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 9, 2006

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland  
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)


Commission File No. 1-16817
04-3516029
 
(IRS Employer
 
Identification No.)
   
400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts
02458
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

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 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On November 9, 2006, we issued a press release setting forth our results of operations and financial condition for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006. A copy of our press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. 
 
(d)       Exhibits.
 
We hereby furnish the following exhibit:
 
99.1  Press release dated November 9, 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.                   
 
Name: Bruce J. Mackey Jr.
 
Title: Treasurer and Chief Finanical Officer
Date: November 9, 2006