UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 27, 2011 (June 22, 2011)

 

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)

 

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 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 22, 2011, Travis K. Smith, the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or the Company, notified the Company of his resignation.  Mr. Smith advised the Company that the reasons for his decision were personal and were not the result of any disagreement with the Company.  The Company expects Mr. Smith to remain in his current position for a limited period of time for transition purposes.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: June 27, 2011

 

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