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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): November 5, 2008
 
FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Maryland
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 1-16817
  
04-3516029
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts
  
02458
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
 
617-796-8387
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 

 
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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On November 5, 2008, Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or the Company, issued a press release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial condition as of and for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
 
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)           Exhibits.
 
The Company hereby furnishes the following exhibit:
 
99.1           Press Release dated November 5, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 


 
 
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/ Francis R. Murphy, III        
 
Name: Francis R. Murphy, III
 
Title: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
   

Dated:  November 5, 2008