SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2015-11-04

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 <font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this &#x201C;Agreement&#x201D;) is made and entered [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ] (the &#x201C;Effective Date&#x201D;), by and between Senior Housing Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;), and [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ] (&#x201C;Indemnitee&#x201D;).</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS Indemnitee currently serves as a [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ] of the Company and may, in connection therewith, be subjected to claims, suits or proceedings arising from such service; and</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, as an inducement to Indemnitee to continue to serve as such [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ], the Company has agreed to indemnify and to advance expenses and costs incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any such claims, suits or proceedings, to the fullest extent permitted by law as hereinafter provided; and</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">Section&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Definitions</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">. For purposes of this Agreement:</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#x201C;Change in Control&#x201D; means a change in control of the Company occurring after the Effective Date of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e)&nbsp;of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Act&#x201D;), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if after the Effective Date (i)&nbsp;any &#x201C;person&#x201D; (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)&nbsp;and 14(d)&nbsp;of the Act) is or becomes the &#x201C;beneficial owner&#x201D; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power in the election of trustees of the