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): April 16, 2014

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 16, 2014, Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or the Company, issued a press release setting forth certain financial data and information regarding the Company for 2011, 2012 and the first, second and third quarters of 2013.  A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On April 16, 2014, the Company filed Articles Supplementary to its Articles of Amendment and Restatement reclassifying the Company’s 100,000 authorized but unissued shares of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, as shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, without further classification or designation, and with the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of undesignated preferred stock as set forth in the Company’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement. The Articles Supplementary were effective upon filing.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

3.1                               Articles Supplementary, dated April 16, 2014.

99.1                        Press Release, dated April 16, 2014.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

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