Item 5. Other Information
Item 5. Other Information.
On November 1, 2023, our Board of Trustees approved and adopted our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, or our Amended Bylaws, to reduce the permitted ownership of our shares on a prospective basis, from 9.8% to 5%, in order to preserve our cumulative net operating losses.
The new Article IX of our Amended Bylaws generally provides that transfers of our shares (and certain other securities) to a person, entity or group which is then, or would become as a result, an owner of 5% or more of our outstanding shares would be void in total for transferees then already owning 5% or more of our shares and, for transferees that would otherwise become owners of 5% or more of our shares, to the extent the transfer would so result in such level of ownership by the proposed transferee. The prohibited transfer threshold was set at 5% because transfers at or above that level could result in limitations on our ability to use our net operating losses and other tax benefits to reduce our future taxable income, as provided under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations and rulings issued thereunder. Shares relating to attempted transfers in violation of the Article IX prohibition may be subject to transfer to a charitable trust in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of our Declaration of Trust. Article VII of our Declaration of Trust also governs the treatment for our shares which are subject to other provisions of our Declaration of Trust and Amended Bylaws, including shares owned in excess of the 9.8% ownership limitation included in our Declaration of Trust and shares required to be divested due to a shareholder's failure to comply with certain regulatory matters, as further provided in our Amended Bylaws.
With respect to shareholders who held in excess of 5% of our shares outstanding prior to November 1, 2023, none of such shareholders’ shares were deemed under the new limitation to be excess securities subject to automatic transfer to a charitable trust; instead such shareholders will not be permitted to acquire additional shares while owning 5% or more of our outstanding shares or thereafter to the extent any such subsequent acquisition would result in them owning 5% or more of our outstanding shares. Our Board of Trustees or an authorized committee may approve transfers otherwise prohibited by these provisions of our Amended Bylaws.
The foregoing description of our Amended Bylaws is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.5 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a marked copy of our Amended Bylaws indicating changes made to our bylaws as they existed immediately prior to the adoption of our Amended Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.6 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
3.1 Composite Copy of Articles of Amendment and Restatement, dated September 20, 1999, as amended to date. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.)
3.2 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.)
3.3 Articles Supplementary, dated June 30, 2017. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2017.)
3.4 Articles Supplementary, dated May 19, 2020. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2020.)
3.5 Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted November 1, 2023. (Filed herewith.)
3.6 Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted November 1, 2023 (marked copy). (Filed herewith.)
4.1 Form of Common Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 2, 2020.)
4.2 Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2001, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to State Street Bank and Trust Company). (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-76588.)
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4.3 Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of July 20, 2012, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to 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 filed on July 20, 2012.)
4.4 Supplemental Indenture No. 9, dated as of April 28, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to 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.)
4.5 Indenture, dated as of February 18, 2016, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association). (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016.)
4.6 First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 18, 2016, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to 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 filed on February 18, 2016.)
4.7 Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2018, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 4.75% Senior Notes due 2028, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.)
4.8 Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 2, 2020, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 9.750% Senior Notes due 2025, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 5, 2020.)
4.9 Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 5, 2021, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 9.750% Senior Notes due 2025. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.)
4.10 Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 9, 2022, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 9.750% Senior Notes due 2025. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.)
4.11 Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 9.750% Senior Notes due 2025. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.)
4.12 Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2021, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 4.375% Senior Notes due 2031, including form thereof. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.)
4.13 Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 5, 2021, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 4.375% Senior Notes due 2031. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.)
4.14 Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 9, 2022, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 4.375% Senior Notes due 2031. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.)
4.15 Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), related to 4.375% Senior Notes due 2031. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.)
4.16 Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, among the Company, ABP Trust (f/k/a Reit Management & Research Trust) and Adam D. Portnoy. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2015.)
10.1 Termination Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2023, by and between Office Properties Income Trust and the Company. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2023.)
10.2 Pledge Amendment, dated as of September 26, 2023, by the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto. (Filed herewith.)
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10.3 Release of Certain Guarantors, dated as of October 12, 2023, related to 9.750% Senior Notes due 2025, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association). (Filed herewith.)
10.4 Release of Certain Guarantors, dated as of October 12, 2023, related to 4.375% Senior Notes due 2031, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association). (Filed herewith.)
10.5 Form of Share Award Agreement. (Filed herewith.)
10.6 Form of Indemnification Agreement. (Filed herewith.)
22.1 List of Subsidiary Guarantors. (Filed herewith.)
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.)
31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.)
32.1 Section 1350 Certification. (Furnished herewith.)
101.INS XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. (Filed herewith.)
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File. (Formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101.)
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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.
DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST
By: /s/ Jennifer F. Francis
Jennifer F. Francis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: November 1, 2023
By: /s/ Matthew C. Brown
Matthew C. Brown
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
Dated: November 1, 2023
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