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NEWTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) announced the results of its annual meeting held earlier today as follows:

Donna D. Fraiche was re-elected as an Independent Director by a plurality of all shares voted.

Gerard M. Martin was re-elected as a Managing Director by a plurality of all shares voted.

Shareholders approved, with 92% of all the shares voted, a nonbinding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to the Companyas named executive officers.

Shareholders approved, with 95% of all shares voted, the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Five Staras independent registered public accounting firm.

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is a senior living and healthcare services company that operates 247 senior living communities with 27,503 living units located in 30 states. These communities include independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing communities. Five Star also operates five institutional pharmacies and two rehabilitation hospitals. Five Star is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.