., excluding (x) Five Star and any of its Subsidiaries at anytime Five Star or any such Subsidiary is an Affiliate and (y) any TRS), except during an interim period for Properties which are foreclosed upon or repossessed upon lease terminations or otherwise by or on behalf of the Borrower or a Subsidiary.

“ Letter of Credit ” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.2.(a).

“ Letter of Credit Collateral Account ” means a special deposit account maintained by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, and under its sole dominion and control.

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“ Letter of Credit Documents ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, collectively, any application therefor, any certificate or other document presented in connection with a drawing under such Letter of Credit and any other agreement, instrument or other document governing or providing for (a) the rights and obligations of the parties concerned or at risk with respect to such Letter of Credit or (b) any collateral security for any of such obligations.

“ Letter of Credit Liabilities ” means, without duplication, at any time and in respect of any Letter of Credit, the sum of (a) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower at such time due and payable in respect of all drawings made under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of this Agreement, a Lender (other than the Lender then acting as Issuing Bank with respect to the related Letter of Credit) shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its participation interest under Section 2.2. in the related Letter of Credit, and the Lender then acting as Issuing Bank with respect to such related Letter of Credit shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its retained interest in the related Letter of Credit after giving effect to the acquisition by the Lenders (other than the Lender then acting as Issuing Bank with respect to such related Letter of Credit) of their participation interests under such Section.

“ Level ” has the meaning given that term in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin.”

“ LIBOR ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period, the rate of interest obtained by dividing (i) the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”) as specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or against any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined or any applicable category of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by an office of any Lender outside of the United States of America). If, for any reason, the rate referred to in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page), then the rate to be used for such clause (i) shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period. Any change in the maximum rate or reserves described in the preceding clause (ii) shall result in a change in LIBOR on the date on which such change in such maximum rate becomes effective. If LIBOR determined as provided above would be less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.

“ LIBOR Loan ” means a Revolving Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) bearing interest at a rate based on LIBOR.

“ LIBOR Market Index Rate ” means, for any day, LIBOR as of that day that would be applicable for a LIBOR Loan having a one-month Interest Period determined at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern time for such day (rather than 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period as otherwise provided in the definition of “LIBOR”), or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The LIBOR Market Index Rate shall be determined on a daily basis.

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“ Lien ” as applied to the property of any Person means: (a) any security interest, encumbrance, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, charge or lease constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other security title or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property of such Person, or upon the income, rents or profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement, express or implied, under which any property of such Person is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of the general, unsecured creditors of such Person; (c) the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or its equivalent in any jurisdiction, other than any precautionary filing not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien, including a financing statement filed (i) in respect of a lease not constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation pursuant to Section 9-505 (or a successor provision) of the UCC or its equivalent as in effect in an applicable jurisdiction or (ii) in connection with a sale or other disposition of accounts or other assets not prohibited by this Agreement in a transaction not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien; and (d) any agreement by such Person to grant, give or otherwise convey any of the foregoing.

“ Loan ” means a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan.

“ Loan Document ” means this Agreement, each Note, the Borrower Letter, the Guaranty, each Letter of Credit Document and each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by a Loan Party in connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement (other than the Fee Letter and any Specified Derivatives Contract).

“ Loan Party ” means each of the Borrower and each other Person who guarantees all or a portion of the Obligations and/or who pledges any collateral to secure all or a portion of the Obligations. Schedule 1.1. sets forth the Loan Parties in addition to the Borrower as of the Agreement Date.

“ Managed Property ” means a Property acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a result of, or in connection with, a foreclosure or repossession (or consensual arrangement in lieu thereof).

“ Managing Trustee ” means either Mr. Barry M. Portnoy or Mr. Adam D. Portnoy, both having a business address c/o RMR, or any duly appointed successor thereto.

“ Mandatorily Redeemable Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person which by the terms of such Equity Interest (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than an Equity Interest to the extent redeemable in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity Interests at the option of the issuer of such Equity Interest), (b) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness or Mandatorily Redeemable Stock, or (c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or part (other than an Equity Interest which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity Interests); in each case, on or prior to the date on which all Loans are scheduled to be due and payable in full.

“ Marketable Securities ” means (a) bank deposits and certificates of deposit from a bank rated Baa1 or BBB+ or better by a Rating Agency; (b) government obligations; and (c) commercial paper rated A1 or P1 by a Rating Agency.

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price of the assets acquired exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined under GAAP as of the last day of the most recently ending fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are publicly available.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, (d) the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents or (e) the timely payment of the principal of or interest on the Loans or other amounts payable in connection therewith or the timely payment of all Reimbursement Obligations.

“ Material Contract ” means any contract or other arrangement (other than Loan Documents and Specified Derivatives Contracts), whether written or oral, to which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party is a party as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and in any event shall include the Business Management Agreement and Property Management Agreement.

“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

“ Mortgage ” means a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar security instrument made by a Person owning an interest in real estate granting a Lien on such interest in real estate as security for the payment of Indebtedness.

“ Mortgage Receivable ” means a promissory note secured by a Mortgage of which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is the holder and retains the rights of collection of all payments thereunder.

“ Multiemployer Plan ” means at any time a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding six plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such six-year period.

“ Negative Pledge ” means, with respect to a given asset, any provision of a document, instrument or agreement (other than any Loan Document, a Specified Derivatives Contract or a lease or related agreement between a TRS, as tenant, and the Borrower or another Subsidiary, as landlord) which prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for Indebtedness of the Person owning such asset or any other Person; provided, however, that an agreement that conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit a Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute a Negative Pledge.

“ Net Operating Income ” or “ NOI ” means, with respect to a Property, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to such Property. In no event shall Net Operating Income for any Property be less than $0.

“ Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

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“ Non-Domestic Property ” means a Property located outside a state, territory or commonwealth of the United States of America (including without limitation Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) or the District of Columbia.

“ Nonrecourse Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person, Indebtedness for borrowed money in respect of which recourse for payment (except for customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, voluntary bankruptcy, collusive involuntary bankruptcy and other similar customary exceptions to nonrecourse liability) is contractually limited to specific assets of such Person encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness.

“ Note ” means a Revolving Note or a Swingline Note.

“ Notice of Borrowing ” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) evidencing the Borrower’s request for a borrowing of Revolving Loans.

“ Notice of Continuation ” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit D (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.8. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan.

“ Notice of Conversion ” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit E (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.9. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Conversion of a Loan from one Type to another Type.

“ Notice of Swingline Borrowing ” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit F (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Swingline Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3.(b) evidencing the Borrower’s request for a Swingline Loan.

“ Obligations ” means, individually and collectively: (a) the aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans; (b) all Reimbursement Obligations and all other Letter of Credit Liabilities; and (c) all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties owing to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender of every kind, nature and description, under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fees and indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any promissory note. For the avoidance of doubt, “Obligations” shall not include Specified Derivatives Obligations.

“ Off-Balance Sheet Obligations ” means liabilities and obligations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person in respect of “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act) which the Borrower would be required to disclose in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the Borrower’s report on Form 10‑Q or Form 10‑K (or their equivalents) which the Borrower is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor).

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“ OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“ Original 2014 Term Loan Agreement ” means that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 30, 2014 by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent providing for a term loan facility in an original aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000.

“ Original 2015 Term Loan Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent providing for a term loan facility in an original aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000.

“ Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“ Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.6.).

“ Ownership Share ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary of a Person (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) or any Unconsolidated Affiliate of a Person, the greater of (a) such Person’s relative nominal direct and indirect ownership interest (expressed as a percentage) in such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate or (b) subject to compliance with Section 8.4.(r), such Person’s relative direct and indirect economic interest (calculated as a percentage) in such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the declaration of trust, articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of organization, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other applicable organizational document of such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate.

“ Participant ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.6.(d).

“ Participant Register ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.6.(d).

“ Patriot Act ” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

“ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.

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Housing Asset Pool, when considered in the aggregate with all other Liens on such Senior Housing Asset (or Senior Housing Asset Pool), which Lien does not materially detract from (A) if the Senior Housing Asset subject to such Lien is part of a Senior Housing Asset Pool, the value of such Senior Housing Asset Pool, or (B) if the Senior Housing Asset subject to such Lien is not part of a Senior Housing Asset Pool, the value of such Senior Housing Asset; (b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar Applicable Laws; (c) Liens consisting of encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not materially detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the business of such Person and, in the case of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, Liens granted by any tenant on its leasehold estate in a Property which are subordinate to the interest of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in such Property; (d) Liens in existence as of the Agreement Date and set forth in Part II of Item 6.1.(f) of the Borrower Letter; (e) deposits to secure trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (f) the lessor’s interest in property leased to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a lease permitted by this Agreement; (g) the interests of tenants, operators or managers of Properties; (h) Liens on any assets of a TRS in favor of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; (i) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Specified Derivatives Providers; (j) Liens required under Applicable Law, or by any Governmental Authority, as a condition to ownership or operation of Senior Housing Assets; (k) Liens which are also secured by restricted cash or Cash Equivalents of equal or greater value; (l) Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1.(h); (m) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; (n) Liens (i) on earnest money deposits in connection with purchases and sales of properties, (ii) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property; (o) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and (p) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

“ Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, or any other nongovernmental entity, or any Governmental Authority.

“ Plan ” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and either (a) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (b) has at any time within the preceding six years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.

“ Post-Default Rate ” means, in respect of any principal of any Loan, any Reimbursement Obligation or any other Obligation, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2.0%).

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“ Preferred Dividends ” means, for any given period and without duplication, all Restricted Payments accrued or paid (and in the case of Restricted Payments paid, which were not accrued during a prior period) during such period on Preferred Stock issued by the Borrower or a Subsidiary. Preferred Dividends shall not include dividends or distributions (a) paid or payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock) payable to holders of such class of Equity Interests; (b) paid or payable to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; or (c) constituting or resulting in the redemption of Preferred Stock, other than scheduled redemptions not constituting balloon, bullet or similar redemptions in full.

“ Preferred Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.

“ Prime Rate ” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Lender acting as the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.

“ Principal Office ” means the office of the Administrative Agent located at 608 Second Ave. South, 11 ^th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, or any other subsequent office that the Administrative Agent shall have specified as the Principal Office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“ Property ” means any parcel of real property and related personal property, either owned in fee simple or leased pursuant to a ground lease by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate. With respect to a mortgage note or other promissory note secured by real property, the term Property means each parcel of real property, and related personal property, securing such mortgage note or other promissory note.

“ Property Management Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Property Management Agreement dated as of June 5, 2015, as amended to date, by and between RMR and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries.

“ Qualified Plan ” means a Benefit Arrangement that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Rating Agency ” means S&P, Moody’s or any other nationally recognized securities rating agency selected by the Borrower and approved of by the Administrative Agent in writing.

“ Recipient ” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.

“ Register ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.6.(c).

“ Regulatory Change ” means, with respect to any Lender, any change effective after the Agreement Date in Applicable Law (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender

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with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.

“ Reimbursement Obligation ” means the absolute, unconditional and irrevocable obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any drawing honored by such Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit.

“ REIT ” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” under the Internal Revenue Code.

“ RMR ” means The RMR Group LLC, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“ RMR Inc. ” means The RMR Group Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“ Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“ Requisite Lenders ” means, as of any date, (a) Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Lenders holding more than 50% of the principal amount of the aggregate outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities; provided, that (i) in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded, and (ii) at all times when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Agreement, the term “Requisite Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders. For purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to hold a Swingline Loan or a Letter of Credit Liability to the extent such Lender has acquired a participation therein under the terms of this Agreement and has not failed to perform its obligations in respect of such participation.

“ Responsible Officer ” means (a) with respect to the Borrower, the Borrower’s President or Treasurer or any Managing Trustee of the Borrower and (b) with respect to any other Loan Party, such Loan Party’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

“ Restricted Payment ” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of that class of Equity Interests to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding.

“ Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swingline Loans at such time.

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“ Revolving Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.(a).

“ Revolving Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit G, payable to the order of a Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment.

“ Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions.

“ Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by any Governmental Authority of the United States of America, including without limitation, OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any other Governmental Authority, (b) any Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) an agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of the government of a Sanctioned County or (d) any Person Controlled by any Person or agency described in any of the preceding clauses (a) through (c).

“ Sanctions ” means any sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority of the United States of America, including without limitation, OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any other Governmental Authority.

“ SE Subsidiaries ” means, collectively, the entities set forth in Part III of Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter.

“ Secured Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person as of any given date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of such Person outstanding on such date and that is secured in any manner by any Lien on any property and, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, shall include (without duplication) the Borrower’s Ownership Share of the Secured Indebtedness of its Unconsolidated Affiliates.

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, together with all rules and regulations issued thereunder.

“ Senior Housing Asset ” means any Property on which the improvements consist only of one or more of the following: (a) senior residences, (b) independent living facilities, (c) congregate communities, (d) assisted living facilities, (e) nursing homes, (f) hospitals and (g) other Property primarily used for senior citizen residences or health care services, together with other improvements incidental thereto.

“ Senior Housing Asset Pool ” means any group of two or more Properties, substantially all of the value of which is attributable to Senior Housing Assets, that are (a) leased to a Lessee pursuant to a single Lease, (b) leased pursuant to Leases that are cross-defaulted (as to defaults by Lessee) and which the Borrower has designated in a notice to the Administrative Agent (which designation has not been withdrawn by the Borrower) to be a Senior Housing Asset Pool, or (c) Managed Properties managed under one management agreement (or multiple management agreements with the same or affiliated managers that are cross-defaulted) and which the Borrower has designated in a notice to the Administrative Agent (which designation has not been withdrawn by the Borrower) to be a Senior Housing Asset Pool.

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the fair valuation of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability); (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.

“ Specified Derivatives Contract ” means any Derivatives Contract, together with any Derivatives Support Document relating thereto, that is made or entered into at any time, or in effect at any time now or hereafter, whether as a result of an assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and any Specified Derivatives Provider.

“ Specified Derivatives Obligations ” means all indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under or in respect of any Specified Derivatives Contract, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any written confirmation.

“ Specified Derivatives Provider ” means any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to a Derivatives Contract at the time the Derivatives Contract is entered into.

“ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC business, or any successors.

“ Stated Amount ” means the amount available to be drawn by a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit from time to time, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

“ Subsidiary ” means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which at least a majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other individuals performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.

“ Swingline Commitment ” means each Swingline Lender’s obligation to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3. in an amount up to, but not exceeding the amount set forth in the first sentence of Section 2.3.(a), as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Swingline Lenders ” means each of Wells Fargo, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, N.A. and PNC Bank, National Association, together with its respective successors and assigns.

“ Swingline Loan ” means a loan made by a Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.3.

“ Swingline Maturity Date ” means the date which is seven (7) Business Days prior to the Termination Date.

“ Swingline Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit H, payable to the order of each Swingline Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of the Swingline Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.

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“ Taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“ Termination Date ” means January 15, 2022, or such later date to which the Termination Date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.12.

“ Total Asset Value ” means the sum of the following (without duplication) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter most recently ended: (a) with respect to all Properties owned (or leased pursuant to a Ground Lease) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary for such entire fiscal quarter, (i) Adjusted EBITDA attributable to such Properties for such period multiplied by (ii) 4 divided by (iii) the applicable Capitalization Rate; (b) the purchase price paid for any Property acquired during such fiscal quarter (less any amounts paid as a purchase price adjustment, held in escrow, retained as a contingency reserve, or other similar arrangements and prior to allocations of property purchase prices pursuant to Statement of FASB ASC 805 and the like); (c) the value of the Borrower’s equity Investments in RMR Inc. as of the end of such fiscal quarter, such value determined at Fair Market Value; (d) all Marketable Securities, cash and cash equivalents; (e) the book value of all Assets Under Development as of the end of such fiscal quarter; (f) the book value of all Mortgage Receivables, and all other promissory notes secured by a Lien on any Property, as of the end of such fiscal quarter; and (g) the Borrower’s Ownership Share of the preceding items (other than those referred to in clause (c)) of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of the Borrower. For purposes of determining Total Asset Value, to the extent the amount of Total Asset Value attributable to (w) Unconsolidated Affiliates would exceed 20.0% of Total Asset Value, (x) Assets Under Development (determined as the aggregate Construction Budget for all such Assets Under Development) would exceed 10.0% of Total Asset Value, (y) Mortgage Receivables would exceed 10.0% of Total Asset Value and (z) Unimproved Land would exceed 5.0% of Total Asset Value, in each case, such excess shall be excluded. To the extent that the value of the Borrower’s equity Investments in RMR Inc. would in the aggregate account for more than 3.0% of Total Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining Total Asset Value at any time, (i) the Borrower may, in addition to the Properties referred to in the immediately preceding clause (b), include the purchase price paid for any Property acquired during the period following the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended through the time of such determination (less any such amounts paid during such period as a purchase price adjustment or held in escrow at the time of such determination, retained as a contingency reserve at the time of such determination, or subject to other similar arrangements at the time of such determination) and (ii) for purposes of the immediately preceding clause (d), the amount of Marketable Securities, cash, and cash equivalents shall be calculated as of such date of determination rather than as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended.

“ Total Indebtedness ” means, as of a given date, all liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would, in conformity with GAAP, be properly classified as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding allocations of property purchase prices pursuant to FASB ASC 805 and the like), and in any event shall include (without duplication): (a) all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) the Borrower’s Ownership Share of Indebtedness of its Unconsolidated Affiliates, and (c) net obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Derivatives Contracts not entered into as a hedge against existing Indebtedness, in an amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof.

“ Trading with the Enemy Act ” has the meaning given to that term in Section 6.1.(y).

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“ TRS ” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is classified as a “taxable REIT subsidiary” under Section 856(l) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Type ” with respect to any Revolving Loan, refers to whether such Loan or portion thereof is a LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan.

“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

“ Unconsolidated Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person in whom such Person holds an Investment, which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person on the consolidated financial statements of such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RMR Inc. shall not be considered to be an Unconsolidated Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Unencumbered Asset ” means each Property that satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) such Property is (i) owned in fee simple solely by the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (ii) leased solely by the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary pursuant to a Ground Lease; (b) such Property is not an Asset Under Development and is in service; (c) neither such Property, nor any interest of the Borrower or such Subsidiary therein, is subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) and (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or to any Negative Pledge other than Negative Pledges permitted under Sections 9.2.(b)(iii) and (iv); (d) regardless of whether such Property is owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the Borrower has the right directly, or indirectly through a Subsidiary, to take the following actions without the need to obtain the consent of any Person: (i) to create Liens on such Property as security for Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, and (ii) to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Property; (e) neither such Property, nor if such Property is owned by a Subsidiary, any of the Borrower's direct or indirect ownership interest in such Subsidiary, is subject to (i) any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or (ii) any Negative Pledge other than Negative Pledges permitted under Sections 9.2.(b)(iii) and (iv); (f) such Property is free of structural defects or major architectural deficiencies, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters which, individually or collectively, materially impair the value of such Property; (g) any Lessee of more than a majority of the leasable space in such Property is not more than 120 days past due with respect to any fixed rental payment obligations under any Lease for such Property; and (h) such Property has been designated by the Borrower as an “Unencumbered Asset” on Item 6.1.(z) of the Borrower Letter or on an Unencumbered Asset Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, a Property owned by a Foreign Subsidiary will be considered to be an Unencumbered Asset so long as: (1) such Property is (i) owned in fee simple (or the legal equivalent in the jurisdiction where such Property is located) by such Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) leased solely by such Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to a long-term lease having terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (2) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are legally and beneficially owned by one or more of the Borrower and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; (3) such Foreign Subsidiary has no Indebtedness other than (x) Nonrecourse Indebtedness and (y) other Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of less than 2.0% of the value of the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary (such value to be determined in a manner consistent with the definition of Total Asset Value or, if not contemplated under the definition of Total Asset Value, in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent); (4) neither such Property, nor any interest of such Foreign Subsidiary therein, is subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or to any Negative Pledge other than Negative Pledges permitted under Sections 9.2.(b)(iii) and (iv); and (5) such Property satisfies the requirements set forth in

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the immediately preceding clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g). In addition, a Senior Housing Asset Pool or the portion thereof comprised of Properties which are individually Unencumbered Assets shall constitute an Unencumbered Asset for purposes of this Agreement.

“ Unencumbered Asset Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.

“ Unencumbered Asset Value ” means on any date of determination, the sum of: (a) the product of (i) Net Operating Income for the fiscal quarter most recently ended attributable to Unencumbered Assets owned or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary for such entire quarter, multiplied by (ii) 4 and divided by (iii) the applicable Capitalization Rate; (b) the value of the Equity Interests in RMR Inc. owned by the Borrower, such value determined at Fair Market Value, so long as such Equity Interests are not subject to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or clauses (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or to any Negative Pledge (other than a Negative Pledge permitted under clause (iii) of Section 9.2.(b)); (c) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents and unencumbered Marketable Securities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as such cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities are not subject to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) and (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or any Negative Pledge (other than a Negative Pledge permitted under clause (iv) of Section 9.2.(b)); and (d) the purchase price paid for any Unencumbered Asset acquired during such fiscal quarter (less any amounts paid as a purchase price adjustment, held in escrow, retained as a contingency reserve, or other similar arrangements). To the extent that value of the Equity Interests of RMR Inc. owned by the Borrower would in the aggregate account for more than 3.0% of Unencumbered Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded. In addition, to the extent that the amount of Unencumbered Asset Value attributable to (x) Senior Housing Assets leased pursuant to a Ground Lease would constitute more than 20.0% of Unencumbered Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded and (y) Non-Domestic Properties would constitute more than 10.0% of Unencumbered Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining Unencumbered Asset Value at any time, the Borrower may, in addition to the Net Operating Income referred to in the immediately preceding clause (a)(i), include the Net Operating Income of any Unencumbered Asset acquired during the period following the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended through such time of determination on a pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“ Unencumbered NOI ” means, for any given period, the sum of (a) the aggregate NOI attributable to all Unencumbered Assets for such period and (b) cash dividends received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from RMR Inc. during such period.

“ Unimproved Land ” means land on which no development (other than improvements that are not material and are temporary in nature) has occurred.

“ Unsecured Debt Service ” means, for a given period, Debt Service for such period with respect to Unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

“ Unsecured Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person as of any given date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of such Person outstanding at such date that is not Secured Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness associated with Unconsolidated Affiliates that is not Guaranteed by a Loan Party) and in the case of the Borrower shall include (without duplication) Indebtedness that does not constitute Secured Indebtedness. Indebtedness secured solely by a pledge of Equity Interests in a Subsidiary owning one or more Properties which is also recourse to the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall not be treated as Secured Indebtedness.

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“ U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Wells Fargo ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns.

“ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of a Person in respect of which all of the Equity Interests (other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

“ Withdrawal Liability ” means any liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“ Withholding Agent ” means (a) the Borrower, (b) any other Loan Party and (c) the Administrative Agent, as applicable.

“ Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Section 1.2. General; References to Eastern Time.

Unless otherwise indicated, all accounting terms, ratios and measurements shall be interpreted or determined in accordance with GAAP in effect as of the Agreement Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the calculation of liabilities shall not include any fair value adjustments to the carrying value of liabilities to record such liabilities at fair value pursuant to electing the fair value option election under FASB ASC 825-10-25 (formerly known as FAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities) or other standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board allowing entities to elect fair value option for financial liabilities. References in this Agreement to “Sections”, “Articles”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are to sections, articles, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. References in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not otherwise stated herein or prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Unless explicitly set forth to the contrary, a reference to “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary and a reference to an “Affiliate” means a reference to an Affiliate of the Borrower. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to Eastern time.

ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITY

Section 2.1. Revolving Loans.

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(a) Making of Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation, Section 2.14., each Lender severally and not jointly agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to, but not exceeding, such Lender’s Commitment. Each borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each borrowing and Continuation under Section 2.8. of, and each Conversion under Section 2.9. of Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding two sentences but subject to Section 2.14., a borrowing of Revolving Loans may be in the aggregate amount of the unused Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

(b) Requests for Revolving Loans . Not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time at least one (1) Business Day prior to a borrowing of Revolving Loans that are to be Base Rate Loans and not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time at least three (3) Business Days prior to a borrowing of Revolving Loans that are to be LIBOR Loans, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing shall specify the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans to be borrowed, the date such Revolving Loans are to be borrowed (which must be a Business Day), the use of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans, the Type of the requested Revolving Loans, and if such Revolving Loans are to be LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period for such Revolving Loans. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable once given and binding on the Borrower. Prior to delivering a Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower may (without specifying whether a Revolving Loan will be a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan) request that the Administrative Agent provide the Borrower with the most recent LIBOR available to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall provide such quoted rate to the Borrower on the date of such request or as soon as possible thereafter.

(c) Funding of Revolving Loans . Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing under the immediately preceding subsection (b), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Each Lender shall deposit an amount equal to the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender to the Borrower with the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the date of such proposed Revolving Loans. Subject to fulfillment of all applicable conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall make available to the Borrower in the account specified in the Disbursement Instruction Agreement, not later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date of the requested borrowing of Revolving Loans, the proceeds of such amounts received by the Administrative Agent.

(d) Assumptions Regarding Funding by Lenders . With respect to Revolving Loans to be made after the Effective Date, unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent a Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender in connection with any borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender will make the proceeds of such Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section, and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower the amount of such Revolving Loan to be provided by such Lender. In such event, if such Lender does not make available to the Administrative Agent the proceeds of such Revolving Loan on the date and at the time specified in Section 2.1.(c), then such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent on demand the amount of such Revolving Loan with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Revolving Loan is made available to the Borrower but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the

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greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if any Lender shall fail to make available to the Administrative Agent the proceeds of a Revolving Loan on the date and at the time specified in Section 2.1.(c) but shall make such proceeds available to the Administrative Agent at a later time on such date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent one day’s worth of interest computed in accordance with clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, unless such Lender can provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Lender has timely made such proceeds available to the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, a Fed Reference Number screen shot evidencing the date and time such Lender’s wire was sent. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay the amount of such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays to the Administrative Agent the amount of such Revolving Loan, the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make available the proceeds of a Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender.

Section 2.2. Letters of Credit.

(a) Letters of Credit . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation, Section 2.14., each Issuing Bank, on behalf of the Lenders, agrees to issue for the account of the Borrower (which may be issued in support of obligations of any Subsidiary of the Borrower) during the period from and including the Effective Date to, but excluding, the date 30 days prior to the Termination Date, one or more standby letters of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) up to a maximum aggregate Stated Amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000 as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof (the “L/C Commitment Amount”); provided, that an Issuing Bank shall not be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the aggregate Stated Amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank would exceed the lesser of (i) 25% of the L/C Commitment Amount and (ii) the Revolving Commitment of such Issuing Bank in its capacity as a Lender.

(b) Terms of Letters of Credit . At the time of issuance, the amount, form, terms and conditions of each Letter of Credit, and of any drafts or acceptances thereunder, shall be subject to approval by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may (i) the expiration date of any Letter of Credit extend beyond the Termination Date, or (ii) any Letter of Credit have an initial duration in excess of one year; provided, however, a Letter of Credit may contain a provision providing for the automatic extension of the expiration date in the absence of a notice of non-renewal from the applicable Issuing Bank but in no event shall any such provision permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit beyond the Termination Date; provided, further, that a Letter of Credit may, as a result of its express terms or as the result of the effect of an automatic extension provision, have an expiration date of not more than one year beyond the Termination Date (any such Letter of Credit referred to as an “Extended Letter of Credit”) so long as the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank no later than 30 days prior to the Termination Date, Cash Collateral for such Letter of Credit for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account in an amount equal to the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit; provided, that the obligations of the Borrower under this Section in respect of such Extended Letters of Credit shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in effect until no such Extended Letters of Credit remain outstanding. If the Borrower fails to provide Cash Collateral with respect to any Extended Letter of Credit by the date 30 days prior to the Termination Date, such failure shall be treated as a drawing under such Extended Letter of Credit (in an amount equal to the maximum Stated

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Amount of such Letter of Credit), which shall be reimbursed (or participations therein funded) by the Lenders in accordance with the immediately following subsections (i) and (j), with the proceeds being utilized to provide Cash Collateral for such Letter of Credit. The initial Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit shall be at least $500,000 (or such lesser amount as may be acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).

(c) Requests for Issuance of Letters of Credit . The Borrower shall give the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent written notice at least five (5) Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance of a Letter of Credit, such notice to describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions or obligations proposed to be supported by such Letter of Credit, and in any event shall set forth with respect to such Letter of Credit the proposed (i) initial Stated Amount, (ii) beneficiary, and (iii) expiration date. The Borrower shall also execute and deliver such customary applications and agreements for standby letters of credit, and other forms as requested from time to time by the applicable Issuing Bank. Provided the Borrower has given the notice prescribed by the first sentence of this subsection and delivered such applications and agreements referred to in the preceding sentence, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the satisfaction of any applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2., the applicable Issuing Bank shall issue the requested Letter of Credit on the requested date of issuance for the benefit of the stipulated beneficiary but in no event shall the applicable Issuing Bank be required to issue the requested Letter of Credit prior to the date five (5) Business Days following the date after which such Issuing Bank has received all of the items required to be delivered to it under this subsection. An Issuing Bank shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exceed any limits imposed by, any Applicable Law. References herein to “issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires. Upon the written request of the Borrower, the applicable Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Borrower a copy of each Letter of Credit issued by it within a reasonable time after the date of issuance thereof. To the extent any term of a Letter of Credit Document is inconsistent with a term of any Loan Document, the term of such Loan Document shall control.

(d) Reimbursement Obligations . Upon receipt by an Issuing Bank from the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank of any demand for payment under such Letter of Credit and such Issuing Bank’s determination that such demand for payment complies with the requirements of such Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the amount to be paid by such Issuing Bank as a result of such demand and the date on which payment is to be made by such Issuing Bank to such beneficiary in respect of such demand; provided, however, that an Issuing Bank’s failure to give, or delay in giving, such notice shall not discharge the Borrower in any respect from the applicable Reimbursement Obligation. The Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay and reimburse each Issuing Bank for the amount of each demand for payment under each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank at or prior to the date on which payment is to be made by such Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereunder, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind. Upon receipt by an Issuing Bank of any payment in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation, such Issuing Bank shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender that has acquired a participation therein under the second sentence of the immediately following subsection (i) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such payment.

(e) Manner of Reimbursement . Upon its receipt of a notice referred to in the immediately preceding subsection (d), the Borrower shall advise the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank whether or not the Borrower intends to borrow hereunder to finance its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank for the amount of the related demand for payment and, if it does, the Borrower shall submit a

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timely request for such borrowing as provided in the applicable provisions of this Agreement. If the Borrower fails to so advise the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, or if the Borrower fails to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit by the date of such payment, the failure of which the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, then (i) if the applicable conditions contained in Article V. would permit the making of Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing of Revolving Loans (which shall be Base Rate Loans) in an amount equal to the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation and the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of the amount of the Revolving Loan to be made available to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern time and (ii) if such conditions would not permit the making of Revolving Loans, the provisions of subsection (j) of this Section shall apply. The limitations set forth in the second sentence of Section 2.1.(a) shall not apply to any borrowing of Base Rate Loans under this subsection.

(f) Effect of Letters of Credit on Commitments . Upon the issuance by an Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit and until such Letter of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, the Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be utilized for all purposes of this Agreement in an amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage and (ii) the sum of (A) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (B) any related Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding.

(g) Issuing Banks’ Duties Regarding Letters of Credit; Unconditional Nature of Reimbursement Obligations . In examining documents presented in connection with drawings under Letters of Credit and making payments under Letters of Credit issued by an Issuing Bank against such documents, such Issuing Bank shall only be required to use the same standard of care as it uses in connection with examining documents presented in connection with drawings under letters of credit in which it has not sold participations and making payments under such letters of credit. The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, none of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders shall be responsible for, and the Borrower’s obligations in respect of Letters of Credit shall not be affected in any manner by, (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of or any drawing honored under any Letter of Credit even if such document should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit, or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, facsimile, electronic mail, telecopy or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders. None of the above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the Issuing Bank’s or Administrative Agent’s rights or powers hereunder. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), shall not create against such Issuing Bank any liability to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. In this connection, the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any drawing made under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, and to repay any Revolving Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in

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accordance with the terms of this Agreement and any other applicable Letter of Credit Document under all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit Document or any term or provisions therein; (B) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the Letter of Credit Documents; (C) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against such Issuing Bank, any other Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or in the Letter of Credit Documents or any unrelated transaction; (D) any breach of contract or dispute between the Borrower, such Issuing Bank, any other Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person; (E) any demand, statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein or made in connection therewith being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (F) any non‑application or misapplication by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; (G) payment by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (H) any other act, omission to act, delay or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section or Section 12.10., but not in limitation of the Borrower’s unconditional obligation to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any drawing made under a Letter of Credit as provided in this Section and to repay any Revolving Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), the Borrower shall have no obligation to indemnify the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of any liability incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender in respect of a Letter of Credit as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, nothing in this Section shall affect any rights the Borrower may have with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or any Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit.

(h) Amendments, Etc . The issuance by an Issuing Bank of any amendment, supplement or other modification to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall be subject to the same conditions applicable under this Agreement to the issuance of new Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, that the request therefor be made through the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent), and no such amendment, supplement or other modification shall be issued unless either (i) the respective Letter of Credit affected thereby would have complied with such conditions had it originally been issued hereunder in such amended, supplemented or modified form or (ii) the Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders if required by Section 12.7.) shall have consented thereto. In connection with any such amendment, supplement or other modification, the Borrower shall pay the fees, if any, payable under the last sentence of Section 3.5.(c).

(i) Lenders’ Participation in Letters of Credit . Immediately upon (i) the Effective Date with respect to all Existing Letters of Credit and (ii) the issuance by an Issuing Bank of any Letter of Credit each Lender shall be deemed to have absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from the applicable Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the liability of such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit and each Lender thereby shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and shall be unconditionally obligated to such Issuing Bank to pay and discharge when due, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the immediately following subsection (j) below, such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Issuing Bank’s liability under such Letter of Credit. In addition,

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upon the making of each payment by a Lender to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank in respect of any Letter of Credit issued by it pursuant to the immediately following subsection (j), such Lender shall, automatically and without any further action on the part of such Issuing Bank, Administrative Agent or such Lender, acquire (i) a participation in an amount equal to such payment in the Reimbursement Obligation owing to such Issuing Bank by the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit and (ii) a participation in a percentage equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage in any interest or other amounts payable by the Borrower in respect of such Reimbursement Obligation (other than the Fees payable to such Issuing Bank pursuant to the second and the last sentences of Section 3.5.(c)).

(j) Payment Obligation of Lenders . Each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Issuing Bank, on demand in immediately available funds in Dollars the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of each drawing paid by such Issuing Bank under each Letter of Credit issued by it to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to the immediately preceding subsection (d); provided, however, that in respect of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount that any Lender shall be required to fund, whether as a Revolving Loan or as a participation, shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such drawing except as otherwise provided in Section 3.9.(d). If the notice referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.2.(e) is received by a Lender not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, then such Lender shall make such payment available to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date of demand therefor; otherwise, such payment shall be made available to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Lender’s obligation to make such payments to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, and the Administrative Agent’s right to receive the same for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected in any way by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) the failure of any other Lender to make its payment under this subsection, (ii) the financial condition of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, (iii) the existence of any Default or Event of Default, including any Event of Default described in Section 10.1.(e) or (f), (iv) the termination of the Commitments or (v) the delivery of Cash Collateral in respect of any Extended Letter of Credit. Each such payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or deduction whatsoever.

(k) Information to Lenders . Promptly following any change in Letters of Credit outstanding, the applicable Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, who shall promptly deliver the same to each Lender and the Borrower, a notice describing the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank outstanding at such time. Upon the request of any Lender from time to time, an Issuing Bank shall deliver any other information reasonably requested by such Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit then outstanding. Other than as set forth in this subsection, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to notify the Lenders regarding the issuance or other matters regarding Letters of Credit issued hereunder. The failure of any Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent to perform its requirements under this subsection shall not relieve any Lender from its obligations under the immediately preceding subsection (j).

(l) Extended Letters of Credit . Each Lender confirms that its obligations under the immediately preceding subsections (i) and (j) shall be reinstated in full and apply if the delivery of any Cash Collateral in respect of an Extended Letter of Credit is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise.

Section 2.3. Swingline Loans.

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(a) Swingline Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, including without limitation Section 2.14., each Swingline Lender severally and not jointly agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower, during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Swingline Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to, but not exceeding, the lesser (such lesser amount begin referred to as the “Swingline Availability” of a given Swingline Lender) of (i) $100,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and (ii) the Commitment of such Swingline Lender in its capacity as a Lender minus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of such Swingline Lender in its capacity as a Lender. If at any time the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans made by a Swingline Lender outstanding at such time exceeds the Swingline Availability of such Swingline Lender in effect at such time, the Borrower shall immediately pay the Administrative Agent for the account of such Swingline Lender the amount of such excess. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans hereunder.

(b) Procedure for Borrowing Swingline Loans . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender selected by the Borrower to make a Swingline Loan notice pursuant to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing of a Swingline Loan. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing shall be delivered to the applicable Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the proposed date of such borrowing. Any telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of Swingline Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing sent to the applicable Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such telephonic notice. Not later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the date of the requested Swingline Loan, the applicable Swingline Lender will make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office in Dollars, in immediately available funds for the account of the Borrower. The amount so received by the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.2. for such borrowing, be made available to the Borrower no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on such date by depositing same, in immediately available funds, in an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the Disbursement Instruction Agreement.

(c) Interest . Swingline Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin or at such other rate or rates as the Borrower and the applicable Swingline Lender may agree from time to time in writing. Interest on a Swingline Loan is solely for the account of the Swingline Lender that made such Swingline Loan (except to the extent a Lender acquires a participating interest in such Swingline Loan pursuant to the immediately following subsection (e)). All accrued and unpaid interest on Swingline Loans shall be payable on the dates and in the manner provided in Section 2.4. with respect to interest on Base Rate Loans (except as the applicable Swingline Lender and the Borrower may otherwise agree in writing in connection with any particular Swingline Loan made by such Swingline Lender).

(d) Swingline Loan Amounts, Etc . Each Swingline Loan shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof, or such other minimum amounts agreed to by a Swingline Lender and the Borrower. Any voluntary prepayment of a Swingline Loan must be in integral multiples of $100,000 or the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans (or such other minimum amounts upon which the Swingline Lender that made such Swingline Loans and the Borrower may agree) and in connection with any such prepayment, the Borrower must give such Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent prior written notice thereof no later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the day prior to the date of such prepayment. The Swingline Loans owing to a Swingline Lender shall, in addition to this Agreement, be evidenced by a Swingline Note in favor of such Swingline Lender.

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(e) Repayment and Participations of Swingline Loans . The Borrower agrees to repay each Swingline Loan within one Business Day of demand therefor by the Swingline Lender that made such Swingline Loan and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after the date such Swingline Loan was made; provided, that the proceeds of a Swingline Loan may not be used to pay a Swingline Loan. Any Swingline Lender making demand for repayment of a Swingline Loan made by such Swingline Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent of such demand on the date such demand is made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Swingline Loans on the Swingline Maturity Date (or such earlier date as a Swingline Lender and the Borrower may agree in writing with respect to Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender). In lieu of demanding repayment of any outstanding Swingline Loan from the Borrower, the Swingline Lender that made such Swingline Loan may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs each applicable Swingline Lender to act on its behalf for such purpose), request a borrowing of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans from the Lenders in an amount equal to the principal balance of such Swingline Loan. The amount limitations contained in the second sentence of Section 2.1.(a) shall not apply to any borrowing of such Revolving Loans made pursuant to this subsection. Such Swingline Lender shall give notice to the Administrative Agent of any such borrowing of Revolving Loans not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time at least one Business Day prior to the proposed date of such borrowing. Promptly after receipt of such notice of borrowing of Revolving Loans from a Swingline Lender under the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Not later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the proposed date of such borrowing, each Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office for the account of the applicable Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall pay the proceeds of such Revolving Loans to the applicable Swingline Lender, which shall apply such proceeds to repay such Swingline Loan. If the Lenders are prohibited from making Revolving Loans required to be made under this subsection for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, the occurrence of any of the Defaults or Events of Default described in Sections 10.1.(e) or (f), each Lender shall purchase from the applicable Swingline Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan, by directly purchasing a participation in such Swingline Loan in such amount and paying the proceeds thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Swingline Lender in Dollars and in immediately available funds. A Lender’s obligation to purchase such a participation in a Swingline Loan shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) any claim of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or any other Person may have or claim against the Administrative Agent, any Swingline Lender or any other Person whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default (including without limitation, any of the Defaults or Events of Default described in Sections 10.1. (e) or (f)), or the termination of any Lender’s Commitment, (iii) the existence (or alleged existence) of an event or condition which has had or could have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of any Loan Document by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If such amount is not in fact made available to the applicable Swingline Lender by any Lender, such Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon for each day from the date of demand thereof, at the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the applicable Swingline Lender’s demand therefor, and until such time as such Lender makes the required payment, the applicable Swingline Lender shall be deemed to continue to have outstanding Swingline Loans in the amount of such unpaid participation obligation for all purposes of the Loan Documents (other than those provisions requiring the other Lenders to purchase a participation therein). Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Revolving Loans,

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and any other amounts due it hereunder, to the applicable Swingline Lender to fund Swingline Loans in the amount of the participation in Swingline Loans that such Lender failed to purchase pursuant to this Section until such amount has been purchased (as a result of such assignment or otherwise).

Section 2.4. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.

(a) Rates . The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender for the period from and including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be paid in full, at the following per annum rates:

(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in effect from time to time), plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans; and

(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at LIBOR for such Loan for the Interest Period therefor, plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, while an Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender and each Issuing Bank, as the case may be, interest at the Post-Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of any Loan made by such Lender, on all Reimbursement Obligations and on any other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes held by such Lender to or for the account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable Law).

(b) Payment of Interest . All accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Loan shall be payable (i) monthly in arrears on the first day of each month, commencing with the first full calendar month occurring after the Effective Date and (ii) on any date on which the principal balance of such Loan is due and payable in full (whether at maturity, due to acceleration or otherwise). Interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable from time to time on demand. All determinations by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrower for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(c) Borrower Information Used to Determine Applicable Interest Rates . The parties understand that the applicable interest rate for the Obligations and certain fees set forth herein may be determined and/or adjusted from time to time based upon certain financial ratios and/or other information to be provided or certified to the Lenders by the Borrower (the “Borrower Information”). If it is subsequently determined that any such Borrower Information was incorrect (for whatever reason, including without limitation because of a subsequent restatement of earnings by the Borrower) at the time it was delivered to the Administrative Agent, and if the applicable interest rate or fees calculated for any period were lower than they should have been had the correct information been timely provided, then, such interest rate and such fees for such period shall be automatically recalculated using correct Borrower Information. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing of any additional interest and fees due because of such recalculation, and the Borrower shall pay such additional interest or fees due to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such written notice. Any recalculation of interest or fees required by this provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and this provision shall not in any way limit any of the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s, or any Lender’s other rights under this Agreement.

Section 2.5. Number of Interest Periods.

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There may be no more than 6 different Interest Periods outstanding at the same time.

Section 2.6. Repayment of Loans.

The Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Revolving Loans on the Termination Date.

Section 2.7. Prepayments.

(a) Optional . Subject to Section 4.4., the Borrower may prepay any Loan at any time without premium or penalty. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice of the prepayment of any Loan. Each voluntary prepayment of Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof.

(b) Mandatory .

(i) Commitment Overadvance . If at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans, together with the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities, exceeds the aggregate amount of the Commitments, the Borrower shall immediately upon demand pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders the amount of such excess.

(ii) Application of Mandatory Prepayments . Amounts paid under the preceding subsection (i) shall be applied to pay all amounts of principal outstanding on the Loans and any Reimbursement Obligations pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. and if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at such time, the remainder, if any, shall be deposited into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account for application to any Reimbursement Obligations. If the Borrower is required to pay any outstanding LIBOR Loans by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 4.4.

(c) No Effect on Derivatives Contracts . No prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section or otherwise shall affect any of the Borrower’s obligations under any Derivatives Contract entered into with respect to any of the Loans

Section 2.8. Continuation.

So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the Borrower may on any Business Day, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, elect to maintain such LIBOR Loan or any portion thereof as a LIBOR Loan by selecting a new Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan. Each Continuation of a LIBOR Loan shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, and each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall commence on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period. Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be made by the Borrower giving to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Continuation not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the third Business Day prior to the date of any such Continuation. Such notice by the Borrower of a Continuation shall be by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of communication in the form of a Notice of Continuation, specifying (a) the proposed date of such Continuation, (b) the LIBOR Loans and portions thereof subject to such Continuation and (c) the duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which shall be specified in such manner as is necessary to comply with all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder. Each Notice of Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed Continuation. If

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the Borrower shall fail to select in a timely manner a new Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan in accordance with this Section, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, continue as a LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period of one month; provided, however that if a Default or Event of Default exists, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.9. or the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section.

Section 2.9. Conversion.

The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon the Borrower’s giving of a Notice of Conversion to the Administrative Agent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of communication, Convert all or a portion of a Revolving Loan of one Type into a Revolving Loan of another Type; provided, however, a Base Rate Loan may not be Converted into a LIBOR Loan if a Default or Event of Default exists. Each Conversion of Base Rate Loans into LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such Notice of Conversion shall be given not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time 3 Business Days prior to the date of any proposed Conversion. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed Conversion. Subject to the restrictions specified above, each Notice of Conversion shall be by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of communication in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion of such Type of Loan to be Converted, (d) the Type of Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of the Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.

Section 2.10. Notes.

(a) Notes . Except in the case of a Lender that has requested not to receive a Revolving Note, the Revolving Loans made by each Lender shall, in addition to this Agreement, also be evidenced by a Revolving Note, payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed. The Swingline Loans made by a Swingline Lender to the Borrower shall, in addition to this Agreement, also be evidenced by a Swingline Note payable to the order of such Swingline Lender.

(b) Records . The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods (if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that (i) the failure of a Lender to make any such record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents and (ii) if there is a discrepancy between such records of a Lender and the statements of accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.8., in the absence of manifest error, the statements of account maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.8. shall be controlling.

(c) Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes . Upon receipt by the Borrower of (i) written notice from a Lender that a Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, and (ii)(A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, or (B) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrower shall at its own expense execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

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Section 2.11. Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment.

The Borrower shall have the right to terminate or reduce the aggregate unused amount of the Commitments (for which purpose use of the Commitments shall be deemed to include the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities and the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans) at any time and from time to time without penalty or premium upon not less than five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of each such termination or reduction, which notice shall specify the effective date thereof and the amount of any such reduction (which in the case of any partial reduction of the Commitments shall not be less than $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount in the aggregate) and shall be irrevocable once given and effective only upon receipt by the Administrative Agent (“Commitment Reduction Notice”). Promptly after receipt of a Commitment Reduction Notice the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed termination or Commitment reduction. The Commitments, once reduced or terminated pursuant to this Section, may not be increased or reinstated. The Borrower shall pay all interest on the Loans, and the Fees under Section 3.5.(b) with respect to the amount of the Commitment being reduced, accrued to the date of such reduction or termination of the Commitments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, including but not limited to any applicable compensation due to each Lender in accordance with Section 4.4.

Section 2.12. Extension of Termination Date.

The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable one time, to extend the current Termination Date by one year. The Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the current Termination Date, a written request for such extension (an “Extension Request”). The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders if it receives an Extension Request promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, the Termination Date shall be extended for one year effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Extension Request and payment of the fee referred to in the following clause (ii): (i) immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Loan Documents and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 3.5.(d). At any time prior to the effectiveness of any such extension, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the chief executive officer or chief financial officer certifying the matters referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y).

Section 2.13. Expiration Date of Letters of Credit Past Commitment Termination.

If on the date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero (whether voluntarily, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise), there are any Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder with respect to which the Borrower has not complied with the conditions set forth in the second proviso of the second sentence of Section 2.2.(b), the Borrower shall, on such date, pay to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, an amount of money sufficient to cause the balance of available funds on deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to equal the aggregate Stated Amount of such Letters of Credit for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

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Section 2.14. Amount Limitations.

Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Lender shall be required to make a Loan, the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue a Letter of Credit and no reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11. shall take effect, if immediately after the making of such Loan, the issuance of such Letter of Credit or such reduction in the Commitments the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans, together with the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities, would exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time.

Section 2.15. Increase in Commitments.

The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time during the period beginning on the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date to request increases in the aggregate amount of the Commitments by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall be irrevocable once given; provided , however , that after giving effect to any such increases the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $2,000,000,000 (less the aggregate amount of reductions of Commitments effected pursuant to Section 2.11.). Each such increase in the Commitments must be an aggregate minimum amount of $50,000,000 and integral multiples of $10,000,000 in excess thereof. The Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall manage all aspects of the syndication of such increase in the Commitments, including decisions as to the selection of the existing Lenders and/or other banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders to be approached with respect to such increase and the allocations of the increase in the Commitments among such existing Lenders and/or other banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders. No Lender shall be obligated in any way whatsoever to increase its Commitment or provide a new Commitment, and any new Lender becoming a party to this Agreement in connection with any such requested increase must be an Eligible Assignee. If a new Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, or if any existing Lender is increasing its Commitment, such Lender shall on the date it becomes a Lender hereunder (or in the case of an existing Lender, increases its Commitment) (and as a condition thereto) purchase from the other Lenders its Commitment Percentage (determined with respect to the Lenders’ respective Commitments and after giving effect to the increase of Commitments) of any outstanding Revolving Loans, by making available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such other Lenders, in same day funds, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the portion of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Loans to be purchased by such Lender, plus (B) the aggregate amount of payments previously made by the other Lenders under Section 2.2.(j) that have not been repaid, plus (C) interest accrued and unpaid to and as of such date on such portion of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders amounts payable, if any, to such Lenders under Section 4.4. as a result of the prepayment of any such Revolving Loans. Effecting the increase of the Commitments under this Section is subject to the following conditions precedent: (x) no Default or Event of Default shall be in existence on the effective date of such increase, (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party shall be true and correct in all material respects on the effective date of such increase except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder, and (z) the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) if not previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of (A) all corporate and other necessary action taken by the Borrower to authorize such increase and (B) all corporate, partnership, member and other necessary action taken by each Guarantor authorizing the guaranty of such increase; (ii) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders covering such matters as reasonably

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requested by the Administrative Agent; and (iii) new Revolving Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to any new Lenders and replacement Revolving Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to any existing Lenders increasing their Commitments, in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment at the time of the effectiveness of the applicable increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments. In connection with any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.15., any Lender becoming a party hereto shall (1) execute such documents and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (2) in the case of any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America, provide to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act.

Section 2.16. Funds Transfer Disbursements.

The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of any Loan made by the Lenders or any of their Affiliates pursuant to the Loan Documents as requested by an authorized representative of the Borrower to any of the accounts designated in the Disbursement Instruction Agreement.

ARTICLE III. PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 3.1. Payments.

(a) Payments by Borrower . Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest, Fees and other amounts to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without setoff, deduction or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office, not later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date on which such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day). Subject to Section 10.5., the Borrower shall, at the time of making each payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, specify to the Administrative Agent the amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wiring instructions provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent from time to time, for the account of such Lender at the applicable Lending Office of such Lender. Each payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement shall be paid to such Issuing Bank by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wiring instructions provided by such Issuing Bank to the Administrative Agent from time to time, for the account of such Issuing Bank. In the event the Administrative Agent fails to pay such amounts to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, (i) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day such funds are received by the Administrative Agent, if such amounts are received by 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on such date or (ii) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day following the date such funds are received by the Administrative Agent, if such amounts are received after 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall continue to accrue at the rate, if any, applicable to such payment for the period of such extension.

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(b) Presumptions Regarding Payments by Borrower . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent on demand that amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.

Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (a) each borrowing from the Lenders under Sections 2.1.(a), 2.2.(e) and 2.3.(e) shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of the fees under Sections 3.5.(a), 3.5.(b), the first sentence of 3.5.(c), and 3.5.(d) shall be made for the account of the Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.11. shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (b) each payment or prepayment of principal of Revolving Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Revolving Loans held by them, provided that, subject to Section 3.9., if immediately prior to giving effect to any such payment in respect of any Revolving Loans the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans shall not be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments in effect at the time such Revolving Loans were made, then such payment shall be applied to the Revolving Loans in such manner as shall result, as nearly as is practicable, in the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans being held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; (c) each payment of interest on Revolving Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders, pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Revolving Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; (d) the making, Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions provided for by Sections 4.1.(c) and 4.5.) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Revolving Loans and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each such Loan of such Type shall be coterminous; (e) the Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Swingline Loans under Section 2.3., shall be in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages; and (f) the Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Letters of Credit under Section 2.2., shall be in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages. All payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts in respect of the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the applicable Swingline Lender only (except to the extent any Lender shall have acquired a participating interest in any such Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.3.(e), in which case such payments shall be pro rata in accordance with such participating interests). Any payment or prepayment of principal or interest made during the existence of a Default or Event of Default shall be made for the account of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks in accordance with the order set forth in Section 10.5.

Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.

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or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or other payments made by or on behalf the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Lender (other than any payment in respect of Specified Derivatives Obligations) not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 10.5., as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the Loans made by the other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may actually be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) in accordance with the requirements of Section 3.2. or Section 10.5., as applicable. To such end, all the Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders may exercise all rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the amount of such participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower.

Section 3.4. Several Obligations.

No Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender hereunder, and the failure of any Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender to make any Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender.

Section 3.5. Fees.

(a) Closing Fee . On the Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and each Lender all loan fees as have been agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(b) Facility Fees . During the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders a facility fee equal to the daily aggregate amount of the Commitments (whether or not utilized) times a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Facility Fee. Such fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July and October during the term of this Agreement and on the Termination Date or any earlier date of termination of the Commitments or reduction of the Commitments to zero. The Borrower acknowledges that the fee payable hereunder is a bona fide commitment fee and is intended as reasonable compensation to the Lenders for committing to make funds available to the Borrower as described herein and for no other purposes.

(c) Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a letter of credit fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin times the daily average Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (x) to and including the date such Letter of Credit expires or is cancelled or (y) to but excluding the date such Letter of Credit is drawn in full. In addition to such fees, the Borrower shall pay to the applicable Issuing Bank solely for its own account, a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) of the initial Stated Amount

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of such Letter of Credit; provided, however, in no event shall the aggregate amount of such fee in respect of any Letter of Credit be less than $1,000. The fees provided for in this subsection shall be nonrefundable and payable, in the case of the fee provided for in the first sentence, in arrears (i) quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October, (ii) on the Termination Date, (iii) on the date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero and (iv) thereafter from time to time on demand of the Administrative Agent and in the case of the fee provided for in the second sentence, at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable Issuing Bank from time to time on demand all commissions, charges, costs and expenses in the amounts customarily charged or incurred by the applicable Issuing Bank from time to time in like circumstances with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank or any other transaction relating thereto.

(d) Extension Fee . If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.12., the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a fee equal to fifteen one-hundredths of one percent (0.15%) of the amount of such Lender’s Commitment (whether or not utilized). Such fee shall be due and payable in full on the date the Administrative Agent receives the Extension Request pursuant to such Section.

(e) Administrative and Other Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and other fees of the Administrative Agent as provided in the Fee Letter and as may be otherwise agreed to in writing from time to time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 3.6. Computations.

Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or any other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed.

Section 3.7. Usury.

In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in writing that the Borrower elects to have such excess sum returned to it forthwith. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law. The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge imposed upon the Borrower for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically described in Section 2.4.(a)(i) and (ii) and, with respect to Swingline Loans, in Section 2.3.(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, facility fees, closing fees, letter of credit fees, underwriting fees, default charges, late charges, funding or “breakage” charges, increased cost charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, are charges made to compensate the Administrative Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or incurred, by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. All charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.

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Section 3.8. Statements of Account.

The Administrative Agent will account to the Borrower monthly with a statement of Loans, accrued interest and Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and such account rendered by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon the Borrower absent manifest error. The failure of the Administrative Agent to deliver such a statement of accounts shall not relieve or discharge the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder.

Section 3.9. Defaulting Lenders.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

(a) Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Requisite Lenders.

(b) Defaulting Lender Waterfall . Any payment of principal, interest, Fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article X. or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.3. shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender hereunder; third , to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with subsection (e) below; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with subsection (e) below; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender under Section 2.2.(j) in respect of Letters of Credit (such amounts “L/C Disbursements”), in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Article V. were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Liabilities and

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Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages (determined without giving effect to the immediately following subsection (d)). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(i) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Fee payable under Section 3.5.(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

(ii) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Fee payable under Section 3.5.(c) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to the immediately following subsection (e).

(iii) With respect to any Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non‑Defaulting Lender that portion of any such Fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Liabilities or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non‑Defaulting Lender pursuant to the immediately following subsection (d), (y) pay to each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such Fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s or such Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such Fee.

(d) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure . All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages (determined without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Subject to Section 12.22., no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(e) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans .

(i) If the reallocation described in the immediately preceding subsection (d) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection.

(ii) At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within 1 Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such Issuing Bank’s

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Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to the immediately preceding subsection (d) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the aggregate Fronting Exposure of such Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time.

(iii) The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Liabilities, to be applied pursuant to the immediately following clause (iv). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the aggregate Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Banks with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Liabilities (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

(v) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce an Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this subsection following (x) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (y) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to the immediately preceding subsection (b), the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable Issuing Bank may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

(f) Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders and the Issuing Banks agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages (determined without giving effect to the immediately preceding subsection (d)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to Fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from

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Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

(g) New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit . So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) each Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and (ii) each Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

Section 3.10. Taxes; Foreign Lenders.

(a) Issuing Banks . For purposes of this Section, the term “Lender” includes the Issuing Banks and the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA.

(b) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower or other applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(d) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient (whether directly or pursuant to Section 3.10.(e)(i)) or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall be liable to indemnify any Lender or Participant for any Taxes attributable to Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.6. relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower or another Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.6. relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such

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Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection.

(f) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, the Borrower or such other Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(g) Status of Lenders .

(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in the immediately following clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the applicable Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

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(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(II) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W‑8ECI;

(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an IRS Form W‑8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-2 or Exhibit K-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply

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with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will an indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place such indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to, or apply for or seek any refund for or on behalf of, any indemnifying party or any other Person.

(i) Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(j) FATCA Determination . For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Effective Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

ARTICLE IV. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.

Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.

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(a) Capital Adequacy . If any Lender determines that any Regulatory Change affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity ratios or requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or the participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(b) Additional Costs. In addition to, and not in limitation of the immediately preceding subsection, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of a Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it determines are attributable to its making or maintaining of any LIBOR Loans or its obligation to make any LIBOR Loans hereunder, any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such LIBOR Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such Lender of capital in respect of its LIBOR Loans or its Commitments (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”), resulting from any Regulatory Change that: (i) changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such LIBOR Loans or its Commitments (other than Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and Connection Income Taxes), or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan insurance charge, or similar requirements (other than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other similar reserve requirement applicable to any other category of liabilities or category of extensions of credit or other assets by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined to the extent utilized when determining LIBOR for such Loans) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities of, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by such Lender (or its parent corporation), or any commitment of such Lender (including, without limitation, the Commitments of such Lender hereunder) or (iii) imposes on any Lender or the London interbank market, any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender.

(c) Lender’s Suspension of LIBOR Loans. Without limiting the effect of the provisions of the immediately preceding subsection (a) and (b), if by reason of any Regulatory Change, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBOR Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 4.5. shall apply).

(d) Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit . Without limiting the obligations of the Borrower under the preceding subsections of this Section (but without duplication), if as a result of any Regulatory Change or any risk-based capital guideline or other requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority there shall be imposed, modified or deemed applicable any tax, reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement against or with respect to or measured by reference

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to Letters of Credit and the result shall be to increase the cost to the applicable Issuing Bank of issuing (or any Lender of purchasing participations in) or maintaining its obligation hereunder to issue (or purchase participations in) any Letter of Credit or reduce any amount receivable by an Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, upon demand by such Issuing Bank or such Lender, the Borrower shall pay promptly, and in any event within 3 Business Days of demand, to such Issuing Bank or, in the case of such Lender, to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Issuing Bank or such Lender, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate such Issuing Bank or such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amount.

(e) Notification and Determination of Additional Costs . Each of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, as the case may be, agrees to notify the Borrower (and in the case of a Lender, to notify the Administrative Agent) of any event occurring after the Agreement Date entitling the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender to compensation under any of the preceding subsections of this Section as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to give such notice shall not release the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder (and in the case of a Lender, to the Administrative Agent); provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Administrative Agent or a Lender, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to compensation for any such amount relating to any period ending more than six months prior to the date that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, first notifies the Borrower in writing thereof or for any amounts resulting from a change by any Lender of its Lending Office (other than changes required by Applicable Law). The Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, as the case may be, agrees to furnish to the Borrower (and in the case of an Issuing Bank or a Lender to the Administrative Agent as well) a certificate setting forth the basis and amount of each request for compensation under this Section. Determinations by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, of the effect of any Regulatory Change shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent, any such Issuing Bank and/or any such Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of LIBOR for any Interest Period:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of LIBOR are not being provided in the relevant amounts or for the relevant maturities for purposes of determining rates of interest for LIBOR Loans as provided herein; or

(b) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that the relevant rates of interest referred to in the definition of LIBOR upon the basis of which the rate of interest for LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period is to be determined are not likely to adequately cover the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period,

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and any Lender affected thereby, in the case of the immediately preceding clause (b), shall be under no obligation to, and shall not, make additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans, unless and until the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, gives notice as provided in Section 4.5. that such condition no longer exists, and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders or such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, as the case may be, shall be treated in accordance with Section 4.5.

Section 4.3. Illegality.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding) that due to a Regulatory Change it is unlawful for such Lender to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof (with a copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent) and such Lender’s obligation to make or Continue, or to Convert Loans of any other Type into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain LIBOR Loans (in which case the provisions of Section 4.5. shall be applicable).

Section 4.4. Compensation.

The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such amount or amounts as the Administrative Agent shall determine in its sole discretion shall be sufficient to compensate such Lender for any loss, cost or expense attributable to:

(a) any payment or prepayment (whether mandatory or optional) of a LIBOR Loan, or Conversion of a LIBOR Loan, made by such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, acceleration) on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or

(b) any failure by the Borrower for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of any of the applicable conditions precedent specified in Section 5.2. to be satisfied) to borrow a LIBOR Loan from such Lender on the date for such borrowing, or to Convert a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan or Continue a LIBOR Loan on the requested date of such Conversion or Continuation.

Not in limitation of the foregoing, such compensation shall include, without limitation, in the case of a LIBOR Loan, an amount equal to the then present value of (A) the amount of interest that would have accrued on such LIBOR Loan for the remainder of the Interest Period at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loan, less (B) the amount of interest that would accrue on the same LIBOR Loan for the same period if LIBOR were set on the date on which such LIBOR Loan was repaid, prepaid or Converted or the date on which the Borrower failed to borrow, Convert or Continue such LIBOR Loan, as applicable, calculating present value by using as a discount rate LIBOR quoted on such date. Upon the Borrower’s request, the Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower with a statement setting forth the basis for requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof. Any such statement shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

Section 4.5. Treatment of Affected Loans.

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Section 4.2., or Section 4.3. on such earlier date as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, may specify to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, as applicable)) and, unless and until such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1., Section 4.2. or Section 4.3. that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:

(a) to the extent that such Lender’s LIBOR Loans have been so Converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

(b) all Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be made or Continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be Converted into LIBOR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

If such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, as applicable) that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1.(c) or 4.3. that gave rise to the Conversion of such Lender’s LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section no longer exist (which such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when LIBOR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, then such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically Converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding LIBOR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding LIBOR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

Section 4.6. Affected Lenders.

If (a) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 3.10. or 4.1., and the Requisite Lenders are not also doing the same, (b) the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(b) or 4.3. but the obligation of the Requisite Lenders shall not have been suspended under such Sections, (c) a Lender does not vote in favor of any amendment, modification or waiver to this Agreement or any other Loan Document which, pursuant to Section 12.7., requires the vote of such Lender, and the Requisite Lenders shall have voted in favor of such amendment, modification or waiver or (d) a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, so long as there does not then exist any Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may demand that such Lender (the “Affected Lender”), and upon such demand the Affected Lender shall promptly, assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.6.(b) for a purchase price equal to (x) the aggregate principal balance of all Loans then owing to the Affected Lender, plus (y) the aggregate amount of payments previously made by the Affected Lender under Section 2.2.(j) that have not been repaid, plus (z) any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to the Affected Lender, or any other amount as may be mutually agreed upon by such Affected Lender and Eligible Assignee. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Affected Lender shall reasonably cooperate in effectuating the replacement of such Affected Lender under this Section, and such Affected Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Assumption, but at no time shall the Administrative Agent, such Affected Lender nor any other Lender nor any Titled Agent be obligated in any way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. The exercise by the Borrower of its rights under this Section shall be at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the Administrative Agent, the Affected Lender or any of the other Lenders. The terms of this Section shall not in any way limit the Borrower’s obligation to pay to any Affected Lender

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compensation owing to such Affected Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 3.10., 4.1. or 4.4.) with respect to any period up to the date of replacement.

Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office.

Each Lender agrees that it will use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate an alternate Lending Office with respect to any of its Loans affected by the matters or circumstances described in Sections 3.10., 4.1. or 4.3. to reduce the liability of the Borrower or avoid the results provided thereunder, so long as such designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, except that such Lender shall have no obligation to designate a Lending Office located in the United States of America.

Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.

Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Article shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded LIBOR Loans through the purchase of deposits in the relevant market bearing interest at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans in an amount equal to the amount of the LIBOR Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption shall be used only for calculation of amounts payable under this Article.

ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent.

The obligation of the Lenders to effect or permit the occurrence of the first Credit Event hereunder, whether as the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i) counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;

(ii) Revolving Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to each Lender (other than any Lender that has requested that it not receive a Revolving Note) and complying with the terms of Section 2.10.(a) and the Swingline Note executed by the Borrower;

(iii) the Guaranty executed by each of the Guarantors initially to be a party thereto;

(iv) an opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP, and an opinion of Saul Ewing LLP, special Maryland counsel, in each case, counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

(v) the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument (if any) of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of such Loan Party;

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(vi) a certificate of good standing (or certificate of similar meaning) with respect to each Loan Party issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of each such Loan Party and certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued as of a recent date by each Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of each state in which such Loan Party is required to be so qualified and where failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(vii) a certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party with respect to each of the officers of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, and in the case of the Borrower, authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Borrower Notices of Borrowing, Notices of Swingline Borrowing, requests for Letters of Credit, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Continuation;

(viii) copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party of (A) the by-laws of such Loan Party, if a corporation, the operating agreement, if a limited liability company, the partnership agreement, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of any other form of legal entity and (B) all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary action taken by such Loan Party to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(ix) a Compliance Certificate calculated as of the Effective Date on a pro forma basis for the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2017;

(x) a Disbursement Instruction Agreement effective as of the Agreement Date;

(xi) [intentionally omitted];

(xii) evidence that the Fees, if any, then due and payable under Section 3.5., together with all other fees, expenses and reimbursement amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and any of the Lenders, including without limitation, the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, have been paid;

(xiii) the Borrower Letter executed by the Borrower; and

(xiv) such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request; and

(b) In the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent:

(i) there shall not have occurred or become known to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information contained in the financial and business projections, budgets, pro forma data and forecasts concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (A) result in a

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Material Adverse Effect or (B) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect, the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (A) any Applicable Law or (B) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which could not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain or enjoin impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(iv) the Borrower and each other Loan Party shall have provided all information requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender in order to comply with the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)); and

(v) there shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit.

The obligations of (i) Lenders to make any Loans and (ii) the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit are each subject to the further conditions precedent that: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, and no violation of the limits described in Section 2.14. would occur after giving effect thereto; (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder and (c) in the case of the borrowing of Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received a timely Notice of Borrowing, or in the case of a Swingline Loan, the applicable Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have received a timely Notice of Swingline Borrowing. Each Credit Event shall constitute a certification by the Borrower to the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of notice relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date of such Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). In addition, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at the time any Loan is made or any Letter of Credit is issued that all conditions to the making of such Loan or issuing of such Letter of Credit contained in this Article V. have been satisfied. Unless set forth in writing to the contrary, the making of its initial Loan by a Lender shall constitute a certification by such Lender to the

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Administrative Agent and the other Lenders that the conditions precedent for initial Loans set forth in Sections 5.1. and 5.2. that have not previously been waived by the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement have been satisfied.

ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties.

In order to induce the Administrative Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans and, in the case of an Issuing Bank, to issue Letters of Credit, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender as follows:

(a) Organization; Power; Qualification . Each of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the power and authority to own or lease its respective properties and to carry on its respective business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other legal entity, and authorized to do business, in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification or authorization and where the failure to be so qualified or authorized could reasonably be expected to have, in each instance, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Ownership Structure . Part I of Item 6.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter is, as of the Agreement Date, a complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower setting forth for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, (iii) the nature of the Equity Interests held by each such Person, (iv) the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such Equity Interests and (v) whether such Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary and/or a Foreign Subsidiary. As of the Agreement Date, except as disclosed in such Item of the Borrower Letter, (A) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens, and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding Equity Interests in each Person shown to be held by it on such Item, (B) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (C) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including, without limitation, any stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or outstanding securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, any such Person. As of the Agreement Date, Part II of Item 6.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter correctly sets forth all Unconsolidated Affiliates of the Borrower, including the correct legal name of such Person, the type of legal entity which each such Person is, and all Equity Interests in such Person held directly or indirectly by the Borrower.

(c) Authorization of Loan Documents and Borrowings . The Borrower has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to borrow and obtain other extensions of credit hereunder. The Borrower and each other Loan Party has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to execute, deliver and perform each of the Loan Documents and the Fee Letter to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Loan Documents and the Fee Letter to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of such Person and each is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with its respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies for the enforcement of

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certain obligations (other than the payment of principal) contained herein or therein and as may be limited by equitable principles generally.

(d) Compliance of Loan Documents with Laws . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which any Loan Party is a party and of the Fee Letter in accordance with their respective terms and the borrowings and other extensions of credit hereunder do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both: (i) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law (including all Environmental Laws) relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party or by which it or any of its respective properties may be bound; or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party other than in favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks.

(e) Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals . Each of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries is in compliance with each Governmental Approval and all other Applicable Laws relating to it except for noncompliances which, and Governmental Approvals the failure to possess which, could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to cause a Default or Event of Default or have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Title to Properties; Liens . Each of the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary has good, marketable and legal title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, its respective assets. As of the Agreement Date, there are no Liens against any assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party except for Permitted Liens.

(g) Existing Indebtedness . As of the Agreement Date, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries have performed and are in compliance with all of the terms of such Indebtedness and all instruments and agreements relating thereto, and no default or event of default, or event or condition which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or event of default, exists with respect to any such Indebtedness.

(h) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(i) Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1.(i), there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending (nor, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, are there any actions, suits or proceedings threatened, nor is there any basis therefor) against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any of their respective property in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any other Governmental Authority which, (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) in any manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the Fee Letter. There are no strikes, slow downs, work stoppages or walkouts or other labor disputes in progress or threatened relating to, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary.

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Date, none of the United States income tax returns of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is under audit. All charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are in accordance with GAAP.

(k) Financial Statements . The Borrower has furnished to each Lender copies of (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flow for the fiscal year ended on such date, with the opinion thereon of Ernst & Young LLP, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations, and cash flow of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended on such date. Such financial statements (including in each case related schedules and notes) are complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at their respective dates and the results of operations and the cash flow for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year‑end audit adjustments). Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has on the Agreement Date any material contingent liabilities, liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual or long-term commitments or unrealized or forward anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments that would be required to be set forth in its financial statements or notes thereto, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in said financial statements.

(l) No Material Adverse Change . Since December 31, 2016, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition, results of operations or business of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole is, Solvent.

(m) REIT Status . The Borrower qualifies as, and has elected to be treated as, a REIT and is in compliance with all requirements and conditions imposed under the Internal Revenue Code to allow the Borrower to maintain its status as a REIT.

(n) ERISA .

(i) Each Benefit Arrangement is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other Applicable Laws in all material respects. Except with respect to Multiemployer Plans, each Qualified Plan (A) has received a favorable determination from the Internal Revenue Service applicable to such Qualified Plan’s current remedial amendment cycle (as defined in Revenue Procedure 2007-44 or “2007-44” for short), (B) has timely filed for a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service during its staggered remedial amendment cycle (as defined in 2007-44) and such application is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service, (C) had filed for a determination letter prior to its “GUST remedial amendment period” (as defined in 2007-44) and received such determination letter and the staggered remedial amendment cycle first following the GUST remedial amendment period for such Qualified Plan has not yet expired, or (D) is maintained under a prototype plan and may rely upon a favorable opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such prototype plan. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of its reliance on each Qualified Plan’s favorable determination letter or opinion letter.

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(ii) With respect to any Benefit Arrangement that is a retiree welfare benefit arrangement, all amounts have been accrued on the applicable ERISA Group’s financial statements in accordance with FASB ASC 715. The “benefit obligation” of all Plans does not exceed the “fair market value of plan assets” for such Plans by more than $10,000,000 all as determined by and with such terms defined in accordance with FASB ASC 715.

(iii) Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is expected to occur; (ii) there are no pending, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, claims, actions or lawsuits or other action by any Governmental Authority, plan participant or beneficiary with respect to a Benefit Arrangement; (iii) there are no violations of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Benefit Arrangement; and (iv) no member of the ERISA Group has engaged in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, in connection with any Plan, that would subject any member of the ERISA Group to a tax on prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(o) Absence of Default . None of the Loan Parties or any of the other Subsidiaries is in default under its certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, bylaws, partnership agreement or other similar organizational documents, and no event has occurred, which has not been remedied, cured or waived: (i) which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; or (ii) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute, a default or event of default by, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary under any agreement (other than this Agreement) or judgment, decree or order to which any such Person is a party or by which any such Person or any of its respective properties may be bound where such default or event of default could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) Environmental Laws . In the ordinary course of business and from time to time each of the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary conducts reviews of the effect of Environmental Laws on its respective business, operations and properties, including without limitation, its respective Properties. Each of the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary: (i) is in compliance with all Environmental Laws applicable to its business, operations and the Properties, (ii) has obtained all Governmental Approvals which are required under Environmental Laws, and each such Governmental Approval is in full force and effect, and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such Governmental Approvals, where with respect to each of the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii) the failure to obtain or to comply with could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for any of the following matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party has any knowledge of, or has received notice of, any past, present, or pending releases, events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, facts, occurrences, actions, or plans that, with respect to any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, their respective businesses, operations or with respect to the Properties, may: (x) cause or contribute to an actual or alleged violation of or noncompliance with Environmental Laws, (y) cause or contribute to any other potential common‑law or legal claim or other liability, or (z) cause any of the Properties to become subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law or require the filing or recording of any notice, approval or disclosure document under any Environmental Law and, with respect to the immediately preceding clauses (x) through (z) is based on or related to the on-site or off-site manufacture, generation, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, removal, clean up or handling, or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release of any wastes or Hazardous Material, or any other requirement under Environmental Law. There is no civil, criminal, or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice,

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or demand letter, mandate, order, lien, request, investigation, or proceeding pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened, against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary relating in any way to Environmental Laws which reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Properties is listed on or proposed for listing on the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and its implementing regulations, or any state or local priority list promulgated pursuant to any analogous state or local law. No Hazardous Materials have been transported, released, discharged or disposed on any of the Properties other than (x) in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws or (y) as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) Investment Company . None of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (ii) subject to any other Applicable Law which purports to regulate or restrict its ability to borrow money or obtain other extensions of credit or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.

(r) Margin Stock . None of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(s) Affiliate Transactions . Except as permitted by Section 9.8. or as otherwise set forth on Schedule 6.1.(s), none of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any agreement or arrangement with any Affiliate.

(t) Intellectual Property . Each of the Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary owns or has the right to use, under valid license agreements or otherwise, all patents, licenses, franchises, trademarks, trademark rights, service marks, service mark rights, trade names, trade name rights, trade secrets and copyrights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to the conduct of its businesses, without known conflict with any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trademark right, service mark, service mark right, trade secret, trade name, copyright, or other proprietary right of any other Person except for such Intellectual Property, the absence of which, and for conflicts which, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary has taken all such steps as it deems reasonably necessary to protect its respective rights under and with respect to such Intellectual Property. No material claim has been asserted by any Person with respect to the use of any such Intellectual Property by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, or challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property. The use of such Intellectual Property by the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person, subject to such claims and infringements as do not, in the aggregate, give rise to any liabilities on the part of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Business . As of the Agreement Date, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties are engaged primarily in the business of the acquisition, financing (including mortgage financing), and ownership of Senior Housing Assets, medical office buildings and wellness centers, and other businesses activities incidental thereto.

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(v) Broker’s Fees . No broker’s or finder’s fee, commission or similar compensation will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. No other similar fees or commissions will be payable by any Loan Party for any other services rendered to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary ancillary to the transactions contemplated hereby.

(w) Accuracy and Completeness of Information . All written information, reports and other papers and data (other than financial projections and other forward looking statements, and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary were, at the time the same were so furnished, taken as a whole, complete and correct in all material respects, to the extent necessary to give the recipient a true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter, or, in the case of financial statements, present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the financial position of the Persons involved as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and absence of full footnote disclosure). All financial projections and other forward looking statements prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary that have been or may hereafter be made available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender were or will be prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions. No fact is known to any Loan Party which has had, or may in the future have (so far as any Loan Party can reasonably foresee), a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.(k) or in such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. No document furnished or written statement made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of, or pursuant to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

(x) Not Plan Assets; No Prohibited Transactions . None of the assets of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary constitutes “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder. Assuming that no Lender funds any amount payable by it hereunder with “plan assets,” as that term is defined in 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the extensions of credit and repayment of amounts hereunder, do not and will not constitute “prohibited transactions” under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code.

(y) Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions; Anti-Terrorism Laws . None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, or officers, or , to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s employees and agents (i) is an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States, 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq., as amended (the “Trading with the Enemy Act”) or (ii) is in violation of (A) the Trading with the Enemy Act, (B) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, including without limitation, Executive Order No. 13224, effective as of September 24, 2001 relating to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001) or (C) the Patriot Act (collectively, the “Anti-Terrorism Laws”). The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their capacities as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is, or derives any of its assets or operating

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income from investments in or transactions with, a Sanctioned Person and none of the respective directors, officers , or to the knowledge of the Borrower, employees or agents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a Sanctioned Person.

(z) Unencumbered Assets . As of the Agreement Date, Item 6.1.(z) of the Borrower Letter is a correct and complete list of all Unencumbered Assets. Each of the Properties included by the Borrower in calculations of Unencumbered Asset Value satisfies all of the requirements contained in the definition of “Unencumbered Asset”.

Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.

All statements contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection with any amendment thereto or any statement contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party prior to the Agreement Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the underwriting or closing the transactions contemplated hereby) shall constitute representations and warranties made by the Borrower under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to be made at and as of the Agreement Date, the Effective Date, the date on which any extension of the Termination Date is effectuated pursuant to Section 2.12. and at and as of the date of the occurrence of each Credit Event, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances expressly and specifically permitted hereunder. All such representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this Agreement, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit.

ARTICLE VII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall comply with the following covenants:

Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.

Except as otherwise permitted under Section 9.4., the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, preserve and maintain its respective existence, rights, franchises, licenses and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and qualify and remain qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization and where the failure to be so authorized and qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts.

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and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions.

Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property.

In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, (a) protect and preserve, or cause to be protected and preserved, all of its respective material properties, including, but not limited to, all Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct of its respective business, and maintain, or cause to be maintained, in good repair, working order and condition all tangible properties, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) from time to time make or cause to be made all needed and appropriate repairs, renewals, replacements and additions to such properties, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times.

Section 7.4. Conduct of Business.

The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, carry on its respective businesses as described in Section 6.1.(u).

Section 7.5. Insurance.

In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance (on a replacement cost basis) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by Applicable Law. The Borrower shall from time to time deliver to the Administrative Agent upon request a detailed list, together with copies of all policies of the insurance then in effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.

Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims.

The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, when due (a) all federal and state income, and all other material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any properties belonging to it, and (b) all lawful claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen and landlords for labor, materials, supplies and rentals which, if unpaid, might become a Lien on any properties of such Person; provided, however, that this Section shall not require the payment or discharge of any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which operate to suspend the collection thereof and for which adequate reserves have been established on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

Section 7.7. Books and Records; Inspections.

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make abstracts from any of their respective books and records and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants (in the presence of an officer of the Borrower if an Event of Default does not then exist), all at such reasonable times during business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested and so long as no Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice. The Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of their rights under this Section only if such exercise occurs while a Default or Event of Default exists. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute an authorization letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the financial affairs of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary with the Borrower’s accountants.

Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds.

The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans only for the repayment of Indebtedness, the direct or indirect acquisition of properties, working capital and for other general business purposes.

Section 7.9. Environmental Matters.

The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, comply, or cause to be complied, with all Environmental Laws the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower shall comply, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to comply, and the Borrower shall use, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to use, commercially reasonable efforts to cause all other Persons occupying, using or present on the Properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, promptly take all actions and pay or arrange to pay all costs necessary for it and for the Properties to comply with all Environmental Laws and all Governmental Approvals the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including actions to remove and dispose of all Hazardous Materials and to clean up the Properties as required under Environmental Laws. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, promptly take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary to prevent the imposition of any Liens on any of their respective properties arising out of or related to any Environmental Laws. Nothing in this Section shall impose any obligation or liability whatsoever on the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Section 7.10. Further Assurances.

At the Borrower’s cost and expense and upon request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, duly execute and deliver or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such further instruments, documents and certificates, and do and cause to be done such further acts that may be reasonably necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 7.11. REIT Status.

The Borrower shall maintain its status as, and election to be treated as, a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code.

Section 7.12. Exchange Listing.

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The Borrower shall maintain at least one class of common shares of the Borrower having trading privileges on the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE MKT LLC Exchange or which is subject to price quotations on The NASDAQ Stock Market’s National Market System.

Section 7.13. Guarantors.

(a) Within 10 days after the date on which any of the following conditions first applies to any Subsidiary that is not already a Guarantor, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) an Accession Agreement executed by such Subsidiary (or if the Guaranty is not then in existence, a Guaranty executed by such Subsidiary) and (ii) the items that would have been delivered under subsections (iv) through (viii), (x) and (xiv) of Section 5.1.(a) and Section 5.1.(b)(iv) if such Subsidiary had been required to be a Guarantor on the Agreement Date:

(x) such Subsidiary Guarantees, or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, that a Subsidiary shall not be required to become a Guarantor under this clause (x) if such Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary that has Guaranteed, or otherwise become obligated in respect of, any Indebtedness of another Excluded Subsidiary; or

(y) such Subsidiary (A) owns an Unencumbered Asset or other asset the value of which is included in the determination of Unencumbered Asset Value and (B) or any other Subsidiary directly or indirectly owning any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, has incurred, acquired or suffered to exist, any Indebtedness that is not Nonrecourse Indebtedness.

(b) The Borrower may request in writing that the Administrative Agent release, and upon receipt of such request the Administrative Agent shall release, a Guarantor from the Guaranty so long as: (i) either (A) simultaneously with its release from the Guaranty such Subsidiary will cease to be a Subsidiary or (B) such Guarantor is not otherwise required to be a party to the Guaranty under the immediately preceding subsection (a); (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall then be in existence or would occur as a result of such release, including without limitation, a Default or Event of Default resulting from a violation of any of the covenants contained in Section 9.1.; (iii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such release with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects)) and except for changes in factual circumstances expressly permitted under the Loan Documents; and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received such written request at least 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) prior to the requested date of release. Delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of any such request shall constitute a representation by the Borrower that the matters set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of such request and as of the date of the effectiveness of such request) are true and correct with respect to such request.

ARTICLE VIII. INFORMATION

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For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each of the Lenders:

Section 8.1. Quarterly Financial Statements.

As soon as available and in any event within 5 days after the same is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (but in no event later than 45 days after the close of each of the first, second and third fiscal quarters of the Borrower) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2017, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower, in his or her opinion, to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP and in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such period (subject to normal year‑end audit adjustments). Together with such financial statements, the Borrower shall deliver reports, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth: (a) a statement of Funds From Operations for the fiscal quarter then ending; (b) a listing of capital expenditures made during the fiscal quarter then ended; and (c) a listing of all Properties acquired during such fiscal quarter, including the net operating income of each such Property, acquisition costs and related mortgage debt, if any.

Section 8.2. Year-End Statements.

As soon as available and in any event within 5 days after the same is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower), the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures as at the end of and for the previous fiscal year, all of which shall be (a) certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower, in his or her opinion, to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP and in all material respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the result of operations for such period and (b) accompanied by the report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being acknowledged that any of Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent), whose report shall not be subject to (i) any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or (ii) any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit. Together with such financial statements, the Borrower shall deliver a report, certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of Borrower, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the Net Operating Income for each Property for such fiscal year.

Section 8.3. Compliance Certificate.

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after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default exists, or, if such is not the case, specifying such Default or Event of Default and its nature, when it occurred and the steps being taken by the Borrower with respect to such event, condition or failure. The Borrower shall also deliver a certificate (an “Unencumbered Asset Certificate”) executed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower that: (i) sets forth a list of all Unencumbered Assets; and (ii) certifies that all Unencumbered Assets so listed fully qualify as such under the applicable criteria for inclusion as an Unencumbered Assets.

Section 8.4. Other Information.

(a) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all material reports, if any, submitted to the Borrower or its Board of Trustees by its independent public accountants, and in any event, all management reports;

(b) Within five (5) Business Days of the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements (excluding the exhibits thereto (unless requested by the Administrative Agent) and any registration statements on Form S‑8 or its equivalent), reports on Forms 10‑K, 10‑Q and 8‑K (or their equivalents) and all other periodic reports which any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor) or any national securities exchange;

(c) Promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Borrower generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed and promptly upon the issuance thereof copies of all press releases issued by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party;

(d) If any ERISA Event shall occur that individually, or together with any other ERISA Event that has occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, which the Borrower or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take;

(e) To the extent any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is aware of the same, prompt notice of the commencement of any proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority and any action or proceeding in any court or other tribunal or before any arbitrator against or in any other way relating adversely to, or adversely affecting, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(f) A copy of any amendment to the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, bylaws, partnership agreement or other similar organizational documents of the Borrower or any other Loan Party promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request;

(g) Prompt notice of any change in the senior management of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, and any change in the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

(h) Prompt notice of the occurrence of any of the following promptly upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge thereof: (i) Default or Event of Default or (ii) any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or otherwise, would constitute a default or event of default by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party under any Material Contract to which any such Person is a party or by which any such Person or any of its respective properties may be bound;

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(i) Prompt notice of any order, judgment or decree in excess of $10,000,000 having been entered against any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets;

(j) Prompt notice if the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party shall receive any notification from any Governmental Authority alleging a violation of any Applicable Law or any inquiry which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k) [Intentionally Omitted];

(l) Promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, evidence of the Borrower’s calculation of the Ownership Share with respect to a Subsidiary or an Unconsolidated Affiliate, such evidence to be in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(m) Promptly, upon the Borrower becoming aware of any change in the Borrower’s Credit Rating, a certificate stating that the Borrower’s Credit Rating has changed and the new Credit Rating that is in effect;

(n) Promptly, upon each request, information identifying the Borrower as a Lender may request in order to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act;

(o) Promptly, and in any event within 3 Business Days after the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, written notice of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Borrower, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice that any violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law has or may have been committed or is threatened; (ii) the Borrower, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice that any administrative or judicial complaint, order or petition has been filed or other proceeding has been initiated, or is about to be filed or initiated against any such Person alleging any violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law or requiring any such Person to take any action in connection with the release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials; (iii) the Borrower, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive any notice from a Governmental Authority or private party alleging that any such Person may be liable or responsible for any costs associated with a response to, or remediation or cleanup of, a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or any damages caused thereby; or (iv) the Borrower, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice of any other fact, circumstance or condition that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an environmental claim, in each case, where the matters covered by such notice(s) under clauses (i) through (iv), whether individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(p) [Intentionally Omitted];

(q) From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data, certificates, reports, statements, opinions of counsel, documents or further information regarding any Property or the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Loan Party as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

Section 8.5. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information.

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that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) notices to any Lender (or any Issuing Bank) pursuant to Article II. and (ii) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it cannot or does not want to receive electronic communications. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic delivery pursuant to procedures approved by it for all or particular notices or communications. Documents or notices delivered electronically (other than by e-mail) shall be deemed to have been delivered (A) with respect to deliveries made pursuant to Sections 8.1., 8.2., 8.4.(b) and 8.4.(c) by proper filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on www.sec.gov, on the date of filing thereof and (B) with respect to all other electronic deliveries (other than deliveries made by e-mail), twenty-four (24) hours after the date and time on which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower posts such documents or the documents become available on a commercial website and the Administrative Agent or the Borrower notifies each Lender of said posting and the Borrower notifies Administrative Agent of said posting by causing an e-mail notification to be sent to an e-mail address specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent and provides a link thereto provided (x) if such notice or other communication is not sent or posted during the normal business hours of the recipient, said posting date and time shall be deemed to have commenced as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next business day for the recipient and (y) if the deemed time of delivery occurs on a day that is not a business day for the recipient, the deemed time of delivery shall be 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next business day for the recipient. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of any documents to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that requests such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents delivered electronically, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it of paper copies and maintaining its paper or electronic documents.

(b) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Article II. may be delivered electronically to a website provided for such purpose by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the procedures provided to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent.

Section 8.6. Public/Private Information.

The Borrower shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent in connection with the publication of certain materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (collectively, “Information Materials”) pursuant to this Article and the Borrower shall designate Information Materials (a) that are either available to the public or not material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws, as “Public Information” and (b) that are not Public Information as “Private Information”.

Section 8.7. USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance.

The Patriot Act and federal regulations issued with respect thereto require all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record certain information that identifies individuals or business entities which open an “account” with such financial institution. Consequently, a Lender (for itself and/or as agent for all Lenders hereunder) may from time-to-time request, and the Borrower shall, and shall cause the other Loan Parties to, provide promptly upon any such request to such Lender, such Loan Party’s name, address, tax identification number and/or such other identification information as shall be necessary for such Lender to comply with federal law. An “account” for this purpose may include, without limitation, a deposit account, cash

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management service, a transaction or asset account, a credit account, a loan or other extension of credit, and/or other financial services product.

ARTICLE IX. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall comply with the following covenants:

Section 9.1. Financial Covenants.

(a) Leverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (i) Total Indebtedness to (ii) Total Asset Value to exceed 0.60 to 1.00 at any time; provided , however , that if such ratio is greater than 0.60 to 1.00 but is not greater than 0.65 to 1.00, then the Borrower shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection (a) so long as (i) the Borrower completed a Material Acquisition during the fiscal quarter, or the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter, in which such ratio first exceeded 0.60 to 1.00, (ii) such ratio does not exceed 0.60 to 1.00 for a period of more than three consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following the fiscal quarter in which such Material Acquisition was completed, (iii) the Borrower has not maintained compliance with this subsection (a) in reliance on this proviso more than two times during the term of this Agreement and (iv) such ratio is not greater than 0.65 to 1.00 at any time.

(b) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (i) Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ending to (ii) Fixed Charges for such period, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00 at any time.

(c) Secured Indebtedness . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to (ii) Total Asset Value to be greater than 0.40 to 1.00 at any time.

(d) Unencumbered Leverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (i) Unsecured Indebtedness to (ii) Unencumbered Asset Value, to be greater than 0.60 to 1.00 at any time; provided , however , that if such ratio is greater than 0.60 to 1.00 but is not greater than 0.65 to 1.00, then the Borrower shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection (a) so long as (i) the Borrower completed a Material Acquisition during the fiscal quarter, or the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter, in which such ratio first exceeded 0.60 to 1.00, (ii) such ratio does not exceed 0.60 to 1.00 for a period of more than three consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following the fiscal quarter in which such Material Acquisition was completed, (iii) the Borrower has not maintained compliance with this subsection (a) in reliance on this proviso more than two times during the term of this Agreement and (iv) such ratio is not greater than 0.65 to 1.00 at any time.

(e) Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (i) Unencumbered NOI to (ii) Unsecured Debt Service for the Borrower’s fiscal quarter most recently ending, to be less than 1.75 to 1.00 at any time.

(f) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(g) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(h) [Intentionally Omitted.]

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Restricted Payments except that the Borrower may declare and make cash distributions to its shareholders in an aggregate amount not to exceed the minimum amount necessary for the Borrower to remain in compliance with Section 7.11. and to avoid the imposition of income or excise taxes imposed under Sections 857(b)(1), 857(b)(3) and 4981 of the Internal Revenue Code, and Subsidiaries may pay Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary. If an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1.(a), Section 10.1.(e) or Section 10.1.(f) shall exist, or if as a result of the occurrence of any other Event of Default any of the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2.(a), the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payments to any Person except that Subsidiaries may pay Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and, in the case of SNH Innovation LLC, to each other owner of Equity Interests of SNH Innovation LLC pro rata based on the relative ownership interests.

Section 9.2. Negative Pledge.

(a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, create, assume, or incur any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its properties, assets, income or profits of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired if immediately prior to the creation, assumption or incurring of such Lien, or immediately thereafter, a Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence, including without limitation, a Default or Event of Default resulting from a violation of any of the covenants contained in Section 9.1.

(b) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to, enter into, assume or otherwise be bound by any Negative Pledge except for a Negative Pledge contained in (i) an agreement (x) evidencing Indebtedness which (A) the Borrower, such Loan Party or such Subsidiary may create, incur, assume, or permit or suffer to exist without violation of this Agreement and (B) is secured by a Lien permitted to exist under the Loan Documents, and (y) which prohibits the creation of any other Lien on only the property securing such Indebtedness as of the date such agreement was entered into; (ii) the organizational documents or other agreements binding on any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (but only to the extent such Negative Pledge covers any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary or the property or assets of such Subsidiary); (iii) an agreement relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale, provided that in any such case the Negative Pledge applies only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale or (iv) a Negative Pledge contained in any agreement that evidences unsecured Indebtedness which contains restrictions on encumbering assets that are substantially similar to those restrictions contained in the Loan Documents.

Section 9.3. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers.

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Agreement and Section 13 of the Guaranty and (C) the organizational documents or other agreements binding on or applicable to any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (but only to the extent such encumbrance or restriction covers any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary or the property or assets of such Subsidiary), and (ii) with respect to clause (d), (A) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (B) transfer restrictions in any agreement relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale or relating to Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets that the Borrower or a Subsidiary may create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist under Section 9.2.(a); provided that in the case of this clause (B), the restrictions apply only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale or Lien, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the restrictions in this Section shall not apply to any provision of any Guaranty entered into by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary relating to the Indebtedness of any Subsidiary permitted to be incurred hereunder, which provision subordinates any rights of Borrower, other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to payment from such Subsidiary to the payment in full of such Indebtedness.

Section 9.4. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, (i) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (ii) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (iii) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided , however , that:

(a) any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii) may be taken with respect to any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party (other than the Borrower), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the sale, transfer or other disposition of the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as immediately prior to the taking of such action, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;

(b) the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties may lease and sublease their respective assets, as lessor or sublessor (as the case may be), in the ordinary course of their business;

(c) a Person may merge with and into the Borrower so long as (i) the Borrower is the survivor of such merger, (ii) immediately prior to such merger, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence; and (iii) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice of such merger (except that such prior notice shall not be required in the case of the merger of a Subsidiary with and into the Borrower); and

(d) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of assets among themselves.

Section 9.5. Plans.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, permit any of its respective assets to become or be deemed to be “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder. The Borrower shall not cause or permit to occur, and shall not permit any other member of the ERISA Group to cause or permit to

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occur, any ERISA Event if such ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.6. Fiscal Year.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or other Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year from that in effect as of the Agreement Date.

Section 9.7. Modifications of Organizational Documents, Business Management Agreement and Property Management Agreement and Other Material Contracts.

(a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, amend, supplement, restate or otherwise modify its certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, by-laws, operating agreement, declaration of trust, partnership agreement or other applicable organizational document if such amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification (a) could reasonably be expected to be adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary or other Loan Party to, enter into any amendment or modification to any Material Contract which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.8. Transactions with Affiliates.

The Borrower shall not permit to exist or enter into, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to permit to exist or enter into, any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate, except (a) as set forth on Schedule 6.1.(s), (b) transactions among the Borrower and any Wholly Owned Subsidiary or among Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or (c) transactions in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of the Borrower, such other Loan Party or such other Subsidiary and upon fair and reasonable terms which are no less favorable to the Borrower, such other Loan Party or such other Subsidiary than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

Section 9.9. Environmental Matters.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any other Person to, use, generate, discharge, emit, manufacture, handle, process, store, release, transport, remove, dispose of or clean up any Hazardous Materials on, under or from the Properties in violation of any Environmental Law or in a manner that could lead to any environmental claim or pose a risk to human health, safety or the environment, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Nothing in this Section shall impose any obligation or liability whatsoever on the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Section 9.10. Derivatives Contracts.

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are intended to establish a hedge in respect of liabilities, commitments or assets held or reasonably anticipated by the Borrower, such other Loan Party or such other Subsidiary.

Section 9.11. Use of Proceeds.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, use any part of the proceeds of the Loans to (a) purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin Stock (within the meaning of Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or (b) to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or Subsidiary to, use any proceeds of any Loan directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly in any manner which would violate Anti‑Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws or applicable Sanctions.

ARTICLE X. DEFAULT

Section 10.1. Events of Default.

Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of Applicable Law or pursuant to any judgment or order of any Governmental Authority:

(a) Default in Payment . The Borrower (i) shall fail to pay when due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (whether upon demand, at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) the principal of any of the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation or (ii) shall fail to pay when due any interest on any of the Loans or any of the other payment Obligations owing by the Borrower under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Fee Letter or any other Loan Party shall fail to pay when due any payment Obligation owing by such other Loan Party under any Loan Document to which it is a party, and, in the case of a failure described in this clause (ii), such failure shall continue for a period of 5 Business Days.

(b) Default in Performance .

(i) Any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be performed or observed and contained in Section 8.4.(h) or Article IX.; or

(ii) Any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party and not otherwise mentioned in this Section, and in the case of this subsection (b)(ii) only, such failure shall continue for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (x) the date upon which a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or such other Loan Party obtains knowledge of such failure or (y) the date upon which the Borrower has received written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent.

(c) Misrepresentations . Any written statement, representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, or any amendment hereto or thereto, or in any other writing or statement at any time furnished by, or at the direction of, any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect or misleading, in light of the circumstances in which made or deemed made, in any material respect when furnished or made or deemed made.

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(d) Indebtedness Cross‑Default .

(i) The Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall fail to pay when due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period) the principal of, or interest on, any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (or, in the case of any Derivatives Contract, having a Derivatives Termination Value) of, in each case individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists, of an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than or equal to (A) $25,000,000 in the case of Indebtedness that is not Nonrecourse Indebtedness or (B) $75,000,000 in the case of Indebtedness that is Nonrecourse Indebtedness (“Material Indebtedness”); or

(ii) (x) The maturity of any Material Indebtedness shall have been accelerated in accordance with the provisions of any indenture, contract or instrument evidencing, providing for the creation of or otherwise concerning such Material Indebtedness or (y) any Material Indebtedness shall have been required to be prepaid or repurchased prior to the stated maturity thereof;

(iii) Any other event shall have occurred and be continuing which, with or without the passage of time, the giving of notice, or otherwise, would permit any holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness, any trustee or agent acting on behalf of such holder or holders or any other Person, to accelerate the maturity of any such Material Indebtedness or require any such Material Indebtedness to be prepaid or repurchased prior to its stated maturity; or

(iv) An Event of Default under and as defined in either Existing Term Loan Agreement shall occur.

(e) Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding . The Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary (other than (x) an Excluded Subsidiary all Indebtedness of which is Nonrecourse Indebtedness, (y) a Guarantor that, together with all other Guarantors then subject to a bankruptcy proceeding or other proceeding or condition described in this subsection or the immediately following subsection, does not account for more than $25,000,000 of Total Asset Value, or (z) a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary all the Indebtedness of which is Nonrecourse Indebtedness) that, together with all other Subsidiaries then subject to a bankruptcy proceeding or other proceeding or condition described in this subsection or the immediately following subsection, does not account for more than $50,000,000 of Total Asset Value) shall: (i) commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or other federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect); (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding‑up, or composition or adjustment of debts; (iii) consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other Applicable Laws or consent to any proceeding or action described in the immediately following subsection (f); (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign; (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) make a conveyance fraudulent as to creditors under any Applicable Law; or (viii) take any corporate or partnership action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

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immediately preceding subsection, does not account for more than $25,000,000 of Total Asset Value, or (z) a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary all the Indebtedness of which is Nonrecourse Indebtedness) that, together with all other Subsidiaries then subject to a bankruptcy proceeding or other proceeding or condition described in this subsection or the immediately preceding subsection, does not account for more than $50,000,000 of Total Asset Value) in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking: (i) relief under the Bankruptcy Code or other federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding‑up, or composition or adjustment of debts; or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such Person, or of all or any substantial part of the assets, domestic or foreign, of such Person, and in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive calendar days, or an order granting the remedy or other relief requested in such case or proceeding against the Borrower, such Subsidiary or such other Loan Party(including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such Bankruptcy Code or such other federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.

(g) Revocation of Loan Documents . Any Loan Party shall (or shall attempt to) disavow, revoke or terminate any Loan Document or the Fee Letter to which it is a party or shall otherwise challenge or contest in any action, suit or proceeding in any court or before any Governmental Authority the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the Fee Letter or any Loan Document or the Fee Letter shall cease to be in full force and effect (except as a result of the express terms thereof).

(h) Judgment . A judgment or order for the payment of money or for an injunction or other non-monetary relief shall be entered against the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other Subsidiary by any court or other tribunal and (i) such judgment or order shall continue for a period of 30 days without being paid, stayed or dismissed through appropriate appellate proceedings and (ii) either (A) the amount of such judgment or order (x) for which insurance has not been acknowledged in writing by the applicable insurance carrier (or the amount as to which the insurer has denied liability) or (y) is not otherwise subject to indemnification or reimbursement on reasonable terms and conditions by Persons reasonably likely to honor such indemnification or reimbursement obligations, exceeds, individually or together with all other such judgments or orders entered against (1) the Borrower or any Guarantor $25,000,000, or (2) any other Subsidiaries, $50,000,000, or (B) in the case of an injunction or other non-monetary relief, such injunction or judgment or order could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Attachment . A warrant, writ of attachment, execution or similar process shall be issued against any property of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, which exceeds, individually or together with all other such warrants, writs, executions and processes, (1) for the Borrower or any Guarantor, $25,000,000, or (2) for any other Subsidiaries, $50,000,000, and such warrant, writ, execution or process shall not be paid, discharged, vacated, stayed or bonded for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that if a bond has been issued in favor of the claimant or other Person obtaining such warrant, writ, execution or process, the issuer of such bond shall execute a waiver or subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the issuer of such bond subordinates its right of reimbursement, contribution or subrogation to the Obligations and waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

(j) ERISA .

(i) Any ERISA Event shall have occurred that results or could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any member of the ERISA Group aggregating in excess of $10,000,000; or

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(ii) The “benefit obligation” of all Plans exceeds the “fair market value of plan assets” for such Plans by more than $10,000,000, all as determined, and with such terms defined, in accordance with FASB ASC 715.

(k) Loan Documents . An Event of Default (as defined therein) shall occur under any of the other Loan Documents.

(l) Change of Control .

(i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person will be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the total voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of the Borrower; or

(ii) during any period of 12 consecutive months ending after the Agreement Date, individuals who at the beginning of any such 12‑month period constituted the Board of Trustees of the Borrower (together with any new trustees whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of a majority of the trustees then still in office who were either trustees at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Borrower then in office; or

(iii) RMR shall cease for any reason to act as the sole business manager and property manager for the Borrower.

Section 10.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default.

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Acceleration; Termination of Facilities .

(i) Automatic . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f), (1)(A) the principal of, and all accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding, (B) an amount equal to the Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and (C) all of the other Obligations, including, but not limited to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents shall become immediately and automatically due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties, and (2) the Commitments and the Swingline Commitment and the obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, shall all immediately and automatically terminate.

(ii) Optional . If any other Event of Default shall exist, the Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Requisite Lenders shall: (1) declare (A) the principal of, and accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding, (B) an amount equal to the Stated

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Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and (C) all of the other Obligations, including, but not limited to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties, and (2) terminate the Commitments and the Swingline Commitment and the obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.

(b) Loan Documents . The Requisite Lenders may direct the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent if so directed shall, exercise any and all of its rights under any and all of the other Loan Documents.

(c) Applicable Law . The Requisite Lenders may direct the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent if so directed shall, exercise all other rights and remedies it may have under any Applicable Law.

(d) Appointment of Receiver . To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver for the assets and properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, without notice of any kind whatsoever and without regard to the adequacy of any security for the Obligations or the solvency of any party bound for its payment, to take possession of all or any portion of the property and/or the business operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and to exercise such power as the court shall confer upon such receiver.

(e) Specified Derivatives Contract Remedies . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or other Loan Document, each Specified Derivatives Provider shall have the right, with prompt notice to the Administrative Agent, but without the approval or consent of or other action by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, and without limitation of other remedies available to such Specified Derivatives Provider under contract or Applicable Law, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Specified Derivatives Contract, to undertake any of the following: (a) to declare an event of default, termination event or other similar event under any Specified Derivatives Contract and to create an “Early Termination Date” (as defined therein) in respect thereof, (b) to determine net termination amounts in respect of any and all Specified Derivatives Contracts in accordance with the terms thereof, and to set off amounts among such contracts, (c) to set off or proceed against deposit account balances, securities account balances and other property and amounts held by such Specified Derivatives Provider pursuant to any Derivatives Support Document, including any “Posted Collateral” (as defined in any credit support annex included in any such Derivatives Support Document to which such Specified Derivatives Provider may be a party), and (d) to prosecute any legal action against the Borrower, any Loan Party or other Subsidiary to enforce or collect net amounts owing to such Specified Derivatives Provider pursuant to any Specified Derivatives Contract.

Section 10.3. Remedies Upon Default.

Upon the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 10.1.(f), the Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and the obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately and automatically terminate.

Section 10.4. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.

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None of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives Provider shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations or the Specified Derivatives Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives Provider, or the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives Provider enforce their security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligations or Specified Derivatives Obligations, or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

Section 10.5. Allocation of Proceeds.

If an Event of Default exists, all payments received by the Administrative Agent (or any Lender as a result of its exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 12.4.) under any of the Loan Documents, in respect of any principal of or interest on the Obligations or any other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, shall be applied in the following order and priority:

(a) amounts due to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders in respect of expenses due under Section 12.2. until paid in full, and then Fees;

(b) payments of interest on Swingline Loans, ratably among the Swingline Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (b) payable to them;

(c) payments of interest on all other Loans and Reimbursement Obligations to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks;

(d) payments of principal of Swingline Loans, ratably among the Swingline Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (d) payable to them;

(e) payments of principal of all other Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and other Letter of Credit Liabilities, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, in such order and priority as the Lenders and the Issuing Banks may determine in their sole discretion; provided, however, to the extent that any amounts available for distribution pursuant to this subsection are attributable to the issued but undrawn amount of an outstanding Letter of Credit, such amounts shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account;

(f) amounts due to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 11.6. and 12.10.;

(g) payments of all other Obligations and other amounts due under any of the Loan Documents, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; and

(h) any amount remaining after application as provided above, shall be paid to the Borrower or whomever else may be legally entitled thereto.

Section 10.6. Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

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(a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all Letter of Credit Liabilities and the other Obligations, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders as provided herein, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account (including the investments and reinvestments therein provided for below). The balances from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall not constitute payment of any Letter of Credit Liabilities until applied by the applicable Issuing Bank as provided herein. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in this Section.

(b) Amounts on deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested by the Administrative Agent in such Cash Equivalents as the Administrative Agent shall determine in its sole discretion. All such investments and reinvestments shall be held in the name of and be under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders; provided , that all earnings on such investments will be credited to and retained in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account. The Administrative Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative Agent accords other funds deposited with the Administrative Agent, it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

(c) If a drawing pursuant to any Letter of Credit occurs on or prior to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower and the Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to use the monies deposited in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for the payment made by such Issuing Bank to the beneficiary with respect to such drawing or the payee with respect to such presentment.

(d) If an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent may (and, if instructed by the Requisite Lenders, shall) in its (or their) discretion at any time and from time to time elect to liquidate any such investments and reinvestments and apply the proceeds thereof to the Obligations in accordance with Section 10.5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to liquidate and release any such amounts if such liquidation or release would result in the amount available in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to be less than the Stated Amount of all Extended Letters of Credit that remain outstanding.

(e) So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, and to the extent amounts on deposit in or credited to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account exceed the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities then due and owing, the Administrative Agent shall, from time to time, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower within 5 Business Days after the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such request from the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, such of amount of the credit balances in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account as exceeds the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities at such time. Upon the expiration, termination or cancellation of an Extended Letter of Credit for which the Lenders reimbursed (or funded participations in) a drawing deemed to have occurred under the third sentence of Section 2.2.(b) for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account but in respect of which the Lenders have not otherwise received payment for the amount so reimbursed or funded, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Lenders the amount so reimbursed or funded for such Extended Letter of Credit that remains in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid reimbursements or funded participations of the Lenders in respect

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of such Extended Letter of Credit, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever. When all of the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and no Letters of Credit remain outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, the balances remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

(f) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent from time to time such fees as the Administrative Agent normally charges for similar services in connection with the Administrative Agent’s administration of the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and investments and reinvestments of funds therein.

Section 10.7. Performance by Administrative Agent.

If the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to perform any covenant, duty or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent may, after notice to the Borrower, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, duty or agreement on behalf of the Borrower or such other Loan Party after the expiration of any cure or grace periods set forth herein. In such event, the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, promptly pay any amount reasonably expended by the Administrative Agent in such performance or attempted performance to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon at the applicable Post-Default Rate from the date of such expenditure until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the performance of any obligation of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 10.8. Rights Cumulative.

(a) The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers under this Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents, the Fee Letter and Specified Derivatives Contracts shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any of them may otherwise have under Applicable Law. In exercising their respective rights and remedies the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers may be selective and no failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any of the Issuing Banks, any of the Lenders or any of the Specified Derivatives Providers in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of it, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude its other or further exercise or the exercise of any other power or right.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Article X. for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as an Issuing Bank or as a Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, (iii) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 12.4. (subject to the terms of Section 3.3.), or (iv) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided , further , that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (x) the Requisite Lenders shall have the rights

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otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article X. and (y) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 3.3., any Lender may, with the consent of the Requisite Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Requisite Lenders.

ARTICLE XI. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization.

Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as contractual representative on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Not in limitation of the foregoing, each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Requisite Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Requisite Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Nothing herein shall be construed to deem the Administrative Agent a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or to impose on the Administrative Agent duties or obligations other than those expressly provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the terms “Agent”, “Administrative Agent”, “agent” and similar terms in the Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, use of such terms is merely a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender, promptly upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, copies of each of the financial statements, certificates, notices and other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VIII. that the Borrower is not otherwise required to deliver directly to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will furnish to any Lender, upon the request of such Lender, a copy (or, where appropriate, an original) of any document, instrument, agreement, certificate or notice furnished to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate of the Borrower, pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document not already delivered to such Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of any of the Obligations), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders if explicitly required under any other provision of this Agreement), and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of any of the Obligations; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or Applicable Law. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may exercise any right or remedy it or the Lenders may have under any Loan Document upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default unless the Requisite Lenders have directed the Administrative Agent otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Requisite Lenders, or where applicable, all the Lenders.

Section 11.2 Wells Fargo as Lender.

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Wells Fargo, as a Lender shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and any other Loan Document as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Wells Fargo in each case in its individual capacity. Wells Fargo and its Affiliates may each accept deposits from, maintain deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate thereof as if it were any other bank and without any duty to account therefor to the Issuing Banks or the other Lenders. Further, the Administrative Agent and any Affiliate may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the Issuing Banks or the other Lenders. The Issuing Banks and the Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Wells Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Borrower, other Loan Parties, other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.

Section 11.3. Approvals of Lenders.

All communications from the Administrative Agent to any Lender requesting such Lender’s determination, consent, approval or disapproval (a) shall be given in the form of a written notice to such Lender, (b) shall be accompanied by a description of the matter or issue as to which such determination, approval, consent or disapproval is requested, or shall advise such Lender where information, if any, regarding such matter or issue may be inspected, or shall otherwise describe the matter or issue to be resolved, and (c) shall include, if reasonably requested by such Lender and to the extent not previously provided to such Lender, written materials provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in respect of the matter or issue to be resolved. Unless a Lender shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent that it specifically objects to the requested determination, consent, approval or disapproval within fifteen (15) Business Days (or such lesser or greater period as may be specifically required under the express terms of the Loan Documents) of receipt of such communication, such Lender shall be deemed to have conclusively provided such requested determination, consent, approval or disapproval; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply to amendments, waivers or consents that require the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby pursuant to Section 12.7.(c).

Section 11.4. Notice of Events of Default.

The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing with reasonable specificity such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” If any Lender (excluding the Lender which is also serving as the Administrative Agent) becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly send to the Administrative Agent such a “notice of default”; provided, a Lender’s failure to provide such a “notice of default” to the Administrative Agent shall not result in any liability of such Lender to any other party under any of the Loan Documents. Further, if the Administrative Agent receives such a “notice of default,” the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.

Section 11.5. Administrative Agent’s Reliance.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document,

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except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein or therein as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including its own counsel or counsel for the Borrower or any other Loan Party), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel: (a) makes any warranty or representation to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person, or shall be responsible to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for any statement, warranty or representation made or deemed made by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (b) shall have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent under this Agreement or any Loan Document on the part of the Borrower or other Persons, or to inspect the property, books or records of the Borrower or any other Person; (c) shall be responsible to any Lender or any Issuing Bank for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or any collateral covered thereby or the perfection or priority of any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Specified Derivatives Providers in any such collateral; (d) shall have any liability in respect of any recitals, statements, certifications, representations or warranties contained in any of the Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, agreement, certificate or statement delivered in connection therewith; and (e) shall incur any liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail) believed by it to be genuine and signed, sent or given by the proper party or parties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under the Loan Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such agent or attorney-in-fact as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment.

Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent.

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preparation, negotiation, execution, administration, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings, or otherwise) of, or legal advice with respect to the rights or responsibilities of the parties under, the Loan Documents, any suit or action brought by the Administrative Agent to enforce the terms of the Loan Documents and/or collect any Obligations, any “lender liability” suit or claim brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, and any claim or suit brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental Laws. Such out‑of‑pocket expenses (including counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the request of the Administrative Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Administrative Agent is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent will reimburse the Lenders if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent is not so entitled to indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the termination of this Agreement. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any Indemnifiable Amount following payment by any Lender to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each Lender making any such payment.

Section 11.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc.

Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks expressly acknowledges and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, attorneys‑in‑fact or other Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to such Issuing Bank or such Lender and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate, shall be deemed to constitute any such representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Issuing Bank or any Lender. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks acknowledges that it has made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or counsel, and based on the financial statements of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates, and inquiries of such Persons, its independent due diligence of the business and affairs of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Persons, its review of the Loan Documents, the legal opinions required to be delivered to it hereunder, the advice of its own counsel and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and based on such review, advice, documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Loan Party of the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for therein or to inspect the properties or books of, or make any other investigation of, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or furnished to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders and/or the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or any Issuing Bank with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate thereof which may come into possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys‑in‑fact or other Affiliates. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks acknowledges that the Administrative Agent’s

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legal counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is only acting as counsel to the Administrative Agent and is not acting as counsel to any Lender or any Issuing Bank.

Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent may (a) resign at any time as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower or (b) be removed as Administrative Agent by all of the Lenders (excluding the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent) and the Borrower upon 30 days’ prior written notice if the Administrative Agent is found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have committed gross negligence or willful misconduct in the course of performing its duties hereunder. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent which appointment shall, provided no Default or Event of Default exists, be subject to the Borrower’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except that the Borrower shall, in all events, be deemed to have approved each Lender and any of its Affiliates as a successor Administrative Agent). If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the current Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or giving of notice of removal of the Administrative Agent, then the current Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be an Eligible Assignee; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that no Lender has accepted such appointment, then such resignation or removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank directly, until such time as a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed as provided for above in this Section; provided, further that such Lenders and such Issuing Banks so acting directly shall be and be deemed to be protected by all indemnities and other provisions herein for the benefit and protection of the Administrative Agent as if each such Lender or such Issuing Bank were itself the Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the current Administrative Agent, and the current Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. Any resignation by an Administrative Agent shall also constitute the resignation as an Issuing Bank and as a Swingline Lender by the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent (the “Resigning Lender”). Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder (i) the Resigning Lender shall be discharged from all duties and obligations of an Issuing Bank and a Swingline Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) any successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for all Letters of Credit issued by the Resigning Lender as an Issuing Bank outstanding at the time of such succession (which letters of credit issued in substitutions shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued hereunder) or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Resigning Lender to effectively assume the obligations of the Resigning Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit. After any Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI. shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may assign its rights and duties under the Loan Documents to any of its Affiliates by giving the Borrower and each Lender prior written notice.

Section 11.9. Titled Agents.

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Each of the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents (each a “Titled Agent”) in each such respective capacity, assumes no responsibility or obligation hereunder, including, without limitation, for servicing, enforcement or collection of any of the Loans, nor any duties as an agent hereunder for the Lenders. The titles given to the Titled Agents are solely honorific and imply no fiduciary responsibility on the part of the Titled Agents to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank, the Borrower or any other Loan Party and the use of such titles does not impose on the Titled Agents any duties or obligations greater than those of any other Lender or entitle the Titled Agents to any rights other than those to which any other Lender is entitled.

ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1. Notices.

Unless otherwise provided herein (including without limitation as provided in Section 8.5.), communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, telecopied, or delivered as follows:

If to the Borrower:

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

If to the Administrative Agent:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

10 South Wacker Drive, 32 ^nd Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

Attn: Karen Skutt

Telecopier: (312) 782-0969

Telephone: (312) 269-4809

and

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn: Kristen Ray

Telecopier: 704-410-0329

Telephone: 704-410-1772

If to the Administrative Agent under Article II.:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

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600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Telecopier: (877) 410-5023

Telephone: (612) 316-0109

If to Wells Fargo Bank, as an Issuing Bank:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn: Kristen Ray

Telecopier: 704-410-0329

Telephone: 704-410-1772

If to Royal Bank of Canada, as an Issuing Bank:

Royal Bank of Canada

30 Hudson Street

28th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302-4699

Attention: Credit Administration

Fax: 212-428-3015

Tel: 212-428-6298

If to Citibank, N.A., as an Issuing Bank:

Wei Ke

388 Greenwich Street, 19th Fl.

New York, NY 10013

Phone: (212) 816-7306

Fax: (646) 291-5499

Wei.Ke@citi.com

with a copy to:

Miguel A. Saez

500 Warren Corporate Center Drive – C-116A

Warren, NJ 07059

Phone: (212) 816-7312

Fax: (347) 321-4597

Miguel.A.Saez@Citi.com

If to PNC Bank, National Association, as an Issuing Bank:

PNC Bank, National Association

500 First Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

loccentralizedunit@pnc.com

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If to any other Lender:

To such Lender’s address or telecopy number as set forth in the applicable Administrative Questionnaire

or, as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties delivered in compliance with this Section; provided, a Lender or an Issuing Bank shall only be required to give notice of any such other address to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, upon the first to occur of receipt or the expiration of three (3) days after the deposit in the United States Postal Service mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the address of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders at the addresses specified; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; (iii) if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, when delivered; or (iv) if delivered in accordance with Section 8.5. to the extent applicable; provided, however, that, in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), non-receipt of any communication as of the result of any change of address of which the sending party was not notified or as the result of a refusal to accept delivery shall be deemed receipt of such communication. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, all notices or communications to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under Article II. shall be effective only when actually received. None of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender shall incur any liability to any Loan Party (nor shall the Administrative Agent incur any liability to the Issuing Banks or the Lenders) for acting upon any telephonic notice referred to in this Agreement which the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, believes in good faith to have been given by a Person authorized to deliver such notice or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder. Failure of a Person designated to get a copy of a notice to receive such copy shall not affect the validity of notice properly given to another Person.

Section 12.2. Expenses.

The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, any of the Loan Documents (including due diligence expense and reasonable travel expenses related to closing), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the use of IntraLinks, SyndTrak or other similar information transmission systems in connection with the Loan Documents, (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders for all their reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Loan Documents and the Fee Letter, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their respective counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) and any payments in indemnification or otherwise payable by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, (c) to pay, and indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying, documentary, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of any of the Loan Documents, or consummation of any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document and (d) to the extent not already covered by any of the preceding subsections, to pay or reimburse the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender incurred in connection with the representation of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender in any matter relating to or arising out of any bankruptcy or other proceeding of the

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type described in Sections 10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f), including, without limitation (i) any motion for relief from any stay or similar order, (ii) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of any document relating to the Obligations and (iii) the negotiation and preparation of any debtor‑in‑possession financing or any plan of reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, whether proposed by the Borrower, such Loan Party, the Lenders or any other Person, and whether such fees and expenses are incurred prior to, during or after the commencement of such proceeding or the confirmation or conclusion of any such proceeding. If the Borrower shall fail to pay any amounts required to be paid by it pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders may pay such amounts on behalf of the Borrower and such amounts shall be deemed to be Obligations owing hereunder.

Section 12.3. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 12.4. Setoff.

Subject to Section 3.3. and in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender, each Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, and each Participant, at any time or from time to time while an Event of Default exists, without notice to the Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, but in the case of an Issuing Bank, a Lender, an Affiliate of an Issuing Bank or a Lender, or a Participant, subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders exercised in their sole discretion, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Lender, any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, or such Participant, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against and on account of any of the Obligations, irrespective of whether or not any or all of the Loans and all other Obligations have been declared to be, or have otherwise become, due and payable as permitted by Section 10.2., and although such Obligations shall be contingent or unmatured. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, if any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.9. and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and (y) such Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.

Section 12.5. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.

(a) EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY OF THE LENDERS WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE LENDERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK AND THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE FEE LETTER OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE

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ISSUING BANK OR ANY OF THE LENDERS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

(b) THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY EACH PARTY WITH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL AND WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND SHALL SURVIVE THE PAYMENT OF THE LOANS AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 12.6. Successors and Assigns.

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a security interest subject to the restrictions of the immediately following subsection (f) (and, subject to the last sentence of the immediately following subsection (b), any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in the immediately following subsection (d) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts .

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of an assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it, or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in the immediately preceding subsection (A), the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (in each case, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall exist, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that if, after giving effect to such assignment, the amount of the Commitment held by such assigning Lender or the outstanding principal balance of the Loans of such assigning Lender, as applicable, would be less than $5,000,000, then such assigning Lender shall assign the entire amount of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it.

(ii) Proportionate Amounts . Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned.

(iii) Required Consents . No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by clause (i)(B) of this subsection (b) and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) a Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof;

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(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of a Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not already a Lender with a Commitment, an Affiliate of such a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such a Lender; and

(C) the consent of the Swingline Lenders and the Issuing Banks (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of a Commitment.

(iv) Assignment and Acceptance; Notes . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $4,500 for each assignment (which fee the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive), and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. If requested by the transferor Lender or the assignee, upon the consummation of any assignment, the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that new Notes are issued to the assignee and such transferor Lender, as appropriate.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons . No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or to any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons . No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

(vii) Certain Additional Payments . In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to such assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable amount of the Loan previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

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Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4., 12.2. and 12.10. and the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as provided in Section 12.11. with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with the immediately following subsection (d).

(c) Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Principal Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated rates) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, any Swingline Lender, any Issuing Bank, any other Lender or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or a Defaulting Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document that (w) increases such Lender’s Commitment or reduces the principal of any such Lender’s Loan, in each case, in which such Participant has a participation, (x) extends the date fixed for the payment of principal on the Loans or portions thereof owing to such Lender, (y) reduces the rate at which interest is payable thereon or (z) releases any Guarantor from its Obligations under the Guaranty except as contemplated by Section 7.13.(b), in each case, as applicable to that portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations that are subject to the participation. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4. (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.10.(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.10.(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.6. as if it were an assignee under subsection (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment

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under Sections 4.1. or 3.10., with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Regulatory Change that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.6. with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.4. as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 3.3. as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(e) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(f) Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) No Registration . Each Lender agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan or Note under the Securities Act or any other securities laws of the United States of America or of any other jurisdiction.

(h) USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance . In order for the Administrative Agent to comply with “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act, prior to any Lender or any Issuing Bank that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America becoming a party hereto, the Administrative Agent may request, and such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall provide to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other identification information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with federal law.

Section 12.7. Amendments and Waivers.

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this Agreement or such other Loan Document may be waived, and (iv) the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Requisite Lenders (or the Administrative Agent at the written direction of the Requisite Lenders), and, in the case of an amendment to any Loan Document, the written consent of each Loan Party which is party thereto.

(b) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(c) Consent of Lenders Directly Affected . In addition to the foregoing requirements, no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing, and signed by each of the Lenders directly and adversely affected thereby (or the Administrative Agent at the written direction of such Lenders), do any of the following:

(i) increase the Commitments of such Lenders (excluding any increase as a result of an assignment of Commitments permitted under Section 12.6. and any increases contemplated under Section 2.15.) or subject such Lenders to any additional obligations;

(ii) reduce the principal of, or interest that has accrued or the rates of interest that will be charged on the outstanding principal amount of, any Loans or other Obligations;

(iii) reduce the amount of any Fees payable to such Lenders hereunder;

(iv) modify the definition of “Termination Date” (except in accordance with Section 2.12.), or otherwise postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, any Loans or for the payment of Fees or any other Obligations, or extend the expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Termination Date (except as permitted under Section 2.2.(b)) or, with respect to any Letter of Credit having an expiration date beyond the Termination Date as permitted by Section 2.2.(b), extend the expiration date of such Letter of Credit;

(v) modify the definition of “Commitment Percentage” or amend or otherwise modify the provisions of Section 3.2.;

(vi) amend this Section or amend any of the other definitions of the terms used in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this Section;

(vii) modify the definition of the term “Requisite Lenders” or modify in any other manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any determinations or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof;

(viii) release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty except as contemplated by Section 7.13.(b);

(ix) waive a Default or Event of Default under Section 10.1.(a); or

(x) amend, or waive the Borrower’s compliance with, Section 2.14.

(d) Amendment of Administrative Agent’s Duties, Etc . No amendment, waiver or consent unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove

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to take such action, shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Any amendment, waiver or consent relating to Section 2.3. or the obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, require the written consent of such Swingline Lender. Any amendment, waiver or consent relating to Section 2.2. or the obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, require the written consent of such Issuing Bank. Any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to any Loan Document that (i) diminishes the rights of a Specified Derivatives Provider in a manner or to an extent dissimilar to that affecting the Lenders or (ii) increases the liabilities or obligations of a Specified Derivatives Provider shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, require the consent of the Lender that is (or having an Affiliate that is) such Specified Derivatives Provider. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment or Loans of a Defaulting Lender may not be increased, reinstated or extended without the written consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the written consent of such Defaulting Lender. No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon and any amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose set forth therein. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. Any Event of Default occurring hereunder shall continue to exist until such time as such Event of Default is waived in writing in accordance with the terms of this Section, notwithstanding any attempted cure or other action by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person subsequent to the occurrence of such Event of Default. Except as otherwise explicitly provided for herein or in any other Loan Document, no notice to or demand upon the Borrower shall entitle the Borrower to other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

Section 12.8. Nonliability of Administrative Agent and Lenders.

The relationship between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand, shall be solely that of borrower and lender. None of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower and no provision in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, and no course of dealing between or among any of the parties hereto, shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any Lender, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party. None of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s business or operations.

Section 12.9. Confidentiality.

Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below) in accordance with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices but in any event may make disclosure: (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of

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such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any actual or proposed Assignee, Participant or other transferee in connection with a potential transfer of any Commitment or participation therein as permitted hereunder, or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations; (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process or in connection with any legal proceedings, or as otherwise required by Applicable Law; (d) to the Administrative Agent’s, such Issuing Bank’s or such Lender’s independent auditors and other professional advisors (provided they shall be notified of the confidential nature of the information); (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under any Loan Document (or any Specified Derivatives Contract) or any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document (or any such Specified Derivatives Contract) or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section actually known by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender to be a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower; (g) to the extent requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any nationally recognized rating agency or regulatory or similar authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it; (h) to bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications; (i) to any other party hereto; and (j) with the consent of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender may disclose any such confidential information, without notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to Governmental Authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender or in accordance with the regulatory compliance policy of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender. As used in this Section, the term “Information” means all information received from the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or Affiliate relating to any Loan Party or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any Affiliate, provided that, in the case of any such information received from the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any Affiliate after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. No Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 12.10.) shall be liable to the Borrower or any other Loan Party for any damages arising from the use by others of Information or other materials obtained by electronic transmission, except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment.

Section 12.10. Indemnification.

(a) The Borrower shall and hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders, all of the Affiliates of each of the Administrative Agent, any of the Issuing Banks or any of the Lenders, and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, agents, employees and counsel (each referred to herein as an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all of the following (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”): losses, costs, claims, penalties, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or expenses of every kind and nature (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding or any advice rendered in connection therewith, but

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excluding Indemnified Costs indemnification in respect of which is specifically covered by Section 3.10. or 4.1. or expressly excluded from the coverage of such Sections) incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with, arising out of, or by reason of, any suit, cause of action, claim, arbitration, investigation or settlement, consent decree or other proceeding (the foregoing referred to herein as an “Indemnity Proceeding”) which is in any way related directly or indirectly to: (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) the making of any Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder; (iii) any actual or proposed use by the Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit; (iv) the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s or any Lender’s entering into this Agreement; (v) the fact that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders have established the credit facility evidenced hereby in favor of the Borrower; (vi) the fact that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders are creditors of the Borrower and have or are alleged to have information regarding the financial condition, strategic plans or business operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; (vii) the fact that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders are material creditors of the Borrower and are alleged to influence directly or indirectly the business decisions or affairs of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or their financial condition; (viii) the exercise of any right or remedy the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Lenders may have under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any acts or omissions of such Indemnified Party in connection with matters described in this clause (viii) to the extent arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment; (ix) any civil penalty or fine assessed by the OFAC against, and all costs and expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred in connection with defense thereof by, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender as a result of conduct of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary that violates a sanction administered or enforced by the OFAC; or (x) any violation or non‑compliance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Applicable Law (including any Environmental Law) including, but not limited to, any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by (A) the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority or (B) any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law, including any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by a Governmental Authority or other Person seeking remedial or other action to cause the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or its respective properties) (or the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders and/or the Issuing Banks as successors to the Borrower) to be in compliance with such Environmental Laws.

(b) The Borrower’s indemnification obligations under this Section shall apply to all Indemnity Proceedings arising out of, or related to, the foregoing whether or not an Indemnified Party is a named party in such Indemnity Proceeding. In this connection, this indemnification shall cover all Indemnified Costs of any Indemnified Party in connection with any deposition of any Indemnified Party or compliance with any subpoena (including any subpoena requesting the production of documents). This indemnification shall, among other things, apply to any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by other creditors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any shareholder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether such shareholder(s) are prosecuting such Indemnity Proceeding in their individual capacity or derivatively on behalf of the Borrower), any account debtor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or by any Governmental Authority.

(c) This indemnification shall apply to any Indemnity Proceeding arising during the pendency of any bankruptcy proceeding filed by or against the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.

(d) All out‑of‑pocket fees and expenses of, and all amounts paid to third‑persons by, an Indemnified Party shall be advanced by the Borrower at the request of such Indemnified Party notwithstanding any claim or assertion by the Borrower that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by such Indemnified Party that such Indemnified Party will reimburse the

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Borrower if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is not so entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(e) An Indemnified Party may conduct its own investigation and defense of, and may formulate its own strategy with respect to, any Indemnity Proceeding covered by this Section and, as provided above, all Indemnified Costs incurred by such Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed by the Borrower. No action taken by legal counsel chosen by an Indemnified Party in investigating or defending against any such Indemnity Proceeding shall vitiate or in any way impair the obligations and duties of the Borrower hereunder to indemnify and hold harmless each such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that if (i) the Borrower is required to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant hereto and (ii) the Borrower has provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party that the Borrower has the financial wherewithal to reimburse such Indemnified Party for any amount paid by such Indemnified Party with respect to such Indemnity Proceeding, such Indemnified Party shall not settle or compromise any such Indemnity Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnified Party may settle or compromise any such Indemnity Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Borrower where (x) no monetary relief is sought against such Indemnified Party in such Indemnity Proceeding or (y) there is an allegation of a violation of law by such Indemnified Party.

(f) If and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower under this Section are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law.

(g) The Borrower’s obligations under this Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any of the other obligations set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party.

References in this Section 12.10. to “Lender” or “Lenders” shall be deemed to include such Persons (and their Affiliates) in their capacity as Specified Derivatives Providers.

Section 12.11. Termination; Survival.

This Agreement shall terminate at such time as (a) all of the Commitments have been terminated, (b) all Letters of Credit have terminated or expired or been cancelled (other than Letters of Credit the expiration dates of which extend beyond the Termination Date as permitted under Section 2.2.(b) and in respect of which the Borrower has satisfied the requirements of such Section), (c) none of the Lenders is obligated any longer under this Agreement to make any Loans and the Issuing Banks are no longer obligated under this Agreement to issue Letters of Credit and (d) all Obligations (other than obligations which survive as provided in the following sentence) have been paid and satisfied in full; provided, however, if on the Termination Date or any other date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero (whether voluntarily, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise) any Letters of Credit remain outstanding, then the provisions of this Agreement applicable to Letters of Credit, including without limitation, the terms of Section 2.13 and the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations under Section 2.2.(d), shall remain in effect until all such Letters of Credit have expired, have been cancelled or have otherwise terminated. The indemnities to which the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4., 11.6., 12.2. and 12.10. and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the provisions of Sections 12.5. and 12.13, shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders (i) notwithstanding any

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termination of this Agreement, or of the other Loan Documents, against events arising after such termination as well as before and (ii) at all times after any such party ceases to be a party to this Agreement with respect to all matters and events existing on or prior to the date such party ceased to be a party to this Agreement.

Section 12.12 Severability of Provisions.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed from the Loan Documents, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall remain in full force as though the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never been part of the Loan Documents.

Section 12.13. GOVERNING LAW.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 12.14. Counterparts.

To facilitate execution, this Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts as may be convenient or required (which may be effectively delivered by facsimile, in portable document format (“PDF”) or other similar electronic means). It shall not be necessary that the signature of, or on behalf of, each party, or that the signature of all persons required to bind any party, appear on each counterpart. All counterparts shall collectively constitute a single document. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this document to produce or account for more than a single counterpart containing the respective signatures of, or on behalf of, each of the parties hereto.

Section 12.15. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties.

The obligations of the Borrower to direct or prohibit the taking of certain actions by the other Loan Parties as specified herein shall be absolute and not subject to any defense the Borrower may have that the Borrower does not control such Loan Parties.

Section 12.16. Independence of Covenants.

All covenants hereunder shall be given in any jurisdiction independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

Section 12.17. Limitation of Liability.

None of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, or any Affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and the Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by the Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the Fee Letter, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Administrative Agent, any

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Issuing Bank or any Lender or any of the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s or any Lender’s Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents for punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, the Fee Letter, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or financed hereby.

Section 12.18. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents and the Fee Letter embody the final, entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior commitments, agreements, representations, and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and may not be contradicted or varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. To the extent any term of this Agreement is inconsistent with a term of any other Loan Document to which the parties of this Agreement are party, the term of this Agreement shall control to the extent of such inconsistency. There are no oral agreements among the parties hereto.

Section 12.19. Construction.

The Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that each of them has had the benefit of legal counsel of its own choice and has been afforded an opportunity to review this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with its legal counsel and that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed as if jointly drafted by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Borrower and each Lender.

Section 12.20. Headings.

The paragraph and section headings in this Agreement are provided for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its construction or interpretation.

Section 12.21. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING THE BORROWER, DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 1999, A COPY OF WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO (THE “DECLARATION”), IS DULY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND, PROVIDES THAT THE NAME “SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST” REFERS TO THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE DECLARATION COLLECTIVELY AS TRUSTEES, BUT NOT INDIVIDUALLY OR PERSONALLY, AND THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE BORROWER SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, THE BORROWER. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH THE BORROWER, IN ANY WAY, SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF THE BORROWER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT LIMIT ANY OBLIGATIONS OF ANY LOAN PARTY OTHER THAN THE BORROWER.

Section 12.22. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

Section 12.23. Effect on Existing Credit Agreement.

(a) Existing Credit Agreement . Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Article V., this Agreement shall exclusively control and govern the mutual rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Existing Credit Agreement shall be superseded by this Agreement in all respects, in each case, on a prospective basis only.

(b) NO NOVATION . THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT SOLELY TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE TERMS OF, AND THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER AND IN CONNECTION WITH, THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES DO NOT INTEND THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY TO BE, AND THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING BY THE BORROWER UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to be executed by their authorized officers all as of the day and year first above written.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Name: Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank, a Swingline Lender a Lender

By: /s/ Matthew Ricketts

Name: Matthew Ricketts

Title: Managing Director

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as an Issuing Bank, a Swingline Lender and as a Lender

By: /s/ Sheena Lee

Name: Sheena Lee

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

CITIBANK, N.A., as an Issuing Bank, a Swingline Lender and as a Lender

By: /s/ John C. Rowland

Name: John C. Rowland

Title: Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an Issuing Bank, a Swingline Lender and as a Lender

By: /s/ John R. Roach, Jr.

Name: John R. Roach, Jr.

Title: VP

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ Joseph Corah

Name: Joseph Corah

Title: Director

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

COMPASS BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Brian Tuerff

Name: Brian Tuerff

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender

By: /s/ John Davies

Name: John Davies

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION., as a Lender

By: /s/ Keith J. Connolly

Name: Keith J. Connolly

Title: General Manager

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ Lloyd Baron

Name: Lloyd Baron

Title: Director

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Paul E. Burgan

Name: Paul E. Burgan

Title: Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ Michael King

Name: Michael King

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Craig Pearson

Name: Craig Pearson

Title: Associate Director

Banking Product Services, US

By: /s/ Darlene Arias

Name: Darlene Arias

Title: Director

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ Gregory A. Conner

Name: Gregory A. Conner

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Derek Chang

Name: Derek Chang

Title: Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ Jean M. Brennan

Name: Jean M. Brennan

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

BANK OF TAIWAN, LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Ti-Kang Wang

Name: Ti-Kang Wang

Title: VP & General Manager

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD. NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Bill Wang

Name: Bill Wang

Title: Senior Vice President & General Manager

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

LAND BANK OF TAIWAN, LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Henry Leu

Name: Henry Leu

Title: SVP & General Manager

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK SEATTLE BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Cheng Pin Chou

Name: Cheng Pin Chou

Title: VP & General Manager

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO., LTD. LOS ANGELES BRANCH as a Lender

By: /s/ Emily Ko

Name: Emily Ko

Title: SVP & General Manager

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust]

CTBC BANK CO., LTD. NEW YORK BRANCH, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS CHINA TRUST COMMERCIAL BANK NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Ralph Wu

Name: Ralph Wu

Title: Senior Vice President & General Manager

CTBC Bank Co., Ltd., New York Branch

SCHEDULE I

Commitments



Lender	Commitment Amount
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	$90,000,000
Citibank, N.A.	$90,000,000
PNC Bank, National Association	$90,000,000
Royal Bank of Canada	$90,000,000
Bank of America, N.A.	$85,000,000
Compass Bank	$85,000,000
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.	$75,000,000
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation	$75,000,000
BMO Harris Bank, N.A.	$65,000,000
Regions Bank	$65,000,000
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.	$38,000,000
UBS AG, Stamford Branch	$38,000,000
Associated Bank, National Association	$25,000,000
First Hawaiian Bank	$20,000,000
First Tennessee Bank, National Association	$15,000,000
Bank of Taiwan, Los Angeles Branch	$10,000,000
First Commercial Bank, Ltd. New York Branch	$10,000,000
Land Bank of Taiwan, Los Angeles Branch	$10,000,000
Taiwan Cooperative Bank Seattle Branch	$10,000,000
Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. Los Angeles Branch	$9,000,000
CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. New York Branch, previously known as Chinatrust Commercial Bank New York Branch	$5,000,000
TOTAL	$1,000,000,000

Schedule 1.1

Loan Parties

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Schedule 6.1.(i)

Litigation

None.

Schedule 6.1.(s)

Affiliate Transactions

None.

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each] Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each] Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees] hereunder are several and not joint.] Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

1. Assignor[s]: ______________________________

______________________________

2. Assignee[s]: ______________________________

______________________________

[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [ identify Lender ]


3.	Borrower(s): Senior Housing Properties Trust

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4.	Administrative Agent: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement


5.	Credit Agreement: The $1,000,000,000.00 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 among Senior Housing Properties Trust, the Lenders parties thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.


6.	Assigned Interest[s]:



Assignor[s]	Assignee[s]	Facility Assigned	Aggregate Amount of Commitment/ Loans for all Lenders	Amount of Commitment/ Loans Assigned	Percentage Assigned of Commitment/ Loans	CUSIP Number
			$	$	%
			$	$	%

[7. Trade Date: ______________]

[Signature Pages Follow]

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Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR[S]

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:

Name:

Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:

Name:

Title:

ASSIGNEE[S]

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:

Name:

Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:

Name:

Title:

[Page Break]

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[Consented to and] Accepted:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

[Consented to:]

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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ANNEX 1

[__________________]

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties .

1.1 Assignor[s] . [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee[s] . [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an Eligible Assignee as defined in the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under such definition), (iii) from and after the Effective Date specified for this Assignment and Assumption, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the financial statements referenced in Section 6.1.(k) thereof or of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2. thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments . From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to, on or after the Effective Date specified for this Assignment and Assumption. The Assignor[s] and the Assignee[s] shall make all appropriate

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adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to such Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.

3. General Provisions . This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTY

THIS GUARANTY dated as of ________ __, 20__ executed and delivered by each of the undersigned and the other Persons from time to time party hereto pursuant to the execution and delivery of an Accession Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto (all of the undersigned, together with such other Persons each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the “Lenders”), the Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, and the Issuing Banks (the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuing Banks, each individually a “Guarantied Party” and collectively, the “Guarantied Parties”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, each Guarantor is owned or controlled by the Borrower, or is otherwise an Affiliate of the Borrower;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and each Guarantor, though separate legal entities, are mutually dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses as an integrated operation and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the Guarantied Parties through their collective efforts;

WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, each Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrower’s obligations to the Guarantied Parties on the terms and conditions contained herein; and

WHEREAS, each Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Guaranty is a condition to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties’ making such financial accommodations to the Borrower.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each Guarantor, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

Section 1. Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranties the due and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all of the following (collectively referred to as the “Guarantied Obligations”): (a) all indebtedness and obligations owing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to any Lender or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document to which the Borrower or such other Loan Party is a party, including without limitation, the repayment of all principal of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, and the Reimbursement Obligations, and the payment of all interest, fees, charges, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other amounts payable to any Lender, any Issuing

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Bank or the Administrative Agent thereunder or in connection therewith; (b) any and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments or substitutions of the foregoing; (c) all expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, that are incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the enforcement of any of the foregoing or any obligation of such Guarantor hereunder and (d) all other Obligations.

Section 2. Guaranty of Payment and Not of Collection . This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment, and not of collection, and a debt of each Guarantor for its own account. Accordingly, the Guarantied Parties shall not be obligated or required before enforcing this Guaranty against any Guarantor: (a) to pursue any right or remedy the Guarantied Parties may have against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person or commence any suit or other proceeding against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person in any court or other tribunal; (b) to make any claim in a liquidation or bankruptcy of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person; or (c) to make demand of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person or to enforce or seek to enforce or realize upon any collateral security held by the Guarantied Parties which may secure any of the Guarantied Obligations.

Section 3. Guaranty Absolute . Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guarantied Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing the same, regardless of any Applicable Law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Guarantied Parties with respect thereto. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever, including without limitation, the following (whether or not such Guarantor consents thereto or has notice thereof):

(a) (i) any change in the amount, interest rate or due date or other term of any of the Guarantied Obligations, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of all or any portion of the Guarantied Obligations, (iii) any amendment or waiver of, or consent to the departure from or other indulgence with respect to, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other document or instrument evidencing or relating to any Guarantied Obligations, or (iv) any waiver, renewal, extension, addition, or supplement to, or deletion from, or any other action or inaction under or in respect of, the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Guarantied Obligations or any other instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any Guarantied Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing;

(b) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement , any of the other Loan Documents or any other document, instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any Guarantied Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing;

(c) any furnishing to the Guarantied Parties of any security for the Guarantied Obligations, or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or realization on, any collateral securing any of the Guarantied Obligations;

(d) any settlement or compromise of any of the Guarantied Obligations, any security therefor, or any liability of any other party with respect to the Guarantied Obligations, or any subordination of the payment of the Guarantied Obligations to the payment of any other liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party;

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(e) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to such Guarantor, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person, or any action taken with respect to this Guaranty by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding;

(f) any act or failure to act by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person which may adversely affect such Guarantor’s subrogation rights, if any, against the Borrower to recover payments made under this Guaranty;

(g) any nonperfection or impairment of any security interest or other Lien on any collateral, if any, securing in any way any of the Guarantied Obligations;

(h) any application of sums paid by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person with respect to the liabilities of the Borrower to the Guarantied Parties, regardless of what liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid;

(i) any defect, limitation or insufficiency in the borrowing powers of the Borrower or in the exercise thereof;

(j) any defense, set off, claim or counterclaim (other than indefeasible payment and performance in full) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower, any other Loan party or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender;

(k) any change in corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other Loan Party;

(l) any statement, representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document, or any amendment hereto or thereto, proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any respect; or

(m) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, a Guarantor hereunder (other than indefeasible payment in full).

Section 4. Action with Respect to Guarantied Obligations . The Guaranteed Parties may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, and without discharging any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder, take any and all actions described in Section 3. and may otherwise: (a) amend, modify, alter or supplement the terms of any of the Guarantied Obligations, including, but not limited to, extending or shortening the time of payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations or changing the interest rate that may accrue on any of the Guarantied Obligations; (b) amend, modify, alter or supplement the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; (c) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with all, or any part, of any collateral securing any of the Guarantied Obligations; (d) release any Loan Party or other Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Guarantied Obligations; (e) exercise, or refrain from exercising, any rights against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person; and (f) apply any sum, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the Guarantied Obligations in such order as the Guarantied Parties shall elect.

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respect to or in any way relating to such Guarantor in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as if the same were set forth herein in full.

Section 6. Covenants . Each Guarantor will comply with all covenants with which the Borrower is to cause such Guarantor to comply under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

Section 7. Waiver . Each Guarantor, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, hereby waives notice of acceptance hereof or any presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, and any other act or thing, or omission or delay to do any other act or thing, which in any manner or to any extent might vary the risk of such Guarantor or which otherwise might operate to discharge such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder.

Section 8. Inability to Accelerate Loan . If the Guarantied Parties or any of them are prevented under Applicable Law or otherwise from demanding or accelerating payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations by reason of any automatic stay or otherwise, the Administrative Agent and/or the other Guarantied Parties shall be entitled to receive from each Guarantor, upon demand therefor, the sums which otherwise would have been due had such demand or acceleration occurred.

Section 9. Reinstatement of Guarantied Obligations . If claim is ever made on the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received in payment or on account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, and the Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party repays all or part of said amount by reason of (a) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, or (b) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party with any such claimant (including the Borrower or a trustee in bankruptcy for the Borrower), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding on it, notwithstanding any revocation hereof or the cancellation of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any other instrument evidencing any liability of the Borrower, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party for the amounts so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been paid to the Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party.

Section 10. Subrogation . Upon the making by any Guarantor of any payment hereunder for the account of the Borrower, such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Borrower; provided , however , that such Guarantor shall not enforce any right or receive any payment by way of subrogation or otherwise take any action in respect of any other claim or cause of action such Guarantor may have against the Borrower arising by reason of any payment or performance by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty, unless and until all of the Guarantied Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. If any amount shall be paid to such Guarantor on account of or in respect of such subrogation rights or other claims or causes of action, such Guarantor shall hold such amount in trust for the benefit of the Guarantied Parties and shall forthwith pay such amount to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement or to be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral security for any Guarantied Obligations existing.

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Guarantor shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such additional amount as will result in the receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the full amount payable hereunder had such deduction or withholding not occurred or been required.

Section 12. Set-off . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under any of the other Loan Documents or Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each Guarantor hereby authorizes each Guarantied Party and each Participant, at any time while an Event of Default exists, without any prior notice to such Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, but in the case of a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Participant subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to set-off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Participant or any affiliate of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Participant to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, although such obligations shall be contingent or unmatured. Each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, that any Participant may exercise rights of setoff or counterclaim and other rights with respect to its participation as fully as if such Participant were a direct creditor of such Guarantor in the amount of such participation.

Section 13. Subordination . Each Guarantor hereby expressly covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Guarantied Parties that all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to such Guarantor of whatever description, including without limitation, all intercompany receivables of such Guarantor from the Borrower (collectively, the “Junior Claims”) shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Guarantied Obligations. If an Event of Default shall exist, then no Guarantor shall accept any direct or indirect payment (in cash, property or securities, by setoff or otherwise) from the Borrower on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior Claim until all of the Guarantied Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full.

Section 14. Avoidance Provisions . It is the intent of each Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties that in any Proceeding, such Guarantor’s maximum obligation hereunder shall equal, but not exceed, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor in such Proceeding as a result of Applicable Law, including without limitation, (a) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended (the “Bankruptcy Code”) and (b) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such Proceeding, whether by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. The Applicable Laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties) shall be determined in any such Proceeding are referred to as the “Avoidance Provisions”. Accordingly, to the extent that the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, the maximum Guarantied Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which, as of the time any of the Guarantied Obligations are deemed to have been incurred under the Avoidance Provisions, would not cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties), to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions. This Section is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties hereunder to the maximum extent that would not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, and no Guarantor or any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section as against the Guarantied Parties that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions.

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Section 15. Information . Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any of the Guarantied Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Guarantied Party shall have any duty whatsoever to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such circumstances or risks.

Section 16. Governing Law . THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

SECTION 17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .

(a) EACH GUARANTOR, AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES BY ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS HEREOF, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN SUCH GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTES WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY.

(b) EACH GUARANTOR, AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES BY ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS HEREOF, HEREBY AGREES THAT ANY FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN OR AMONG THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES, PERTAINING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS GUARANTY. EACH GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE GUARANTIED PARTIES EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

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TERMINATION, CANCELLATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS GUARANTY.

Section 18. Loan Accounts . The Administrative Agent and each Lender and the Swingline Lender may maintain books and accounts setting forth the amounts of principal, interest and other sums paid and payable with respect to the Guarantied Obligations arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, and in the case of any dispute relating to any of the outstanding amount, payment or receipt of any of such Guarantied Obligations or otherwise, the entries in such books and accounts shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amounts and other matters set forth therein. The failure of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or any Lender to maintain such books and accounts shall not in any way relieve or discharge any Guarantor of any of its obligations hereunder.

Section 19. Waiver of Remedies . No delay or failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the exercise of any right or remedy it may have against any Guarantor hereunder or otherwise shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party of any such right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right or remedy.

Section 20. Termination . This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect with respect to each Guarantor until indefeasible payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations and the other Obligations and the termination or cancellation of the Credit Agreement and all Specified Derivatives Contracts in accordance with their respective terms and the termination, cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit.

Section 21. Successors and Assigns . Each reference herein to the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party shall be deemed to include such Person’s respective successors and assigns (including, but not limited to, any holder of the Guarantied Obligations) in whose favor the provisions of this Guaranty also shall inure, and each reference herein to each Guarantor shall be deemed to include such Guarantor’s successors and assigns, upon whom this Guaranty also shall be binding. The Guarantied Parties may, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign, transfer or sell any Guarantied Obligation, or grant or sell participations in any Guarantied Obligations, to any Person without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor and without releasing, discharging or modifying any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby consents to the delivery by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to any Assignee or Participant (or any prospective Assignee or Participant) of any financial or other information regarding the Borrower or any Guarantor. No Guarantor may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder to any Person without the prior written consent of all Lenders and any such assignment or other transfer to which all of the Lenders have not so consented shall be null and void.

Section 22. JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS . THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE GUARANTORS HEREUNDER SHALL BE JOINT AND SEVERAL, AND, ACCORDINGLY, EACH GUARANTOR CONFIRMS THAT IT IS LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE “GUARANTIED OBLIGATIONS” AND ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF EACH OF THE OTHER GUARANTORS HEREUNDER.

Section 23. Amendments . This Guaranty may not be amended except in writing signed by the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor, subject to Section 12.7. of the Credit Agreement.

Section 24. Payments . All payments to be made by any Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office, not later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time, on the date one Business Day after demand therefor.

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Section 25. Notices . All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given (a) to each Guarantor at its address set forth below its signature hereto, (b) to the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party at its address for notices provided for in the Credit Agreement or Specified Derivatives Contract, as applicable, or (c) as to each such party at such other address as such party shall designate in a written notice to the other parties. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if mailed, when received; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; or (iii) if hand delivered, when delivered; provided , however , that any notice of a change of address for notices shall not be effective until received.

Section 26. Severability . In case any provision of this Guaranty shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 27. Headings . Section headings used in this Guaranty are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Guaranty.

Section 28. Trustees, Etc. Not Liable .

IN THE CASE OF ANY GUARANTOR THAT IS A TRUST, NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF SUCH GUARANTOR SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, SUCH GUARANTOR. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH SUCH GUARANTOR, IN ANY WAY, SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF SUCH GUARANTOR FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION OWING BY SUCH GUARANTOR HEREUNDER. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT LIMIT ANY OBLIGATIONS OF ANY LOAN PARTY.

Section 29. Limitation of Liability . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Guarantied Party, nor any affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party, shall have any liability with respect to, and each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by a Guarantor in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party or any of the Administrative Agent’s or any other Guarantied Party’s affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents for punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by thereby.

Section 30. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information . Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that information regarding the Guarantor may be delivered electronically pursuant to Section 8.5. of the Credit Agreement.

Section 31. Definitions . (a) For the purposes of this Guaranty:

“ Proceeding ” means any of the following: (i) a voluntary or involuntary case concerning any Guarantor shall be commenced under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended; (ii) a custodian (as defined in such Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all

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or any substantial part of the property of any Guarantor; (iii) any other proceeding under any Applicable Law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition for adjustment of debts, whether now or hereafter in effect, is commenced relating to any Guarantor; (iv) any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; (v) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (vi) any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (viii) any Guarantor shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; (ix) any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (x) any corporate action shall be taken by any Guarantor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

(b) Terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty as of the date and year first written above.

[GUARANTORS]

By:

Name:

Title:

Address for Notices for all Guarantors:

c/o Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

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ANNEX I

FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT

THIS ACCESSION AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, ____, executed and delivered by ______________________, a _____________ (the “New Guarantor”) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, and the Issuing Banks (the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuing Banks, each individually a “Guarantied Party” and collectively, the “Guarantied Parties”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Guarantied Parties have agreed to make available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, New Guarantor is owned or controlled by the Borrower, or is otherwise an Affiliate of the Borrower;

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the New Guarantor and the existing Guarantors of the Borrower, though separate legal entities, are mutually dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses as an integrated operation and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the Guarantied Parties through their collective efforts;

WHEREAS, New Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, New Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrower’s obligations to the Guarantied Parties on the terms and conditions contained herein; and

WHEREAS, the New Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties continuing to make such financial accommodations to the Borrower.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the New Guarantor, the New Guarantor agrees as follows:

Section 1. Accession to Guaranty . The New Guarantor hereby agrees that it is a “Guarantor” under the Guaranty dated as of _____________ __, 20__ (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), made by the Guarantors party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the other Guarantied Parties, and assumes all obligations of a “Guarantor” thereunder, all as if the New Guarantor had been an original signatory to the Guaranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby:

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(a) irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Guarantied Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty);

(b) makes to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties as of the date hereof each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Guaranty and agrees to be bound by each of the covenants contained in Section 6 of the Guaranty; and

SECTION 2. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 3. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective defined meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor has caused this Accession Agreement to be duly executed and delivered under seal by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

[NEW GUARANTOR]

By:

Name:

Title:

(CORPORATE SEAL)

Address for Notices:

c/o Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

Accepted:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

____________, 20__

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.


1.	Pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests that the Lenders make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount equal to $___________________.


2.	The Borrower requests that such Revolving Loans be made available to the Borrower on ____________, 20__.


3.	The proceeds of this borrowing of such Loans will be used for ____________________________, which is consistent with the terms of Section 7.8. of the Credit Agreement.


4.	The Borrower hereby requests that such Revolving Loans be of the following Type:

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¨ Base Rate Loan

¨ LIBOR Loan, with an initial Interest Period for a duration of:

[Check one box only]

¨ seven days

¨ one month

¨ three months

¨ six months

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The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the date of the making of the requested Revolving Loans, and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Revolving Loans, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist, and none of the limits specified in Section 2.14. of the Credit Agreement would be violated; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, are and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that all conditions to the making of the requested Revolving Loans contained in Article V. of the Credit Agreement will have been satisfied at the time such Revolving Loans are made.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Borrowing as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION

____________, 20__

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Section 2.8. of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests a Continuation of LIBOR Loans under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Continuation as required by such Section of the Credit Agreement:


1.	The requested date of such Continuation is ____________, 20__.


2.	The aggregate principal amount of the LIBOR Loans subject to the requested Continuation is $________________________ and the portion of such principal amount subject to such Continuation is $__________________________.


3.	The current Interest Period of the LIBOR Loans subject to such Continuation ends on ________________, 20__.


4.	The duration of the Interest Period for the LIBOR Loans or portion thereof subject to such Continuation is:

[Check one box only]

¨ seven days

¨ one month

¨ three months

¨ six months

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Continuation as of the date first written above.

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SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

____________, 20__

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Section 2.9. of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests a Conversion of Loans of one Type into Loans of another Type under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Conversion as required by such Section of the Credit Agreement:


1.	The requested date of such Conversion is ______________, 20__.


2.	The Type of Loans to be Converted pursuant hereto is currently:

[Check one box only]


¨	Base Rate Loan


¨	LIBOR Loan


3.	The aggregate principal amount of the Loans subject to the requested Conversion is $_____________________ and the portion of such principal amount subject to such Conversion is $___________________.

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4.	The amount of such Loans to be so Converted is to be converted into Loans of the following Type:

[Check one box only]


¨	Base Rate Loan


¨	LIBOR Loan, with an initial Interest Period for a duration of:

[Check one box only]

¨ seven days

¨ one month

¨ three months

¨ six months

[The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the proposed date of the requested Conversion, and immediately after giving effect to such Conversion, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist, and none of the limits specified in Section 2.14. of the Credit Agreement would be violated; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, are and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Loan Documents.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Conversion as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF NOTICE OF SWINGLINE BORROWING

____________, 20___

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

___________________

Attn: __________

Ladies and Gentlemen:


1.	Pursuant to Section 2.3.(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests that [_____________] (the “Swingline Lender”) make a Swingline Loan to the Borrower in an amount equal to $___________________.


2.	The Borrower requests that such Swingline Loan be made available to the Borrower on ____________, 20___.


3.	The Borrower requests that the proceeds of such Swingline Loan be made available to the Borrower by _______________________________________.


4.	The proceeds of this borrowing of such Loans will be used for ____________________________, which is consistent with the terms of Section 7.8. of the Credit Agreement.


5.	Account information where Swingline Loan proceeds should be disbursed: ____________________________________________________

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The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the date of the making of the requested Swingline Loan, and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist, and none of the limits specified in Section 2.14. of the Credit Agreement would be violated; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, are and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders that all conditions to the making of the requested Swingline Loan contained in Article V. of the Credit Agreement will have been satisfied at the time such Swingline Loan is made.

If notice of the requested borrowing of this Swingline Loan was previously given by telephone, this notice is to be considered the written confirmation of such telephone notice required by Section 2.3.(b) of the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Swingline Borrowing as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE

$______________ _________, 20__

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”) hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of ___________________________ (the “Lender”), in care of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 600 South 4 ^th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, or at such other address as may be specified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the principal sum of ___________________ AND ___/100 DOLLARS ($_____________), or such lesser amount as may be the then outstanding and unpaid balance of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower further agrees to pay interest at said office, in like money, on the unpaid principal amount owing hereunder from time to time on the dates and at the rates and at the times specified in the Credit Agreement.

This Revolving Note is one of the “Revolving Notes” referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof, the Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, and is subject to, and entitled to, all provisions and benefits thereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (a) provides for the making of Revolving Loans by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Dollar amount first above mentioned, (b) permits the prepayment of the Loans by the Borrower subject to certain terms and conditions and (c) provides for the acceleration of the Revolving Loans upon the occurrence of certain specified events.

The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such rights.

Time is of the essence for this Revolving Note.

THIS REVOLVING NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

[This Revolving Note is given in replacement of any Revolving Note previously delivered to the Lender under the [Existing] Credit Agreement. THIS REVOLVING NOTE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OTHER REVOLVING NOTE.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Revolving Note under seal as of the date written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF SWINGLINE NOTE

$_________ ________________, 20__

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of ___________________________ (the “Swingline Lender”) at its address at _______________________, or at such other address as may be specified by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower, the principal sum of ____________________ AND __/100 DOLLARS ($____________) (or such lesser amount as shall equal the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement), on the dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount owing hereunder, at the rates and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The date, amount of each Swingline Loan, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Swingline Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of this Swingline Note, endorsed by the Swingline Lender on the schedule attached hereto or any continuation thereof, provided that the failure of the Swingline Lender to made any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing under the Credit Agreement or hereunder in respect of the Swingline Loans.

This Swingline Note is one of the “Swingline Notes” referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof, the Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, and evidences Swingline Loans made to the Borrower thereunder. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Swingline Note have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Swingline Note upon the occurrence of certain events and for prepayments of Swingline Loans upon the terms and conditions specified therein.

The Borrower hereby waives presentment for payment, demand, notice of demand, notice of non‑payment, protest, notice of protest and all other similar notices. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such rights.

Time is of the essence for this Swingline Note.

THIS SWINGLINE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

[This Swingline Note is given in replacement of any Swingline Note previously delivered to the Lender under the [Existing] Credit Agreement. THIS SWINGLINE NOTE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY

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OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OTHER SWINGLINE NOTE.]

[Signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Swingline Note under seal as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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SCHEDULE OF SWINGLINE LOANS

This Note evidences Swingline Loans made under the within-described Credit Agreement to the Borrower, on the dates and in the principal amounts set forth below, subject to the payments and prepayments of principal set forth below:



Date of Loan	Principal Amount of Loan	Amount Paid or Prepaid	Unpaid Principal Amount	Notation Made By

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EXHIBIT I

FORM OF DISBURSEMENT INSTRUCTION AGREEMENT

Borrower: SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

Administrative Agent: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Loan: Loan number 1010272-2 made pursuant to that certain “Credit Agreement” dated as of August 1, 2017 between Borrower, Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Lenders, as amended from time to time

Effective Date: August 1, 2017

Check applicable box:

New – This is the first Disbursement Instruction Agreement submitted in connection with the Loan.

Replace Previous Agreement – This is a replacement Disbursement Instruction Agreement. All prior instructions submitted in connection with this Loan are cancelled as of the Effective Date set forth above.

This Agreement must be signed by the Borrower and is used for the following purposes:


(1)	to designate an individual or individuals with authority to request disbursements of Loan proceeds, whether at the time of Loan closing/origination or thereafter;


(2)	to designate an individual or individuals with authority to request disbursements of funds from Restricted Accounts (as defined in the Terms and Conditions attached to this Agreement), if applicable; and


(3)	to provide Administrative Agent with specific instructions for wiring or transferring funds on Borrower’s behalf.

Any of the disbursements, wires or transfers described above are referred to herein as a “ Disbursement .”

Specific dollar amounts for Disbursements must be provided to Administrative Agent at the time of the applicable Disbursement in the form of a signed closing statement, an email instruction or other written communication, or telephonic request pursuant to 2.3(b) of the Credit Agreement (each, a “ Disbursement Request ”) from an applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in the Terms and Conditions attached to this Agreement).

A new Disbursement Instruction Agreement must be completed and signed by the Borrower if (i) all or any portion of a Disbursement is to be transferred to an account or an entity not described in this Agreement or (ii) Borrower wishes to add or remove any Authorized Representatives.

See the Additional Terms and Conditions attached hereto for additional information and for definitions of certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement.

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Disbursements of Loan Proceeds Subsequent to Loan Closing/Origination
Subsequent Disbursement Authorizers : Administrative Agent is authorized to accept one or more Disbursement Requests from any of the individuals named below (each, a “ Subsequent Disbursement Authorizer ”) to disburse Loan proceeds after the date of the Loan origination/closing and to initiate Disbursements in connection therewith (each, a “ Subsequent Disbursement ”):
	Individual’s Name	Title
1.
2.
3.
Describe Restrictions, if any, on the authority of the Subsequent Disbursement Authorizers (dollar amount limits, wire/deposit destinations, etc.): DESCRIBE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS OR INDICATE “N/A” If there are no restrictions described here, any Subsequent Disbursement Authorizer may submit a Disbursement Request for all available Loan proceeds.

DELETE FOLLOWING SECTION IF NO SUBSEQUENT WIRE TRANSFERS ANTICIPATED



Permitted Wire Transfers: Disbursement Requests for Subsequent Disbursements to be made by wire transfer must specify the amount and applicable Receiving Party. Each Receiving Party included in any such Disbursement Request must be listed below. Administrative Agent is authorized to use the wire instructions that have been provided directly to Administrative Agent by the Receiving Party or Borrower and attached as the Subsequent Disbursement Exhibit. All wire instructions must be in the format specified on the Subsequent Disbursement Exhibit.
	Names of Receiving Parties for Subsequent Disbursements (may include as many parties as needed; wire instructions for each Receiving Party must be attached as the Subsequent Disbursement Exhibit)
1.
2.
3.

DELETE FOLLOWING SECTION IF NO SUBSEQUENT DEPOSITS INTO WFB ACCOUNTS ANTICIPATED

Direct Deposit: Disbursement Requests for Subsequent Disbursements to be deposited into an account at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. must specify the amount and applicable account. Each account included in any such Disbursement Request must be listed below.

Name on Deposit Account:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Deposit Account Number:

Further Credit Information/Instructions:

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Borrower acknowledges that all of the information in this Agreement is correct and agrees to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Additional Terms and Conditions on the following page.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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Additional Terms and Conditions to the Disbursement Instruction Agreement

Definitions. The following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Authorized Representative” means any or all of the Closing Disbursement Authorizers, Subsequent Disbursement Authorizers and Restricted Account Disbursement Authorizers, as applicable.

“Receiving Bank” means the financial institution where a Receiving Party maintains its account.

“Receiving Party” means the ultimate recipient of funds pursuant to a Disbursement Request.

“Restricted Account” means an account at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. associated with the Loan to which Borrower’s access is restricted.

Capitalized terms used in these Additional Terms and Conditions to Disbursement Instruction Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the body of the Agreement.

Disbursement Requests. Except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, Administrative Agent must receive Disbursement Requests in writing. Disbursement Requests will only be accepted from the applicable Authorized Representatives designated in the Disbursement Instruction Agreement. Disbursement Requests will be processed subject to satisfactory completion of Administrative Agent’s customer verification procedures. Administrative Agent is only responsible for making a good faith effort to execute each Disbursement Request and may use agents of its choice to execute Disbursement Requests. Funds disbursed pursuant to a Disbursement Request may be transmitted directly to the Receiving Bank, or indirectly to the Receiving Bank through another bank, government agency, or other third party that Administrative Agent considers to be reasonable. Administrative Agent will, in its sole discretion, determine the funds transfer system and the means by which each Disbursement will be made. Administrative Agent may delay or refuse to accept a Disbursement Request if the Disbursement would: (i) violate the terms of this Agreement; (ii) require use of a bank unacceptable to Administrative Agent or Lenders or prohibited by government authority; (iii) cause Administrative Agent or Lenders to violate any Federal Reserve or other regulatory risk control program or guideline; or (iv) otherwise cause Administrative Agent or Lenders to violate any applicable law or regulation.

Limitation of Liability. Administrative Agent , each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and Lenders shall not be liable to Borrower or any other parties for: (i) errors, acts or failures to act of others, including other entities, banks, communications carriers or clearinghouses, through which Borrower’s requested Disbursements may be made or information received or transmitted, and no such entity shall be deemed an agent of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender or any Lender; (ii) any loss, liability or delay caused by fires, earthquakes, wars, civil disturbances, power surges or failures, acts of government, labor disputes, failures in communications networks, legal constraints or other events beyond Administrative Agent’s, Issuing Banks’, Swingline Lenders’ or any Lender’s control; or (iii) any special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, whether or not (A) any claim for these damages is based on tort or contract or (B) Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender, any Lender or Borrower knew or should have known the likelihood of these damages in any situation. Neither Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender nor any Lender makes any representations or warranties other than those expressly made in this Agreement. IN NO EVENT WILL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK, ANY SWINGLINE LENDER OR ANY LENDER BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IF A DISBURSEMENT REQUEST IS EXECUTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN GOOD FAITH AN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Reliance on Information Provided. Administrative Agent is authorized to rely on the information provided by Borrower or any Authorized Representative in or in accordance with this Agreement when executing a Disbursement Request until Administrative Agent has received a new Agreement signed by Borrower. Borrower agrees to be bound by any Disbursement Request: (i) authorized or transmitted by Borrower; or (ii) made in Borrower’s name and accepted by Administrative Agent in good faith and in compliance with this Agreement, even if not properly authorized by Borrower. Administrative Agent may rely solely (i) on the account number of the Receiving Party, rather than the Receiving Party’s name, and (ii) on the bank routing number of the Receiving Bank, rather than the Receiving Bank’s name, in executing a Disbursement Request. Administrative Agent is not obligated or required in any way to take any actions to detect errors in information provided by Borrower or an Authorized Representative. If Administrative Agent takes any actions in an attempt to detect errors in the transmission or content of transfers or requests or takes any actions in an attempt to detect unauthorized Disbursement Requests, Borrower agrees that, no matter how many times Administrative Agent takes these actions, Administrative Agent will not in any situation be liable for failing to take or correctly perform these actions in the future, and such actions shall not become any part of the Disbursement procedures authorized herein, in the Loan Documents, or in any agreement between Administrative Agent and Borrower.

International Disbursements. A Disbursement Request expressed in US Dollars will be sent in US Dollars, even if the Receiving Party or Receiving Bank is located outside the United States. Administrative Agent will not execute Disbursement Requests expressed in foreign currency unless permitted by the Credit Agreement.

Errors. Borrower agrees to notify Administrative Agent of any errors in the Disbursement of any funds or of any unauthorized or improperly authorized Disbursement Requests within fourteen (14) days after Administrative Agent’s confirmation to Borrower of such Disbursement.

Finality of Disbursement Requests. Disbursement Requests will be final and will not be subject to stop payment or recall; provided that Administrative Agent may, at Borrower’s request, make an effort to effect a stop payment or recall but will incur no liability whatsoever for its failure or inability to do so.

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SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT EXHIBIT

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ATTACH WIRE INSTRUCTIONS FROM RECEIVING PARTIES

All wire instructions must contain the following information:

Transfer/Deposit Funds to (Receiving Party Account Name)

Receiving Party Deposit Account Number

Receiving Bank Name, City and State

Receiving Bank Routing (ABA) Number

Further identifying information, if applicable (title escrow number, borrower name, loan number, etc.)

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EXHIBIT J

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE AND UNENCUMBERED ASSET CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 8.3. of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

1. The undersigned is the _____________________ of the Borrower.

2. The undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and has made a review of the transactions, financial condition and other affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

3. To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, information and belief after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default exists [If such is not the case, specify such Default or Event of Default and its nature, when it occurred and whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by the Borrower with respect to such event, condition or failure] .

4. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are reasonably detailed calculations establishing whether the Borrower were in compliance with the covenants contained in Section 9.1. of the Credit Agreement as of the end of the relevant quarterly accounting period, fiscal year, or other fiscal period covered by the financial statements furnished along with this certificate.

5. The representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in the Loan Documents to which any is a party, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.

6. Schedule 6.1.(z) attached hereto sets forth a list of Unencumbered Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

7. All Unencumbered Assets so listed fully qualify as such under the applicable criteria for inclusion as an Unencumbered Asset.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Compliance Certificate on and as of ___________, 20__.

Name:

Title: _______________________

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Schedule 1

[calculations to be attached]

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EXHIBIT I-1

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10. of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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EXHIBIT I-2

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10. of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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EXHIBIT I-3

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10. of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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EXHIBIT I-4

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10. of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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Exhibit 10.4

Loan Number: 1015062

Execution Version

AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated as of August 1, 2017

by and among

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST,

as Borrower,

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

AND THEIR ASSIGNEES UNDER SECTION 12.5.,

as Lenders,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent

_________________________________________________

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, and

PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and

Joint Lead Bookrunners,

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agent

and

MIZUHO BANK (USA)

as Documentation Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Article I. Definitions	1
Section 1.1. Definitions.	1
Section 1.2. General; References to Eastern Time.	26
Article II. Credit Facility	27
Section 2.1. Loans.	27
Section 2.2. [Intentionally Omitted].	27
Section 2.3. [Intentionally Omitted].	28
Section 2.4. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.	28
Section 2.5. Number of Interest Periods.	28
Section 2.6. Repayment of Loans.	28
Section 2.7. Prepayments.	29
Section 2.8. Continuation.	29
Section 2.9. Conversion.	30
Section 2.10. Notes.	30
Section 2.11. [Intentionally Omitted].	31
Section 2.12. [Intentionally Omitted].	31
Section 2.13. [Intentionally Omitted].	31
Section 2.14. [Intentionally Omitted].	31
Section 2.15. Additional Loans.	31
Section 2.16. Funds Transfer Disbursements.	31
Article III. Payments, Fees and Other General Provisions	32
Section 3.1. Payments.	32
Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.	32
Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.	33
Section 3.4. Several Obligations.	33
Section 3.5. Fees.	33
Section 3.6. Computations.	33
Section 3.7. Usury.	34
Section 3.8. Statements of Account.	34
Section 3.9. Defaulting Lenders.	34
Section 3.10. Taxes.	35
Article IV. Yield Protection, Etc.	39
Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.	39
Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans.	40
Section 4.3. Illegality.	41
Section 4.4. Compensation.	41
Section 4.5. Treatment of Affected Loans.	41
Section 4.6. Affected Lenders.	42
Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office.	43
Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.	43
Article V. Conditions Precedent	43

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Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent.	43
Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events.	45
Article VI. Representations and Warranties	45
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties.	46
Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.	52
Article VII. Affirmative Covenants	52
Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.	52
Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts.	52
Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property.	52
Section 7.4. Conduct of Business.	53
Section 7.5. Insurance.	53
Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims.	53
Section 7.7. Books and Records; Inspections.	53
Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds.	54
Section 7.9. Environmental Matters.	54
Section 7.10. Further Assurances.	54
Section 7.11. REIT Status.	54
Section 7.12. Exchange Listing.	54
Section 7.13. Guarantors.	54
Article VIII. Information	55
Section 8.1. Quarterly Financial Statements.	55
Section 8.2. Year-End Statements.	56
Section 8.3. Compliance Certificate.	56
Section 8.4. Other Information.	56
Section 8.5. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information.	58
Section 8.6. Public/Private Information.	59
Section 8.7. USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance.	59
Article IX. Negative Covenants	59
Section 9.1. Financial Covenants.	59
Section 9.2. Negative Pledge.	61
Section 9.3. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers.	61
Section 9.4. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.	62
Section 9.5. Plans.	62
Section 9.6. Fiscal Year.	62
Section 9.7. Modifications of Organizational Documents, Business Management Agreement and Property Management Agreement and Other Material Contracts.	62
Section 9.8. Transactions with Affiliates.	63
Section 9.9. Environmental Matters.	63
Section 9.10. Derivatives Contracts.	63
Article X. Default	64
Section 10.1. Events of Default.	64
Section 10.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default.	67

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Section 10.3. [Intentionally Omitted].	68
Section 10.4. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.	68
Section 10.5. Allocation of Proceeds.	68
Section 10.6. [Intentionally Omitted].	69
Section 10.7. Performance by Administrative Agent.	69
Section 10.8. Rights Cumulative.	69
Article XI. The Administrative Agent	70
Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization.	70
Section 11.2. Administrative Agent as Lender.	71
Section 11.3. Approvals of Lenders.	71
Section 11.4. Notice of Events of Default.	71
Section 11.5. Administrative Agent’s Reliance.	72
Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent.	72
Section 11.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc.	73
Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent.	74
Section 11.9. Titled Agents.	74
Article XII. Miscellaneous	75
Section 12.1. Notices.	75
Section 12.2. Expenses.	76
Section 12.3. Setoff.	77
Section 12.4. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.	77
Section 12.5. Successors and Assigns.	78
Section 12.6. Amendments and Waivers.	82
Section 12.7. Nonliability of Administrative Agent and Lenders.	84
Section 12.8. Confidentiality.	84
Section 12.9. Indemnification.	85
Section 12.10. Termination; Survival.	87
Section 12.11. Severability of Provisions.	87
Section 12.12. GOVERNING LAW.	87
Section 12.13. Counterparts.	87
Section 12.14. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties.	87
Section 12.15. Independence of Covenants.	87
Section 12.16. Limitation of Liability.	88
Section 12.17. Entire Agreement.	88
Section 12.18. Construction.	88
Section 12.19. Headings.	88
Section 12.20. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES, ETC.	88
Section 12.21. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.	89
Section 12.22. Effect on Existing Term Loan Agreement.	89

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SCHEDULE I	Loans


SCHEDULE 1.1.	Loan Parties


SCHEDULE 6.1.(i)	Litigation


SCHEDULE 6.1.(s)	Affiliate Transactions


EXHIBIT A	Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement


EXHIBIT B	Form of Guaranty


EXHIBIT C	Form of Notice of Borrowing


EXHIBIT D	Form of Notice of Continuation


EXHIBIT E	Form of Notice of Conversion


EXHIBIT F	Form of Note


EXHIBIT G	Form of Disbursement Instruction Agreement


EXHIBIT H	Form of Compliance Certificate


EXHIBIT I	Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates

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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of August 1, 2017 by and among SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), each of the financial institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their successors and assignees under Section 12.5. (the “Lenders”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), with each of WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC and PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (each a “Lead Arranger”), PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent (the “Syndication Agent”) and MIZUHO BANK (USA), as Documentation Agent (the “Documentation Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain of the Lenders and other financial institutions, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto previously entered into that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of September 28, 2015 (as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Term Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which the Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo and certain of the Lenders made available to the Borrower term loans in an aggregate initial amount of $200,000,000, on the terms and conditions contained therein; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to amend and restate the terms of the Existing Term Loan Agreement on the terms and conditions contained herein.

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions.

In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:

“ Accession Agreement ” means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Annex I to the Guaranty.

“ Acquired Encumbered Properties ” means the Properties subject, as of the Agreement Date, to the Liens created under Acquired Property Lien Documents.

“ Additional Costs ” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1.(b).

“ Affected Lender ” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.6.

“ Agreement Date ” means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.

“ Anti-Terrorism Laws ” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(y).

“ Applicable Law ” means all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes, executive orders, and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law. For purposes of Section 3.10., the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA.

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has received two Credit Ratings that are not equivalent, then (x) the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the Level corresponding to the higher of such two Credit Ratings if the higher of such two Credit Ratings is not more than one Level higher than the lower of such two Credit Ratings and (y) the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the Level corresponding to the Level immediately below the higher of such two Credit Ratings if the higher of such two Credit Ratings is more than one Level higher than the lower of such two Credit Ratings. During any period for which the Borrower has received a Credit Rating from only one Rating Agency, then the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on such Credit Rating. During any period that the Borrower has not received a Credit Rating from any Rating Agency, the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on Level 5. The provisions of this definition shall be subject to Section 2.4.(c).



Level	Borrower’s Credit Rating (S&P/Moody’s)	Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans	Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans
1	A-/A3 (or equivalent) or better	0.90%	0.00%
2	BBB+/Baa1	0.95%	0.00%
3	BBB/Baa2	1.10%	0.10%
4	BBB-/Baa3	1.35%	0.35%
5	Lower than BBB-/Baa3 (or equivalent) or unrated	1.75%	0.75%

“ Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered, or managed or underwritten by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of any entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“ Assignment and Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.5.), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“ Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“ Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.

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“ Base Rate Loan ” means a Loan, or any portion thereof, bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.

“ Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include the Borrower’s successors and permitted assigns.

“ Borrower Information ” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.4.(c).

“ Borrower Letter ” means that certain letter dated as of even date herewith from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

“ Business Management Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Business Management Agreement dated as of June 5, 2015 by and between the Borrower and RMR.

“ Capitalization Rate ” means (a) 7.00% for Senior Housing Assets and (b) 6.50% for all other Properties.

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“ Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.

“ Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“ Continue ”, “ Continuation ” and “ Continued ” each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR Loan from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.8.

“ Convert ”, “ Conversion ” and “ Converted ” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.9.

“ Credit Event ” means any of the following: (a) the making of any Loan and (b) the Conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan.

“ Credit Percentage ” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Loan to (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans.

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“ Credit Rating ” means the rating assigned by a Rating Agency to the senior unsecured long term Indebtedness of a Person.

“ Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., whether or not there has been satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.

“ Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 3.9.(d), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of a Loan to be made by it within 2 Business Days of the date such Loan was required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within 2 Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), or (c) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (c) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 3.9.(d)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

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transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction or forward purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other financial instrument or interest (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or (ii) which is a type of transaction that is similar to any transaction referred to in clause (i) above that is currently, or in the future becomes, recurrently entered into in the financial markets (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and which is a forward, swap, future, option or other derivative on one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities or other debt instruments, economic indices or measures of economic risk or value, or other benchmarks against which payments or deliveries are to be made, and (b) any combination of these transactions.

“ Disbursement Instruction Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G to be executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1.(a), as the same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time with the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

“ Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

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extinguishment of Indebtedness, (y) non-cash severance and other non-cash restructuring charges and (z) transaction costs of acquisitions not permitted to be capitalized pursuant to GAAP.

“ EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to time.

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during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the incurrence by a member of the ERISA Group of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by any member of the ERISA Group of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure by any member of the ERISA Group to make when due required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Plan unless such failure is cured within 30 days or the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard; (g) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the receipt by any member of the ERISA Group of any notice or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any member of the ERISA Group of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA), in reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), or in “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (i) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any member of the ERISA Group or the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA; or (j) a determination that a Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA).

“ EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“ Event of Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.

“ Excluded Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary (a) holding title to or beneficially owning assets which are or are intended to become collateral for any Secured Indebtedness of such Subsidiary, or being a beneficial owner of a Subsidiary holding title to or beneficially owning such assets (but having no material assets other than such beneficial ownership interests or the equity interests of a Subsidiary having no material assets other than such beneficial ownership interests) and (b) which (i) is, or is expected to be, prohibited from Guarantying the Indebtedness of any other Person pursuant to any document, instrument or agreement evidencing such Secured Indebtedness or (ii) is prohibited from Guarantying the Indebtedness of any other Person pursuant to a provision of such Subsidiary’s organizational documents which provision was included in such Subsidiary’s organizational documents as a condition or anticipated condition to the extension of such Secured Indebtedness. In addition, (A) CCC of Kentucky Trust shall be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary so long as any Indebtedness secured by the Acquired Property Lien Documents described in Part I or Part II of Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter remains outstanding, (B) each SE Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary so long as any Property owned by such SE Subsidiary remains subject to a Lien arising in connection with any Acquired Property Lien Document described in Part III of Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter, and (C) SNH NS Mtg Properties 2 Trust shall be deemed to be an Excluded

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Subsidiary so long as the Property owned by such Subsidiary remains subject to a Lien arising in connection with any Acquired Property Lien Document described in Part IV of Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter.

“ Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan pursuant to an Applicable Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 4.6.) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.10., amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.10.(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“ Existing Credit Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto as “Lenders”, Wells Fargo, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.

“ FASB ASC ” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“ Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal Funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. If the Federal Funds Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, the Federal Funds Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

“ Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter dated as of June 29, 2017, by and among the Borrower, Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, PNC Bank, National Association, PNC Capital Markets LLC and the other parties thereto.

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“ Fees ” means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in Section 3.5. and any other fees payable by the Borrower hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under the Fee Letter.

“ Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

“ Five Star ” means Five Star Senior Living Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors.

“ Fixed Charges ” means, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Debt Service for such period and (b) Preferred Dividends for such period.

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary not formed under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“ Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

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“ Guarantor ” means any Person that is party to the Guaranty as a “Guarantor”.

“ Guaranty ”, “ Guaranteed ” or to “ Guarantee ” as applied to any obligation means and includes: (a) a guaranty (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation, or (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation whether by: (i) the purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on account of any part or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) repayment of amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit, or (v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all or any part of such Person’s obligation under a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation. As the context requires, “Guaranty” shall also mean the guaranty executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.1. or 7.13. and substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

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of such Person under or in respect of any letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations; (f) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Mandatorily Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other Person, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of any purchase obligation, repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the obligation can be satisfied by the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock)); (h) all Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such Person (excluding guarantees required under Applicable Laws, or by any Governmental Authority, as a condition to ownership of Senior Housing Assets); (i) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) on property or assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation, valued, in the case of any such Indebtedness as to which recourse for the payment thereof is expressly limited to the property or assets on which such Lien is granted, at the lesser of (x) the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness that is so secured or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) and (y) the Fair Market Value of such property or assets; and (j) such Person’s Ownership Share of the Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such Person.

“ Intellectual Property ” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(t).

“ Interest Period ” means, with respect to each LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is made, or in the case of the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan the last day of the preceding Interest Period for such Loan, and ending 7 days thereafter or on the numerically corresponding day in the first, third or sixth calendar month thereafter, as the Borrower may select in the Notice of Borrowing, a Notice of Continuation or a Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each Interest Period (other than an Interest Period having a duration of 7 days) that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month) shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the Termination Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Termination Date; and (ii) each Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately following Business Day (or, if such immediately following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately preceding Business Day).

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“ Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“ Lead Arrangers ” has the meaning given that term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

“ Lease ” means a (sub)lease of a Property, between the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as Lessor, and a Lessee.

“ Lender ” means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as a “Lender,” together with its respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as expressly provided herein, the term “Lender” shall exclude any Lender (and its Affiliates) in its capacity as a Specified Derivatives Provider.

“ Lessee ” means the (sub)lessee of a Property pursuant to a Lease, provided that (without the Administrative Agent’s approval) no such (sub)lessee shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower (including, without limitation, RMR, or any Managing Trustee, but, subject to compliance with Section 9.8., excluding (x) Five Star and any of its Subsidiaries at any time Five Star or any such Subsidiary is an Affiliate and (y) any TRS), except during an interim period for Properties which are foreclosed upon or repossessed upon lease terminations or otherwise by or on behalf of the Borrower or a Subsidiary.

“ Level ” has the meaning given that term in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin.”

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Page (or any applicable successor page), then the rate to be used for such clause (i) shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period. Any change in the maximum rate or reserves described in the preceding clause (ii) shall result in a change in LIBOR on the date on which such change in such maximum rate becomes effective. If LIBOR determined as provided above would be less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.

“ LIBOR Loan ” means a Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan), or any portion thereof, bearing interest at a rate based on LIBOR.

“ Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1. (a)(i) of the Existing Term Loan Agreement or Section 2.15.

“ Loan Document ” means this Agreement, each Note, the Borrower Letter, the Guaranty and each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by a Loan Party in connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement (other than the Fee Letter and any Specified Derivatives Contract).

“ Managed Property ” means a Property acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a result of, or in connection with, a foreclosure or repossession (or consensual arrangement in lieu thereof).

“ Managing Trustee ” means either Mr. Barry M. Portnoy or Mr. Adam D. Portnoy, both having a business address c/o RMR, or any duly appointed successor thereto.

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“ Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition (whether by direct purchase, merger or otherwise and whether in one or more related transactions) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in which the purchase price of the assets acquired exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined under GAAP as of the last day of the most recently ending fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are publicly available.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, (d) the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents or (e) the timely payment of the principal of or interest on the Loans or other amounts payable in connection therewith.

“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

“ Mortgage Receivable ” means a promissory note secured by a Mortgage of which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is the holder and retains the rights of collection of all payments thereunder.

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“ Net Operating Income ” or “ NOI ” means, with respect to a Property, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to such Property. In no event shall Net Operating Income for any Property be less than $0.

“ Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

“ Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit F, payable to the order of a Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s Loan.

“ Notice of Borrowing ” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent evidencing the Borrower’s request for the borrowing of Loans.

“ Obligations ” means, individually and collectively: (a) the aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans and (b) all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties owing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender of every kind, nature and description, under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fees and indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced

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by any promissory note. For the avoidance of doubt, “Obligations” shall not include Specified Derivatives Obligations.

“ OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“ Other Existing Term Loan Agreement ” means that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 30, 2014 by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto as “Lenders”, Wells Fargo, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.

“ Participant ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5.(d).

“ Participant Register ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5.(d).

“ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.

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“ Permitted Liens ” means, as to any Person: (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments and other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA) or the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, (i) which are not at the time required to be paid or discharged under Section 7.6., or (ii) if such Lien is the responsibility of a financially responsible tenant, mortgagor or manager to discharge, or (iii) in the case of a Senior Housing Asset or Senior Housing Asset Pool, when considered in the aggregate with all other Liens on such Senior Housing Asset (or Senior Housing Asset Pool), which Lien does not materially detract from (A) if the Senior Housing Asset subject to such Lien is part of a Senior Housing Asset Pool, the value of such Senior Housing Asset Pool, or (B) if the Senior Housing Asset subject to such Lien is not part of a Senior Housing Asset Pool, the value of such Senior Housing Asset; (b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar Applicable Laws; (c) Liens consisting of encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not materially detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the business of such Person and, in the case of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, Liens granted by any tenant on its leasehold estate in a Property which are subordinate to the interest of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in such Property; (d) Liens in existence as of the Agreement Date and set forth in Part II of Item 6.1.(f) of the Borrower Letter; (e) deposits to secure trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (f) the lessor’s interest in property leased to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a lease permitted by this Agreement; (g) the interests of tenants, operators or managers of Properties; (h) Liens on any assets of a TRS in favor of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; (i) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers; (j) Liens required under Applicable Law, or by any Governmental Authority, as a condition to ownership or operation of Senior Housing Assets; (k) Liens which are also secured by restricted cash or Cash Equivalents of equal or greater value; (l) Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1.(h); (m) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4‑210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits (including the right of set‑off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; (n) Liens (i) on earnest money deposits in connection with purchases and sales of properties, (ii) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property; (o) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and (p) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

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“ Post-Default Rate ” means, in respect of any principal of any Loan or any other Obligation, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2.0%).

“ Qualified Plan ” means a Benefit Arrangement that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Rating Agency ” means S&P, Moody’s or any other nationally recognized securities rating agency selected by the Borrower and approved of by the Administrative Agent in writing.

“ Recipient ” means the Administrative Agent and any Lender, as applicable.

“ Register ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5.(c).

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Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.

“ REIT ” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” under the Internal Revenue Code.

“ RMR ” means The RMR Group LLC, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“ RMR Inc. ” means The RMR Group Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“ Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“ Requisite Lenders ” means, as of any date, Lenders holding more than 50% of the principal amount of the aggregate outstanding Loans; provided, that (i) in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded, and (ii) at all times when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Agreement, the term “Requisite Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders.

“ Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions.

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European Union or any other Governmental Authority, (b) any Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) an agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of the government of a Sanctioned County or (d) any Person Controlled by any Person or agency described in any of the preceding clauses (a) through (c).

“ SE Subsidiaries ” means, collectively, the entities set forth in Part III of Item 1.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter.

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, together with all rules and regulations issued thereunder.

“ Solvent ” means, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair salable value of its assets (excluding any Indebtedness due from any Affiliate of such Person) are each in excess of the fair valuation of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability); (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.

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“ Specified Derivatives Provider ” means any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to a Derivatives Contract at the time the Derivatives Contract is entered into.

“ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC business, or any successors.

“ Termination Date ” means September 28, 2022.

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escrow at the time of such determination, retained as a contingency reserve at the time of such determination, or subject to other similar arrangements at the time of such determination) and (ii) for purposes of the immediately preceding clause (d), the amount of Marketable Securities, cash, and cash equivalents shall be calculated as of such date of determination rather than as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended.

“ Trading with the Enemy Act ” has the meaning given to that term in Section 6.1.(y).

“ TRS ” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is classified as a “taxable REIT subsidiary” under Section 856(l) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Type ” with respect to any Loan, refers to whether such Loan or portion thereof is a LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan.

“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

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Lease for such Property; and (h) such Property has been designated by the Borrower as an “Unencumbered Asset” on Item 6.1.(z) of the Borrower Letter or on an Unencumbered Asset Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, a Property owned by a Foreign Subsidiary will be considered to be an Unencumbered Asset so long as: (1) such Property is (i) owned in fee simple (or the legal equivalent in the jurisdiction where such Property is located) by such Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) leased solely by such Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to a long-term lease having terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (2) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are legally and beneficially owned by one or more of the Borrower and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; (3) such Foreign Subsidiary has no Indebtedness other than (x) Nonrecourse Indebtedness and (y) other Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of less than 2.0% of the value of the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary (such value to be determined in a manner consistent with the definition of Total Asset Value or, if not contemplated under the definition of Total Asset Value, in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent); (4) neither such Property, nor any interest of such Foreign Subsidiary therein, is subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or to any Negative Pledge other than Negative Pledges permitted under Sections 9.2.(b)(iii) and (iv); and (5) such Property satisfies the requirements set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g). In addition, a Senior Housing Asset Pool or the portion thereof comprised of Properties which are individually Unencumbered Assets shall constitute an Unencumbered Asset for purposes of this Agreement.

“ Unencumbered Asset Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.

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“ Unimproved Land ” means land on which no development (other than improvements that are not material and are temporary in nature) has occurred.

“ Unsecured Debt Service ” means, for a given period, Debt Service for such period with respect to Unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

“ U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ Wells Fargo ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns.

“ Withdrawal Liability ” means any liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“ Withholding Agent ” means (a) the Borrower, (b) any other Loan Party and (c) the Administrative Agent, as applicable.

Section 1.2. General; References to Eastern Time.

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References in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not otherwise stated herein or prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Unless explicitly set forth to the contrary, a reference to “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary and a reference to an “Affiliate” means a reference to an Affiliate of the Borrower. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to Eastern time, daylight savings or standard, as applicable.

ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITY

Section 2.1. Loans.

(a) Loans . Pursuant to the Existing Term Loan Agreement each Lender (or its successor) made a Loan to the Borrower, the outstanding principal amount of which on the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule I. The Borrower may not reborrow any portion of a Loan once repaid. Additional Loans shall be made in accordance with Section 2.15.

(b) Loan Reallocation . The Administrative Agent, the Borrower, each Lender (including any Lender who was not a “Lender” under the Existing Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to giving effect hereto, each such Lender, an “Additional Lender”) agree that upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loan is as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Agreement, the principal amount of all outstanding Loans shall be reallocated among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Loans (determined in accordance with the amount of each such Lender’s Loan set forth on Schedule I attached hereto). In order to effect such reallocations, any Additional Lender and each other Lender whose Loan exceeds its “Loan” under the Existing Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement (each, an “Assignee Lender”) shall be deemed to have purchased at par a portion of all right, title and interest in, and all obligations in respect of, the “Loan” under the Existing Term Loan Agreement of any “Lender” under the Existing Term Loan Agreement which shall cease to be a Lender hereunder and each Lender whose Loan will be less than its “Loan” under the Existing Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement (each, an “Assignor Lender”) so that the outstanding principal amount of the Loan of each Lender will be as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. Such purchases shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, Assignment and Assumptions without the payment of any related assignment fee, and, except for replacement Notes to be provided to the Assignee Lenders and, if applicable, the Assignor Lenders, in the principal amounts of their respective Loans upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, no other documents or instruments shall be, or shall be required to be, executed in connection with such assignments (all of which are hereby waived). The Assignee Lenders shall make the proceeds of such purchases available to the Administrative Agent which shall then make such amounts of the proceeds of such purchases available to the Assignor Lenders as is necessary to purchase in full at par the Loan owing to the Assignor Lender.

Section 2.2. [Intentionally Omitted].

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Section 2.3. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.4. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.

(a) Rates . The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loan made by such Lender for the period from and including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be paid in full, at the following per annum rates:

(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in effect from time to time), plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans; and

(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at LIBOR for such Loan for the Interest Period therefor, plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, while an Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender interest at the Post-Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of the Loan made by such Lender and on any other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under the Note held by such Lender to or for the account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable Law).

(c) Borrower Information Used to Determine Applicable Interest Rates . The parties understand that the applicable interest rate for the Obligations and certain fees set forth herein may be determined and/or adjusted from time to time based upon certain financial ratios and/or other information to be provided or certified to the Lenders by the Borrower (the “Borrower Information”). If it is subsequently determined that any such Borrower Information was incorrect (for whatever reason, including without limitation because of a subsequent restatement of earnings by the Borrower) at the time it was delivered to the Administrative Agent, and if the applicable interest rate or fees calculated for any period were lower than they should have been had the correct information been timely provided, then, such interest rate and such fees for such period shall be automatically recalculated using correct Borrower Information. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing of any additional interest and fees due because of such recalculation, and the Borrower shall pay such additional interest or fees due to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such written notice. Any recalculation of interest or fees required by this provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and this provision shall not in any way limit any of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s other rights under this Agreement.

Section 2.5. Number of Interest Periods.

There may be no more than 3 different Interest Periods outstanding at the same time.

Section 2.6. Repayment of Loans.

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The Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Loans on the Termination Date.

Section 2.7. Prepayments.

(a) Optional . Subject to Section 4.4., and except as otherwise provided in the immediately following subsection (c), the Borrower may prepay any Loan at any time without premium or penalty. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice of the prepayment of any Loan. Each voluntary prepayment of Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof.

(b) No Effect on Derivatives Contracts . No prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section or otherwise shall affect any of the Borrower’s obligations under any Derivatives Contract entered into with respect to any of the Loans.

(c) Prepayment Premium . During the periods set forth below, the Borrower may only prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, at the prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of such Loans to be prepaid) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of payment:



Period	Percentage
September 28, 2015 to and including September 28, 2016	102.0%
September 29, 2016 to and including September 28, 2017	101.0%
All times after September 28, 2017	100.0%

The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the amounts payable by it under this Section in connection with the prepayment of the Loans is a reasonable calculation of the lost profits of the Lenders in view of the difficulties and impracticality of determining actual damages resulting from the prepayment of such Loans.

Section 2.8. Continuation.

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into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.9. or the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section.

Section 2.9. Conversion.

The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon the Borrower’s giving of a Notice of Conversion to the Administrative Agent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of communication, Convert all or a portion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type; provided, however, a Base Rate Loan may not be Converted into a LIBOR Loan if a Default or Event of Default exists. Each Conversion of Base Rate Loans into LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such Notice of Conversion shall be given not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern time 3 Business Days prior to the date of any proposed Conversion. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed Conversion. Subject to the restrictions specified above, each Notice of Conversion shall be by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of communication in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion of such Type of Loan to be Converted, (d) the Type of Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of the Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.

Section 2.10. Notes.

(a) Notes . Except in the case of a Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent in writing that it elects not to receive a Note, the Loan made by each Lender shall, in addition to this Agreement, also be evidenced by a Note, payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its Loan as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.

(b) Records . The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods (if applicable) of the Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that (i) the failure of a Lender to make any such record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents and (ii) if there is a discrepancy between such records of a Lender and the statements of accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.8., in the absence of manifest error, the statements of account maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.8. shall be controlling.

(c) Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes . Upon receipt by the Borrower of (i) written notice from a Lender that the Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, and (ii)(A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, or (B) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrower shall at its own expense execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

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Section 2.11. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.12. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.13. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.14. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.14. Additional Loans.

The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time during the period beginning on the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date to request additional Loans by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall be irrevocable once given; provided , however , that after giving effect to any such additional Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans shall not exceed $400,000,000. Each such borrowing of additional Loans must be an aggregate minimum amount of $50,000,000 and integral multiples of $10,000,000 in excess thereof. The Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall manage all aspects of the syndication of such additional Loans, including decisions as to the selection of the existing Lenders and/or other banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders to be approached with respect to such additional Loans and the allocations of such additional Loans among such existing Lenders and/or other banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders. No Lender shall be obligated in any way whatsoever to make additional Loans, and any new Lender becoming a party to this Agreement in connection with any such requested additional Loan must be an Eligible Assignee. Effecting the making of additional Loans under this Section is subject to the following conditions precedent: (x) no Default or Event of Default shall be in existence on the effective date of such borrowing of additional Loans, (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on the effective date of such borrowing of additional Loans except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder, and (z) the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) if not previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of (A) all corporate and other necessary action taken by the Borrower to authorize such borrowing of additional Loans and (B) all corporate, partnership, member and other necessary action taken by each Guarantor authorizing the guaranty of such additional Loans; (ii) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders covering such matters as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; and (iii) except in the case of any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent in writing that it elects not to receive a Note, new Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to any new Lenders and replacement Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to any existing Lenders making additional Loans, in the principal amount of such Lender’s outstanding Loans at the time of the effectiveness of the making of the additional Loans. In connection with any increase in the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Loans pursuant to this Section any Lender becoming a party hereto shall execute such documents and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Section 2.16. Funds Transfer Disbursements.

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ARTICLE III. PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 3.1. Payments.

(a) Payments by Borrower . Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest, Fees and other amounts to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without setoff, deduction or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office, not later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date on which such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day). Subject to Section 10.5., the Borrower shall, at the time of making each payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, specify to the Administrative Agent the amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wiring instructions provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent from time to time, for the account of such Lender at the applicable Lending Office of such Lender. In the event the Administrative Agent fails to pay such amounts to such Lender (i) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day such funds are received by the Administrative Agent, if such amounts are received by 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on such date or (ii) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day following the date such funds are received by the Administrative Agent, if such amounts are received after 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall continue to accrue at the rate, if any, applicable to such payment for the period of such extension.

(b) Presumptions Regarding Payments by Borrower . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent on demand that amount so distributed to such Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.

Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (a) each payment or prepayment of principal of the Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; (b) each payment of interest on the Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders, pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; and (c) the Conversion and Continuation of Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions provided for by Sections 4.1.(c) and 4.5.) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according

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to the amounts of their respective Loans and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each such Loan of such Type shall be coterminous. Any payment or prepayment of principal or interest made during the existence of a Default or Event of Default shall be made for the account of the Lenders in accordance with the order set forth in Section 10.5.

Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.

If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan made by it to the Borrower under this Agreement or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party through the exercise of any right of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or other payments made by or on behalf the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Lender (other than any payment in respect of Specified Derivatives Obligations) not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 10.5., as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the Loans made by the other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may actually be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) in accordance with the requirements of Section 3.2. or Section 10.5., as applicable. To such end, all the Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders may exercise all rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the amount of such participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower.

Section 3.4. Several Obligations.

Section 3.5. Fees.

(a) Closing Fees . On the Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay all fees then due and payable under the Fee Letter.

(b) Administrative and Other Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and other fees of the Administrative Agent as provided in the Fee Letter and as may be otherwise agreed to in writing from time to time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 3.6. Computations.

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Section 3.7. Usury.

In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in writing that the Borrower elects to have such excess sum returned to it forthwith. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law. The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge imposed upon the Borrower for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically described in Section 2.4.(a)(i) and (ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, commitment fees, closing fees, underwriting fees, default charges, late charges, funding or “breakage” charges, prepayment premiums, increased cost charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, are charges made to compensate the Administrative Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or incurred, by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. All charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.

Section 3.8. Statements of Account.

Section 3.9. Defaulting Lenders.

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to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fourth , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and fifth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Article V. were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Credit Percentages (determined as if there had been no Defaulting Lenders). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(c) Certain Fees . No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Fee payable under Section 3.5. for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

(d) Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to Fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Section 3.10. Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower or other applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(c) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient (whether directly or pursuant to Section 3.10.(e)(i)) or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall be liable to indemnify any Lender or Participant for any Taxes attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.6. relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower or another Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.5. relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection.

(e) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, the Borrower or such other Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(f) Status of Lenders .

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backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in the immediately following clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the applicable Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(II) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W‑8ECI;

(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an IRS Form W‑8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative

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Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will an indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place such indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to, or apply for or seek any refund for or on behalf of, any indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(i) FATCA Determination . For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Effective Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

ARTICLE IV. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.

Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.

(a) Capital Adequacy . If any Lender determines that any Regulatory Change affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity ratios or requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loan made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(b) Additional Costs. In addition to, and not in limitation of the immediately preceding subsection, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of a Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it determines are attributable to its making or maintaining of any LIBOR Loans or its obligation to make any LIBOR Loans hereunder, any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such LIBOR Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such Lender of capital in respect of its LIBOR Loans (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”), resulting from any Regulatory Change that: (i) changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such LIBOR Loans (other than Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and Connection Income Taxes), or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan insurance charge, or similar requirements (other than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other similar reserve requirement applicable to any other category of liabilities or category of extensions of credit or other assets by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined to the extent utilized when determining LIBOR for such Loans) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities of, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of

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funds by such Lender (or its parent corporation), or any commitment of such Lender or (iii) imposes on any Lender or the London interbank market, any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or the Loan made by such Lender.

(c) Lender’s Suspension of LIBOR Loans. Without limiting the effect of the provisions of the immediately preceding subsections (a) and (b), if by reason of any Regulatory Change, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBOR Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 4.5. shall apply).

(d) Notification and Determination of Additional Costs . Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as the case may be, agrees to notify the Borrower (and in the case of a Lender, to notify the Administrative Agent) of any event occurring after the Agreement Date entitling the Administrative Agent or such Lender to compensation under any of the preceding subsections of this Section as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give such notice shall not release the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder (and in the case of a Lender, to the Administrative Agent); provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Administrative Agent or a Lender, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to compensation for any such amount relating to any period ending more than six months prior to the date that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, first notifies the Borrower in writing thereof or for any amounts resulting from a change by any Lender of its Lending Office (other than changes required by Applicable Law). The Administrative Agent and each Lender, as the case may be, agrees to furnish to the Borrower (and in the case of a Lender to the Administrative Agent as well) a certificate setting forth the basis and amount of each request for compensation under this Section. Determinations by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of the effect of any Regulatory Change shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent and or any such Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of LIBOR for any Interest Period:

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be determined are not likely to adequately cover the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period,

then the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower and each Lender prompt notice thereof and, so long as such condition remains in effect, all of the Lenders, in the case of the immediately preceding clause (a), and any Lender affected thereby, in the case of the immediately preceding clause (b), shall be under no obligation to, and shall not, make additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans, unless and until the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, gives notice as provided in Section 4.5. that such condition no longer exists, and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders or such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, as the case may be, shall be treated in accordance with Section 4.5.

Section 4.3. Illegality.

Section 4.4. Compensation.

Section 4.5. Treatment of Affected Loans.

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If the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(c), Section 4.2. or Section 4.3. then such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion required by Section 4.1.(c), Section 4.2., or Section 4.3. on such earlier date as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, may specify to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, as applicable)) and, unless and until such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1., Section 4.2. or Section 4.3. that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:

Section 4.6. Affected Lenders.

If (a) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 3.10. or 4.1., and the Requisite Lenders are not also doing the same, or (b) the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(b) or 4.3. but the obligation of the Requisite Lenders shall not have been suspended under such Sections, (c) a Lender does not vote in favor of any amendment, modification or waiver to this Agreement or any other Loan Document which, pursuant to Section 12.6., requires the vote of such Lender, and the Requisite Lenders shall have voted in favor of such amendment, modification or waiver or (d) a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, so long as there does not then exist any Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may demand that such Lender (the “Affected Lender”), and upon such demand the Affected Lender shall promptly, assign its Loans to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.5.(b) for a purchase price equal to (x) the aggregate principal balance of all Loans then owing to the Affected Lender, plus (y) any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to the Affected Lender, or any other amount as may be mutually agreed upon by such Affected Lender and Eligible Assignee. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Affected Lender shall reasonably cooperate in effectuating the replacement of such Affected Lender under this Section, and such Affected Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Assumption, but at no time shall the Administrative Agent, such Affected Lender nor any other Lender nor any Titled Agent be obligated in any way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. The exercise by the Borrower of its rights under this Section shall be at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the

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Administrative Agent, the Affected Lender or any of the other Lenders. The terms of this Section shall not in any way limit the Borrower’s obligation to pay to any Affected Lender compensation owing to such Affected Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 3.10., 4.1. or 4.4.) with respect to any period up to the date of replacement.

Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office.

Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.

ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent.

The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i) counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;

(ii) Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to each Lender (other than any Lender that has requested that it not receive a Note) and complying with the terms of Section 2.10.(a);

(iii) the Guaranty executed by each of the Guarantors, if any, initially required to be a party thereto pursuant to Section 7.13.;

(v) the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument

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(if any) of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of such Loan Party;

(vii) a certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party with respect to each of the officers of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, and in the case of the Borrower, authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Borrower the Notice of Borrowing, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Continuation;

(ix) a Compliance Certificate calculated as of the Effective Date on a pro forma basis for the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2017;

(x) a Disbursement Instruction Agreement effective as of the Agreement Date;

(xi) [intentionally omitted];

(xiii) the Borrower Letter executed by the Borrower; and

(xiv) such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;

(b) there shall not have occurred or become known to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information contained in the financial and business projections, budgets, pro forma data and forecasts concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (i) result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely

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affect, the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (i) any Applicable Law or (ii) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which could not reasonably be likely to (x) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (y) restrain or enjoin impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(e) there shall not have occurred or exist any material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; and

(f) the Borrower and each other Loan Party shall have provided all information requested in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Lender at least five Business Days prior to the Effective Date in order to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.

Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events.

In addition to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent contained in the immediately preceding Section, the effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Lenders to effect any Credit Event is subject to the further conditions precedent that: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the requested Credit Event or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto; provided, however, that a LIBOR Loan may be Converted into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or Event of Default; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of the occurrence of the requested Credit Event with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder. Each Credit Event shall constitute a certification by the Borrower to the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of notice relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date of such Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). Unless set forth in writing to the contrary, the making of its Loan by a Lender shall constitute a certification by such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders that the conditions precedent for Loans set forth in Sections 5.1. and 5.2. that have not previously been waived by the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement have been satisfied.

ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

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Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties.

In order to induce the Administrative Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows:

(b) Ownership Structure . Part I of Item 6.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter is, as of the Agreement Date, a complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower setting forth for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, (iii) the nature of the Equity Interests held by each such Person, (iv) the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such Equity Interests and (v) whether such Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary and/or a Foreign Subsidiary. As of the Agreement Date, except as disclosed in Part I of Item 6.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter, (A) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens, and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding Equity Interests in each Person shown to be held by it in Part I of Item 6.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter, (B) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (C) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including, without limitation, any stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or outstanding securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, any such Person. As of the Agreement Date, Part II of Item 6.1.(b) of the Borrower Letter correctly sets forth all Unconsolidated Affiliates of the Borrower, including the correct legal name of such Person, the type of legal entity which each such Person is, and all Equity Interests in such Person held directly or indirectly by the Borrower.

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or violate any Applicable Law (including all Environmental Laws) relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party or by which it or any of its respective properties may be bound; or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party other than in favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders.

(g) Existing Indebtedness . As of the Agreement Date, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries have performed and are in compliance with all of the terms of their Indebtedness and all instruments and agreements relating thereto, and no default or event of default, or event or condition which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or event of default, exists with respect to any such Indebtedness.

(h) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(i) Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1.(i), there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending (nor, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, are there any actions, suits or proceedings threatened, nor is there any basis therefor) against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any of their respective property in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any other Governmental Authority which, (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) in any manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the Fee Letter. There are no strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or walkouts or other labor disputes in progress or threatened relating to, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary.

(j) Taxes . All federal, state and other material tax returns of the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary required by Applicable Law to be filed have been duly filed (after taking into account any extensions of time within which to file such tax returns), and all federal, state and other taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies upon, each Loan Party, each other Subsidiary and their respective properties, income, profits and assets which are due and payable have been paid, except any such nonpayment or non-filing which is at the time permitted under Section 7.6. As of the Agreement Date, none of the United States income tax returns of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is under audit. All charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are in accordance with GAAP.

(k) Financial Statements . The Borrower has furnished to each Lender copies of (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended

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December 31, 2016, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flow for the fiscal year ended on such date, with the opinion thereon of Ernst & Young LLP and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations, and cash flow of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended on such date. Such financial statements (including in each case related schedules and notes) are complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at their respective dates and the results of operations and the cash flow for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year‑end audit adjustments). Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has on the Agreement Date any material contingent liabilities, liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual or long-term commitments or unrealized or forward anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments that would be required to be set forth in its financial statements or notes thereto, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in said financial statements.

(l) No Material Adverse Change . Since December 31, 2016, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition, results of operations or business of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole is Solvent.

(n) ERISA .

(iii) Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is expected to occur; (ii) there

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are no pending, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, claims, actions or lawsuits or other action by any Governmental Authority, plan participant or beneficiary with respect to a Benefit Arrangement; (iii) there are no violations of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Benefit Arrangement; and (iv) no member of the ERISA Group has engaged in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, in connection with any Plan, that would subject any member of the ERISA Group to a tax on prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Properties other than (x) in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws or (y) as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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behalf of, or at the direction of, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary were, at the time the same were so furnished, taken as a whole, complete and correct in all material respects, to the extent necessary to give the recipient a true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter, or, in the case of financial statements, present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the financial position of the Persons involved as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and absence of full footnote disclosure). All financial projections and other forward looking statements prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary that have been or may hereafter be made available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender were or will be prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions. No fact is known to any Loan Party which has had, or may in the future have (so far as any Loan Party can reasonably foresee), a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.(k) or in such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. No document furnished or written statement made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of, or pursuant to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

(y) Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions; Anti-Terrorism Laws . None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, or officers, or , to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s employees and agents (i) is an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States, 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq., as amended (the “Trading with the Enemy Act”) or (ii) is in violation of (A) the Trading with the Enemy Act, (B) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, including without limitation, Executive Order No. 13224, effective as of September 24, 2001 relating to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001) or (C) the Patriot Act (collectively, the “Anti-Terrorism Laws”). The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their capacities as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents are in compliance with Anti‑Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is, or derives any of its assets or operating income from investments in or transactions with, a Sanctioned Person and none of the respective directors, officers , or to the knowledge of the Borrower, employees or agents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a Sanctioned Person.

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Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.

All statements contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection with any amendment thereto or any statement contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party prior to the Agreement Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the underwriting or closing the transactions contemplated hereby) shall constitute representations and warranties made by the Borrower under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to be made at and as of the Agreement Date, the Effective Date and at and as of the date of the occurrence of each Credit Event, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances expressly and specifically permitted hereunder. All such representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this Agreement, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans.

ARTICLE VII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall comply with the following covenants:

Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.

Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts.

The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, comply with (a) all Applicable Law, including the obtaining of all Governmental Approvals, the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) all terms and conditions of all Material Contracts to which it is a party. The Borrower shall maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions.

Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property.

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time make or cause to be made all needed and appropriate repairs, renewals, replacements and additions to such properties, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times.

Section 7.4. Conduct of Business.

The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, carry on its respective businesses as described in Section 6.1.(u).

Section 7.5. Insurance.

Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims.

Section 7.7. Books and Records; Inspections.

The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities in accordance with GAAP and Applicable Law. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine and make abstracts from any of their respective books and records and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants (in the presence of an officer of the Borrower if an Event of Default does not then exist), all at such reasonable times during business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested and so long as no Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice. The Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of their rights under this Section only if such exercise occurs while a Default or Event of Default exists. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute an authorization letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the financial affairs of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary with the Borrower’s accountants.

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Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds.

The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans only for the repayment of Indebtedness, the direct or indirect acquisition of properties, working capital and for other general business purposes.

Section 7.9. Environmental Matters.

Section 7.10. Further Assurances.

Section 7.11. REIT Status.

The Borrower shall maintain its status as, and election to be treated as, a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code.

Section 7.12. Exchange Listing.

Section 7.13. Guarantors.

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executed by such Subsidiary (or if the Guaranty is not then in existence, a Guaranty executed by such Subsidiary) and (ii) the items that would have been delivered under subsections (iv) through (viii), (x) and (xiv) of Section 5.1.(a) and Section 5.1.(f) if such Subsidiary had been required to be a Guarantor on the Agreement Date:

ARTICLE VIII. INFORMATION

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each of the Lenders:

Section 8.1. Quarterly Financial Statements.

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unaudited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower, in his or her opinion, to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP and in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such period (subject to normal year‑end audit adjustments). Together with such financial statements, the Borrower shall deliver reports, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth: (a) a statement of Funds From Operations for the fiscal quarter then ending; (b) a listing of capital expenditures made during the fiscal quarter then ended; and (c) a listing of all Properties acquired during such fiscal quarter, including the net operating income of each such Property, acquisition costs and related mortgage debt, if any.

Section 8.2. Year-End Statements.

Section 8.3. Compliance Certificate.

At the time the financial statements are furnished pursuant to the immediately preceding Sections 8.1. and 8.2., and within 5 Business Days of the Administrative Agent’s request with respect to any other fiscal period, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H (a “Compliance Certificate”) executed on behalf of the Borrower by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower (a) setting forth in reasonable detail as of the end of such quarterly accounting period or fiscal year, as the case may be, the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the covenants contained in Section 9.1.; and (b) stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default exists, or, if such is not the case, specifying such Default or Event of Default and its nature, when it occurred and the steps being taken by the Borrower with respect to such event, condition or failure. The Borrower shall also deliver a certificate (an “Unencumbered Asset Certificate”) executed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower that: (i) sets forth a list of all Unencumbered Assets; and (ii) certifies that all Unencumbered Assets so listed fully qualify as such under the applicable criteria for inclusion as an Unencumbered Assets.

Section 8.4. Other Information.

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(i) Prompt notice of any order, judgment or decree in excess of $10,000,000 having been entered against any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets;

(j) Prompt notice if the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party shall receive any notification from any Governmental Authority alleging a violation of any Applicable Law or any inquiry which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k) [Intentionally Omitted];

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(o) Promptly, and in any event within 3 Business Days after the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, written notice of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice that any violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law has or may have been committed or is threatened; (ii) the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice that any administrative or judicial complaint, order or petition has been filed or other proceeding has been initiated, or is about to be filed or initiated against any such Person alleging any violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law or requiring any such Person to take any action in connection with the release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials; (iii) the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive any notice from a Governmental Authority or private party alleging that any such Person may be liable or responsible for any costs associated with a response to, or remediation or cleanup of, a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or any damages caused thereby; or (iv) the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice of any other fact, circumstance or condition that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an environmental claim, in each case, where the matters covered by such notice(s) under clauses (i) through (iv), whether individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(p) [Intentionally Omitted]; and

Section 8.5. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information.

(a) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be delivered by electronic communication and delivery, including, the Internet, e-mail or intranet websites to which the Administrative Agent and each Lender have access (including a commercial, third-party website such as www.Edgar.com or a website sponsored or hosted by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower) provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II. and (ii) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it cannot or does not want to receive electronic communications. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic delivery pursuant to procedures approved by it for all or particular notices or communications. Documents or notices delivered electronically (other than by e-mail) shall be deemed to have been delivered (A) with respect to deliveries made pursuant to Sections 8.1., 8.2., 8.4.(b) and 8.4.(c) by proper filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on www.sec.gov, on the date of filing thereof and (B) with respect to all other electronic deliveries (other than deliveries made by e-mail), twenty-four (24) hours after the date and time on which the Administrative Agent

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or the Borrower posts such documents or the documents become available on a commercial website and the Administrative Agent or the Borrower notifies each Lender of said posting and the Borrower notifies Administrative Agent of said posting by causing an e-mail notification to be sent to an e-mail address specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent and provides a link thereto provided (x) if such notice or other communication is not sent or posted during the normal business hours of the recipient, said posting date and time shall be deemed to have commenced as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next business day for the recipient and (y) if the deemed time of delivery occurs on a day that is not a business day for the recipient, the deemed time of delivery shall be 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next business day for the recipient. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of any documents to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that requests such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents delivered electronically, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it of paper copies and maintaining its paper or electronic documents.

Section 8.6. Public/Private Information.

Section 8.7. USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance.

ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE COVENANTS

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall comply with the following covenants:

Section 9.1. Financial Covenants.

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(f) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(g) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(h) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(i) Dividends and Other Restricted Payments . Subject to the following sentence, if an Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make any Restricted Payments except that the Borrower may declare and make cash distributions to its shareholders in an aggregate amount not to exceed the minimum amount necessary for the Borrower to remain in compliance with Section 7.11. and to avoid the imposition of income or excise taxes imposed under Sections 857(b)(1), 857(b)(3) and 4981 of the Internal Revenue Code, and Subsidiaries may pay Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary. If an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1.(a), Section 10.1.(e) or Section 10.1.(f) shall exist, or if as a result of the occurrence of any other Event of Default any of the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2.(a), the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payments to any Person except that Subsidiaries may pay Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and, in the case of SNH Innovation LLC, to

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each other owner of Equity Interests of SNH Innovation LLC pro rata based on the relative ownership interests.

Section 9.2. Negative Pledge.

Section 9.3. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (b) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (c) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; or (d) transfer any of its property or assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; other than (i) with respect to clauses (a) through (d) those encumbrances or restrictions contained in (A) any Loan Document, (B) any other agreement evidencing Unsecured Indebtedness that the Borrower, any other Loan Party any other Subsidiary may create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist under this Agreement and containing encumbrances and restrictions imposed in connection with such Unsecured Indebtedness that are either substantially similar to, or less restrictive than, the encumbrances and restrictions set forth in Section 9.1.(i) and Section 9.4. of this Agreement and Section 13 of the Guaranty and (C) the organizational documents or other agreements binding on or applicable to any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (but only to the extent such encumbrance or restriction covers any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary or the property or assets of such Subsidiary), and (ii) with respect to clause (d), (A) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (B) transfer restrictions in any agreement relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale or relating to Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets that the Borrower or a Subsidiary may create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist under Section 9.2.(a); provided that in the case of this clause (B), the restrictions apply only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale or Lien, as the

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case may be. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the restrictions in this Section shall not apply to any provision of any Guaranty entered into by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary relating to the Indebtedness of any Subsidiary permitted to be incurred hereunder, which provision subordinates any rights of Borrower, other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to payment from such Subsidiary to the payment in full of such Indebtedness.

Section 9.4. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.

(b) the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties may lease and sublease their respective assets, as lessor or sublessor (as the case may be), in the ordinary course of their business;

(d) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of assets among themselves.

Section 9.5. Plans.

Section 9.6. Fiscal Year.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or other Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year from that in effect as of the Agreement Date.

Section 9.7. Modifications of Organizational Documents, Business Management Agreement and Property Management Agreement and Other Material Contracts.

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Section 9.8. Transactions with Affiliates.

Section 9.9. Environmental Matters.

Section 9.10. Derivatives Contracts.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to enter into or become obligated in respect of, Derivatives Contracts, other than Derivatives Contracts entered into by the Borrower, any such Loan Party or any such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and which are intended to establish a hedge in respect of liabilities, commitments or assets held or reasonably anticipated by the Borrower, such other Loan Party or such other Subsidiary.

Section 9.11. Use of Proceeds.

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ARTICLE X. DEFAULT

Section 10.1. Events of Default.

(a) Default in Payment . The Borrower (i) shall fail to pay when due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (whether upon demand, at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) the principal of any of the Loans or (ii) shall fail to pay when due any interest on any of the Loans or any of the other payment Obligations owing by the Borrower under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Fee Letter or any other Loan Party shall fail to pay when due any payment Obligation owing by such other Loan Party under any Loan Document to which it is a party, and, in the case of a failure described in this clause (ii), such failure shall continue for a period of 5 Business Days.

(b) Default in Performance .

(i) Any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be performed or observed and contained in Section 8.4.(h) or Article IX.; or

(c) Misrepresentations . Any written statement, representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, or any amendment hereto or thereto, or in any other writing or statement at any time furnished by, or at the direction of, any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect or misleading, in light of the circumstances in which made or deemed made, in any material respect when furnished or made or deemed made.

(d) Indebtedness Cross‑Default .

(i) The Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall fail to pay when due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period) the principal of, or interest on, any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (or, in the case of any Derivatives Contract, having a Derivatives Termination Value) of, in each case individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists, of an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than or equal to (A) $25,000,000 in the case of Indebtedness that is not Nonrecourse Indebtedness or (B) $75,000,000 in the case of Indebtedness that is Nonrecourse Indebtedness (“Material Indebtedness”); or

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(iv) An Event of Default under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement or Other Existing Term Loan Agreement shall occur.

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding . A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary (other than (x) an Excluded Subsidiary all Indebtedness of which is Nonrecourse Indebtedness, (y) a Guarantor that, together with all other Guarantors then subject to a bankruptcy proceeding or other proceeding or condition described in this subsection or the immediately preceding subsection, does not account for more than $25,000,000 of Total Asset Value, or (z) a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary all the Indebtedness of which is Nonrecourse Indebtedness) that, together with all other Subsidiaries then subject to a bankruptcy proceeding or other proceeding or condition described in this subsection or the immediately preceding subsection, does not account for more than $50,000,000 of Total Asset Value) in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking: (i) relief under the Bankruptcy Code or other federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding‑up, or composition or adjustment of debts; or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such Person, or of all or any substantial part of the assets, domestic or foreign, of such Person, and in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive calendar days, or an order granting the remedy or other relief requested in such case or proceeding

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against the Borrower, such Subsidiary or such other Loan Party(including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such Bankruptcy Code or such other federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.

(j) ERISA .

(i) Any ERISA Event shall have occurred that results or could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any member of the ERISA Group aggregating in excess of $10,000,000; or

(k) Loan Documents . An Event of Default (as defined therein) shall occur under any of the other Loan Documents.

(l) Change of Control .

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deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the total voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of the Borrower; or

(iii) RMR shall cease for any reason to act as the sole business manager and property manager for the Borrower.

Section 10.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default.

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Acceleration; Termination of Facilities .

(i) Automatic . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f), (A) the principal of, and all accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding, and (B) all of the other Obligations, including, but not limited to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents shall become immediately and automatically due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties.

(ii) Optional . If any other Event of Default shall exist, the Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Requisite Lenders shall declare (A) the principal of, and accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding, and (B) all of the other Obligations, including, but not limited to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties.

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Borrower and its Subsidiaries, without notice of any kind whatsoever and without regard to the adequacy of any security for the Obligations or the solvency of any party bound for its payment, to take possession of all or any portion of the property and/or the business operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and to exercise such power as the court shall confer upon such receiver.

(e) Specified Derivatives Contract Remedies . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or other Loan Document, each Specified Derivatives Provider shall have the right, with prompt notice to the Administrative Agent, but without the approval or consent of or other action by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, and without limitation of other remedies available to such Specified Derivatives Provider under contract or Applicable Law, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Specified Derivatives Contract, to undertake any of the following: (a) to declare an event of default, termination event or other similar event under any Specified Derivatives Contract and to create an “Early Termination Date” (as defined therein) in respect thereof, (b) to determine net termination amounts in respect of any and all Specified Derivatives Contracts in accordance with the terms thereof, and to set off amounts among such contracts, (c) to set off or proceed against deposit account balances, securities account balances and other property and amounts held by such Specified Derivatives Provider pursuant to any Derivatives Support Document, including any “Posted Collateral” (as defined in any credit support annex included in any such Derivatives Support Document to which such Specified Derivatives Provider may be a party), and (d) to prosecute any legal action against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or other Subsidiary to enforce or collect net amounts owing to such Specified Derivatives Provider pursuant to any Specified Derivatives Contract.

Section 10.3. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 10.4. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.

None of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives Provider shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations or the Specified Derivatives Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives Provider, or the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives Provider enforce their security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligations or Specified Derivatives Obligations, or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

Section 10.5. Allocation of Proceeds.

If an Event of Default exists, all payments received by the Administrative Agent (or any Lender as a result of its exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 12.3.) under any of the Loan Documents, in respect of any principal of or interest on the Obligations or any other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, shall be applied in the following order and priority:

(a) to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

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(b) to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (b) payable to them;

(c) to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) payable to them;

(d) to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (d) payable to them; and

(e) the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

Section 10.6. [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 10.7. Performance by Administrative Agent.

Section 10.8. Rights Cumulative.

(a) The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers under this Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents, the Fee Letter and Specified Derivatives Contracts shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any of them may otherwise have under Applicable Law. In exercising their respective rights and remedies the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers may be selective and no failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or any of the Specified Derivatives Providers in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of it, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude its other or further exercise or the exercise of any other power or right.

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(solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 12.3. (subject to the terms of Section 3.3.), or (iii) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided , further , that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (x) the Requisite Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article X. and (y) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 3.3., any Lender may, with the consent of the Requisite Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Requisite Lenders.

ARTICLE XI. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 11.1 Appointment and Authorization.

Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as contractual representative on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Not in limitation of the foregoing, each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Requisite Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Requisite Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Nothing herein shall be construed to deem the Administrative Agent a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or to impose on the Administrative Agent duties or obligations other than those expressly provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the terms “Agent”, “Administrative Agent”, “agent” and similar terms in the Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, use of such terms is merely a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender, promptly upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, copies of each of the financial statements, certificates, notices and other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VIII. that the Borrower is not otherwise required to deliver directly to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will furnish to any Lender, upon the request of such Lender, a copy (or, where appropriate, an original) of any document, instrument, agreement, certificate or notice furnished to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate of the Borrower, pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document not already delivered or otherwise made available to such Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of any of the Obligations), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders if explicitly required under any other provision of this Agreement), and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of any of the Obligations; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or Applicable Law. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may exercise any right or remedy it or the Lenders may have under any Loan Document upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default unless the Requisite Lenders have directed the Administrative Agent otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing,

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no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Requisite Lenders, or where applicable, all the Lenders.

Section 11.2. Administrative Agent as Lender.

The Lender acting as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and any other Loan Document as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include such Lender in each case in its individual capacity. The Lender acting as Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may each accept deposits from, maintain deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate thereof as if it were any other bank and without any duty to account therefor to the other Lenders. Further, the Administrative Agent and any Affiliate may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the other Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Wells Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Borrower, other Loan Parties, other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.

Section 11.3. Approvals of Lenders.

Section 11.4. Notice of Events of Default.

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Section 11.5. Administrative Agent’s Reliance.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein or therein as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including its own counsel or counsel for the Borrower or any other Loan Party), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties: (a) makes any warranty or representation to any Lender or any other Person, or shall be responsible to any Lender or any other Person for any statement, warranty or representation made or deemed made by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (b) shall have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent under this Agreement or any Loan Document on the part of the Borrower or other Persons, or to inspect the property, books or records of the Borrower or any other Person; (c) shall be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or any collateral covered thereby or the perfection or priority of any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers in any such collateral; (d) shall have any liability in respect of any recitals, statements, certifications, representations or warranties contained in any of the Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, agreement, certificate or statement delivered in connection therewith; and (e) shall incur any liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail) believed by it to be genuine and signed, sent or given by the proper party or parties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under the Loan Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such agent or attorney-in-fact as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment.

Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent.

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to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) promptly upon demand for its Credit Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of any out‑of‑pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, administration, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings, or otherwise) of, or legal advice with respect to the rights or responsibilities of the parties under, the Loan Documents, any suit or action brought by the Administrative Agent to enforce the terms of the Loan Documents and/or collect any Obligations, any “lender liability” suit or claim brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, and any claim or suit brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental Laws. Such out‑of‑pocket expenses (including counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the request of the Administrative Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Administrative Agent is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent will reimburse the Lenders if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent is not so entitled to indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the termination of this Agreement. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any Indemnifiable Amount following payment by any Lender to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each Lender making any such payment.

Section 11.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc.

Each of the Lenders expressly acknowledges and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties has made any representations or warranties to such Lender and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate, shall be deemed to constitute any such representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each of the Lenders acknowledges that it has made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent, or any of their respective Related Parties, and based on the financial statements of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates, and inquiries of such Persons, its independent due diligence of the business and affairs of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Persons, its review of the Loan Documents, the legal opinions required to be delivered to it hereunder, the advice of its own counsel and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Lenders also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Related Parties, and based on such review, advice, documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Loan Party of the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for therein or to inspect the properties or books of, or make any other investigation of, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or furnished to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness

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of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate thereof which may come into possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties. Each of the Lenders acknowledges that the Administrative Agent’s legal counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is only acting as counsel to the Administrative Agent and is not acting as counsel to any Lender.

Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent may (a) resign at any time as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower or (b) be removed as Administrative Agent by all of the Lenders (excluding the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent) and the Borrower upon 30 days’ prior written notice if the Administrative Agent is found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have committed gross negligence or willful misconduct in the course of performing its duties hereunder. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent which appointment shall, provided no Default or Event of Default exists, be subject to the Borrower’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except that the Borrower shall, in all events, be deemed to have approved each Lender and any of its Affiliates as a successor Administrative Agent). If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the current Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or giving of notice of removal of the Administrative Agent, then the current Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be an Eligible Assignee; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no Lender has accepted such appointment, then such resignation or removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made to each Lender directly, until such time as a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed as provided for above in this Section; provided, further that such Lenders so acting directly shall be and be deemed to be protected by all indemnities and other provisions herein for the benefit and protection of the Administrative Agent as if each such Lender were itself the Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the current Administrative Agent, and the current Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. After any Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI. shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may assign its rights and duties under the Loan Documents to any of its Affiliates by giving the Borrower and each Lender prior written notice.

Section 11.9. Titled Agents.

Each of the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent (each a “Titled Agent”) in each such respective capacity, assumes no responsibility or obligation hereunder, including, without limitation, for servicing, enforcement or collection of any of the Loans, nor any duties as an agent hereunder for the Lenders. The titles given to the Titled Agents are solely honorific and imply no fiduciary responsibility on the part of the Titled Agents to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Borrower or any other Loan Party and the use of such titles does not impose on the Titled Agents any duties or obligations

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greater than those of any other Lender or entitle the Titled Agents to any rights other than those to which any other Lender is entitled.

ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1. Notices.

If to the Borrower:

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

If to the Administrative Agent:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

10 South Wacker Drive, 32 ^nd Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

Attn: Karen Skutt

Telecopier: (312) 782-0969

Telephone: (312) 269-4809

and

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn: Kristen Ray

Telecopier: 704-410-0329

Telephone: 704-410-1772

If to the Administrative Agent under Article II.:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Telecopier: (877) 410-5023

Telephone: (612) 316-0109

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If to any other Lender:

To such Lender’s address or telecopy number as set forth in the applicable Administrative Questionnaire

or, as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties delivered in compliance with this Section; provided, a Lender shall only be required to give notice of any such other address to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, upon the first to occur of receipt or the expiration of three (3) days after the deposit in the United States Postal Service mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the address of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and Lenders at the addresses specified; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; (iii) if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, when delivered; or (iv) if delivered in accordance with Section 8.5. to the extent applicable; provided, however, that, in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), non-receipt of any communication as of the result of any change of address of which the sending party was not notified or as the result of a refusal to accept delivery shall be deemed receipt of such communication. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, all notices or communications to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under Article II. shall be effective only when actually received. None of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall incur any liability to any Loan Party (nor shall the Administrative Agent incur any liability to the Lenders) for acting upon any telephonic notice referred to in this Agreement which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, believes in good faith to have been given by a Person authorized to deliver such notice or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder. Failure of a Person designated to get a copy of a notice to receive such copy shall not affect the validity of notice properly given to another Person.

Section 12.2. Expenses.

The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, any of the Loan Documents (including due diligence expense and reasonable travel expenses related to closing), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the use of IntraLinks, SyndTrak or other similar information transmission systems in connection with the Loan Documents, (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all their reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Loan Documents and the Fee Letter, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their respective counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) and any payments in indemnification or otherwise payable by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, (c) to pay, and indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying, documentary, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of any of the Loan Documents, or consummation of any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document and (d) to the extent not already covered by any of the preceding subsections, to pay or reimburse the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and any Lender incurred in connection with the representation of the Administrative Agent or such Lender in any matter relating to or arising out of any bankruptcy or other proceeding of the type described in Sections 10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f), including, without limitation (i) any motion for relief from any stay or similar order, (ii) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of any document relating to the Obligations and (iii) the negotiation and preparation of any debtor‑in‑possession financing or any

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plan of reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, whether proposed by the Borrower, such Loan Party, the Lenders or any other Person, and whether such fees and expenses are incurred prior to, during or after the commencement of such proceeding or the confirmation or conclusion of any such proceeding. If the Borrower shall fail to pay any amounts required to be paid by it pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders may pay such amounts on behalf of the Borrower and such amounts shall be deemed to be Obligations owing hereunder.

Section 12.3. Setoff.

Subject to Section 3.3. and in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and each Participant, at any time or from time to time while an Event of Default exists, without notice to the Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, but in the case of a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, or a Participant, subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders exercised in their sole discretion, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, such Lender, any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, or such Participant, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against and on account of any of the Obligations, irrespective of whether or not any or all of the Loans and all other Obligations have been declared to be, or have otherwise become, due and payable as permitted by Section 10.2., and although such Obligations shall be contingent or unmatured. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, if any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.9. and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) such Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.

Section 12.4. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.

(a) EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE LENDERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE FEE LETTER OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

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OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

Section 12.5. Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of the immediately following subsection (b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of the immediately following subsection (d) or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of the immediately following subsection (f) (and, subject to the last sentence of the immediately following subsection (b), any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in the immediately following subsection (d) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

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(b) Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts .

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of an assigning Lender’s Loans at the time owing to it, or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in the immediately preceding subsection (A), the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (in each case, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall exist, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that if, after giving effect to such assignment, the amount of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans of such assigning Lender would be less than $5,000,000, then such assigning Lender shall assign the entire amount of its Loans at the time owing to it.

(iii) Required Consents . No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by clause (i)(B) of this subsection (b) and, in addition:

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of a Loan if such assignment is to a Person that is not already a Lender with a Loan, an Affiliate of such a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such a Lender.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption; Notes . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $4,500 for each assignment (which fee the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive), and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. If requested by the transferor Lender or the assignee, upon the consummation of any assignment, the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the

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Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that new Notes are issued to the assignee and such transferor Lender, as appropriate.

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons . No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

(vii) Certain Additional Payments . In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to such assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable amount of the Loan previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the immediately following subsection (c), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4., 12.2. and 12.9. and the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as provided in Section 12.10. with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with the immediately following subsection (d).

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hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, any other Lender or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or a Defaulting Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document that (w) reduces the principal of any such Lender’s Loan in which such Participant has a participation, (x) extends the date fixed for the payment of principal on the Loans or portions thereof owing to such Lender, (y) reduces the rate at which interest is payable thereon or (z) releases any Guarantor from its Obligations under the Guaranty except as contemplated by Section 7.13.(b), in each case, as applicable to that portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations that are subject to the participation. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4. (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.10.(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.10.(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.6. as if it were an assignee under subsection (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.1. or 3.10., with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Regulatory Change that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.6. with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.3. as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 3.3. as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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(e) Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(f) No Registration . Each Lender agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan or Note under the Securities Act or any other securities laws of the United States of America or of any other jurisdiction.

(g) USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance . In order for the Administrative Agent to comply with “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act, prior to any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America becoming a party hereto, the Administrative Agent may request, and such Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other identification information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with federal law.

Section 12.6. Amendments and Waivers.

(a) Generally . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, (i) any consent or approval required or permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be given by the Lenders may be given, (ii) any term of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document may be amended, (iii) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary of any terms of this Agreement or such other Loan Document may be waived, and (iv) the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Requisite Lenders (or the Administrative Agent at the written direction of the Requisite Lenders), and, in the case of an amendment to any Loan Document, the written consent of each Loan Party which is party thereto.

(b) Consent of Lenders Directly Affected . In addition to the foregoing requirements, no amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(i) reinstate the commitment of a Lender (excluding any commitment under Section 2.15.) or subject such Lender to any additional obligations without the written consent of such Lender;

(ii) reduce the principal of, or interest that has accrued or the rates of interest that will be charged on the outstanding principal amount of, any Loans or other Obligations without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, only the written consent of the Requisite Lenders shall be required for the waiver of interest payable at the Post-Default Rate, retraction of the imposition of interest at the Post-Default Rate and amendment of the definition of “Post-Default Rate”;

(iii) reduce the amount of any Fees payable to a Lender without the written consent of such Lender;

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(iv) modify the definition of “Termination Date”, or otherwise postpone any date fixed for, or forgive, any payment of principal of, or interest on, any Loans or for the payment of any other Obligations owing to the Lenders, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender;

(v) modify the definition of “Credit Percentage” or amend or otherwise modify the provisions of Section 3.2. without the written consent of each Lender;

(vi) amend this Section or amend any of the other definitions of the terms used in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this Section without the written consent of each Lender;

(viii) release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty except as contemplated by Section 7.13.(b) without the written consent of each Lender;

(ix) waive a Default or Event of Default under Section 10.1.(a) without the written consent of each Lender; or

(x) amend, or waive the Borrower’s compliance with, Section 2.14. without the written consent of each Lender.

(c) Amendment of Administrative Agent’s Duties, Etc . No amendment, waiver or consent unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the commitment or Loans of a Defaulting Lender may not be increased, reinstated or extended without the written consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the written consent of such Defaulting Lender. No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon and any amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose set forth therein. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. Any Event of Default occurring hereunder shall continue to exist until such time as such Event of Default is waived in writing in accordance with the terms of this Section, notwithstanding any attempted cure or other action by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person subsequent to the occurrence of such Event of Default. Except as otherwise explicitly provided for herein or in any other Loan Document, no notice to or demand upon the Borrower shall entitle the Borrower to other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(d) Technical Amendments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.6., if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have jointly identified an ambiguity, omission, mistake or defect in any provision of this Agreement or an inconsistency between provisions of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision or provisions to cure

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such ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency so long as to do so would not adversely affect the interests of the Lenders. Any such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any of other party to this Agreement and the Administrative Agent will provide a copy of such amendment to the Lenders.

Section 12.7. Nonliability of Administrative Agent and Lenders.

The relationship between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand, shall be solely that of borrower and lender. None of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower and no provision in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, and no course of dealing between or among any of the parties hereto, shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any Lender, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party. None of the Administrative Agent or any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s business or operations.

Section 12.8. Confidentiality.

Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below) in accordance with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices but in any event may make disclosure: (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any actual or proposed assignee, Participant or other transferee in connection with a potential transfer of any Loan or participation therein as permitted hereunder, or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations; (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process or in connection with any legal proceedings, or as otherwise required by Applicable Law; (d) to the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s independent auditors and other professional advisors (provided they shall be notified of the confidential nature of the information); (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under any Loan Document (or any Specified Derivatives Contract) or any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document (or any such Specified Derivatives Contract) or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section actually known by the Administrative Agent or such Lender to be a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower; (g) to the extent requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any nationally recognized rating agency or regulatory or similar authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it; (h) to bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications; (i) to any other party hereto; and (j) with the consent of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and each Lender may disclose any such confidential information, without notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to Governmental Authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or in accordance with the regulatory compliance policy of the Administrative Agent or such Lender. As used in this Section, the term “Information” means all information received from the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or Affiliate relating to any Loan Party or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to

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the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any Affiliate, provided that, in the case of any such information received from the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any Affiliate after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any of their respective Related Parties shall be liable to the Borrower or any other Loan Party for any damages arising from the use by others of Information or other materials obtained by electronic transmission, except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment.

Section 12.9. Indemnification.

(a) The Borrower shall and hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, all of the Affiliates of each of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, and their respective Related Parties (each referred to herein as an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all of the following (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”): losses, costs, claims, penalties, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or expenses of every kind and nature (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding or any advice rendered in connection therewith, but excluding Indemnified Costs indemnification in respect of which is specifically covered by Section 3.10. or 4.1. or expressly excluded from the coverage of such Sections) incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with, arising out of, or by reason of, any suit, cause of action, claim, arbitration, investigation or settlement, consent decree or other proceeding (the foregoing referred to herein as an “Indemnity Proceeding”) which is in any way related directly or indirectly to: (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) the making of any Loans hereunder; (iii) any actual or proposed use by the Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans; (iv) the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s entering into this Agreement; (v) the fact that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have established the credit facility evidenced hereby in favor of the Borrower; (vi) the fact that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are creditors of the Borrower and have or are alleged to have information regarding the financial condition, strategic plans or business operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; (vii) the fact that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are material creditors of the Borrower and are alleged to influence directly or indirectly the business decisions or affairs of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or their financial condition; (viii) the exercise of any right or remedy the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may have under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any acts or omissions of such Indemnified Party in connection with matters described in this clause (viii) to the extent arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment; (ix) any civil penalty or fine assessed by the OFAC against, and all costs and expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred in connection with defense thereof by, the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of conduct of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary that violates a sanction administered or enforced by the OFAC; or (x) any violation or non‑compliance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Applicable Law (including any Environmental Law) including, but not limited to, any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by (A) the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority or (B) any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law, including any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by a Governmental Authority or other Person seeking remedial or other action to cause the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or its respective properties) (or the

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Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders as successors to the Borrower) to be in compliance with such Environmental Laws.

(c) This indemnification shall apply to any Indemnity Proceeding arising during the pendency of any bankruptcy proceeding filed by or against the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.

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References in this Section to “Lender” or “Lenders” shall be deemed to include such Persons (and their Affiliates) in their capacity as Specified Derivatives Providers.

Section 12.10. Termination; Survival.

This Agreement shall terminate at such time as all Obligations (other than obligations which survive as provided in the following sentence) have been paid and satisfied in full. The indemnities to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4., 11.6., 12.2. and 12.9. and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the provisions of Sections 12.4. and 12.12., shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (i) notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, or of the other Loan Documents, against events arising after such termination as well as before and (ii) at all times after any such party ceases to be a party to this Agreement with respect to all matters and events existing on or prior to the date such party ceased to be a party to this Agreement.

Section 12.11. Severability of Provisions.

Section 12.12. GOVERNING LAW.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 12.13. Counterparts.

Section 12.14. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties.

Section 12.15. Independence of Covenants.

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exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

Section 12.16. Limitation of Liability.

None of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Related Parties shall have any liability with respect to, and the Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by the Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the Fee Letter, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Related Parties for punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, the Fee Letter, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or financed hereby.

Section 12.17. Entire Agreement.

Section 12.18. Construction.

The Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that each of them has had the benefit of legal counsel of its own choice and has been afforded an opportunity to review this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with its legal counsel and that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed as if jointly drafted by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Lender.

Section 12.19. Headings.

The paragraph and section headings in this Agreement are provided for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its construction or interpretation.

Section 12.20. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

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ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, THE BORROWER. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH THE BORROWER, IN ANY WAY, SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF THE BORROWER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT LIMIT ANY OBLIGATIONS OF ANY LOAN PARTY OTHER THAN THE BORROWER.

Section 12.21. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.

(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

Section 12.22 Effect on Existing Term Loan Agreement.

(a) Existing Term Loan Agreement . Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Article V., this Agreement shall exclusively control and govern the mutual rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to the Existing Term Loan Agreement, and the Existing Term Loan Agreement shall be superseded by this Agreement in all respects, in each case, on a prospective basis only.

(b) NO NOVATION . THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT SOLELY TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE TERMS OF, AND THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER AND IN CONNECTION WITH, THE EXISTING TERM LOAN AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES DO NOT INTEND THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY TO BE, AND THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING BY THE BORROWER UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING TERM LOAN AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE EXISTING TERM LOAN AGREEMENT).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement to be executed by their authorized officers all as of the day and year first above written.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Name: Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender

By: /s/ Matthew Ricketts

Name: Matthew Ricketts

Title: Managing Director

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ John R. Roach, Jr.

Name: John R. Roach, Jr.

Title: VP

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MIZUHO BANK (USA), as a Lender

By: /s/ John Davies

Name: John Davies

Title: Director

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TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK, SEATTLE BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Cheng Pin Chou

Name: Cheng Pin Chou

Title: VP & General Manager

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FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD. NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Bill Wang

Name: Bill Wang

Title: Senior Vice President & General Manager

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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ John C. Rowland

Name: John C. Rowland

Title: Vice President

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

By: /s/ Sheena Lee

Name: Sheena Lee

Title: Authorized Signatory

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FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ Jean M. Brennan

Name: Jean M. Brennan

Title: Senior Vice President

SCHEDULE I

Loans



Lender	Loan Amount
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	$80,000,000
PNC Bank, National Association	$55,000,000
Mizuho Bank (USA)	$25,000,000
Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Seattle Branch	$15,000,000
First Commercial Bank, Ltd. New York Branch	$10,000,000
Citibank, N.A.		$5,000,000
Royal Bank of Canada		$5,000,000
First Tennessee Bank, National Association		$5,000,000
TOTAL		$200,000,000

Schedule 1.1

Loan Parties

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Schedule 6.1.(i)

Litigation

None.

Schedule 6.1.(s)

Affiliate Transactions

None.

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

1. Assignor[s]: ______________________________

______________________________

2. Assignee[s]: ______________________________

______________________________

[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [ identify Lender ]


3.	Borrower(s): Senior Housing Properties Trust

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4.	Administrative Agent: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement


5.	Credit Agreement: Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 among Senior Housing Properties Trust, the Lenders parties thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.


6.	Assigned Interest[s]:



Assignor[s]	Assignee[s]	Facility Assigned	Aggregate Amount of Commitment/ Loans for all Lenders	Amount of Commitment/ Loans Assigned	Percentage Assigned of Commitment/ Loans	CUSIP Number
			$	$	%
			$	$	%

[7. Trade Date: ______________]

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Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR[S]

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:

Name:

Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:

Name:

Title:

ASSIGNEE[S]

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:

Name:

Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:

Name:

Title:

[Page Break]

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[Consented to and] Accepted:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

[Consented to:]

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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ANNEX 1

[________________]

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties .

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adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to such Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTY

THIS GUARANTY dated as of ___________, 20__ executed and delivered by each of the undersigned and the other Persons from time to time party hereto pursuant to the execution and delivery of an Accession Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto (all of the undersigned, together with such other Persons each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders under that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), the Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders (the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, each individually a “Guarantied Party” and collectively, the “Guarantied Parties”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, each Guarantor is owned or controlled by the Borrower, or is otherwise an Affiliate of the Borrower;

WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the Lenders making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, each Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrower’s obligations to the Guarantied Parties on the terms and conditions contained herein; and

WHEREAS, each Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Guaranty is a condition to the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations to the Borrower.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each Guarantor, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

Section 1. Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranties the due and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all of the following (collectively referred to as the “Guarantied Obligations”): (a) all indebtedness and obligations owing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to any Lender or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document to which the Borrower or such other Loan Party is a party, including without limitation, the repayment of all principal of the Loans, and the payment of all interest, fees, charges, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other amounts payable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent thereunder or in connection therewith; (b) any and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments or substitutions of the foregoing; (c) all expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, that are incurred by the

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Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the enforcement of any of the foregoing or any obligation of such Guarantor hereunder and (d) all other Obligations.

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(g) any nonperfection or impairment of any security interest or other Lien on any collateral, if any, securing in any way any of the Guarantied Obligations;

(i) any defect, limitation or insufficiency in the borrowing powers of the Borrower or in the exercise thereof;

(k) any change in corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other Loan Party;

(m) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, a Guarantor hereunder (other than indefeasible payment in full).

Section 5. Representations and Warranties . Each Guarantor hereby makes to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties all of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower with respect to or in any way relating to such Guarantor in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as if the same were set forth herein in full.

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Section 11. Payments Free and Clear . All sums payable by each Guarantor hereunder, whether of principal, interest, fees, expenses, premiums or otherwise, shall be paid in full, without set-off or counterclaim or any deduction or withholding whatsoever (including any Taxes), and if such Guarantor is required by Applicable Law or by any Governmental Authority to make any such deduction or withholding such Guarantor shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such additional amount as will result in the receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the full amount payable hereunder had such deduction or withholding not occurred or been required.

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Section 12. Set-off . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under any of the other Loan Documents or Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each Guarantor hereby authorizes each Guarantied Party and each Participant, at any time while an Event of Default exists, without any prior notice to such Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, but in the case of a Lender or a Participant subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to set-off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Participant or any affiliate of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Participant to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, although such obligations shall be contingent or unmatured. Each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, that any Participant may exercise rights of setoff or counterclaim and other rights with respect to its participation as fully as if such Participant were a direct creditor of such Guarantor in the amount of such participation.

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of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Guarantied Party shall have any duty whatsoever to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such circumstances or risks.

SECTION 17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .

(a) EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE FEE LETTER OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

(b) EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE

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CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

Section 18. Loan Accounts . The Administrative Agent and each Lender may maintain books and accounts setting forth the amounts of principal, interest and other sums paid and payable with respect to the Guarantied Obligations arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, and in the case of any dispute relating to any of the outstanding amount, payment or receipt of any of such Guarantied Obligations or otherwise, the entries in such books and accounts shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amounts and other matters set forth therein. The failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such books and accounts shall not in any way relieve or discharge any Guarantor of any of its obligations hereunder.

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Section 23. Amendments . This Guaranty may not be amended except in writing signed by the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor, subject to Section 12.6. of the Credit Agreement.

Section 25. Notices . All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given (a) to each Guarantor at its address set forth below its signature hereto, (b) to the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party at its address for notices provided for in the Credit Agreement, or (c) as to each such party at such other address as such party shall designate in a written notice to the other parties. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if mailed, when received; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; or (iii) if hand delivered, when delivered; provided , however , that any notice of a change of address for notices shall not be effective until received.

Section 27. Headings . Section headings used in this Guaranty are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Guaranty.

Section 28. Trustees, Etc. Not Liable . IN THE CASE OF ANY GUARANTOR THAT IS A TRUST, NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF SUCH GUARANTOR SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, SUCH GUARANTOR. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH SUCH GUARANTOR, IN ANY WAY, SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF SUCH GUARANTOR FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION OWING BY SUCH GUARANTOR HEREUNDER. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT LIMIT ANY OBLIGATIONS OF ANY LOAN PARTY.

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Section 31. Definitions .

(a) For the purposes of this Guaranty, “ Proceeding ” means any of the following: (i) a voluntary or involuntary case concerning any Guarantor shall be commenced under the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) a custodian (as defined in such Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of any Guarantor; (iii) any other proceeding under any Applicable Law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition for adjustment of debts, whether now or hereafter in effect, is commenced relating to any Guarantor; (iv) any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; (v) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (vi) any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (viii) any Guarantor shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; (ix) any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (x) any corporate action shall be taken by any Guarantor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

(b) Terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty as of the date and year first written above.

[GUARANTORS]

By:

Name:

Title:

Address for Notices for all Guarantors:

c/o Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

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ANNEX I

FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT

THIS ACCESSION AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, ____, executed and delivered by ______________________, a _____________ (the “New Guarantor”) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders under that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders (the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, each individually a “Guarantied Party” and collectively, the “Guarantied Parties”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, New Guarantor is owned or controlled by the Borrower, or is otherwise an Affiliate of the Borrower;

WHEREAS, New Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the Lenders making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, New Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrower’s obligations to the Guarantied Parties on the terms and conditions contained herein; and

WHEREAS, the New Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Guarantied Parties continuing to make such financial accommodations to the Borrower.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the New Guarantor, the New Guarantor agrees as follows:

Section 1. Accession to Guaranty . The New Guarantor hereby agrees that it is a “Guarantor” under the Guaranty dated as of ____________, 20__ (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), made by the Guarantors party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the other Guarantied Parties, and assumes all obligations of a “Guarantor” thereunder, all as if the New Guarantor had been an original signatory to the Guaranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby:

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Section 3. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective defined meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor has caused this Accession Agreement to be duly executed and delivered under seal by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

[NEW GUARANTOR]

By:

Name:

Title:

(CORPORATE SEAL)

Address for Notices:

c/o Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

Accepted:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

____________, 20__

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4th Street, 9th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.


1.	Pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests that the Lenders make Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount equal to $___________________.


2.	The Borrower requests that such Loans be made available to the Borrower on ______________.


3.	The Borrower hereby requests that such Loans be of the following Type:

[Check one box only]

¨ Base Rate Loan

¨ LIBOR Loan, with an initial Interest Period for a duration of:

[Check one box only]

¨ seven days

¨ one month

¨ three months

¨ six months

The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the date of the making of the requested Loans, and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Loans, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, are and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation

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or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that all conditions to the making of the requested Loans contained in Article V. of the Credit Agreement will have been satisfied at the time such Loans are made.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Borrowing as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION

____________, 20__

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4th Street, 9th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Ladies and Gentlemen:


1.	The requested date of such Continuation is ____________, 20__.


2.	The aggregate principal amount of the LIBOR Loans subject to the requested Continuation is $________________________ and the portion of such principal amount subject to such Continuation is $__________________________.


3.	The current Interest Period of the LIBOR Loans subject to such Continuation ends on ________________, 20__.

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4.	The duration of the Interest Period for the LIBOR Loans or portion thereof subject to such Continuation is:

[Check one box only]

¨ seven days

¨ one month

¨ three months

¨ six months

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Continuation as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

____________, 20__

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4th Street, 9th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Ladies and Gentlemen:


1.	The requested date of such Conversion is ______________, 20__.


2.	The Type of Loans to be Converted pursuant hereto is currently:

[Check one box only]


¨	Base Rate Loan


¨	LIBOR Loan


3.	The aggregate principal amount of the Loans subject to the requested Conversion is $_____________________ and the portion of such principal amount subject to such Conversion is $___________________.

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4.	The amount of such Loans to be so Converted is to be converted into Loans of the following Type:

[Check one box only]


¨	Base Rate Loan


¨	LIBOR Loan, with an initial Interest Period for a duration of:

[Check one box only]

¨ seven days

¨ one month

¨ three months

¨ six months

[The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the proposed date of the requested Conversion, and immediately after giving effect to such Conversion, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, are and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Loan Documents.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Conversion as of the date first written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF NOTE

$______________ _________, 20__

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”) hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of ___________________________ (the “Lender”), in care of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 600 South 4 ^th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, or at such other address as may be specified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the principal sum of ___________________ AND ___/100 DOLLARS ($_____________), or such lesser amount as may be the then outstanding and unpaid balance of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Term Loan Agreement.

This Note is one of the “Notes” referred to in the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof, the Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, and is subject to, and entitled to, all provisions and benefits thereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Term Loan Agreement. The Term Loan Agreement, among other things, (a) provides for the making of Loans by the Lender to the Borrower on the Effective Date in an aggregate principal Dollar amount up to the amount first above mentioned, (b) permits the prepayment of the Loans by the Borrower subject to certain terms and conditions and (c) provides for the acceleration of the Loans upon the occurrence of certain specified events.

Time is of the essence for this Note.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

[This Note is given in replacement of any Note previously delivered to the Lender under the [Existing] Term Loan Agreement. THIS NOTE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OTHER NOTE.]

[Signature Page Follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Note under seal as of the date written above.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF DISBURSEMENT INSTRUCTION AGREEMENT

[Attached]

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DISBURSEMENT INSTRUCTION AGREEMENT

Borrower: SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

Administrative Agent: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent for itself and on behalf of the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement defined below

Loan: Loan number [1015062] made pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, “Credit Agreement”) by and among Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.

Effective Date: August 1, 2017

Check applicable box:

New – This is the first Disbursement Instruction Agreement submitted in connection with the Loan.

This Agreement must be signed by the Borrower and is used for the following purposes:


(1)	to designate an individual or individuals with authority to request disbursements of Loan proceeds, whether at the time of Loan closing/origination or thereafter; and


(2)	to provide Administrative Agent with specific instructions for wiring or transferring funds on Borrower’s behalf.

Any of the disbursements, wires or transfers described above are referred to herein as a “ Disbursement .”

Specific dollar amounts for Disbursements must be provided to Administrative Agent at the time of the applicable Disbursement in the form of a signed closing statement, an email instruction or other written communication (each, a “ Disbursement Request ”) from an applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in the Terms and Conditions attached to this Agreement).

See the Additional Terms and Conditions attached hereto for additional information and for definitions of certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement.

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Disbursements of Loan Proceeds Subsequent to Loan Closing/Origination
Subsequent Disbursement Authorizers : Administrative Agent is authorized to accept one or more Disbursement Requests from any of the individuals named below (each, a “ Subsequent Disbursement Authorizer ”) to disburse Loan proceeds after the date of the Loan origination/closing and to initiate Disbursements in connection therewith (each, a “ Subsequent Disbursement ”):
	Individual’s Name	Title
1.
2.
3.
Describe Restrictions, if any, on the authority of the Subsequent Disbursement Authorizers (dollar amount limits, wire/deposit destinations, etc.): DESCRIBE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS OR INDICATE “N/A” If there are no restrictions described here, any Subsequent Disbursement Authorizer may submit a Disbursement Request for all available Loan proceeds.



Permitted Wire Transfers: Disbursement Requests for Subsequent Disbursements to be made by wire transfer must specify the amount and applicable Receiving Party. Each Receiving Party included in any such Disbursement Request must be listed below. Administrative Agent is authorized to use the wire instructions that have been provided directly to Administrative Agent by the Receiving Party or Borrower and attached as the Subsequent Disbursement Exhibit. All wire instructions must be in the format specified on the Subsequent Disbursement Exhibit.
	Names of Receiving Parties for Subsequent Disbursements (may include as many parties as needed; wire instructions for each Receiving Party must be attached as the Subsequent Disbursement Exhibit)
1.
2.
3.

Name on Deposit Account:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Deposit Account Number:

Further Credit Information/Instructions:

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SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

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Additional Terms and Conditions to the Disbursement Instruction Agreement

Definitions. The following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Authorized Representative” means any or all of the Closing Disbursement Authorizers and Subsequent Disbursement Authorizers, as applicable.

“Receiving Bank” means the financial institution where a Receiving Party maintains its account.

“Receiving Party” means the ultimate recipient of funds pursuant to a Disbursement Request.

Limitation of Liability. Administrative Agent and Lenders shall not be liable to Borrower or any other parties for: (i) errors, acts or failures to act of others, including other entities, banks, communications carriers or clearinghouses, through which Borrower’s requested Disbursements may be made or information received or transmitted, and no such entity shall be deemed an agent of the Administrative Agent or any Lender; (ii) any loss, liability or delay caused by fires, earthquakes, wars, civil disturbances, power surges or failures, acts of government, labor disputes, failures in communications networks, legal constraints or other events beyond Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s control; or (iii) any special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, whether or not (A) any claim for these damages is based on tort or contract or (B) Administrative Agent or any Lender or Borrower knew or should have known the likelihood of these damages in any situation. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender makes any representations or warranties other than those expressly made in this Agreement. IN NO EVENT WILL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IF A DISBURSEMENT REQUEST IS EXECUTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN GOOD FAITH AN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

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SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT EXHIBIT

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

TO ATTACH WIRE INSTRUCTIONS FROM RECEIVING PARTIES

All wire instructions must contain the following information:

Transfer/Deposit Funds to (Receiving Party Account Name)

Receiving Party Deposit Account Number

Receiving Bank Name, City and State

Receiving Bank Routing (ABA) Number

Further identifying information, if applicable (title escrow number, borrower name, loan number, etc.)

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE AND UNENCUMBERED ASSET CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 8.3. of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

1. The undersigned is the _____________________ of the Borrower.

2. The undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and has made a review of the transactions, financial condition and other affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

4. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are reasonably detailed calculations establishing whether the Borrower was in compliance with the covenants contained in Section 9.1. of the Credit Agreement as of the end of the relevant quarterly accounting period, fiscal year, or other fiscal period covered by the financial statements furnished along with this certificate.

6. Schedule 6.1.(z) attached hereto sets forth a list of Unencumbered Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. All Unencumbered Assets so listed fully qualify as such under the applicable criteria for inclusion as an Unencumbered Asset.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Compliance Certificate and Unencumbered Asset Certificate on and as of ___________, 20__.

Name:

Title: _______________________

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Schedule 1

[calculations to be attached]

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EXHIBIT I-1

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable . By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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EXHIBIT I-2

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable . By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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EXHIBIT I-3

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable , or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable , from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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EXHIBIT I-4

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable , or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS form W-8BEN-E, as applicable , from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

Name:

Title:

Date: ________ __, 20__

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Exhibit 10.5

SECOND AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of August 1, 2017, by and among SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Borrower”), each of the Lenders party hereto, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and certain other parties have entered into that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 30, 2014 (as amended and as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions contained herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Specific Amendments to Credit Agreement . The parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

(a) The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating each of the following definitions in Section 1.1. thereof in its entirety as follows:

“ Capitalization Rate ” means (a) 7.00% for Senior Housing Assets and (b) 6.50% for all other Properties.

determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), or (c) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (c) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 3.9.(d)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

“ Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal Funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. If the Federal Funds Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, the Federal Funds Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

“ Five Star ” means Five Star Senior Living Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors.

“ RMR ” means The RMR Group LLC, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

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“ RMR Inc. ” means The RMR Group Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

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otherwise dispose of such Property; (e) neither such Property, nor if such Property is owned by a Subsidiary, any of the Borrower's direct or indirect ownership interest in such Subsidiary, is subject to (i) any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or (ii) any Negative Pledge other than Negative Pledges permitted under Sections 9.2.(b)(iii) and (iv); (f) such Property is free of structural defects or major architectural deficiencies, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters which, individually or collectively, materially impair the value of such Property; (g) any Lessee of more than a majority of the leasable space in such Property is not more than 120 days past due with respect to any fixed rental payment obligations under any Lease for such Property; and (h) such Property has been designated by the Borrower as an “Unencumbered Asset” on Item 6.1.(z) of the Borrower Letter or on an Unencumbered Asset Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, a Property owned by a Foreign Subsidiary will be considered to be an Unencumbered Asset so long as: (1) such Property is (i) owned in fee simple (or the legal equivalent in the jurisdiction where such Property is located) by such Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) leased solely by such Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to a long-term lease having terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (2) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are legally and beneficially owned by one or more of the Borrower and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; (3) such Foreign Subsidiary has no Indebtedness other than (x) Nonrecourse Indebtedness and (y) other Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of less than 2.0% of the value of the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary (such value to be determined in a manner consistent with the definition of Total Asset Value or, if not contemplated under the definition of Total Asset Value, in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent); (4) neither such Property, nor any interest of such Foreign Subsidiary therein, is subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) or (e) through (j) of the definition thereof) or to any Negative Pledge other than Negative Pledges permitted under Sections 9.2.(b)(iii) and (iv); and (5) such Property satisfies the requirements set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g). In addition, a Senior Housing Asset Pool or the portion thereof comprised of Properties which are individually Unencumbered Assets shall constitute an Unencumbered Asset for purposes of this Agreement.

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arrangements). To the extent that value of the Equity Interests of RMR Inc. owned by the Borrower would in the aggregate account for more than 3.0% of Unencumbered Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded. In addition, to the extent that the amount of Unencumbered Asset Value attributable to (x) Senior Housing Assets leased pursuant to a Ground Lease would constitute more than 20.0% of Unencumbered Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded and (y) Non-Domestic Properties would constitute more than 10.0% of Unencumbered Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining Unencumbered Asset Value at any time, the Borrower may, in addition to the Net Operating Income referred to in the immediately preceding clause (a)(i), include the Net Operating Income of any Unencumbered Asset acquired during the period following the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended through such time of determination on a pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical location in Section 1.1. thereof:

“ Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“ EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“ EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country

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(including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“ EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“ Other Existing Term Loan Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 1, 2017 by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto as “Lenders”, Wells Fargo, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.

(a) Within 10 days after the date on which any of the following conditions first applies to any Subsidiary that is not already a Guarantor, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) an Accession Agreement executed by such Subsidiary (or if the Guaranty is not then in existence, a Guaranty executed by such Subsidiary) and (ii) the items that would have been delivered under subsections (iv) through (viii), (x) and (xiv) of Section 5.1.(a) and Section 5.1.(f) if such Subsidiary had been required to be a Guarantor on the Agreement Date:

(d) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 8.5.(a) thereof in its entirety as follows:

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a commercial, third-party website such as www.Edgar.com < http://www.Edgar.com > or a website sponsored or hosted by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower) provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II. and (ii) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it cannot or does not want to receive electronic communications. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic delivery pursuant to procedures approved by it for all or particular notices or communications. Documents or notices delivered electronically (other than by e-mail) shall be deemed to have been delivered (A) with respect to deliveries made pursuant to Sections 8.1., 8.2., 8.4.(b) and 8.4.(c) by proper filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on www.sec.gov , on the date of filing thereof and (B) with respect to all other electronic deliveries (other than deliveries made by e-mail), twenty-four (24) hours after the date and time on which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower posts such documents or the documents become available on a commercial website and the Administrative Agent or the Borrower notifies each Lender of said posting and the Borrower notifies Administrative Agent of said posting by causing an e-mail notification to be sent to an e-mail address specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent and provides a link thereto provided (x) if such notice or other communication is not sent or posted during the normal business hours of the recipient, said posting date and time shall be deemed to have commenced as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next business day for the recipient and (y) if the deemed time of delivery occurs on a day that is not a business day for the recipient, the deemed time of delivery shall be 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next business day for the recipient. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of any documents to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that requests such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents delivered electronically, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it of paper copies and maintaining its paper or electronic documents.

(e) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 9.1.(a) thereof in its entirety as follows:

(f) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 9.1.(d) thereof in its entirety as follows:

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(g) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 9.1.(h) thereof in its entirety as follows:

(h) [Intentionally Omitted.]

(h) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 9.1.(i) thereof in its entirety as follows:

(i) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 9.2.(b) thereof in its entirety as follows:

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or assets of such Subsidiary); (iii) an agreement relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale, provided that in any such case the Negative Pledge applies only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale or (iv) a Negative Pledge contained in any agreement that evidences unsecured Indebtedness which contains restrictions on encumbering assets that are substantially similar to those restrictions contained in the Loan Documents.

(j) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 9.3. thereof in its entirety as follows:

Section 9.3. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers.

(k) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 10.1.(d)(iv) thereof in its entirety as follows:

(iv) An Event of Default under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement or Other Existing Term Loan Agreement shall occur.

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(l) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating Section 11.6. thereof in its entirety as follows:

Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent.

Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) pro rata in accordance with such Lender’s respective Credit Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent but not as a Lender) in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents, any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnifiable Amounts”); provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to the extent resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment; provided , however , that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders, if expressly required hereunder) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) promptly upon demand for its Credit Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of any out‑of‑pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, administration, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings, or otherwise) of, or legal advice with respect to the rights or responsibilities of the parties under, the Loan Documents, any suit or action brought by the Administrative Agent to enforce the terms of the Loan Documents and/or collect any Obligations, any “lender liability” suit or claim brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, and any claim or suit brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental Laws. Such out‑of‑pocket expenses (including counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the request of the Administrative Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Administrative Agent is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent will reimburse the Lenders if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent is not so entitled to indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the termination of this Agreement. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any Indemnifiable Amount following payment by any Lender to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each Lender making any such payment.

(m) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by restating the notice Section 12.1. thereof in its entirety as follows:

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If to the Borrower:

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy Number: (617) 219-8349

Telephone Number: (617) 796-8350

If to the Administrative Agent:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

10 South Wacker Drive, 32 ^nd Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

Attn: Karen Skutt

Telecopier: (312) 782-0969

Telephone: (312) 269-4809

and

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn: Kristen Ray

Telecopier: 704-410-0329

Telephone: 704-410-1772

If to the Administrative Agent under Article II.:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Minneapolis Loan Center

600 South 4 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attn: Anthony Gangelhoff

Telecopier: (877) 410-5023

Telephone: (612) 316-0109

If to any other Lender:

To such Lender’s address or telecopy number as set forth in the applicable Administrative Questionnaire

or, as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties delivered in compliance with this Section; provided, a Lender

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shall only be required to give notice of any such other address to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, upon the first to occur of receipt or the expiration of three (3) days after the deposit in the United States Postal Service mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the address of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and Lenders at the addresses specified; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; (iii) if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, when delivered; or (iv) if delivered in accordance with Section 8.5. to the extent applicable; provided, however, that, in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), non-receipt of any communication as of the result of any change of address of which the sending party was not notified or as the result of a refusal to accept delivery shall be deemed receipt of such communication. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, all notices or communications to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under Article II. shall be effective only when actually received. None of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall incur any liability to any Loan Party (nor shall the Administrative Agent incur any liability to the Lenders) for acting upon any telephonic notice referred to in this Agreement which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, believes in good faith to have been given by a Person authorized to deliver such notice or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder. Failure of a Person designated to get a copy of a notice to receive such copy shall not affect the validity of notice properly given to another Person.

(n) The Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following new Section 12.21.:

Section 12.21. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT TO BAIL-IN OF EEA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

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(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

Section 2. Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall be effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(a) A counterpart of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders;

(b) Evidence that all fees, expenses and reimbursement amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and any of the Lenders in connection with this Amendment have been paid; and

Section 3. Representations . The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

(a) Authorization . The Borrower has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, in accordance with their respective terms. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its respective terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.

(b) Compliance with Laws, etc . The execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by the Borrower of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, in accordance with their respective terms, do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise: (i) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law (including Environmental Laws) relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational documents of Borrower or any other Loan Party, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party or by which it or any of its respective properties may be bound; or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party other than in favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank.

(c) No Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof or will exist immediately after giving effect to this Amendment.

Section 5. Reaffirmation of Representations by Borrower . The Borrower hereby repeats and reaffirms all representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents on and as of

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the date hereof with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties were set forth in this Amendment in full.

Section 6. Certain References . Each reference to the Credit Agreement in any of the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment is a Loan Document.

Section 7. Expenses . The Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and the other agreements and documents executed and delivered in connection herewith.

Section 8. Benefits . This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 9. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 10. Effect; Ratification . Except as expressly herein amended, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect. The amendments contained herein shall be deemed to have prospective application only from the date as of which this Amendment is dated. The Credit Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Nothing in this Amendment shall limit, impair or constitute a waiver of the rights, powers or remedies available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 11. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon all parties, their successors and assigns.

Section 12. Definitions . All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective definitions given them in the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to Term Loan Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Name: Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Title: Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender

By: /s/ Matthew Ricketts

Name: Matthew Ricketts

Title: Managing Director

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

By: /s/ Sheena Lee

Name: Sheena Lee

Title: Authorized Signatory

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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ John C. Rowland

Name: John C. Rowland

Title: Vice President

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MIZUHO BANK (USA), as a Lender

By: /s/ John Davies

Name: John Davies

Title: Director

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COMPASS BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Brian Tuerff

Name: Brian Tuerff

Title: Senior Vice President

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REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Paul E. Burgan

Name: Paul Burgan

Title: Vice President

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ Keith J. Connolly

Name: Keith J. Connolly

Title: General Manager

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MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO., LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ Ming-Che Yang

Name: Ming-Che Yang

Title: VP & DGM

Exhibit 12.1

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(dollars in thousands)



	Six Months Ended June 30,			Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015			2014			2013			2012
Earnings:
Income from continuing operations (including gains on sales of properties, if any) before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee	$	49,372		$	141,582		$	125,474		$	162,141		$	183,997		$	131,882
Fixed charges	84,289			167,574			150,881			135,114			117,819			117,240
Adjusted earnings	$	133,661		$	309,156		$	276,355		$	297,255		$	301,816		$	249,122

Fixed charges:
Interest expense (including net amortization of debt premiums and discounts and debt issuance costs)	$	84,289		$	167,574		$	150,881		$	135,114		$	117,819		$	117,240

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges	1.6		x	1.8		x	1.8		x	2.2		x	2.6		x	2.1		x

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

I, Barry M. Portnoy, certify that:


1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Senior Housing Properties Trust;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Date: August 3, 2017	/s/ Barry M. Portnoy
	Barry M. Portnoy
	Managing Trustee

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

I, Adam D. Portnoy, certify that:


1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Senior Housing Properties Trust;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Date: August 3, 2017	/s/ Adam D. Portnoy
	Adam D. Portnoy
	Managing Trustee

Exhibit 31.3

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

I, David J. Hegarty, certify that:


1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Senior Housing Properties Trust;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Date: August 3, 2017	/s/ David J. Hegarty
	David J. Hegarty
	President and Chief Operating Officer

Exhibit 31.4

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

I, Richard W. Siedel, Jr., certify that:


1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Senior Housing Properties Trust;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Date: August 3, 2017	/s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
	Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SEC. 1350

In connection with the filing by Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Company”) of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017 (the “Report”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge:


1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




/s/ Barry M. Portnoy		/s/ David J. Hegarty
Barry M. Portnoy		David J. Hegarty
Managing Trustee		President and Chief Operating Officer


/s/ Adam D. Portnoy		/s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
Adam D. Portnoy		Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
Managing Trustee		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: August 3, 2017

Exhibit 99.1

June 1, 2017

Five Star Senior Living Inc.
400 Centre Street

Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Attn: Mr. Bruce J. Mackey Jr.


Re:	Millcroft, 255 Possum Park Road, Newark, Delaware (the “Millcroft Community”)

Dear Bruce:

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 4, 2009, among certain affiliates of Senior Housing Properties Trust, all of whom are signing this letter as Landlord (“ Landlord ”), and certain affiliates of Five Star Senior Living Inc., all of whom are signing this letter as Tenant (“ Tenant ”), as amended by that certain Partial Termination of and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of November 1, 2009, that certain Partial Termination of and Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 1, 2010, that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of June 20, 2011, that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of July 22, 2011, that certain Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of August 31, 2012, that certain Partial Termination of and Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of September 19, 2013, that certain Partial Termination of and Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of June 1, 2014, that certain Partial Termination of and Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of July 20, 2015, and that certain Partial Termination of and Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 2), dated as of September 30, 2016 (as so amended, “ Master Lease No. 2 ”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this letter shall have the meanings given such terms in Master Lease No. 2.

Landlord leases the Millcroft Community to Tenant under Master Lease No. 2. FS Tenant Pool I Trust (“ Millcroft Subtenant ”) subleases the Millcroft Community from Tenant and operates the Millcroft Community for its own account. Millcroft Subtenant is also the owner of approximately 3.3 acres of vacant land adjacent to the Millcroft Community as further described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “ Millcroft Vacant Land ”).

The purpose of this letter is to document certain agreements regarding the sale of the Millcroft Vacant Land to CCDE Senior Living LLC (“ CCDE ”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Senior Housing Properties Trust and one of the entities comprising Landlord, and Tenant’s proposed renovation of Millcroft, including the proposed addition of 32 units of memory care on the Millcroft Vacant Land (the “ Millcroft Renovation Project ”). As part of the Millcroft Renovation Project, Millcroft Subtenant has agreed to convey the Millcroft Vacant Land to CCDE by special warranty deed for a purchase price of $750,000 (the “ Millcroft Purchase Price ”), and Landlord and Tenant have agreed that the Millcroft Vacant Land will be added to the Millcroft Community under Master Lease No. 2. Without limiting the foregoing, the Millcroft Vacant Land will be leased to Tenant in “AS IS” condition, without any warranties or covenants whatsoever.

The Millcroft Renovation Project shall be treated as a required renovation under Section 5.1.2(b) of Master Lease No. 2, and Landlord shall fund up to $10,800,000 (which includes the Millcroft Purchase Price) of the cost of the Millcroft Renovation Project. Tenant shall fund any costs of the Millcroft Renovation Project in excess of such amount. Landlord may, at its option, condition advancement of such amounts to the same extent that Landlord may condition advancement of insurance proceeds pursuant to Section 10.2.4 of Master Lease No. 2.

From and after the date the Millcroft Vacant Land is acquired by CCDE (the “ Millcroft Acquisition Date ”) until the Normalized Rent Date (as defined below), the terms and conditions of Section 3.1.1(c) of Master Lease No. 2 shall not apply to the funding of the Millcroft Renovation Project to the extent provided in this letter. Instead, at each time when such disbursements are made (including at the time the Millcroft Purchase Price is paid), the Minimum Rent shall be increased by an annual amount equal to the product of (x) the interest rate payable by Senior Housing Properties Trust under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2011, among Senior Housing Properties Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions initially a signatory thereto (as it may be amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to time) as of each such disbursement date plus two hundred (200) basis points multiplied by (y) the amount so disbursed. Furthermore, to the extent any funds were disbursed by Landlord in connection with the Millcroft Renovation Project prior to the Millcroft Acquisition Date in accordance with Section 5.1.2(b) of Master Lease No. 2, then, from and after the Millcroft Acquisition Date, the Minimum Rent shall be adjusted to reflect the Minimum Rent that would be payable if such fundings were made from and after the Millcroft Acquisition Date in accordance with the preceding sentence.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, upon the earlier to occur of (a) the first anniversary of the first day of the month during which all certificates of occupancy have been issued for the Millcroft Renovation Project or (b) the third anniversary of the date of this letter (such date, the “ Normalized Rent Date ”), the Minimum Rent shall be increased to reflect the Minimum Rent which would otherwise have been payable under Section 3.1.1(c) of Master Lease No. 2 but for the preceding paragraph of this letter.

Except as provided hereinabove, all of the other terms and conditions of Master Lease No. 2 shall apply to the Millcroft Renovation Project.

Landlord and Tenant agree to enter into an amendment to Master Lease No. 2 following the conveyance of the Millcroft Vacant Land to Millcroft Landlord to confirm the addition of the Millcroft Vacant Land to the Leased Properties demised by Master Lease No. 2, as provided herein.

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By countersigning this letter below, each party hereto agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions set forth in this letter.

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

LANDLORD:

CCC FINANCING I TRUST

CCC INVESTMENTS I, L.L.C.

CCC OF KENTUCKY TRUST

CCC PUEBLO NORTE TRUST

CCDE SENIOR LIVING LLC

CCOP SENIOR LIVING LLC

O.F.C. CORPORATION

SNH CHS PROPERTIES TRUST

SNH SOMERFORD PROPERTIES TRUST

SNH/LTA PROPERTIES GA LLC

SNH/LTA PROPERTIES TRUST

SPTIHS PROPERTIES TRUST

SPTMNR PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President of each of the foregoing entities

LEISURE PARK VENTURE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By: CCC Leisure Park Corporation,
its General Partner

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES II, L.P.

By: Crestline Ventures LLC,

its General Partner

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

CCC FINANCING LIMITED, L.P.

By: CCC Retirement Trust,

its General Partner

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President

TENANT:

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE TRUST
FS TENANT HOLDING COMPANY TRUST

By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

President of each of the foregoing entities

MILLCROFT SUBTENANT:

FS TENANT POOL I TRUST

By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

President

EXHIBIT A

MILLCROFT VACANT LAND

BEGINNING a point on the southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road (also known as State Road No. 314) at 80 feet wide, a common corner of the Property herein being described and the lands, now or formerly, of the Millcroft Association, Inc., Thence from the Point of Beginning, leaving the southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road, along a common line with the lands, now or formerly, of the Millcroft Association, Inc., South 25° -28'-15" West, 528.32' to a corner in common with the said Lands and a point on a subdivision line of The Hunt at Louviers; Thence along the subdivision line of The Hunt of Louviers, North 63° -46'-46" West, 196.22' to a corner in common with the said Subdivision on the easterly right-of-way line of Cullen Way, at 100 feet wide; Thence along the easterly right-of-way line of Cullen Way, North 09° -14'-00" East, 515.08' to a corner, being the point of curvature of a junction curve, joining the easterly right-of-way line of Cullen Way with the aforementioned southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road; Thence by curve, curving to the right, having a radius of 30.00', an arc length of 57.38' to a corner, being the point of tangency of the said Junction Curve, joining the southwesterly right-of-way line of Possum Park Road with the easterly right-of way line of Cullen Way; Thence along the southwesterly right of way line of Possum Park Road, by the following two (2) courses and distances: (1) South 61°-10'-4" East, 18.45' to a corner, the point of curvature of a curve, and (2) By a curve, curving to the left, having a radius of 3,859.72', an arc length of 291.39' to the Point of Beginning. Containing with the said described metes and bounds, 3.307 acres of land, be the same, more or less.

Exhibit 99.2

June 1, 2017

Five Star Senior Living Inc.
400 Centre Street

Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Attn: Mr. Bruce J. Mackey Jr.


Re:	Remington Club, 16925 and 16916 Hierba Drive, San Diego, California 92128 (“Remington Club”)

Dear Bruce:

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 4), dated as of August 4, 2009, among certain affiliates of Senior Housing Properties Trust, all of whom are signing this letter as Landlord (“ Landlord ”), and certain affiliates of Five Star Senior Living Inc., all of whom are signing this letter as Tenant (“ Tenant ”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 4), dated as of October 1, 2009, that certain Partial Termination of and Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 4), dated as of May 1, 2011, that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 4), dated as of June 20, 2011, that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 4), dated as of August 31, 2012, and that certain Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (Lease No. 4), dated as of July 10, 2014 (as so amended, " Master Lease No. 4 "). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this letter shall have the meanings given such terms in Master Lease No. 4.

Landlord leases Remington Club to Tenant under Master Lease No. 4, and the purpose of this letter is to document certain agreements between Landlord and Tenant regarding Tenant’s proposed renovation of Remington Club, including the proposed additions of 48 units of memory care and a two story 15,980 square foot parking garage to Remington Club (the “ Remington Club Renovation Project ”).

The Remington Club Renovation Project shall be treated as a required renovation under Section 5.1.2(b) of Master Lease No. 4, and Landlord shall fund up to $17,096,019 of the cost of the Remington Club Renovation Project. Tenant shall fund any costs of the Remington Club Renovation Project in excess of such amount. Landlord may, at its option, condition advancement of such amounts to the same extent that Landlord may condition advancement of insurance proceeds pursuant to Section 10.2.4 of Master Lease No. 4.

From and after the date of this letter (the “ Effective Date ”) until the Normalized Rent Date (as defined below), the terms and conditions of Section 3.1.1(c) of Master Lease No. 4 shall not apply to the funding of the Remington Club Renovation Project to the extent provided in this letter. Instead, at each time when such disbursements are made, the Minimum Rent shall be increased by an annual amount equal to the product of (x) the interest rate payable by Senior Housing Properties Trust under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2011, among Senior Housing Properties Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions initially a signatory thereto (as it may be amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to time) as of each such disbursement date plus two hundred (200) basis points multiplied by (y) the amount so disbursed. Furthermore, to the extent any funds were disbursed by Landlord in connection with the Remington Club Renovation Project prior to the Effective Date in accordance with Section 5.1.2(b) of Master Lease No. 4, then, from and after the Effective Date, the Minimum Rent shall be adjusted to reflect the Minimum Rent that would be payable if such fundings were made from and after the Effective Date in accordance with the preceding sentence.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, upon the earlier to occur of (a) the first anniversary of the first day of the month during which all certificates of occupancy have been issued for the Remington Club Renovation Project or (b) the third anniversary of the date of this letter (such date, the “ Normalized Rent Date ”), the Minimum Rent shall be increased to reflect the Minimum Rent which would otherwise have been payable under Section 3.1.1(c) of Master Lease No. 4 but for the preceding paragraph of this letter.

Except as provided hereinabove, all of the other terms and conditions of Master Lease No. 4 shall apply to the Remington Renovation Project.

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By countersigning this letter below, each party hereto agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions set forth in this letter.

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

LANDLORD:

CCOP SENIOR LIVING LLC

SNH CHS PROPERTIES TRUST

SNH NS PROPERTIES TRUST

SNH SOMERFORD PROPERTIES TRUST
SNH/LTA PROPERTIES GA LLC
SNH/LTA PROPERTIES TRUST
SNH/LTA SE HOME PLACE NEW BERN LLC

SNH/LTA SE MCCARTHY NEW BERN LLC
SPTIHS PROPERTIES TRUST

By: /s/ David J. Hegarty

David J. Hegarty

President of each of the foregoing entities

TENANT:

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE - NS TENANT, LLC

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE TRUST

FS TENANT HOLDING COMPANY TRUST
FVE SE HOME PLACE NEW BERN LLC

By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

President of each of the foregoing entities

Exhibit 99.3

June 1, 2017

FVE Managers, Inc.
400 Centre Street

Newton, Massachusetts 02458

Attn: Mr. Bruce J. Mackey Jr.


Re:	Tiffany Court, 1866 San Miguel Drive, Walnut Creek, California 94896 (“Tiffany Court”)

Dear Bruce:

Reference is made to that certain Management Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2011, between FVE Managers, Inc. and SNH CALI Tenant LLC (the “ Management Agreement ”), as affected by that certain Pooling Agreement No. 3, dated as of July 1, 2016, among FVE Managers, Inc., SNH CALI Tenant LLC and certain other affiliates of Senior Housing Properties Trust (" Pooling Agreement No. 3 "). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this letter shall have the meanings given such terms in the Management Agreement or Pooling Agreement No. 3, as applicable.

Manager manages Tiffany Court for the account of SNH TRS pursuant to the Management Agreement and Pooling Agreement No. 3. The purpose of this letter is to document certain agreements between Manager and the TRSes regarding certain proposed renovations at Tiffany Court, including the proposed addition of 24 units of memory care and an underground parking garage for 38 vehicles on an adjacent parcel of land at a budgeted cost of approximately $8,556,730 (the “ Tiffany Court Renovation Project ”). The budgeted cost for the Tiffany Court Renovation Project does not include costs associated with the acquisition of certain land and improvements adjacent to Tiffany Court which were purchased by an affiliate of SNH TRS for $1,350,000 in June 2014 (the “ Tiffany Court Adjacent Land ”).

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Management Agreement to the contrary, from and after the date of this letter until the Normalized Return Date (as defined below), the portion of the SNH TRS Priority Return payable in connection with the Invested Capital related to the Tiffany Court Renovation Project (including the acquisition costs for the Tiffany Court Adjacent Land) shall be an annual amount equal to the product of (x) the interest rate payable by Senior Housing Properties Trust under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2011, among Senior Housing Properties Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions initially a signatory thereto (as it may be amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to time) as of each such disbursement date plus two hundred (200) basis points multiplied by (y) the amount of such Invested Capital. However, upon the earlier to occur of (a) the first anniversary of the first day of the month during which all certificates of occupancy have been issued for the Tiffany Court Renovation Project or (b) the third anniversary of the date of this letter (such date, the “ Normalized Return Date ”), the SNH TRS Priority Return shall be increased to reflect the SNH TRS Priority Return which would otherwise have been payable under the Management Agreement but for the preceding sentence.

Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 5.01 of the Pooling Agreement to the contrary, any Priority Return Shortfall attributable to the period prior to the earlier to occur of (x) the January 1 ^st following the anniversary of the date on which a certificate of occupancy is issued for the Tiffany Court Renovation Project or (y) January 1, 2021 (the “ Stabilization Date ”) shall not be considered for purposes of determining whether the TRSes shall have the right to exercise their termination rights under Section 5.01 of the Pooling Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the first calendar year that may be considered for purposes of determining whether a Priority Return Shortfall shall be the calendar year commencing on the Stabilization Date.

Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 5.02 of the Pooling Agreement to the contrary, periods prior to the Stabilization Date shall not be considered for purposes of determining whether Manager shall have the right to designate Tiffany Court as a Non-Economic Facility under Section 5.02 of the Pooling Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the first calendar year that may be considered for purposes of determining whether Manager shall have the right to designate Tiffany Court as a Non-Economic Facility under Section 5.02 of the Pooling Agreement shall be calendar year commencing on the Stabilization Date.

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By countersigning this letter below, each party hereto agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions set forth in this letter.

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

MANAGER:

FVE MANAGERS, INC.

By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

President

TRSes:

SNH BRFL TENANT LLC
SNH CALI TENANT LLC
SNH CCMD TENANT LLC
SNH PLFL TENANT LLC
SNH SE BARRINGTON BOYNTON LLC
SNH SE TENANT TRS, INC.

By: /s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

Richard W. Siedel, Jr.

President

Exhibit 99.4

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:

Brad Shepherd, Director, Investor Relations

(617) 796-8234

Senior Housing Properties Trust Amends $1 Billion Credit Facility and

$200 Million Unsecured Term Loan

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Newton, MA (August 1, 2017): Senior Housing Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SNH) today announced that it has amended its existing $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility and simultaneously amended its $200 million unsecured term loan that matures in 2022.

Prior to the amendment, SNH’s credit facility had a maturity date of January 15, 2018 and required interest on drawings at LIBOR plus 130 basis points, subject to adjustments based on changes to SNH’s credit ratings. The maturity date of the amended credit facility is extended to January 15, 2022 and interest on drawings is reduced to LIBOR plus 120 basis points, subject to adjustments based on changes to SNH’s credit ratings. In addition, the facility fee was reduced from 30 basis points to 25 basis points per annum on the total amount of lending commitments.

The amended credit facility includes a borrower’s option to further extend the facility for an additional one year to January 15, 2023 in return for payment of a fee and provided certain conditions are met. The amended credit facility also includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $2.0 billion in certain circumstances. The previous credit facility’s maximum borrowing availability was $1.5 billion.

Prior to the amendment, SNH’s $200 million unsecured term loan that matures in 2022 required interest at LIBOR plus 180 basis points, subject to adjustments based on changes to SNH’s credit ratings. The interest rate of the amended $200 million unsecured term loan is reduced to LIBOR plus 135 basis points, subject to adjustments based on changes to SNH’s credit ratings.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets LLC, acted as Joint Lead Arrangers for the amended credit facility. Banks participating in the amended credit facility are as follows:



Name of Institution	Facility Title
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Administrative Agent
Citibank, N.A.	Co-Syndication Agent
Royal Bank of Canada	Co-Syndication Agent
Bank of America, N.A.	Co-Documentation Agent
PNC Bank, N.A.	Co-Documentation Agent
Regions Bank	Co-Documentation Agent
BBVA Compass Bank	Lender
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.	Lender
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp	Lender
BMO Harris Bank, N.A.	Lender
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.	Lender
UBS Loan Finance LLC	Lender
Associated Bank, N.A.	Lender
First Hawaiian Bank	Lender
First Tennessee Bank, N.A.	Lender
Bank of Taiwan, Los Angeles Branch	Lender
First Commercial Bank, New York Branch	Lender
Land Bank of Taiwan, Los Angeles Branch	Lender
Taiwan Cooperative Bank Ltd. Seattle	Lender
Mega International Commercial Bank Co.	Lender
Chinatrust Commercial Bank New York Branch	Lender

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and PNC Capital Markets LLC, acted as Joint Lead Arrangers for the amended $200 million unsecured term loan. Banks participating in the amended $200 million unsecured term loan are as follows:



Name of Institution	Term Loan Title
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Administrative Agent
PNC Bank, N.A.	Syndication Agent
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.	Documentation Agent
Taiwan Cooperative Bank Ltd. Seattle	Lender
First Commercial Bank, New York Branch	Lender
Citibank, N.A.	Lender
Royal Bank of Canada	Lender
First Tennessee Bank, N.A.	Lender

Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns senior living communities, medical office buildings and wellness centers throughout the United States. SNH is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, MA.

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS STATEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER SNH USES WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”, “EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE”, "WILL", “MAY” AND NEGATIVES OR DERIVATIVES OF THESE OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, SNH IS MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON SNH’S PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY SNH’S FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS.


•	CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY IS SUBJECT TO SNH’S SATISFYING CERTAIN FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND OTHER CREDIT FACILITY CONDITIONS THAT SNH MAY BE UNABLE TO SATISFY.


•	ACTUAL COSTS UNDER THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND $200 MILLION TERM LOAN FACILITY WILL BE HIGHER THAN LIBOR PLUS A PREMIUM BECAUSE OF FEES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH FACILITIES.


•	SNH HAS THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE MATURITY DATE OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE AND MEETING OTHER CONDITIONS; HOWEVER, THE APPLICABLE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE MET.


•	THE PREMIUMS USED TO DETERMINE THE INTEREST RATE PAYABLE ON THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND $200 MILLION TERM LOAN FACILITY AND THE FACILITY FEE PAYABLE ON THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY ARE BASED ON SNH’S CREDIT RATINGS. FUTURE CHANGES IN SNH’S CREDIT RATINGS MAY CAUSE THE INTEREST AND FEES SNH PAYS TO INCREASE.


•	THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE MAXIMUM BORROWING AVAILABILITY UNDER THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY MAY BE INCREASED TO UP TO $2.0 BILLION

IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; HOWEVER, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM BORROWING AVAILABILITY UNDER THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY IS SUBJECT TO SNH’S OBTAINING ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS FROM LENDERS, WHICH MAY NOT OCCUR.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SNH’S FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR SEC, INCLUDING UNDER THE CAPTION “RISK FACTORS” IN SNH’S PERIODIC REPORTS, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN, IDENTIFIES OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE SNH’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE STATED IN OR IMPLIED BY SNH’S FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. SNH’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SEC’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, SNH DOES NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

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