UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 4, 2006 (December 30, 2005)
FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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Commission File No. 1-16817 |
04-3516029 |
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400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts |
02458 |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 796-8387
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 8.01. |
Other Events. |
On December 30, 2005, we reached an agreement with Sunrise Senior Living Services, Inc., or Sunrise, to terminate one long term management agreement for a community located in Florida that Sunrise manages for us, as more fully described in the copy of our press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 which is incorporated herein by reference.
The terms of our management agreements with Sunrise are more fully described in the section titled “Item 2. Properties – Sunrise Senior Living Services, Inc. Management Agreements” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, which part of such filing we incorporate by reference into this Item 8.01.
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Item 9.01. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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(d) |
Exhibits. |
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99.1. |
Press Release dated January 3, 2006. |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.
By: /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.
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Name: |
Bruce J. Mackey Jr. |
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Title: |
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: January 4, 2006