As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORMS-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland | | 27-2560479 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
18500 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550
Irvine, California 92612
(888) 393-8248
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Richard K. Matros
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
18500 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550
Irvine, California 92612
(888) 393-8248
(Name, Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service)
ForCo-Registrants, please see “Table ofCo-Registrants” on the following page
COPY TO:
Andor D. Terner, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor
Newport Beach, California 92660
(949)823-6900
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule12b-2).
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.:
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Large accelerated filer | | ☒ | | Accelerated filer | | ☐ |
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Non-accelerated filer | | ☐ | | Smaller reporting company | | ☐ |
Co-Registrants:
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Large accelerated filer | | ☐ | | Accelerated filer | | ☐ |
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Non-accelerated filer | | ☒ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | | Smaller reporting company | | ☐ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered | | Amount to be registered / Proposed maximum offering price per unit / Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)(2) | | Amount of Registration Fee(3) |
Common Stock of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., $.01 par value per share | | | | |
Preferred Stock of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., $.01 par value per share | | | | |
Warrants of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | | | |
Rights of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | | | |
Units of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | | | |
Debt Securities of Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation | | | | |
Guarantees of Debt Securities of Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors(4) | | | | |
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(1) | This registration statement registers an indeterminate number of securities of each class that may be offered from time to time in amounts and at offering prices to be determined. It also includes securities that may be issued on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities with regard to which additional consideration may or may not be required. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of securities that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions relating to the securities registered hereunder. |
(2) | Omitted pursuant to FormS-3 General Instruction II.E. |
(3) | Deferred in reliance upon Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r). |
(4) | The term “Subsidiary Guarantors” refers to theco-registrants listed in the Table ofCo-Registrants on the following page, other than Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate registration fee will be paid in respect of any such guarantees. |
TABLE OFCO-REGISTRANTS
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Exact Name ofCo-Registrant as Specified in Its Charter | | Primary Standard Industrial Classification Number | | State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization | | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | |
Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-2712888 | |
Sabra Capital Corporation | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3642390 | |
395 Harding Street, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 47-0913207 | |
1104 Wesley Avenue, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 47-0913211 | |
Bay Tree Nursing Center LLC | | 6798 | | Massachusetts | | | 04-3071703 | |
C.H.P. Limited Liability Company | | 6798 | | New Hampshire | | | 02-0350172 | |
C.H.R. Limited Liability Company | | 6798 | | New Hampshire | | | 04-3349327 | |
Connecticut Holdings I, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 20-4599420 | |
DJB Realty L.L.C. | | 6798 | | New Hampshire | | | 02-0335840 | |
HHC1998-1 Trust | | 6798 | | Massachusetts | | | 04-6872003 | |
Kentucky Holdings I, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 20-2512023 | |
New Hampshire Holdings, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 20-1862503 | |
Northwest Holdings I, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 47-0913206 | |
Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center LLC | | 6798 | | Massachusetts | | | 04-3072232 | |
Orchard Ridge Nursing Center LLC | | 6798 | | Massachusetts | | | 04-3072231 | |
Reservoir Real Estate Holdings, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 26-0402964 | |
Sable-Aurora, LLC | | 6798 | | Colorado | | | 27-2138281 | |
Sabra 1717 Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-481657 | |
Sabra Beaumont Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 47-1948678 | |
Sabra Beavercreek Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4817123 | |
Sabra BRP Celebration JV, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 36-4855915 | |
Sabra California II, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3540830 | |
Sabra Canadian GP I Inc. | | 6798 | | British Columbia | | | 98-1343397 | |
Sabra Canadian Holdings, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 38-3970298 | |
Sabra Canadian Properties I, Limited Partnership | | 6798 | | British Columbia | | | 98-1343394 | |
Sabra Celebration Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4818073 | |
Sabra Clarksville Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4817833 | |
Sabra Connecticut II, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3541049 | |
Sabra Deerfield Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4843358 | |
Sabra Hagerstown, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 32-0466921 | |
Sabra Health Care, L.L.C. | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-2696900 | |
Sabra Health Care Delaware, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 38-3883573 | |
Sabra Health Care Frankenmuth, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 80-0854906 | |
Sabra Health Care Holdings I, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-2713167 | |
Sabra Health Care Holdings II, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-2713398 | |
Sabra Health Care Holdings III, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-2713574 | |
Sabra Health Care Holdings IV, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-2713747 | |
Sabra Health Care Holdings VI, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4843542 | |
Sabra Health Care Investments, LP | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 47-4728631 | |
Sabra Health Care Northeast, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 90-0883325 | |
Sabra Health Care Pennsylvania, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 30-0748318 | |
Sabra Health Care Virginia, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 80-0847513 | |
Sabra Health Care Virginia II, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 36-4782574 | |
Sabra Idaho, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3541245 | |
Sabra Kentucky, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3662491 | |
Sabra Lake Drive, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 75-3098968 | |
Sabra McCordsville Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4843925 | |
Sabra Michigan, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 80-0923130 | |
Sabra Montana, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 52-2088951 | |
Sabra New Braunfels Preferred Equity, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 47-1948090 | |
Sabra New Mexico, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3541140 | |
Sabra North Carolina, L.P. | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3662387 | |
Sabra North Carolina GP, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 81-4844115 | |
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Sabra Ohio, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 27-3540905 | |
Sabra Phoenix TRS Venture, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 80-0842040 | |
Sabra Phoenix TRS Venture II, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 30-0790491 | |
Sabra Phoenix Wisconsin, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 90-1037791 | |
Sabra Texas GP, LLC | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 80-0763246 | |
Sabra Texas Holdings, L.P. | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 36-4740794 | |
Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 36-4740701 | |
Sabra Texas Properties, L.P. | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 45-3643319 | |
Sabra Texas Properties II, L.P. | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 46-3063180 | |
Sabra Texas Properties III, L.P. | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 46-5287727 | |
Sabra Texas Properties IV, L.P. | | 6798 | | Texas | | | 81-1500740 | |
Sabra TRS Holdings, LLC | | 6798 | | Delaware | | | 32-0476059 | |
SB Fountain City, LLC | | 6798 | | Georgia | | | 20-3208598 | |
SB New Martinsville, LLC | | 6798 | | West Virginia | | | 20-3208697 | |
SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc. | | 6798 | | Nova Scotia | | | 98-1344511 | |
SbraREIT Canadian Properties V, Limited Partnership | | 6798 | | Alberta | | | 98-1344536 | |
Sunset Point Nursing Center LLC | | 6798 | | Massachusetts | | | 04-3072233 | |
West Bay Nursing Center LLC | | 6798 | | Massachusetts | | | 04-3072226 | |
The address, including zip code, of eachCo-Registrant’s principal executive offices is 18500 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550, Irvine, California 92612, and the telephone number of eachCo-Registrant’s executive office is (888)393-8248.
The address, including zip code, of the agent for service for each of theCo-Registrants is Richard K. Matros, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., 18500 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550, Irvine, California 92612, and the telephone number of eachCo-Registrant’s agent for service is (888)393-8248.
PROSPECTUS
SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
COMMON STOCK, PREFERRED STOCK, WARRANTS, RIGHTS, UNITS AND GUARANTEES
SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIPAND
SABRA CAPITAL CORPORATION
Debt Securities
Guarantees of Debt Securities of Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital
Corporation by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., or any selling securityholders to be identified in the future, may offer from time to time, in one or more series:
| • | | shares of common stock; |
| • | | shares of preferred stock; |
| • | | warrants to purchase common stock and/or preferred stock; |
| • | | rights to purchase common stock and/or preferred stock; and |
| • | | units consisting of two or more of these classes or series of securities. |
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., or any selling securityholders to be identified in the future, may offer these securities in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. The specific plan of distribution for any securities to be offered will be provided in a prospectus supplement. If agents, underwriters or dealers are used to sell these securities, a prospectus supplement will name them and describe their compensation.
Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation may offer and sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, debt securities in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. These debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. and by certain of its subsidiaries, which may include the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein), as described in this prospectus or a prospectus supplement. These debt securities and any such guarantees may be senior obligations. The specific plan of distribution for any debt securities to be offered will be provided in a prospectus supplement. If agents, underwriters or dealers are used to sell these debt securities, a prospectus supplement will name them and describe their compensation.
The specific terms of any securities to be offered will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference,” before you make an investment decision.
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SBRA.” On January 13, 2017, the closing sale price of our common stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, was $25.58 per share. Our 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SBRAP.” On January 13, 2017, the closing sale price of our 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, was $25.53 per share. As of the date of this prospectus, none of the other securities that we may offer by this prospectus is listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on page 7 and the “Risk Factors” section contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and in the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before investing in our securities.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is January 17, 2017.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of an “automatic shelf” registration statement that we filed on FormS-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process. By using a shelf registration statement, we or any selling securityholders may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus from time to time and in one or more offerings. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the securities being offered (if other than common stock) and the specific terms of that offering. The supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, you should rely on the prospectus supplement. Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We will not make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement is accurate as of the date on its respective cover, and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
Unless otherwise stated, or the context otherwise requires:
| • | | references in this prospectus to “Sabra,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; |
| • | | references in this prospectus to the “Operating Partnership” refer to Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership; |
| • | | references in this prospectus to “Sabra Capital” refer to Sabra Capital Corporation; and |
| • | | references in this prospectus to the “Subsidiary Guarantors” refer to, collectively, 395 Harding Street, LLC; 1104 Wesley Avenue, LLC; Bay Tree Nursing Center LLC; C.H.P. Limited Liability Company; C.H.R. Limited Liability Company; Connecticut Holdings I, LLC; DJB Realty L.L.C.; HHC1998-1 Trust; Kentucky Holdings I, LLC; New Hampshire Holdings, LLC; Northwest Holdings I, LLC; Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center LLC; Orchard Ridge Nursing Center LLC; Reservoir Real Estate Holdings, LLC; Sable-Aurora, LLC; Sabra 1717 Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra Beaumont Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra Beavercreek Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra BRP Celebration JV, LLC; Sabra California II, LLC; Sabra Canadian GP I Inc.; Sabra Canadian Holdings, LLC; Sabra Canadian Properties I, Limited Partnership; Sabra Celebration Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra Clarksville Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra Connecticut II, LLC; Sabra Deerfield Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra Hagerstown, LLC; Sabra Health Care, L.L.C.; Sabra Health Care Delaware, LLC; Sabra Health Care Frankenmuth, LLC; Sabra Health Care Holdings I, LLC; Sabra Health Care Holdings II, LLC; Sabra Health Care Holdings III, LLC; Sabra Health Care Holdings IV, LLC; Sabra Health Care Holdings VI, LLC; Sabra Health Care Investments, LP; Sabra Health Care Northeast, LLC; Sabra Health Care Pennsylvania, LLC; Sabra Health Care Virginia, LLC; Sabra Health Care Virginia II, LLC; Sabra Idaho, LLC; Sabra Kentucky, LLC; Sabra Lake Drive, LLC; Sabra McCordsville Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra Michigan, LLC; Sabra Montana, LLC; Sabra New Braunfels Preferred Equity, LLC; Sabra New Mexico, LLC; Sabra North Carolina, L.P.; Sabra North Carolina GP, LLC; Sabra Ohio, LLC; Sabra Phoenix TRS Venture, LLC; Sabra Phoenix TRS Venture II, LLC; Sabra Phoenix Wisconsin, LLC; Sabra Texas GP, LLC; Sabra Texas Holdings, L.P.; Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC; Sabra Texas Properties, L.P.; Sabra Texas Properties II, L.P.; Sabra Texas Properties III, L.P.; Sabra Texas Properties IV, L.P.; Sabra TRS Holdings, LLC; SB Fountain City, LLC; SB New Martinsville, LLC; SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc.; SbraREIT Canadian Properties V, Limited Partnership; Sunset Point Nursing Center LLC; and West Bay Nursing Center LLC. |
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ABOUT SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC. AND THECO-REGISTRANTS
We operate as a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, that, through our subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, Sabra Capital and the Subsidiary Guarantors, owns and invests in real estate serving the healthcare industry. We primarily generate revenues by leasing properties to tenants and operators throughout the United States and Canada.
As of September 30, 2016, our investment portfolio included 182 real estate properties held for investment (consisting of (i) 102 skilled nursing/transitional care facilities, (ii) 79 senior housing facilities, and (iii) one acute care hospital), 11 investments in loans receivable (consisting of (i) five mortgage loans, (ii) one construction loan, (iii) one mezzanine loan, (iv) threepre-development loans and (v) onedebtor-in-possession loan), and 11 preferred equity investments. Included in the 182 real estate properties held for investment are two 100% owned senior housing facilities leased through RIDEA-compliant structures. As of September 30, 2016, our real estate properties held for investment included 18,632 beds/units, spread across the United States and Canada. As of September 30, 2016, all of our real estate properties were leased undertriple-net operating leases with expirations ranging from one to 16 years.
We elected to be treated as a REIT with the filing of our U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2011. We believe that we have been organized and have operated, and we intend to continue to operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT.
The Operating Partnership is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabra. Sabra Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware for the purpose of acting as aco-issuer of debt securities. Other than existing and future debt securities, Sabra Capital does not and will not have any substantial operations, assets or revenues.
The Subsidiary Guarantors are all organized in the state of Delaware, except: (a) Sable-Aurora, LLC, which is organized in the state of Colorado; (b) SB Fountain City, LLC, which is organized in the state of Georgia; (c) Bay Tree Nursing Center LLC, HHC1998-1 Trust, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center LLC, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center LLC, Sunset Point Nursing Center LLC, and West Bay Nursing Center LLC, which are organized in the state of Massachusetts; (d) C.H.P. Limited Liability Company, C.H.R. Limited Liability Company, and DJB Realty L.L.C., which are organized in the state of New Hampshire; (e) Sabra Texas GP, LLC, Sabra Texas Holdings, L.P., Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC, Sabra Texas Properties, L.P., Sabra Texas Properties II, L.P., Sabra Texas Properties III, L.P., and Sabra Texas Properties IV, L.P., which are organized in the state of Texas; (f) SB New Martinsville, LLC, which is organized in the state of West Virginia; (g) SbraREIT Canadian Properties V, Limited Partnership, which is organized in Alberta, Canada; (h) Sabra Canadian GP I Inc. and Sabra Canadian Properties I, Limited Partnership, which are organized in British Columbia, Canada; and (i) SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc., which is organized in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Our principal executive office is located at 18500 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550, Irvine, California 92612, and the telephone number of our principal executive office is (888)393-8248.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AND
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
We, the Operating Partnership, Sabra Capital, and the Subsidiary Guarantors have filed this registration statement onForm S-3 with the SEC under the Securities Act. We also file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document that we file with the SEC, including the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. You may obtain further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at1-800-SEC-0330. Our SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC’s website atwww.sec.gov. These documents may also be accessed on our website atwww.sabrahealth.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and you should not consider information contained on our website to be part of this prospectus.
This prospectus and any prospectus supplement are part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and do not contain all of the information in the registration statement. The full registration statement may be obtained from the SEC or us as indicated above. Forms of the indenture and other documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are filed as exhibits to the registration statement or will be filed through an amendment to this registration statement on FormS-3 or under cover of a Current Report on Form8-K and incorporated in this prospectus by reference. Statements in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters.
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” in this prospectus the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede the information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the following information (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
| • | | our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 (including the portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 27, 2016, that were incorporated by reference into Part III of such Annual Report on Form10-K); |
| • | | our Quarterly Reports onForm 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2016; |
| • | | our Current Reports onForm 8-K filed on January 19, 2016, February 11, 2016 (with respect to Item 2.06 only), and June 16, 2016, and our Current Report on Form8-K/A filed on February 26, 2016; |
| • | | the description of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, that is contained in our Registration Statement on Form8-A filed on November 5, 2010, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions; and |
| • | | the description of our 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, that is contained in our Registration Statement on Form8-A filed on March 20, 2013, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions. |
We also incorporate by reference any future filings with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, after the date of this prospectus and until all of the securities offered under this prospectus are sold, other than documents or information deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules.
No separate financial statements of the Operating Partnership, Sabra Capital or the Subsidiary Guarantors have been included herein. The Operating Partnership, Sabra Capital and the Subsidiary Guarantors do not currently file reports, proxy statements or other information under the Exchange Act with the SEC.
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If you request, either orally or in writing, we will provide you with a copy of any or all documents that are incorporated by reference herein. Such documents will be provided to you free of charge, but will not contain any exhibits, unless those exhibits are incorporated by reference into the document. Requests can be made by writing to Investor Relations: Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., 18500 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550, Irvine, California 92612, or by telephone request to(888) 393-8248.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated herein and therein by reference contain “forward-looking” information as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements that do not relate to historical or current facts or matters are forward-looking statements.
Examples of forward-looking statements include all statements regarding our expected future financial position, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financing plans, business strategy, budgets, the expected amounts and timing of dividends and other distributions, projected expenses and capital expenditures, competitive position, growth opportunities, potential investments, plans and objectives for future operations, and compliance with and changes in governmental regulations. You can identify some of the forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “should,” “may” and other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
Our actual results may differ materially from those projected or contemplated by our forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including among others, the following:
| • | | our dependence on Genesis Healthcare, Inc. and certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Holiday AL Holdings LP until we are able to further diversify our portfolio; |
| • | | our dependence on the operating success of our tenants; |
| • | | the significant amount of and our ability to service our indebtedness; |
| • | | covenants in our debt agreements that may restrict our ability to pay dividends, make investments, incur additional indebtedness and refinance indebtedness on favorable terms; |
| • | | increases in market interest rates; |
| • | | changes in foreign currency exchange rates; |
| • | | our ability to raise capital through equity and debt financings; |
| • | | the impact of required regulatory approvals of transfers of healthcare properties; |
| • | | the effect of increasing healthcare regulation and enforcement on our tenants and the dependence of our tenants on reimbursement from governmental and other third-party payors; |
| • | | the relatively illiquid nature of real estate investments; |
| • | | competitive conditions in our industry; |
| • | | the loss of key management personnel or other employees; |
| • | | the impact of litigation and rising insurance costs on the business of our tenants; |
| • | | the effect of our tenants declaring bankruptcy or becoming insolvent; |
| • | | uninsured or underinsured losses affecting our properties and the possibility of environmental compliance costs and liabilities; |
| • | | the ownership limits and anti-takeover defenses in our governing documents and Maryland law, which may restrict change of control or business combination opportunities; |
| • | | the impact of a failure or security breach of information technology in our operations; |
| • | | our ability to find replacement tenants and the impact of unforeseen costs in acquiring new properties; |
| • | | our ability to maintain our status as a REIT; and |
| • | | compliance with REIT requirements and certain tax and regulatory matters related to our status as a REIT. |
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We urge you to carefully consider these risks and review the additional disclosures we make concerning risks and other factors that may materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements and our future business and operating results, including those made in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future, including subsequent Annual Reports on Form10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q, and in any prospectus supplement. We caution you that any forward-looking statements made in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated herein and therein by reference are not guarantees of future performance, events or results, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their respective dates.
We do not intend, and we undertake no obligation, to update any forward-looking information to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless required by law to do so.
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RISK FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider any risk factors set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including our Annual Reports on Form10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q, and the applicable prospectus supplement, as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement. See “Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”
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RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The table below presents our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges and consolidated ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for each of the periods indicated. The ratios are based solely on historical financial information and no pro forma adjustments have been made.
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| | NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, | | | YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, | |
| | 2016 | | �� | 2015 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1) | | | 1.96x | | | | 2.26x | | | | 2.34x | | | | 2.00x | | | | 1.83x | | | | 1.53x | | | | 1.42x | |
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends(1) | | | 1.69x | | | | 1.92x | | | | 2.00x | | | | 1.64x | | | | 1.53x | | | | 1.53x | | | | 1.42x | |
(1) | For purposes of the ratios of earnings to fixed charges and to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends presented, earnings consists ofpre-tax net income before fixed charges and noncontrolling interest. Fixed charges consist of interest expensed and capitalized, amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness and estimate of interest within rental expense. |
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USE OF PROCEEDS
When we offer particular securities, we will describe in a prospectus supplement relating to the securities offered how we intend to use the proceeds from their sale. We may invest funds not required immediately for such purposes in short-term investment grade securities. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by selling securityholders.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
References to “we,” “us” and “our” in this section refer to Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
The following is a summary of the material terms of our capital stock as set forth in our charter and bylaws, which govern the rights of holders of our common stock. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to applicable Maryland law and to our charter and bylaws, copies of which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. See “Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”
General
Our charter provides that we may issue up to 125,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of January 13, 2017, 65,285,614 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding, and 5,750,000 shares of 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share and liquidation preference $25.00 per share, or Series A Preferred Stock, were issued and outstanding. Under Maryland law, stockholders are not generally liable for our or our subsidiaries’ debts or obligations solely as a result of their status as stockholders.
Common Stock
All of the shares of common stock offered hereby will, when issued, be duly authorized, fully paid and nonassessable. Subject to the preferential rights of any other class or series of stock and the provisions of our charter that restrict transfer and ownership of our stock, the holders of shares of our common stock generally are entitled to receive dividends on such stock out of assets legally available for distribution to the stockholders when, as and if authorized by our board of directors and declared by us. The holders of shares of common stock are also entitled to share ratably in our net assets legally available for distribution to the stockholders in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, after payment of or adequate provision for all of our known debts and liabilities.
Subject to the rights of any other class or series of our stock and the provisions of our charter that restrict transfer and ownership of our stock, each outstanding share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of directors, and the holders of shares of common stock possess the exclusive voting power.
Holders of shares of common stock generally have no preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any of our securities. Subject to the provisions of our charter that restrict transfer and ownership of our stock, all shares of common stock have equal dividend, liquidation and other rights.
Preferred Stock
Under our charter, our board of directors may from time to time establish and cause us to issue one or more classes or series of preferred stock from time to time. Prior to the issuance of shares of each class or series, the board of directors is required by the Maryland General Corporation Law, or the MGCL, and our charter to adopt resolutions and file Articles Supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland. The Articles Supplementary fix for each class or series the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption, including, but not limited to, the following:
| • | | the title and stated value of the preferred stock; |
| • | | the number of shares constituting each class or series; |
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| • | | rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions); |
| • | | dividend rights and rates; |
| • | | terms concerning the distribution of assets; |
| • | | conversion or exchange terms; |
| • | | liquidation preferences. |
All shares of preferred stock offered hereby will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable and, unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement relating to the class or series of preferred stock being offered, will not have any preemptive or similar rights. Our board of directors could authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock with terms and conditions that could have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other transaction that might involve a premium price for holders of the shares or which holders might believe to be in their best interests.
We will set forth in a prospectus supplement relating to the class or series of preferred stock being offered the specific terms of each class or series of our preferred stock, including the price at which the preferred stock may be purchased, the number of shares of preferred stock offered, and the terms, if any, on which the preferred stock may be convertible into common stock or exchangeable for other securities.
7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
General.Our board of directors and a duly authorized committee thereof approved articles supplementary, a copy of which has been previously filed with the SEC and which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, creating the Series A Preferred Stock as a series of our preferred stock, designated as the 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share. The Series A Preferred Stock is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Ranking.The Series A Preferred Stock ranks, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs:
| • | | senior to all classes or series of our common stock, and to any other class or series of our capital stock expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock; |
| • | | on parity with any other class or series of our capital stock expressly designated as ranking on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock; and |
| • | | junior to any other class or series of our capital stock expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock. |
Dividend Rate and Payment Date.Investors are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock from and including the date of original issue, payable quarterly in arrears on or about the last day of February, May, August and November of each year or, if such day is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day, at the rate of 7.125% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share of the Series A Preferred Stock (equivalent to the fixed annual amount of $1.78125 per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not we have earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of those dividends, whether or not such dividends are authorized or declared and whether or not certain restrictions related to indebtedness exist.
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Liquidation Preference.If we liquidate, dissolve or wind up, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to receive $25.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, plus an amount per share equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not authorized or declared) up to, but not including, the date of payment. The rights of holders of Series A Preferred Stock to receive their liquidation preference will be subject to the proportionate rights of any other class or series of our stock ranking on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation.
Optional Redemption.We may not redeem the Series A Preferred Stock prior to March 21, 2018, except in limited circumstances to preserve our status as a REIT and pursuant to the special optional redemption right described below. On and after March 21, 2018, the Series A Preferred Stock will be redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not authorized or declared) up to, but not including, the redemption date. Any partial redemption will be on a pro rata basis.
Special Optional Redemption.Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below), we may, at our option, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part within 120 days after the first date on which such Change of Control occurred, for cash at $25.00 per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date of redemption. If, prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date (as defined below), we have provided or provide notice of redemption with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock (whether pursuant to our optional redemption right or our special optional redemption right), the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will not have the conversion right described below.
A “Change of Control” is when the following have occurred and are continuing:
| • | | any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, holds or acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction, or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisitions, transactions of voting stock of our company entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all voting stock of our company (except that such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and |
| • | | following the closing of any transaction referred to in the bullet point above, neither we nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, or NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, or NYSE Amex Equities, or the NYSE Amex, or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to NASDAQ, the NYSE, or the NYSE Amex. |
Conversion Rights.Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have the right, unless, prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date, we have provided or provide notice of our election to redeem the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, to convert some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is to be converted, which we refer to as the Change of Control Conversion Date, into a number of shares of our common stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, equal to the lesser of:
| • | | the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the $25.00 liquidation preference plus the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to, but not including, the Change of Control Conversion Date (unless the Change of Control Conversion Date is after a record date for a Series A Preferred Stock dividend payment and prior to the corresponding Series A Preferred Stock dividend payment date, in which case no additional amount for such accrued and unpaid dividend will be included in this sum) by (ii) the Common Stock Price (as defined below); and |
| • | | 1.7864 (i.e., the Share Cap), subject to certain adjustments; |
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subject, in each case, to provisions for the receipt of alternative consideration as described in the articles supplementary relating to the Series A Preferred Stock.
The “Common Stock Price” will be (i) if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by the holders of our common stock is solely cash, the amount of cash consideration per share of our common stock or (ii) if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by holders of our common stock is other than solely cash (x) the average of the closing sale prices per share of our common stock on the principal U.S. securities exchange on which our common stock is then traded (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid prices and the average closing ask prices) for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the effective date of the Change of Control as reported on the principal U.S. securities exchange on which our common stock is then traded, or (y) the average of the last quoted bid prices for our common stock in theover-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the effective date of the Change of Control, if our common stock is not then listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange.
If, prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date, we have provided or provide a redemption notice, whether pursuant to our special optional redemption right in connection with a Change of Control or our optional redemption right, holders of Series A Preferred Stock will not have any right to convert the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of our common stock in connection with the Change of Control and any shares of Series A Preferred Stock selected for redemption that have been tendered for conversion will be redeemed on the related date of redemption instead of converted on the Change of Control Conversion Date.
Except as provided above in connection with a Change of Control, the Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities or property.
No Maturity, Sinking Fund or Mandatory Redemption.The Series A Preferred Stock has no maturity date and we are not required to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock at any time. Accordingly, the Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding indefinitely, unless we decide, at our option, to exercise our redemption right or, under circumstances where the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have a conversion right, such holders convert the Series A Preferred Stock into our common stock. The Series A Preferred Stock is not subject to any sinking fund.
Voting Rights.Holders of Series A Preferred Stock generally have no voting rights. However, if dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class with the holders of any other classes or series of parity stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, will be entitled to vote at a special meeting of stockholders called by at least 20% of such holders or at the next annual meeting of stockholders and each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders for the election of two additional directors to serve on our board of directors until all accrued dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for the past dividend periods have been paid or declared and set apart for payment in full. In addition, we may not make certain material and adverse changes to the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock without the affirmative vote of the holders of at leasttwo-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock voting together as a single class with holders of each other class or series of preferred stock ranking on parity with Series A Preferred Stock that are entitled to similar voting rights.
Power to Reclassify Unissued Shares
Our board of directors has the power, without stockholder approval, to amend our charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock or the number of authorized shares of stock of any class or series, to authorize us to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of common stock or preferred stock and to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of common stock or preferred stock into other classes or
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series of stock, including one or more classes or series of common stock or preferred stock that have priority with respect to voting rights, dividends or upon liquidation over shares of common stock. Prior to the issuance of shares of each new class or series, our board of directors will be required by the MGCL and our charter to set, subject to the provisions of our charter regarding restrictions on transfer and ownership of stock, the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series of stock.
Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership of Stock
In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, our stock must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made) or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year. Also, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of our stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities such as qualified pension plans) during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made). In addition, rent from related-party tenants (generally, a tenant of a REIT that is 10% or more owned, actually or constructively, by the REIT, or that is a 10% owner of the REIT) is not qualifying income for purposes of the gross income tests under the Code. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy other requirements as well. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of Our Company.”
Our charter contains restrictions on the transfer and ownership of our stock. The relevant sections of our charter provide that, subject to the exceptions described below, no person or entity may beneficially own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.9% in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding common stock or more than 9.9% in value of our outstanding stock. In addition, classes of shares other than common stock may be subject to ownership limitations set forth in the Articles Supplementary relating to such shares. These limits are collectively referred to as the “ownership limits.” The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause stock owned actually or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be owned constructively by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.9% of our outstanding common stock or less than 9.9% of our outstanding stock, or the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, our stock, could, nevertheless, cause the acquiror, or another individual or entity, to own constructively shares of our outstanding stock in excess of the ownership limits.
Our board of directors may, upon receipt of certain representations, covenants and undertakings and in its sole and absolute discretion, prospectively or retroactively, exempt a person from the ownership limits or establish a different limit on ownership, or an excepted holder limit, for a particular stockholder if the stockholder’s ownership in excess of the ownership limits would not result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT. As a condition of granting a waiver of the ownership limits or creating an excepted holder limit, our board of directors may, but is not required to, require an IRS ruling or opinion of counsel satisfactory to our board of directors (in its sole discretion) as it may deem necessary or advisable to determine or ensure our status as a REIT. Our board of directors may only reduce any excepted holder limit with the written consent of such excepted holder at any time or pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements entered into with the stockholder in connection with the establishment of the excepted holder limit.
Our board of directors may also, from time to time, increase or decrease the ownership limits unless, after giving effect to the increased or decreased ownership limits, five or fewer persons could beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than 49.9% in number or value of our outstanding stock or we would otherwise fail to qualify as a REIT. Decreased ownership limits do not apply to any person or entity whose ownership of stock is in excess of the decreased ownership limits until the person or entity’s ownership of stock equals or falls below the decreased ownership limits, but any further acquisition of stock would be in violation of the decreased ownership limits.
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Our charter also prohibits:
| • | | any person from beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock to the extent such beneficial or constructive ownership would result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT; |
| • | | any person from transferring shares of our stock if the transfer would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons; |
| • | | any person from beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock to the extent such beneficial or constructive ownership would result in our constructively owning 9.9% or more of the ownership interests in a tenant within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code; and |
| • | | any person from constructively owning shares of our stock to the extent such constructive ownership would cause any “eligible independent contractor” that operates a “qualified health care property” on behalf of a “taxable REIT subsidiary” of ours (as such terms are defined in Sections 856(d)(9)(A), 856(e)(6)(D)(i) and 856(l) of the Code, respectively) to fail to qualify as such. |
Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock that will or may violate the ownership limits, or any of the other restrictions on transfer and ownership of stock, and any person who is the intended transferee of shares of stock that are transferred to the charitable trust described below, will be required to give us immediate written notice and, in the case of a proposed transaction, at least 15 days’ prior written notice and to provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect of the transfer on our status as a REIT. The provisions of our charter regarding restrictions on transfer and ownership of stock do not apply if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.
Any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons will be null and void and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of stock. Any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would violate any of the other restrictions described above will cause the number of shares causing the violation (rounded up to the nearest whole share) to be automatically transferred to a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable beneficiaries, and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in the shares. We will appoint the trustee of the trust, who will be unaffiliated with us and any proposed transferee of the shares. The automatic transfer will be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the violative transfer or other event that results in a transfer to the trust. Shares of our stock held in the trust will be issued and outstanding shares. If the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective, for any reason, to prevent violation of the applicable restrictions on transfer and ownership of stock, then the transfer of the shares will be null and void.
The proposed transferee shall have no rights in the shares held by the trust. The proposed transferee will not benefit economically from ownership of any shares of stock held in the trust, will have no rights to dividends or other distributions and no rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares of stock held in the trust. The trustee of the trust will exercise all voting rights and receive all dividends and other distributions with respect to shares held in the trust for the exclusive benefit of the charitable beneficiary of the trust. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to our discovery that shares have been transferred to a trust as described above must be repaid by the recipient to the trustee upon demand and any dividend or other distribution authorized but unpaid shall be held in trust for the charitable beneficiary. Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee will have the authority, at the trustee’s sole discretion, to rescind as void any vote cast by a proposed transferee prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust and to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary of the trust. However, if we have already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.
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If our board of directors or a committee thereof or other designee if permitted by the MGCL determines in good faith that a proposed transfer or other event has taken place that violates the restrictions on transfer and ownership of stock set forth in our charter or that a person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire beneficial or constructive ownership in violation of our ownership limits, then our board of directors or such committee or other designee if permitted by the MGCL shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such transfer or other event, including, but not limited to, causing us to redeem shares of stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer; provided, however, that any transfer or attempted transfer or other event in violation of the above restrictions shall automatically result in the transfer to the trust described above, and, where applicable, such transfer or other event shall be null and void as provided above irrespective of any action ornon-action by our board of directors or any committee or designee thereof.
Shares of stock transferred to the trustee will be deemed offered for sale to us, or our designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the charitable trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the market price of such stock at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the market price of such stock on the date we, or our designee, accepts such offer. We will have the right to accept such offer until the trustee has sold the shares held in the charitable trust. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold will terminate and the trustee will be required to distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the proposed transferee and any distributions held by the trustee with respect to such shares to the charitable beneficiary. We may reduce the amount payable to the proposed transferee by the amount of dividends and distributions that have been paid to the proposed transferee and are owed by the proposed transferee to the trustee. We may pay the amount of such reduction to the trustee for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary.
If we do not buy the shares, the trustee will be required, within 20 days of receiving notice from us of a transfer of shares to the trust, to sell the shares to a person or entity designated by the trustee who could own the shares without violating the ownership limits, or the other restrictions on transfer and ownership of stock. Upon such sale, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares of stock sold shall terminate and the trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the proposed transferee and to the charitable beneficiary. After selling the shares, the trustee will be required to distribute to the proposed transferee an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the proposed transferee for the shares or, if the proposed transferee did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held by the trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the market price of such stock on the day of the event causing the shares to be held by the trust and (ii) the price per share received by the trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses) from the sale or other disposition of the shares. The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the proposed transferee by the amount of dividends and distributions that have been paid to the proposed transferee and are owed by the proposed transferee to the trustee. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the proposed transferee will be paid immediately to the charitable beneficiary. If the proposed transferee sells such shares prior to the discovery that such shares have been transferred to the trustee, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and (ii) to the extent that the proposed transferee received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such proposed transferee would have received if such shares had been sold by the trustee, such excess shall be paid to the trustee upon demand.
Any certificates representing shares of our stock will bear a legend referring to the restrictions on transfer and ownership described above.
Every owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder) of our stock, in number or in value, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, will be required to give us written notice stating the person’s name and address, the number of shares of each class and series of stock that the person beneficially owns, a description of the manner in which the shares are held and any additional information that we request in order to determine the effect, if any, of the person’s beneficial ownership on our status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition,
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any beneficial owner or constructive owner of shares of our stock and any person or entity (including the stockholder of record) who holds shares of our stock for a beneficial owner or constructive owner will be required to, on request, disclose to us in writing such information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of the stockholder’s actual and constructive ownership of stock on our status as a REIT and to comply with the requirements of any governmental or taxing authority.
The restrictions on transfer and ownership described above could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control in which holders of shares of our stock might receive a premium for their shares over the then-prevailing price.
Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws
In addition to the ownership limits, certain provisions of our charter and bylaws may delay, defer or prevent a change of control or other transaction in which holders of some, or a majority, of shares of our common stock might receive a premium for their shares over the then prevailing market price of those shares of which such holders might believe to be otherwise in their best interests. The following paragraphs summarize a number of these provisions, as well as selected provisions of the MGCL.
Our Board of Directors
Our charter and bylaws provide that the number of directors of our company may be established by our board of directors, but may not be fewer than the minimum number required by the MGCL nor more than nine. Currently, we have five directors. We have elected to be subject to certain provisions of the MGCL, as a result of which our board of directors has the exclusive power to fill vacancies on the board of directors.
Each of our directors is elected by our stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Under our charter, there is no cumulative voting in the election of our board of directors. Our bylaws require that, in uncontested elections, each director be elected by the majority of votes cast with respect to such director. This means that the number of shares voted “for” a director nominee must exceed the number of shares affirmatively voted “against” that nominee in order for that nominee to be elected. If a nominee who is an incumbent director does not receive a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election, the nominating and governance committee of our board of directors shall consider the facts and circumstances relating to the election and the resignation, and recommend to our board of directors, within sixty (60) days following certification of the election results, whether such resignation should be accepted or rejected or whether other action should be taken. The board of directors shall act on the resignation within ninety (90) days following certification of the election results, taking into account the committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release and filing an appropriate disclosure with the SEC) its decision regarding the resignation. The committee in making its recommendation and the board of directors in making its decision each may consider any factors and other information that they consider appropriate and relevant.
Removal of Directors
Our charter provides that, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of stock separately entitled to elect or remove one or more directors, a director may be removed with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors.
Amendments to Our Charter and Bylaws and Approval of Extraordinary Actions
Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation generally cannot amend its charter, merge, convert, consolidate, sell all or substantially all of its assets, engage in a statutory share exchange, dissolve or engage in similar transactions outside the ordinary course of business unless the action is advised by the board of directors
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and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at leasttwo-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. However, a Maryland corporation may provide in its charter for approval of these actions by a lesser percentage, but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our charter provides that the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter will be required to approve all charter amendments or extraordinary actions. Also, Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to transfer all or substantially all of its assets without the approval of the stockholders of the corporation to one or more persons if 90% or more of the equity interests of the person or persons are owned, directly or indirectly, by the corporation.
Our board of directors has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of our bylaws and to adopt new bylaws.
Business Combinations
Under the MGCL, “business combinations” between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder is defined as:
| • | | any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10 percent or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or |
| • | | an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within thetwo-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of the voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of the corporation. |
A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which such person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, a board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board of directors.
After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:
| • | | eighty percent of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and |
| • | | two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder, voting together as a single class. |
These supermajority vote requirements do not apply if the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price, as defined under the MGCL, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. The statute provides various exemptions from its provisions, including for business combinations that are exempted by the board of directors before the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Our board of directors has not opted out of the business combination provisions of the MGCL, and consequently, the five-year prohibition and the supermajority vote requirements will apply to business combinations between us and any interested stockholder. In connection with our separation from our then-parent company, Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., on November 15, 2010, our board of directors exempted all holders of common stock who beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, 10 percent or more of our common stock immediately following such separation unless and
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until such holders acquire any additional shares of common stock. The five-year moratorium and supermajority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and any such exempted holder unless such holder acquires any additional shares of common stock.
We are subject to the business combination provisions described above. However, our board of directors may elect to opt out of the business combination provisions at any time.
Control Share Acquisitions
Maryland law provides that issued and outstanding control shares of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the stockholders by the affirmative vote oftwo-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Shares owned by the acquiror, by officers or by employees who are directors of the corporation are excluded from shares entitled to vote on the matter. Control shares are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquiror or in respect of which the acquiror is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquiror to, directly or indirectly, exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of voting power:
| • | | one-tenth or more but less thanone-third, |
| • | | one-third or more but less than a majority, or |
| • | | a majority or more of all voting power. |
Control shares do not include shares the acquiror is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval or shares acquired directly from the corporation. A control share acquisition means the acquisition of control shares, subject to certain exceptions.
A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition may compel the board of directors of the corporation to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights of the shares. The right to compel the calling of a special meeting is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including an undertaking to pay the expenses of the special meeting. If no request for a special meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the question at any stockholders meeting.
If voting rights are not approved at the special meeting or if the acquiror does not deliver an acquiring person statement as required by the statute, then the corporation may, subject to certain conditions and limitations, redeem for fair value any or all of the control shares, except those for which voting rights have previously been approved. Fair value is determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquiror or of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of such shares are considered and not approved. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting and the acquiror becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquiror in the control share acquisition.
The control share acquisition statute does not apply (a) to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction or (b) to acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation.
Our bylaws contain a provision that will exempt from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions by any person of shares of our stock. This provision may be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.
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Subtitle 8
Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or by a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of the following five provisions:
| • | | atwo-thirds vote requirement for removing a director, |
| • | | a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors, |
| • | | a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office and such director shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualified, and |
| • | | a majority requirement for the calling of a stockholder-requested special meeting of stockholders. |
Pursuant to our charter, we have elected to be subject to the provision of Subtitle 8 that requires that vacancies on the board may be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred. Through provisions in our bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we already (1) vest in the board of directors the exclusive power to fix the number of directors and (2) require, unless called by our chairman, chief executive officer, president or the board of directors, the request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting to call a special meeting of stockholders if certain procedural requirements are met.
Special Meetings of the Stockholders
Each of our chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president and board of directors has the power to call a special meeting of the stockholders. A special meeting of the stockholders to act on any matter that may properly be brought before a meeting of stockholders will also be called by our secretary upon the written request of the stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting and containing the information required by our bylaws. The secretary will be required to inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing the notice of meeting (including our proxy materials), and the requesting stockholder will be required to pay such estimated cost to the secretary prior to the preparation and mailing of any notice for such special meeting.
Advance Notice of Director Nomination and New Business
Our charter and bylaws provide that, at any annual meeting of stockholders, nominations of individuals for election to the board of directors and proposals of business to be considered by stockholders may be made only (i) pursuant to our notice of the meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (iii) by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record at the time of provision of notice and at the time of the meeting, is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of directors or on such other proposed business and who has complied with the advance notice procedures of our bylaws. The stockholder generally must provide notice to the secretary not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of our proxy statement for the solicitation of proxies for election of directors at the preceding year’s annual meeting.
Only the business specified in our notice of meeting may be brought before any special meeting of stockholders. Our bylaws provide that nominations of individuals for election to our board of directors at a special meeting of stockholders may be made only (i) by or at the direction of our board of directors or (ii) provided that the special meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder of record at the time of provision of the notice and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the advance notice provisions set
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forth in our bylaws. Such stockholder will be entitled to nominate one or more individuals, as the case may be, for election as a director if the stockholder’s notice, containing the information required by our bylaws, is delivered to the secretary at our principal executive office not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such special meeting or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and any of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting.
The purpose of requiring stockholders to give advance notice of nominations and other proposals is to afford our board of directors the opportunity to consider the qualifications of the proposed nominees or the advisability of the other proposals and, to the extent considered necessary by our board of directors, to inform stockholders and make recommendations regarding the nominations or other proposals. The advance notice procedures also permit a more orderly procedure for conducting stockholder meetings.
Anti-Takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of our Charter and Bylaws
The restrictions on transfer and ownership of our stock will prohibit any person from acquiring more than 9.9% of outstanding common stock or more than 9.9% of outstanding stock without prior approval of our board of directors. The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire more than 10% of our stock without the advance approval of our board of directors, and may substantially delay or increase the difficulty of consummating any transaction with or change in control of us. Because our board of directors can approve exceptions to the transfer and ownership limits and exempt transactions from the business combination statute, the transfer and ownership limits and the business combination statute will not interfere with a merger or other business combination approved by our board of directors. The power of our board of directors to classify and reclassify unissued common stock or preferred stock, and authorize us to issue classified or reclassified shares, also could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control or other transaction.
These provisions, along with other provisions of the MGCL and our charter and bylaws discussed above, including provisions relating to the removal of directors and the filling of vacancies, the supermajority vote that will be required to amend certain provisions of our charter, the advance notice provisions and the procedures that stockholders will be required to follow to request a special meeting, alone or in combination, could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or other change in control that might involve a premium price for shares of our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders, and could increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and our Series A Preferred Stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.
Listing
Shares of our common stock are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SBRA.” Shares of our Series A Preferred Stock are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SBRAP.”
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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
References to “we,” “us” and “our” in this section refer to Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of warrants that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will generally apply to any warrants we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any warrants that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any warrants we offer under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms we describe below.
We may issue warrants for the purchase of shares of our common stock or shares of our preferred stock. We may issue warrants independently of or together with shares of our common stock or shares of our preferred stock offered by any prospectus supplement, and we may attach the warrants to, or issue them separately from, shares of common stock or shares of preferred stock. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, all as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of offered warrants. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrant certificates relating to the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holders of warrant certificates or beneficial owners of warrants.
The following summary of material provisions of the warrant agreements and warrants does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the warrant agreement and the warrant certificates applicable to the particular series of warrants. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the warrants that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the complete warrant agreement and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the warrants.
General
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the warrants, including as applicable:
| • | | the aggregate number or amount of underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants and the exercise price; |
| • | | the number of warrants being offered; |
| • | | the date, if any, after which the warrants and the underlying securities will be transferable separately; |
| • | | the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence, and the date on which the right will expire (the “Expiration Date”); |
| • | | the number of warrants outstanding, if any; |
| • | | a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the warrants; |
| • | | the terms, if any, on which we may accelerate the date by which the warrants must be exercised; and |
| • | | any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants. |
Warrants will be offered and exercisable for U.S. dollars only and will be in registered form only.
Holders of warrants will be able to exchange warrant certificates for new warrant certificates of different denominations, present warrants for registration of transfer, and exercise warrants at the corporate trust office of
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the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Prior to the exercise of any warrants, holders of the warrants to purchase shares of common stock or preferred stock will not have any rights of holders of shares of common stock or preferred stock, including the right to receive payments of dividends, if any, or to exercise any applicable right to vote.
Certain Risk Considerations
Any warrants we issue will involve a degree of risk, including risks arising from fluctuations in the price of the underlying shares of common stock or shares of preferred stock and general risks applicable to the securities market (or markets) on which the underlying securities trade, as applicable.
Prospective purchasers of the warrants will need to recognize that the warrants may expire worthless and, thus, purchasers should be prepared to sustain a total loss of the purchase price of their warrants. This risk reflects the nature of a warrant as an asset which, other factors held constant, tends to decline in value over time and which may, depending on the price of the underlying securities, become worthless when it expires. The trading price of a warrant at any time is expected to increase if the price of or, if applicable, dividend rate on, the underlying securities increases. Conversely, the trading price of a warrant is expected to decrease as the time remaining to expiration of the warrant decreases and as the price of or, if applicable, dividend rate on, the underlying securities, decreases. Assuming all other factors are held constant, the more a warrant is“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the more the exercise price exceeds the price of the underlying securities and the shorter its remaining term to expiration), the greater the risk that a purchaser of the warrant will lose all or part of his or her investment. If the price of the underlying securities does not rise before the warrant expires to an extent sufficient to cover a purchaser’s cost of the warrant, the purchaser will lose all or part of his or her investment in the warrant upon expiration.
In addition, prospective purchasers of the warrants should be experienced with respect to options and option transactions, should understand the risks associated with options and should reach an investment decision only after careful consideration, with their financial advisers, of the suitability of the warrants in light of their particular financial circumstances and the information discussed in this prospectus and, if applicable, the prospectus supplement. Before purchasing, exercising or selling any warrants, prospective purchasers and holders of warrants should carefully consider, among other things:
| • | | the trading price of the warrants; |
| • | | the price of the underlying securities at that time; |
| • | | the time remaining to expiration; and |
| • | | any related transaction costs. |
Some of the factors referred to above are in turn influenced by various political, economic and other factors that can affect the trading price of the underlying securities and should be carefully considered prior to making any investment decisions.
Purchasers of the warrants should further consider that the initial offering price of the warrants may be in excess of the price that a purchaser of options might pay for a comparable option in a private, less liquid transaction. In addition, it is not possible to predict the price at which the warrants will trade in the secondary market or whether any such market will be liquid. We may, but will not be obligated to, file an application to list any warrants on a U.S. national securities exchange. To the extent that any warrants are exercised, the number of warrants outstanding will decrease, which may result in a lessening of the liquidity of the warrants. Finally, the warrants will constitute our direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations, and as such will be subject to any changes in our perceived creditworthiness.
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Exercise of Warrants
Each holder of a warrant will be entitled to purchase that number or amount of underlying securities, at the exercise price, as will in each case be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the offered warrants. After the close of business on the Expiration Date (which may be extended by us), unexercised warrants will become void.
Holders may exercise warrants by delivering to the warrant agent payment as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement of the amount required to purchase the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise, together with the information set forth on the reverse side of the warrant certificate. Warrants will be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt of payment of the exercise price, subject to the receipt within five business days of the warrant certificate evidencing the exercised warrants. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, issue and deliver the underlying securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by a warrant certificate are exercised, we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining amount of warrants.
Amendments and Supplements to Warrant Agreements
We may amend or supplement the warrant agreement without the consent of the holders of the warrants issued under the agreement to effect changes that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrants and that do not adversely affect the interests of the holders.
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DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS
References to “we,” “us” and “our” in this section refer to Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
We may issue rights for the purchase of shares of our common stock or shares of our preferred stock. Each series of rights will be issued under a separate rights agreement which we will enter into with a bank or trust company, as rights agent, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The rights agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the certificates relating to the rights and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holders of rights certificates or beneficial owners of rights.
We will file the rights agreement and the rights certificates relating to each series of rights with the SEC, and incorporate them by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part on or before the time we issue a series of rights.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any rights we issue, including as applicable:
| • | | the date for determining the persons entitled to participate in the rights distribution; |
| • | | the aggregate number or amount of underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the rights and the exercise price; |
| • | | the aggregate number of rights being issued; |
| • | | the date, if any, on and after which the rights may be transferable separately; |
| • | | the date on which the right to exercise the rights commences and the date on which the right expires; |
| • | | the number of rights outstanding, if any; |
| • | | a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the rights; and |
| • | | any other terms of the rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating to the distribution, exchange and exercise of the rights. |
Rights will be exercisable for U.S. dollars only and will be in registered form only.
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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
References to “we,” “us” and “our” in this section refer to Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
We may issue securities in units, each consisting of two or more types of securities. For example, we might issue units consisting of a combination of rights and warrants to purchase our common stock. If we issue units, the prospectus supplement relating to the units will contain the information described above with regard to each of the securities that is a component of the units. The prospectus supplement relating to the units will describe the terms of any units we issue, including as applicable:
| • | | the date, if any, on and after which the units may be transferable separately; |
| • | | whether we will apply to have the units traded on a securities exchange or securities quotation system; |
| • | | a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the units; and |
| • | | how, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the purchase price paid for the units is to be allocated among the component securities. |
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES
References to the “issuers” in this section refer to the Operating Partnership and Sabra Capital.
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the debt securities that the issuers may offer under this prospectus.
While the terms summarized below will generally apply to any future debt securities the issuers may offer under this prospectus, the particular terms of any debt securities that the issuers may offer will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any debt securities the issuers offer under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.
The issuers will issue any senior notes under the senior indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, among the issuers, Sabra and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (as amended and supplemented, the “indenture”). The indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
The indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
The following summary of material provisions of the indenture is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the indenture. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the debt securities that the issuers sell under this prospectus, as well as the complete indenture that contains the terms of the debt securities.
General
The indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that may be issued thereunder. The debt securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The terms relating to a series of debt securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, including but not limited to:
| • | | the principal amount being offered, and, if a series, the total amount authorized and the total amount outstanding; |
| • | | any limit on the amount that may be issued; |
| • | | whether or not the issuers will issue the series of debt securities in global form and, if so, the terms and who the depositary will be; |
| • | | the principal amount due at maturity, and whether the debt securities will be issued with any original issue discount; |
| • | | the interest rate(s), which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate, the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates; |
| • | | whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt; |
| • | | the place where payments will be payable; |
| • | | the date, if any, after which, the conditions upon which, and the price at which the issuers may, at their option, redeem the series of debt securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions, and any other applicable terms of those redemption provisions; |
| • | | provisions for a sinking fund, purchase or other analogous fund, if any; |
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| • | | the date, if any, on which, and the price at which the issuers are obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the holder’s option to purchase, the series of debt securities; |
| • | | the events of default and covenants relevant to the debt securities, including, the inapplicability of any event of default or covenant set forth in the indenture relating to the debt securities, or the applicability of any other events of defaults or covenants in addition to the events of default or covenants set forth in the indenture relating to the debt securities; |
| • | | information describing any book-entry features; |
| • | | the denominations in which the issuers will issue the series of debt securities, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; |
| • | | if other than U.S. dollars, the currency in which the series of debt securities will be denominated; and |
| • | | any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the debt securities, and any terms which may be required by the issuers or advisable under applicable laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of the debt securities. |
One or more series of the debt securities may be issued as discounted debt securities (bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates) to be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. Material U.S. federal income tax consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such discounted debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating thereto.
Information Concerning the Trustee
The trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under an indenture, undertakes to perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in the indenture. Upon an event of default under an indenture, the trustee must use the same degree of care as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the indentures at the request of any holder of debt securities unless it is offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the issuers will make payment of the interest on any debt securities on any interest payment date to the person in whose name the debt securities, or one or more predecessor securities, are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the interest.
The issuers will pay principal of, and any premium and interest on, the debt securities of a particular series at the office of the paying agents designated by the issuers, except that, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the issuers may make payments of principal or interest by check which they will mail to the holder or by wire transfer to certain holders. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the issuers will designate an office or agency of the trustee in the City of New York as their paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of each series. Any other paying agents that the issuers initially designate for the debt securities of a particular series will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. The issuers will maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series.
Governing Law
The indenture, the debt securities and any guarantees will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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Guarantees
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable supplement to this prospectus, the debt securities may be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by Sabra and by certain of our existing and future subsidiaries that are listed as guarantors in the applicable supplement to this prospectus. Any guarantee would cover the timely payment of the principal of, and any premium, interest or sinking fund payments on, the debt securities, whether we make the payment at a maturity date, as a result of acceleration or redemption, or otherwise. We will more fully describe the existence and terms of any guarantee of any of debt securities in the prospectus supplement relating to those debt securities.
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
This section summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax considerations that a U.S. holder (as defined below) or anon-U.S. holder (as defined below) may consider relevant in connection with the purchase, ownership and disposition of our common stock. This summary does not purport to consider all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that might be relevant to holders of shares of our common stock. The summary is based on the Code, final, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations, administrative rulings and court decisions in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect. Any such change could alter the U.S. federal income tax consequences described herein. No ruling has been sought from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge any of the U.S. federal income tax consequences described herein. Moreover, the statements in this prospectus, and the opinion of counsel described below, are not binding on the IRS or a court and do not preclude the IRS from asserting, or a court from sustaining, a contrary result.
For purposes of this summary, the term “U.S. holder” means a holder of shares of our common stock that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
| • | | a citizen or resident of the United States; |
| • | | a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (or the District of Columbia); |
| • | | a trust if it (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person; or |
| • | | an estate that is subject to U.S. federal income tax on its income regardless of its source. |
This summary only addresses U.S. federal income tax consequences to holders of shares of our common stock that hold such shares as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. The statements in this summary are not intended to be, and should not be construed as, tax advice. Further, this summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to such holder in light of such holder’s particular circumstances or that may be applicable to holders subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax laws (including, for example, banks or other financial institutions, insurance companies, REITs, regulated investment companies, broker-dealers, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities or other persons that have elected to use amark-to-market method of accounting,tax-exempt entities including governmental authorities (both U.S. andnon-U.S.), anon-U.S. holder that owns or has owned actually or constructively more than 10% of our common stock, holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, holders who acquired their shares pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation or through atax-qualified retirement plan, holders who hold their shares in an individual retirement or othertax-deferred account, holders subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Code, U.S. expatriates, persons who hold shares on behalf of another person as nominee, trusts and estates, persons owning, or deemed owning under constructive ownership rules of the Code, more than 9.9% in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding common stock or more than 9.9% in value of our outstanding stock (except to the extent discussed herein), holders who hold their shares as part of a hedge, straddle, integration, constructive sale, conversion, “synthetic security,” or other risk reduction transaction or integrated investment, S corporations, partnerships or other pass-through entities (or investors in S corporations, partnerships or other pass-through entities) and persons otherwise subject to special tax treatment under the Code). In addition, no information is provided herein with respect to applicable state, local ornon-U.S. tax laws or U.S. federal laws other than those pertaining to the U.S. federal income tax (except to the extent discussed below).
If a partnership (including an entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds shares of our common stock, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will
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depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A stockholder that is a partner in a partnership and partners in such partnership should consult their tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of shares of our common stock.
THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS DESCRIBED BELOW ARE NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ALL TAX CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, AND SALE OF OUR COMMON STOCK AND OF OUR ELECTION TO BE TAXED AS A REIT. YOU ARE URGED TO CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, SALE AND ELECTION, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL,NON-U.S. AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND REGARDING ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
Taxation of Our Company
General
Prior to 2011, we were taxed as a corporation under Subchapter C of the Code. We elected to be treated as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, which contain the requirements for qualifying as a REIT, which we refer to in this prospectus as the REIT Requirements, with the filing of our U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2011. We believe that as of such date we have been organized and have operated in a manner to qualify for taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We intend to continue to operate in such a manner, but no assurance can be given that we will operate in a manner so as to qualify or remain qualified.
The REIT Requirements are technical and complex. The following discussion sets forth only certain material aspects of those requirements. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the applicable Code provisions, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof.
In connection with this offering, Fried Frank has rendered an opinion that, commencing with our taxable year beginning January 1, 2011, we have been organized and have operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and the current and proposed method of operation for us and our subsidiaries as described in this prospectus will enable us to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. It must be emphasized that the Fried Frank opinion is based and conditioned upon certain assumptions and representations relating to our organization and operation and is conditioned upon certain representations made by us as to certain matters (including representations concerning our income and properties and the past, present, and future conduct of our business operations as set forth in this prospectus and one or more certificates provided by our officers). The Fried Frank opinion is expressed as of the date thereof and Fried Frank has no obligation to advise us of any subsequent change in the matters stated, represented or assumed or any subsequent change in the applicable law. The Fried Frank opinion does not foreclose the possibility of a contrary position taken by the IRS or the U.S. Department of the Treasury in regulations or rulings issued in the future and the opinion is not binding on the IRS or any court and is not a guarantee that the IRS will not assert a contrary position or that a court will not sustain a position asserted by the IRS. Moreover, our qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon our ability to meet, through actual annual operating results, certain requirements relating to the nature of our income and assets, distributions to stockholders and diversity of stock ownership, and various other qualification tests imposed under the REIT Requirements which are discussed below. Satisfaction of these tests as both an initial and ongoing matter is more complicated in the case of a REIT, such as our company, which owns properties leased to an entity with which it was historically related. Fried Frank has not undertaken to review our compliance with these requirements on a continuing basis. No assurance can be given that the actual results of our operations, the sources of our income, the nature of our assets, our distributions to stockholders and the diversity of our share ownership for any given taxable year will satisfy such requirements. See “— Failure to Qualify as a REIT.”
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If we continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income taxes on that portion of our ordinary income or capital gain that is currently distributed to stockholders, subject to certain exceptions discussed below. We expect that such treatment would substantially eliminate the U.S. federal “double taxation” on earnings that generally results from an investment in a corporation.
If we remain qualified as a REIT, we will nonetheless be subject to U.S. federal income and excise taxes in certain circumstances, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
| • | | We will be taxed at regular corporate income tax rates on any undistributed net taxable income, including undistributed net capital gains; |
| • | | Under certain circumstances, we may be subject to the “alternative minimum tax” on certain of our tax preference items, if any; |
| • | | If we have (i) net income from the sale or other disposition of “foreclosure property” that is held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business or (ii) other nonqualifying net income from foreclosure property, we will be subject to tax at the highest corporate tax rate on such income; |
| • | | If we have net income from prohibited transactions (which are, in general, certain sales or other dispositions of property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business, other than sales of foreclosure property and sales that qualify for a statutory safe harbor), such income will be subject to a 100% tax; |
| • | | If we should fail to satisfy the 75% gross income test or the 95% gross income test (which are discussed below), but have nonetheless maintained our qualification as a REIT because certain other requirements have been met, we will be subject to a 100% tax on the net income attributable to the greater of the amount by which we fail the 75% or the 95% test; |
| • | | Similarly, if we should fail to satisfy the asset tests or other requirements applicable to REITs, as described below, yet nonetheless qualify as a REIT because there is reasonable cause for the failure and other applicable requirements are met, we may be subject to a penalty. The amount of the penalty will be at least $50,000 per failure, and, in the case of certain asset test failures, will be equal to the amount of net income generated by the assets in question multiplied by the highest corporate tax rate if that amount exceeds $50,000 per failure; |
| • | | If we should fail to distribute, or fail to be treated as having distributed, with respect to each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for such year (other than capital gain income we elect to retain and pay tax on) and (iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior periods, we would be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such required distribution over the amounts actually distributed; |
| • | | If we should receive rents, whether from Sun or otherwise, deemed not to be fair market value rents or if we misvalue our assets, we may be liable for valuation penalties; |
| • | | We will be subject to a 100% tax on transactions with our taxable REIT subsidiaries if such transactions are not at arm’s length; and |
| • | | Under the“Built-In Gain Rules,” we may also be subject to tax on the disposition within a five-year period of any appreciated assets that we acquire from a taxable corporation in a transaction in which any gain on the transfer is not fully recognized. |
No assurance can be given that the amount of such U.S. federal income tax will not be substantial. In addition, we and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes other than U.S. federal income tax, including payroll taxes, real property transfer taxes, and state, local and foreign income, franchise, property and other taxes on assets and operations. We could also be subject to tax in situations and on transactions not presently contemplated.
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Requirements for Qualification
As indicated above, to qualify as a REIT, a corporation must elect to be so treated and must meet various (a) organizational requirements, (b) gross income tests, (c) asset tests and (d) distribution requirements. Our ability to satisfy the asset tests will depend upon our analysis of the fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination. Our compliance with the REIT income and quarterly asset requirements will also depend upon our ability to successfully manage the composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis.
Organizational Requirements
The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust, or association that makes a REIT election with its tax return and:
| • | | that is managed by one or more trustees or directors; |
| • | | the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares, or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest; |
| • | | that would be taxable as a domestic corporation, but for the REIT Requirements; |
| • | | that is not a bank, an insurance company or certain other specified types of financial institutions; |
| • | | the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons; |
| • | | not more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock of which is owned, directly or constructively, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) at any time during the last half of each taxable year; and |
| • | | that meets certain other tests, described below, regarding the nature of its income and assets. |
The Code provides that the conditions described in the first four bullets above, inclusive, must be met during the entire taxable year and that the condition described in the fifth bullet above must be met during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a proportionate part of a taxable year of less than 12 months. For purposes of the condition described in the sixth bullet above, certaintax-exempt entities are generally treated as individuals, and the beneficiaries of a pension trust that qualifies under Section 401(a) of the Code and that holds shares of a REIT will be treated as holding shares of the REIT in proportion to their actuarial interests in the pension trust. In addition, if a REIT fails to satisfy the condition described in the sixth bullet above for any taxable year, the REIT will nonetheless be deemed to have satisfied the condition if it complied with U.S. Treasury regulations requiring the maintenance of records to ascertain ownership and did not know (and would not have known using reasonable diligence) that it was closely held for the year. We believe that we will have sufficient diversity of ownership to satisfy the conditions in the fifth and sixth bullets above. In addition, our charter and the Articles Supplementary designating our Series A Preferred Stock restrict the transfer and ownership of our stock so that we should continue to satisfy these conditions. The provisions of our charter that restrict the transfer and ownership of our common stock are described in “Description of Capital Stock—Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership of Stock.”
In addition, we have requested and intend to continue to request on an annual basis from certain stockholders, and those stockholders will be required to provide, information relating to the number of shares actually or constructively owned by such stockholders. Ownership for purposes of conditions described in the fifth and sixth bullet above is defined using certain constructive ownership rules. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.9% of our stock by an individual or entity may cause that individual or entity constructively to own more than 9.9% of such stock, thereby triggering the transfer restrictions described in “Description of Capital Stock—Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership of Stock.”
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Effect of Subsidiary Entities
Disregarded Entities and Partnerships. An unincorporated domestic entity, such as a partnership or limited liability company that has a single owner, generally is not treated as an entity separate from its parent for U.S. federal income tax purposes. An unincorporated domestic entity with two or more owners is generally treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In the case of a REIT that is a partner in a partnership that has other partners, the REIT is treated as owning its proportionate share of the assets of such partnership and as earning its allocable share of the gross income of such partnership for purposes of the applicable REIT qualification tests. Our proportionate share for purposes of the 10% value test (see “—Asset Tests”) will be based on our proportionate interest in the equity interests and certain debt securities issued by such partnership. For all of the other asset and income tests, our proportionate share will be based on our proportionate interest in the capital interests in such partnership. Our proportionate share of the assets and items of income of any partnership, joint venture, or limited liability company that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which we acquire an equity interest, directly or indirectly, will be treated as our assets and gross income for purposes of applying the various REIT qualification requirements. The Operating Partnership currently is a disregarded entity because we own 100% of the interests in it, directly or through other disregarded entities. If we admit other limited partners, the Operating Partnership will be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, consequently, the Operating Partnership’s assets and operations may affect our ability to qualify as a REIT.
Qualified REIT Subsidiaries. A corporation that is a qualified REIT subsidiary, or QRS, is not treated as a corporation separate from its parent REIT. All assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of a QRS are treated as assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of the parent REIT. A QRS is a corporation, other than a TRS (as defined below), all of the stock of which is owned by the parent REIT. Thus, in applying the requirements described herein, any QRS that we own will be ignored for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of such subsidiary
will be treated as our assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit.
Taxable REIT Subsidiaries. A REIT may own up to 100% of the shares of one or more TRSs. A domestic TRS is a fully taxable corporation that may earn income that would not be qualifying income if earned directly by the parent REIT. To the extent that a domestic TRS is required to pay taxes, it will have less cash available for distribution to us. If dividends are paid to us by our domestic TRSs, then the dividends we pay to our stockholders who are taxed at individual rates, up to the amount of dividends we receive from our domestic TRSs, will generally be eligible to be taxed at the reduced 20% rate currently applicable to qualified dividend income. See “—Taxation of U.S. Holders of Our Common Stock.” Dividends paid by foreign TRSs may not be treated similarly, and the tax treatment of a foreign TRS in its jurisdiction of tax residence will depend on the laws of that jurisdiction and may vary considerably.
The subsidiary and the REIT must jointly elect to treat the subsidiary as a TRS. A corporation of which a TRS directly or indirectly owns securities possessing more than 35% of the total voting power or total value of the outstanding securities of such corporation will automatically be treated as a TRS. We are not treated as holding the assets of a TRS or as receiving any income that the subsidiary earns. Rather, the stock issued by a TRS to us is an asset in our hands, and we treat the distributions paid to us from such taxable subsidiary, if any, as income. This treatment can affect our compliance with the gross income and asset tests. Because we do not include the assets and income of TRSs in determining our compliance with the REIT Requirements, we may use such entities to undertake indirectly activities that the REIT rules might otherwise preclude us from doing directly or through pass-through subsidiaries. Overall, no more than 25% (or, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, 20%) of the value of a REIT’s assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more TRSs. A domestic TRS will pay income tax at regular corporate rates on any income that it earns. In addition, the TRS rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a TRS to its parent REIT to assure that the TRS is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. Further, the rules impose a 100% excise tax on transactions between a TRS and its parent REIT or the REIT’s tenants that are not conducted on anarm’s-length basis.
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A TRS may not directly or indirectly operate or manage any health care facilities or lodging facilities or provide rights to any brand name under which any health care facility or lodging facility is operated. A TRS may provide rights to any brand name under which any health care facility or lodging facility is operated if such rights are provided to an “eligible independent contractor” (as described below) to operate or manage a health care facility or lodging facility and held by the TRS as a franchisee, licensee, or in a similar capacity, and such health care facility or lodging facility is either owned by the TRS or leased to the TRS by its parent REIT. A TRS will not be considered to operate or manage a “qualified health care property” or “qualified lodging facility” solely because the TRS directly or indirectly possesses a license, permit, or similar instrument enabling it to do so. Additionally, a TRS that employs individuals working at a “qualified health care property” or “qualified lodging facility” outside of the United States will not be considered to operate or manage a “qualified health care property” or “qualified lodging facility,” as long as an “eligible independent contractor” is responsible for the daily supervision and direction of such individuals on behalf of the TRS pursuant to a management agreement or similar service contract. Rent that we receive from any TRS lessee will qualify as “rents from real property” as long as the property is a “qualified health care property” and is operated on behalf of a TRS lessee by a person who qualifies as an “independent contractor” and who is, or is related to a person who is, actively engaged in the trade or business of operating “qualified health care properties” for any person unrelated to us and a TRS lessee (an “eligible independent contractor”). A “qualified health care property” includes any real property and any personal property that is, or is necessary or incidental to the use of, a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living facility, congregate care facility, qualified continuing care facility, or other licensed facility which extends medical or nursing or ancillary services to patients and which is operated by a provider of such services which is eligible for participation in the Medicare program with respect to such facility.
Non-REIT Earnings and Profits
In order to qualify as a REIT, we cannot have at the end of any taxable year any earnings and profits that were accumulated in any taxable year in which the REIT provisions did not apply to us (which we refer to in this prospectus aspre-REIT E&P). We believe that we do not have anypre-REIT E&P. The calculation of ourpre-REIT E&P, however, is a complex factual and legal determination. We may have had less than complete information at the time we undertook our analysis or may interpret the applicable law (including the law relating to the characterization of our separation from Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. on November 15, 2010) differently than the IRS. There can be no assurances that the IRS will agree with our determination of ourpre-REIT E&P, and there are uncertainties regarding the amount of suchpre-REIT E&P. These uncertainties include the possibility that the IRS could, upon audit, increase our taxable income for one or more periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2010, which could createpre-REIT E&P. If the IRS subsequently were to determine that we havepre-REIT E&P and we had not distributed suchpre-REIT E&P by the end of December 31, 2011, we and our stockholders could be subject to adverse tax consequences.
Gross Income Tests
In order to maintain qualification as a REIT, we must annually satisfy the following two gross income requirements:
| • | | At least 75% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for each taxable year must be derived directly or indirectly from investments relating to real property or mortgages on real property (such as interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property (and, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, personal property that is ancillary to such real property if the fair market value of such personal property does not exceed 15% of the aggregate fair market value of such personal and real property), certain “rents from real property,” gain from the sale or other disposition of real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property) which is not dealer property, and certain fees with respect to agreements to make or acquire mortgage loans), from certain types of temporary investments or from certain other types of gross income; and |
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| • | | At least 95% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for each taxable year must be derived from such real property investments as aforesaid and from dividends, interest, and gain from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities and certain other types of gross income (or from any combination of the foregoing). |
In order to qualify as a REIT, the rental income received by us must constitute “rents from real property.” Rent that we receive from our real property will qualify as “rents from real property,” which is qualifying income for purposes of the 75% and 95% gross income tests, only if the following conditions are met:
| • | | First, the rent must not be based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person, but may be based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales; |
| • | | Second, neither we nor a direct or indirect owner of 10% or more of our stock may own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of a tenant from whom we receive rents, other than a tenant of a qualified healthcare property that is a TRS. If the tenant is a TRS, such TRS may not directly or indirectly operate or manage the related property. Instead, the property must, among other requirements, be operated on behalf of the TRS by a person who qualifies as an “independent contractor” and who is, or is related to a person who is, actively engaged in the trade or business of operating qualified health care properties for any person unrelated to us and the TRS; |
| • | | Third, if rent attributable to personal property (including furniture, fixtures and equipment) leased in connection with a lease of real property is 15% or less of the total rent received under the lease, then the rent attributable to personal property will qualify as “rents from real property.” However, if the 15% threshold is exceeded, the rent attributable to personal property will not qualify as “rents from real property.” We have not derived and we do not intend to derive rental income attributable to personal property (other than personal property leased in connection with the lease of real property, the amount of which is less than 15% of the total rent received under such lease), except that we may receive or accrue a de minimis amount of such rental income that does not adversely affect our ability to satisfy the 75% and 95% gross income tests. There can be no assurance, however, that the IRS would not challenge our calculation of a personal property ratio, or that a court would not uphold such assertion. If such a challenge were successfully asserted, we could fail to satisfy the 75% or 95% gross income test and thus potentially lose our REIT status; and |
| • | | Fourth, we generally must not operate or manage our real property or furnish or render services to our tenants, other than through an “independent contractor” who is adequately compensated and from whom we do not derive revenue. However, we need not provide services through an “independent contractor,” but instead may provide services directly to our tenants, if the services are “usually or customarily rendered” in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only and are not considered to be provided for the tenants’ convenience. Charges for such customarily rendered services will qualify as “rents from real property.” If we provide services to a tenant that are other than those usually or customarily provided in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only, amounts received or accrued by us for any such services will not be treated as “rents from real property” for purposes of the REIT gross income tests but will not cause other amounts received with respect to the property to fail to be treated as “rents from real property” unless the amounts treated as received in respect of such services, together with amounts received for certain management services, exceed 1% of all amounts received or accrued by us during the taxable year with respect to such property. If the 1% threshold is exceeded, then all amounts received or accrued by us with respect to the property will not qualify as “rents from real property,” even if the impermissible services are provided to some, but not all, of the tenants of the property. Furthermore, we may own up to 100% of the stock of one or more TRSs which may, except in certain circumstances, provide customary and noncustomary services to our tenants without tainting our rental income for the related properties. We have not performed and we do not intend to perform noncustomary services for tenants with respect to a property, other than through independent contractors or TRSs, that would exceed 1% of the total amount collected from such property, except to the extent any such services would not cause us to fail the 75% or 95% gross income test. |
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The rents received by us will qualify as “rents from real property” in satisfying the gross income requirements for a REIT only if the conditions described in the four bullets above are met. For example, rents received or accrued by us from Sun will not qualify as “rents from real property” if we are treated, either directly or under the applicable attribution rules, as owning 10% or more of Sun stock by vote or value. We will be treated as owning, under the applicable attribution rules, 10% or more of Sun stock by vote or value at any time that a holder owns, directly or under the applicable attribution rules, (a) 10% or more of the value of our stock and (b) 10% or more of Sun stock by vote or value. In order for the rents received or accrued by us from tenants to be treated as qualifying rents for purposes of the REIT gross income requirements, the provisions of our charter and the Articles Supplementary designating our Series A Preferred Stock restrict the transfer and ownership of our stock. The provisions of our charter that restrict the transfer and ownership of our common stock are described in “Description of Capital Stock—Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership of Stock.” Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that such restrictions will be effective in ensuring that we will not be treated as related to any tenant of ours.
In addition, in order for rent paid pursuant to leases to qualify as “rents from real property,” all of the lease agreements we have entered into or assumed (as well as any other leases we enter into or assume) must be respected as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes and not treated as service contracts, joint ventures, loans or some other type of arrangement. The determination of whether such lease agreements are true leases depends on an analysis of all the surrounding facts and circumstances. In making such a determination, courts have considered a variety of factors, including the following: (i) the intent of the parties, (ii) the form of the agreement, (iii) the degree of control over the property that is retained by the property owner (e.g., whether the lessee has substantial control over the operation of the property or whether the lessee was simply required to use its best efforts to perform its obligations under the agreement), and (iv) the extent to which the property owner retains the risk of loss with respect to the property (e.g., whether the lessee bears the risk of increases in operating expenses or the risk of damage to the property) or the potential for economic gains (e.g., appreciation) with respect to the property. In addition, U.S. federal income tax law provides that a contract that purports to be a service contract or a partnership agreement is treated instead as a lease of property if the contract is properly treated as such, taking into account all relevant factors. Since the determination of whether a service contract should be treated as a lease is inherently factual, the presence or absence of any single factor may not be dispositive in every case. If any of the lease agreements that we have entered into or assumed are recharacterized as service contracts, joint ventures, loans or some other type of arrangement, rather than true leases, part or all of the payments that we receive under any such lease agreements would not be considered rent or would not otherwise satisfy the various requirements for qualification as “rents from real property.” In the event that the lease agreements entered into with Sun are not characterized as true leases, we likely would not be able to satisfy either the 75% or 95% gross income tests and, as a result, would lose our REIT status. In addition, if the payments under the lease agreements entered into with Sun did not represent fair market value rentals at the time they were entered into and the IRS determines that we and Sun are or were under common control, the IRS may reallocate income between us and Sun. The reallocation could cause us or Sun to be subject to valuation penalties. We believe that the payments under such lease agreements represented fair market rentals at the time they were entered into. Investors should be aware that there are no controlling U.S. Treasury regulations, published rulings or judicial decisions involving leases with terms substantially the same as the lease agreements we entered into with Sun that discuss whether such lease agreements constitute true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Relief Provisions for Failing the 75% or 95% Gross Income Tests. If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, we may nevertheless qualify as a REIT for such year if certain relief provisions of the Code apply. These relief provisions will generally apply if our failure to meet such tests was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, we attach a schedule of the sources of our income to our return, and any incorrect information on the schedule was not due to fraud with intent to evade tax. Under certain circumstances, we may prefer not to have the relief provisions apply. If these relief provisions are inapplicable to a particular set of circumstances involving us, we might not qualify as a REIT. As discussed above under “—Taxation of Our Company—General,” even where these relief provisions apply, a tax would be imposed based upon the amount by which we fail to satisfy the particular gross income test.
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Asset Tests
At the close of each quarter of our taxable year, we must satisfy the following six tests relating to the nature of our assets:
| • | | At least 75% of the value of our total assets must be represented by real estate assets (including stock or debt instruments that do not otherwise qualify as real estate assets and that are not held for more than one year that were purchased with the proceeds of a stock offering or long-term (at least five years) debt offering of ours and, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, debt instruments of publicly offered REITs and personal property leased in connection with real property if the rent attributable to personal property is not greater than 15% of the total rent received under such lease), cash, cash items, and government securities; |
| • | | Not more than 25% of our total assets may be represented by securities other than those in the 75% asset class; |
| • | | Of the assets included in the 25% asset class, other than securities of TRSs, the value of any one issuer’s securities owned by us may not exceed 5% of the value of our total assets, and we may not own more than 10% of any one issuer’s outstanding voting securities or more than 10% of the value of any one issuer’s outstanding securities; |
| • | | Not more than 25% (or, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, 20%) of our total assets may be represented by securities of one or more TRSs; |
| • | | Not more than 25% of our total assets may be represented by debt instruments of publicly offered REITs not secured by real property for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015; and |
| • | | A mortgage on real property will constitute a real estate asset to the extent it is secured by real property with a value of at least the amount of the mortgage (at the time the mortgage is acquired or entered into). For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, ancillary personal property securing such mortgage will be treated as real property for such purpose, provided that the value of such ancillary personal property is less than 15% of the aggregate fair market value of the personal and real property securing such mortgage. |
After initially meeting the asset tests at the close of any quarter, we will not lose our status as a REIT if we fail to satisfy the asset tests at the end of a later quarter solely by reason of changes in asset values.
Relief Provisions for Failing the Asset Tests. If we fail to satisfy the asset tests at the end of a quarter, we will not lose our REIT qualification if:
| • | | we satisfied the asset tests at the end of the preceding calendar quarter; and |
| • | | the discrepancy between the value of our assets and the asset test requirements arose from changes in the market values of our assets and was not wholly or partly caused by the acquisition of one or morenon-qualifying assets. |
If we did not satisfy the condition described in the second bullet above and the failure to satisfy the asset tests results from an acquisition of securities or other property during a quarter, the failure can be cured by disposition of sufficient nonqualifying assets within 30 days after the close of that quarter. We have maintained and intend to continue to maintain adequate records of the value of our assets to ensure compliance with the asset tests, and intend to take such action within 30 days after the close of any quarter as may be required to cure any noncompliance but no assurance can be given that such asset tests will be met.
If we violate the 5% value test, 10% voting test or 10% value test described above at the end of any calendar quarter, we will not lose our REIT qualification if (i) the failure is de minimis (up to the lesser of 1% of our total assets or $10 million) and (ii) we dispose of assets or otherwise comply with the asset tests within six months
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after the last day of the quarter. In the event of a more than de minimis failure of any of the asset tests, as long as the failure was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, we will not lose our REIT qualification if we (i) file with the IRS a schedule describing the assets that caused the failure, (ii) dispose of these assets or otherwise comply with the asset tests within six months after the last day of the quarter and (iii) pay a tax equal to the greater of $50,000 per failure or an amount equal to the product of the highest corporate income tax rate (currently 35%) and the net income from thenon-qualifying assets during the period in which we failed to satisfy the asset tests.
Annual Distribution Requirements
In order to be treated as a REIT, we are required to distribute dividends (other than capital gains dividends) to our stockholders in an amount at least equal to:
(A) the sum of
(i) 90% of our “REIT taxable income” (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and our net capital gain), and
(ii) 90% of the net income, if any, from foreclosure property in excess of the special tax on income from foreclosure property,
minus
(B) the sum of certain items of noncash income.
Such distributions must be paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if either (i) we declare the distribution before we file a timely U.S. federal income tax return for the year and pay the distribution with or before the first regular dividend payment after such declaration or (ii) we declare the distribution in October, November or December of the taxable year, payable to stockholders of record on a specified day in any such month, and we actually pay the dividends before the end of January of the following year. The distributions under clause (i) are taxable to owners of our common stock in the year in which paid, and the distributions in clause (ii) are treated as paid on December 31 of the prior taxable year. In both instances, these distributions relate to our prior taxable year for purposes of the 90% distribution requirement. If we dispose of any asset that is subject to theBuilt-In Gain Rules during the applicable5-year period, we may be required to distribute at least 90% of thebuilt-in gain (after tax), if any, recognized on the disposition of the asset.
To the extent that we do not distribute (or are not treated as having distributed) all of our net capital gain or distribute (or are treated as having distributed) at least 90%, but less than 100%, of our “REIT taxable income,” as adjusted, we will be subject to tax thereon at regular ordinary and capital gains corporate tax rates. “REIT taxable income” is the taxable income of a REIT, which generally is computed in the same fashion as the taxable income of any corporation, except that (i) certain deductions are not available, such as the deduction for dividends received, (ii) a REIT may deduct dividends paid (or deemed paid) during the taxable year, (iii) net capital gains and losses are excluded, and (iv) certain other adjustments are made. We may elect to retain rather than distribute our net long-term capital gains while treating the capital gain as if distributed. The effect of such an election is that (i) we are required to pay the tax on such gains, (ii) U.S. holders, while required to include their proportionate share of the undistributed long-term capital gain in income, will receive a credit or refund for their share of the tax paid by us, and (iii) the basis of a U.S. holder’s stock would be increased by the amount of the undistributed long-term capital gains (minus the amount of capital gains tax paid by us) included in the U.S. holder’s long-term capital gains. If we should fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for such year (other than capital gain income which we elect to retain and pay tax on), and (iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior periods, we would be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such required distribution
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over the amounts actually distributed. We intend to make timely distributions sufficient to satisfy the annual distribution requirement. It is possible that, from time to time, we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the 90% distribution requirement due to timing differences between (i) the actual receipt of income and actual payment of deductible expenses and (ii) the inclusion of such income and deduction of such expenses in calculating our taxable income.
In the event that such an insufficiency occurs, in order to meet the 90% distribution requirement and maintain our status as a REIT, we may have to sell assets at unfavorable prices, borrow at unfavorable terms, pay taxable stock dividends, or pursue other strategies. We do not currently intend to pay taxable stock dividends. However, if for any taxable year, we have significant amounts of taxable income in excess of available cash flow, we may have to declare dividendsin-kind. Moreover, it is unclear whether and to what extent a stock dividend would satisfy our 90% distribution requirement. The IRS has issued private letter rulings to other REITs treating certain distributions that are paid partly in cash and partly in shares as dividends that would satisfy the REIT annual distribution requirement and qualify for the dividends paid deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, those rulings may be relied upon only by taxpayers to whom they were issued. In addition, the IRS previously issued a revenue procedure authorizing publicly traded REITs to make distributions partly in cash and partly in shares, but that revenue procedure does not apply to our 2013 and future taxable years.
If we make a taxable stock distribution, U.S. holders would be required to include the full amount of the dividend (i.e., the cash and stock portion) as ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. holder may be required to pay income taxes with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash received. If a U.S. holder sells our stock that it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of the stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect tonon-U.S. holders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividends, these sales may put downward pressure on the trading price of our stock. Moreover, various tax aspects of a taxable dividend payable partly in cash and partly in stock are uncertain and have not yet been addressed by the IRS. No assurance can be given that the IRS will not impose additional requirements in the future with respect to taxable dividends payable partly in cash and partly in stock, including on a retroactive basis, or assert that the requirements for such taxable dividends have not been met.
Under certain circumstances, we may be able to rectify a failure to meet the distribution requirement for a year by paying “deficiency dividends” to stockholders in a later year, which may be included in our deduction for dividends paid for the earlier year. Thus, we may be able to avoid being taxed on amounts distributed as deficiency dividends; however, we will be required to pay interest based upon the amount of any deduction taken for deficiency dividends.
Statutory Relief
If we fail to satisfy one or more of the requirements for qualification as a REIT, other than the income tests and asset tests discussed above, we will not lose our status as a REIT if our failure was due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, and we pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure.
Failure to Qualify as a REIT
If we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any taxable year, and the relief provisions described above do not apply, we will be subject to tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at corporate tax rates. Distributions to stockholders in any year in which we fail to qualify will not be deductible by us and they will not be required to be made. In such event, to the extent of current and accumulated earnings and profits, all distributions to stockholders will be taxable as ordinary income. Subject to certain limitations of the
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U.S. federal income tax laws, corporate stockholders might be eligible for the dividends received deduction and stockholders taxed at individual rates might be eligible for the current reduced U.S. federal income tax rate of 20% on such dividends. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we will also be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost, and will not be permitted to requalify unless we distribute any earnings and profits attributable to the period when we failed to qualify. In addition, we may be subject to tax on anybuilt-in gains on property held during the period during which we did not qualify if we sell such property within 5 years of requalification, but only to the extent of our netbuilt-in gain at the time of requalification. It is not possible to state whether in all circumstances we would be entitled to such statutory relief.
Taxation of U.S. Holders of Our Common Stock
REIT Distributions
Distributions Generally. As long as we qualify as a REIT, distributions by us to a U.S. holder out of our current and accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gains dividends) will be taken into account by such U.S. holder as ordinary income. Dividends paid by us to a corporate U.S. holder will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporations. In addition, dividends paid by a REIT to a U.S. holder taxed at individual rates generally will not qualify for the 20% U.S. federal income tax rate for “qualified dividend income.” The maximum U.S. federal income tax rate on qualified dividend income is lower than the maximum U.S. federal income tax rate on ordinary income, which is currently 39.6%. Qualified dividend income generally includes dividends paid to U.S. holders taxed at individual rates by domestic C corporations and certain qualified foreign corporations. Because we are not generally subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of our REIT taxable income distributed to our stockholders, our dividends generally will not be eligible for the 20% rate on qualified dividend income. As a result, our ordinary REIT dividends will be taxed at the higher U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income. However, the 20% U.S. federal income tax rate for qualified dividend income will apply to our ordinary REIT dividends, if any, that are (i) attributable to dividends received by us fromnon-REIT U.S. corporations, such as a domestic TRS, and (ii) to the extent attributable to income upon which we have paid corporate income tax (e.g., to the extent that we distribute less than 100% of our taxable income). In general, to qualify for the reduced U.S. federal income tax rate on qualified dividend income, a U.S. holder must hold the relevant common stock for more than 60 days during the121-day period beginning on the date that is 60 days before the date on which such stock becomesex-dividend.
A distribution in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits will first be treated as atax-free return of capital, reducing the tax basis in the U.S. holder’s common stock, and a distribution in excess of the U.S. holder’s tax basis in its common stock will be a taxable gain realized from the sale of such shares. Dividends declared by us in October, November or December of any year payable to a stockholder of record on a specified date in any such month shall be treated as both paid by us and received by the stockholder on December 31 of such year, provided that the dividend is actually paid by us during January of the following calendar year. We will be treated as having sufficient earnings and profits to treat as a dividend any distribution by us up to the amount required to be distributed in order to avoid imposition of the 4% excise tax discussed under “—Taxation of Our Company—General” and “—Taxation of Our Company—Annual Distribution Requirements” above. As a result, U.S. holders may be required to treat as taxable dividends certain distributions that would otherwise result intax-free returns of capital. Moreover, any “deficiency dividend” will be treated as a “dividend” (an ordinary dividend or a capital gain dividend, as the case may be), regardless of our earnings and profits.
Capital Gain Distributions. Distributions that are designated by us as capital gain dividends will be treated as long-term capital gain (to the extent they do not exceed our actual net capital gain) for the taxable year without regard to the period for which the stockholder has held its stock. However, corporate stockholders may be required to treat up to 20% of certain capital gains dividends as ordinary income, pursuant to Section 291(d) of the Code. If we elect to retain capital gains rather than distribute them, a U.S. holder will be deemed to receive a
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capital gain dividend equal to the amount of such retained capital gains. In such a case, a U.S. holder will receive certain tax credits and basis adjustments reflecting the deemed distribution and deemed payment of taxes by the U.S. holder.
To the extent that we have available net operating losses and capital losses carried forward from prior taxable years, such losses may reduce the amount of distributions that we must make to comply with the REIT distribution requirements described above under “—Taxation of Our Company—Annual Distribution Requirements.” Such losses, however, are not passed through to a holder of our common stock and do not offset such stockholder’s income from other sources, nor would they affect the character of any distributions that a stockholder receives from us.
Dispositions of Our Common Stock
In general, a U.S. holder will realize gain or loss upon the sale, redemption, or other taxable disposition of our common stock in an amount equal to the difference between the sum of the fair market value of any property received and the amount of cash received in such disposition, and the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in our common stock at the time of the disposition. In general, a U.S. holder’s tax basis will equal the U.S. holder’s acquisition cost, increased by the excess of net capital gains deemed distributed to the U.S. holder, less tax deemed paid on it, and reduced by returns of capital. Gain from the sale or disposition of our common stock held for more than one year will generally be long-term capital gain. Capital losses recognized by a U.S. holder upon the disposition of shares of our common stock held for more than one year at the time of disposition will be considered long-term capital losses, and are generally available only to offset capital gain income of the U.S. holder but not ordinary income, except in the case of individuals, who may offset up to $3,000 of ordinary income each year. In addition, any loss upon a sale or exchange of shares of our common stock by a U.S. holder who has held such shares for six months or less, after applying holding period rules, will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of distributions received from us that are required to be treated by the U.S. holder as long-term capital gain.
If a U.S. holder recognizes a loss upon a disposition of our common stock in an amount that exceeds a prescribed threshold, it is possible that the provisions of U.S. Treasury regulations involving “reportable transactions” could apply, with a resulting requirement to separately disclose the loss-generating transaction to the IRS. While these regulations are directed towards “tax shelters,” they are written quite broadly, and apply to transactions that would not typically be considered tax shelters. In addition, there are significant penalties for failure to comply with these requirements. Each prospective holder of our common stock should consult its tax advisor concerning any possible disclosure obligation with respect to the receipt or disposition of our common stock, or transactions that might be undertaken directly or indirectly by us. Moreover, holders should be aware that we and other participants in the transactions involving us (including our advisors) may be subject to disclosure or other requirements pursuant to these regulations.
Passive Activity Losses and Investment Interest
Distributions made by us and gain arising from the sale or exchange by a U.S. holder of shares of our common stock will not be treated as passive activity income. As a result, U.S. holders will not be able to apply any “passive losses” against income or gain relating to shares of our common stock. Distributions made by us, to the extent they do not constitute return of capital, generally will be treated as investment income for purposes of computing the investment interest limitation.
Additional Tax on Net Investment Income
A U.S. holder that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, will generally be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (i) the U.S. holder’s “net investment income” for a taxable year and (ii) the excess of the U.S. holder’s modified adjusted gross income for
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such taxable year over $200,000 ($250,000 in the case of joint filers). For these purposes, “net investment income” will generally include taxable distributions and deemed distributions paid with respect to stock, interest on debt obligations, other types of investment income, and net gain attributable to the disposition of stock or debt obligations and other types of investment gain (in each case, unless such stock, debt instruments or other investment property, as the case may be, are held in connection with certain trades or businesses), but will be reduced by any deductions properly allocable to such distributions, interest, income or net gain.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding Tax
We will report to a U.S. holder and the IRS the amount of distributions we pay during each calendar year and the amount of tax we withhold, if any. Under the backup withholding rules, a U.S. holder of our common stock may be subject to backup withholding (currently at a maximum rate of 28%) with respect to distributions unless such U.S. holder:
| • | | is a corporation or comes within certain other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact; or |
| • | | provides an accurate taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding, and otherwise complies with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. |
Any amount paid as backup withholding will be creditable against a U.S. holder’s income tax liability, provided that proper information is timely provided to the IRS.
U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors with respect to the U.S. federal, state and local andnon-U.S. tax consequences to them of an investment in our common stock, including applicable tax rates and tax reporting requirements, and the effect of any possible changes in the tax laws.
Taxation ofNon-U.S. Holders of Our Common Stock
The rules governing U.S. federal income taxation of holders of shares of our common stock that are not U.S. holders or partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that are not subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis and that neither own nor have owned actually or constructively more than 10% of our common stock, which we call“non-U.S. holders,” are complex. The following discussion is only a limited summary of these rules. In addition,non-U.S. holders should be aware that certain other rules (not discussed herein) may apply, including whether an interest in a REIT is treated as a USRPI, with respect to certainnon-U.S. holders. Holders of shares of our common stock that are not U.S. holders and that own or have owned actually or constructively more than 10% of our common stock generally will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax and U.S. federal income tax (and U.S. federal income tax return tax filing obligations) upon the sale or other disposition of our common stock (unless we are, and remain a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity”) or distributions that are treated as attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by us of U.S. real property interests, or USRPIs (subject to exception for certain “qualified foreign person funds”).
Prospectivenon-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors with respect to the U.S. federal, state and local andnon-U.S. tax consequences to them of an investment in our common stock, including any tax reporting requirements.
REIT Distributions
Ordinary Dividends. Distributions, other than distributions that are treated as attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by us of USRPIs, and other than distributions designated by us as capital gain dividends, will be treated as ordinary income to the extent that they are made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. A U.S. withholding tax equal to 30% of the gross amount of the distribution will ordinarily apply to distributions of this kind tonon-U.S. holders, unless an applicable tax treaty reduces that tax. However, if income
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from anon-U.S. holder’s investment in our common stock is treated as effectively connected with thenon-U.S. holder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business or attributable to a permanent establishment that thenon-U.S. holder maintains in the United States if required by an applicable income tax treaty as a condition for subjecting thenon-U.S. holder to U.S. taxation on a net income basis, U.S. federal income tax at graduated rates will generally apply to thenon-U.S. holder in the same manner as U.S. holders are taxed with respect to dividends, and the 30% U.S. branch profits tax may also apply if thenon-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation. We expect to withhold U.S. tax at the rate of 30% on the gross amount of any dividends, other than dividends treated as attributable to gain from sales or exchanges of USRPIs and capital gain dividends, paid to anon-U.S. holder, unless (a) a lower treaty rate applies and the required form evidencing eligibility for that reduced rate is filed with us or the appropriate withholding agent or (b) thenon-U.S. holder files an IRS FormW-8 ECI or a successor form with us or the appropriate withholding agent claiming that the distributions are effectively connected with thenon-U.S. holder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business and in either case other applicable requirements were met.
Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, which are not treated as attributable to the gain from our disposition of a USRPI, will not be taxable to anon-U.S. holder to the extent that they do not exceed thenon-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its common stock. Distributions of this kind will instead reduce thenon-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its common stock. To the extent that distributions of this kind exceed anon-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its common stock, they will give rise to tax liability if thenon-U.S. holder otherwise would have to pay U.S. federal tax on any gain from the sale or disposition of its common stock, as described below. If it cannot be determined at the time a distribution is made whether the distribution will be in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits, we will withhold U.S. tax at the rate of 30% on the distribution. However, thenon-U.S. holder may seek a refund of these amounts from the IRS if it is subsequently determined that the distribution was, in fact, in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits.
Capital Gain Dividends. Assuming that our common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market in the United States, capital gain distributions on our common stock that are attributable to gain on our sale of USRPIs will be treated as ordinary dividends rather than as gain from the sale of a USRPI. As a result,non-U.S. holders generally will be subject to U.S. withholding tax on such capital gain distributions in the same manner as they are subject to U.S. withholding tax on ordinary dividends as described above in “— Ordinary Dividends.”
Dispositions of Our Common Stock
Assuming that our common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market, anon-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain realized on a sale or other disposition of our common stock.
Furthermore, anon-U.S. holder generally will incur U.S. federal tax on gain if:
| • | | the gain is effectively connected with thenon-U.S. holder’s U.S. trade or business, in which case thenon-U.S. holder will be subject to the same treatment as U.S. holders with respect to such gain, or |
| • | | thenon-U.S. holder is a nonresident alien individual who was present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and meets certain other criteria, in which case thenon-U.S. holder will incur a U.S. federal tax of 30% on his or her net capital gains. |
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
Pursuant to U.S. withholding provisions commonly referred to as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), payments to certainnon-U.S. holders of (i) dividends on our common stock and (ii) gross proceeds from the sale or redemption of our common stock after December 31, 2018, will generally be subject to a withholding tax of 30%, unless suchnon-U.S. holders are compliant with various reporting requirements under
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FATCA. In order to be compliant with FATCA, among other requirements, such certainnon-U.S. holders may need to register with the IRS and may need to obtain certain information from its interest holders and disclose certain of this information to the IRS or its local tax authority under the terms of an intergovernmental agreement. No assurance can be provided thatnon-U.S. holders will not be subject to this withholding tax.Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the potential implications of this withholding tax.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding Tax
Dividends paid to anon-U.S. holder may be subject to U.S. information reporting and backup withholding. Anon-U.S. holder will be exempt from backup withholding if thenon-U.S. holder provides a properly executed IRS FormW-8BEN orW-8BEN-E, as applicable, or otherwise meets documentary evidence requirements for establishing its status as anon-U.S. holder or otherwise establishes an exemption.
The gross proceeds from the disposition of our common stock may be subject to U.S. information reporting and backup withholding. If anon-U.S. holder sells our common stock outside the United States through anon-U.S. office of anon-U.S. broker and the sales proceeds are paid to thenon-U.S. holder outside the United States, then the U.S. backup withholding and information reporting requirements generally will not apply to that payment. However, U.S. information reporting, but not U.S. backup withholding, will apply to a payment of sales proceeds, even if that payment is made outside the United States, if anon-U.S. holder sells our common stock through anon-U.S. office of a broker that is a United States person or has certain enumerated connections with the United States, unless the broker has documentary evidence in its files that thenon-U.S. holder is not a United States person and certain other conditions are met or thenon-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption.
If anon-U.S. holder receives payments of the proceeds of a sale of our common stock to or through a U.S. office of a broker, the payment is subject to both U.S. backup withholding and information reporting unless thenon-U.S. holder provides a properly executed IRS FormW-8BEN orW-8BEN-E, as applicable, certifying that thenon-U.S. holder is not a “United States person” or thenon-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption.
Anon-U.S. holder generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules that exceed thenon-U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability by timely filing a refund claim with the IRS.
Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors with respect to the U.S. federal income and withholding tax consequences, and state, local andnon-U.S. tax consequences, of an investment in shares of our common stock, including applicable tax reporting requirements.
Legislative or Other Actions Affecting REITs
The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. No assurance can be given as to whether, or in what form, any proposals affecting REITs or their stockholders will be enacted. Changes to the U.S. federal tax laws and interpretations thereof could adversely affect an investment in our common stock.
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SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
Information about selling securityholders, where applicable, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-effective amendment, or in filings we make with the SEC that are incorporated into this prospectus by reference.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
References to “we,” “us” or “our” in this section refer to Sabra, the Operating Partnership, Sabra Capital and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
We and any selling securityholders may sell the securities under this prospectus in one or more of the following ways (or in any combination) from time to time:
| • | | to or through one or more underwriters or dealers; |
| • | | in short or long transactions; |
| • | | through a combination of these methods. |
If underwriters or dealers are used in the sale, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters or dealers for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including:
| • | | in privately negotiated transactions; |
| • | | in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time; |
| • | | in “at the market offerings,” within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act, to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise; |
| • | | at prices related to those prevailing market prices; or |
As applicable, we, any selling securityholders, and our respective underwriters, dealers or agents, reserve the right to accept or reject all or part of any proposed purchase of the securities. We will set forth in a prospectus supplement the terms and offering of securities by us, including:
| • | | the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents; |
| • | | any agency fees or underwriting discounts or commissions and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation; |
| • | | any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; |
| • | | details regarding over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us, if any; |
| • | | the purchase price of the securities being offered and the proceeds we will receive from the sale; |
| • | | the public offering price; and |
| • | | the securities exchanges on which such securities may be listed, if any. |
We and any selling securityholders may enter into derivative transactions with third parties or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions from time to time. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivative transactions, such third parties (or affiliates of such third parties) may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, such third parties (or affiliates of such third parties) may use securities pledged by us or any selling securityholders, as the case may be, or borrowed from us or any selling securityholders, as the case may be, or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of securities, and may use securities received from us or any selling securityholders, as the case may
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be, in settlement of those derivative transactions to close out any related open borrowings of securities. The third parties (or affiliates of such third parties) in such sale transactions by us will be underwriters and will be identified in an applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). We and any selling securityholders may also sell securities under this prospectus upon the exercise of rights that may be issued to our securityholders.
We may loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities using this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. Such financial institution or third party may transfer its economic short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a simultaneous offering of other securities offered by this prospectus.
Underwriters, Agents and Dealers.If underwriters are used in the sale of our securities, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions described above. The securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by underwriters. Generally, the underwriters’ obligations to purchase the securities will be subject to conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities if they purchase any of the securities. We may use underwriters with which we have a material relationship and will describe in the prospectus supplement, naming the underwriter, the nature of any such relationship.
We and any selling securityholders may sell the securities through agents from time to time. When we sell securities through agents, the prospectus supplement will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of securities and any commissions we pay to them. Generally, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
We may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain purchasers to purchase our securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set forth any commissions we pay for solicitation of these contracts.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may contract for or otherwise be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments made by the underwriters, dealers or agents, under agreements between us and the underwriters, dealers and agents.
We and any selling securityholders may grant underwriters who participate in the distribution of our securities an option to purchase additional securities to cover over-allotments, if any, in connection with the distribution.
Underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from us or our purchasers, as their agents in connection with the sale of our securities. These underwriters, dealers or agents may be considered to be underwriters under the Securities Act. As a result, discounts, commissions or profits on resale received by the underwriters, dealers or agents may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions. The prospectus supplement for any securities offered by us will identify any such underwriter, dealer or agent and describe any compensation received by them from us. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed orre-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase
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the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Short-covering transactions involve purchases of our securities in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time. We make no representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect these transactions may have on the price of our securities. For a description of these activities, see the information under the heading “Underwriting” in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Underwriters, broker-dealers or agents who may become involved in the sale of our securities may engage in transactions with and perform other services for us for which they receive compensation.
Stabilization Activities. In connection with an offering through underwriters, an underwriter may, to the extent permitted by applicable rules and regulations, purchase and sell securities in the open market. These transactions, to the extent permitted by applicable rules and regulations, may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of securities than they are required to purchase in the offering. “Covered” short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ option to purchase additional securities from us in the offering, if any. If the underwriters have an over-allotment option to purchase additional securities from us, the underwriters may consider, among other things, the price of securities available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase securities through the over-allotment option. “Naked” short sales, which may be prohibited or restricted by applicable rules and regulations, are any sales in excess of such option or where the underwriters do not have an over-allotment option. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing securities in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.
Accordingly, to cover these short sales positions or to otherwise stabilize or maintain the price of the securities, the underwriters may bid for or purchase securities in the open market and may impose penalty bids. If penalty bids are imposed, selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers participating in the offering are reclaimed if securities previously distributed in the offering are repurchased, whether in connection with stabilization transactions or otherwise. The effect of these transactions may be to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. The imposition of a penalty bid may also affect the price of the securities to the extent that it discourages resale of the securities. The magnitude or effect of any stabilization or other transactions is uncertain.
Direct Sales. We and any selling securityholders may also sell securities directly to one or more purchasers without using underwriters or agents. In this case, no agents, underwriters or dealers would be involved. We and any selling securityholders may sell securities upon the exercise of rights that we may issue to our securityholders. We and any selling securityholders may also sell securities directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any sale of those securities.
At-the-Market Offerings. To the extent that we make sales through one or more underwriters or agents inat-the-market offerings, we will do so pursuant to the terms of a sales agency financing agreement or otherat-the-market offering arrangement between us and the underwriters or agents. If we engage inat-the-market sales pursuant to any such agreement, we will issue and sell our securities through one or more underwriters or agents, which may act on an agency basis or on a principal basis. During the term of any such agreement, we may sell securities on a daily basis in exchange transactions or otherwise as we agree with the underwriters or agents. The agreement will provide that any securities sold will be sold at prices related to the then prevailing market prices for our securities. Therefore, exact figures regarding proceeds that will be raised or commissions to be paid cannot be determined at this time. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we may agree to sell, and the
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relevant underwriters or agents may agree to solicit offers to purchase, blocks of our common stock or other securities. The terms of each such agreement will be set forth in more detail in a prospectus supplement to this prospectus.
Trading Market and Listing of Securities.If we sell any shares of our common stock, or additional shares of our Series A Preferred Stock, pursuant to a prospectus supplement, such shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Any other securities we sell pursuant to a prospectus supplement may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a class or series of securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot give any assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the securities.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, certain legal matters regarding the validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, California, and by Venable LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, with respect to matters of Maryland law, and certain U.S. federal income tax matters will be passed upon for us by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Our estimated expenses in connection with the registration and sale of the securities are as follows, all of which will be borne by us:
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SEC registration fee | | | (1) | |
Printing and duplicating expenses | | | (2) | |
Legal fees and expenses | | | (2) | |
Accounting fees and expenses | | | (2) | |
Listing fees | | | (2) | |
Transfer agent of trustee fees | | | (2) | |
Miscellaneous | | | (2) | |
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Total | | | (2) | |
(1) | In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we are deferring the payment of all of the registration fees. |
(2) | These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. |
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision that limits the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active or deliberate dishonesty which is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action. The charter of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (“Sabra”) contains a provision that limits, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland statutory or decisional law, the liability of its directors and officers to Sabra and its stockholders for money damages.
Maryland law requires a Maryland corporation (unless otherwise provided in its charter, which Sabra’s charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:
| • | | the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; |
| • | | the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or |
| • | | in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. |
A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, will be limited to expenses.
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In addition, Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and (b) a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.
Sabra’s charter requires, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, Sabra to indemnify and to pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding of (a) any present or former director or officer and (b) any individual who, while a director or officer and, at Sabra’s request, serves or has served another corporation, REIT, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member, manager, employee or agent from and against any claim or liability to which he or she may become subject or which he or she may incur by reason of his or her service in any of the foregoing capacities. Sabra’s charter and bylaws also permits it to indemnify and advance expenses to any individual who served its predecessor in any of the capacities described above and any employee or agent of Sabra or its predecessor.
Sabra has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors providing for the indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, each such person in connection with claims, suits or proceedings arising as a result of such person’s service as an officer or director of Sabra. Sabra also maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and officers, insuring them against liabilities that they may incur in such capacities or arising from this status.
Sabra Capital Corporation
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, provides that a corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such corporation, and, with respect to any criminal actions and proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of such corporation, under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
The certificate of incorporation of Sabra Capital Corporation provides that Sabra Capital Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent authorized or permitted by law (as now or hereafter in effect) any person made, or threatened to be made a party or witness to any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil or criminal or otherwise) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or an officer of Sabra Capital Corporation or by reason of the fact that such person, at the request of Sabra Capital Corporation, is or was serving any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, in any capacity.
Colorado Limited Liability Company
Sable-Aurora, LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Colorado.Section 7-80-407 of the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act provides that a Colorado limited liability company shall reimburse a person who is or was a member or manager for payments made, and indemnify a person who is or was a member or manager for liabilities incurred by the person, in the ordinary course of the business of the limited liability company or for the preservation of its business or property, if such payments were made or liabilities incurred without violation of the person’s duties to the limited liability company.
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The amended and restated operating agreement of Sable-Aurora, LLC provides for the indemnification of its sole member, and each officer, employee and agent of Sable-Aurora, LLC to the fullest extent permitted by law. The amended and restated operating agreement also provides that Sable-Aurora, LLC may maintain insurance on behalf of its sole member and such other persons against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not Sable-Aurora, LLC would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss by law.
Delaware Limited Liability Companies
Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
The operating agreements of 395 Harding Street, LLC, 1104 Wesley Avenue, Connecticut Holdings I, LLC, Kentucky Holdings I, LLC, New Hampshire Holdings, LLC, Northwest Holdings I, LLC, LLC, Reservoir Real Estate Holdings, LLC, Sabra California II, LLC, Sabra Connecticut II, LLC, Sabra Hagerstown, LLC, Sabra Health Care, L.L.C., Sabra Health Care Delaware, LLC, Sabra Health Care Frankenmuth, LLC, Sabra Health Care Holdings I, LLC, Sabra Health Care Holdings II, LLC, Sabra Health Care Holdings III, LLC, Sabra Health Care Holdings IV, LLC, Sabra Health Care Northeast, LLC, Sabra Health Care Pennsylvania, LLC, Sabra Health Care Virginia, LLC, Sabra Idaho, LLC, Sabra Kentucky, LLC, Sabra Lake Drive, LLC, Sabra Michigan, LLC, Sabra Montana, LLC, Sabra New Mexico, LLC, Sabra Ohio, LLC, and Sabra Phoenix TRS Venture, LLC provide that the limited liability company shall indemnify, defend and hold the sole member, and each officer, employee and agent of the limited liability company harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law. The operating agreements of Sabra Phoenix TRS Venture II, LLC and Sabra Phoenix Wisconsin, LLC provide that the limited liability company shall indemnify, defend and hold the sole member of the limited liability company harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law. The operating agreements of Sabra 1717 Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra Beaumont Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra Beavercreek Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra BRP Celebration JV, LLC, Sabra Canadian Holdings, LLC, Sabra Celebration Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra Clarksville Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra Deerfield Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra Health Care Holdings VI, LLC, Sabra Health Care Virginia II, LLC, Sabra McCordsville Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra New Braunfels Preferred Equity, LLC, Sabra North Carolina GP, LLC, and Sabra TRS Holdings, LLC provide that the limited liability company shall indemnify and hold harmless the member, any officer, director, stockholder, employee, affiliate, representative or agent of the member, and any officer, employee, representative or agent of the limited liability company, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in the applicable operating agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or thereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of formation of the limited liability company, provision of the operating agreement, vote of the sole member or otherwise.
The limited liability company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself, the sole member, or any officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the limited liability company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss by law.
Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of the section of the operating agreement providing for indemnification shall not adversely affect any right or protection of the sole member, or any officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
Delaware Limited Partnerships
Section 17—108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its partnership agreement.
The limited partnership agreement of Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership provides, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for the indemnification of any general partner, director or officer of the partnership or
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the general partner, or such other persons as the general partner may designate from time to time from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the partnership or Sabra as set forth in the Limited Partnership Agreement, in which such indemnitee may be involved, as a party or otherwise.
The limited partnership agreements of Sabra Health Care Investments, LP and Sabra North Carolina, L.P. provide, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for the indemnification of the general partner and its officers, directors, members, employees, affiliates, representatives and agents from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses of any nature (including attorneys’ fees and costs), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which such indemnitee may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, which relates to or arises out of the business or affairs of the partnership.
Georgia Limited Liability Company
SB Fountain City, LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Georgia.Section 14-11-306 of the Georgia Limited Liability Company Act provides that, subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, set forth in the articles of organization or written operating agreement of the company, a limited liability company may indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever arising in connection with the limited liability company; provided that a limited liability company shall not have the power to indemnify any member or manager: (i) for his or her intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (ii) for any transaction for which the person received a personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of a written operating agreement. The operating agreement of SB Fountain City, LLC provides that the company shall indemnify, defend and hold the Sole Member, and each Officer, employee and agent of the company harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Massachusetts Limited Liability Companies
Section 8 of the Massachusetts Limited Liability Company Act provides that a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Such indemnification may include payment by the limited liability company of expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by the person indemnified to repay such payment if he shall be adjudicated to be not entitled to indemnification under this section which undertaking may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to make repayment. Any such indemnification may be provided although the person to be indemnified is no longer a member or manager.
No indemnification shall be provided for any person with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the limited liability company.
The certificate of organization or a written operating agreement may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or manager for breach of any duty to the limited liability company or to another member or manager.
The operating agreements of Bay Tree Nursing Center LLC, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center LLC, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center LLC, Sunset Point Nursing Center LLC, and West Bay Nursing Center LLC provide that the limited liability company shall indemnify, defend and hold the sole member, and each officer, employee and agent of the limited liability company harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in the applicable operating agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or thereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of formation of the limited liability company, provision of the operating agreement, vote of the sole member or otherwise.
The limited liability company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself, the sole member, or any officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the limited liability company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss by law.
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Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of the section of the operating agreement providing for indemnification shall not adversely affect any right or protection of the sole member, or any officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
HHC1998-1 Trust
The Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of HHC1998-1 Trust provides that HHC1998-1 Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless the trustees, and any affiliates of the trustees, against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, joint and several, expenses of any nature (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts paid and reasonably incurred by them in connection with or by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by them in connection with the business of HHC1998-1 Trust, provided that: (i) the trustees have determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of HHC1998-1 Trust; (ii) such liability or loss was not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the trustees, or any affiliate of the trustees; and (iii) such indemnification or agreement to be held harmless is recoverable only out of the assets of HHC1998-1 Trust and not from its shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an affiliate of the trustee may be indemnified only for actions or inactions which occurred while he or it was engaged in activities which could have been engaged in by a trustee in their capacity as such.
HHC1998-1 Trust may not advance expenses incurred in defending a legal action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding unless the following three conditions are satisfied: (i) the legal action relates to the performance of duties or services by such person on behalf of HHC1998-1 Trust; (ii) the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a shareholder of HHC1998-1 Trust; and (iii) such person agrees in writing to repay the advanced funds, with interest at the applicable federal rate, to HHC1998-1 Trust if it is ultimately determined that he or it is not entitled to indemnification by the Trust as authorized in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.
The indemnification provided by the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a trustee, or an affiliate of a trustee who performs services on behalf of HHC1998-1 Trust and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
In discharging their duties, the trustees and officers, when acting, in good faith, shall be fully protected in relying upon the books of account of HHC1998-1 Trust, upon reports made to HHC1998-1 Trust by any of its officers or employees or by counsel, accountants, appraisers or other experts or consultants selected with reasonable care by the trustees, or upon the records of HHC1998-1 Trust.
HHC1998-1 Trust has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a trustee, or an affiliate of a trustee or who is or was serving at the request of the trust as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, business trust, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or it and incurred by him or it in any such capacity, or arising out of his or its status as such; provided, however, that HHC1998-1 Trust shall not incur the cost of any liability insurance which insures any person against liability for which he or it could not be indemnified under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.
The trustees shall review any indemnification provided pursuant to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to determine that the requirements of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust are satisfied.
New Hampshire Limited Liability Companies
Section304-C:116 of the New Hampshire Revised Limited Liability Company Act (NH RSA304-C:116) provides that, and subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its operating agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify any member or manager or other person made a party to a proceeding or threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the member, manager, or other person acted on behalf of the limited liability company, against liability for a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or reasonable
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expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding, if: (i) the member, manager, or person conducted himself or herself in accordance with contractual good faith and (ii) the member, manager, or person reasonably believed his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interest of the limited liability company; provided, that a limited liability company may not indemnify a member, manager, or other person (a) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the limited liability company in which the person was judged liable to the limited liability company or (b) in connection with any other proceeding charging the person with a breach of the duty of loyalty, whether or not involving action on behalf of the limited liability company, in which the person was adjudged liable for the breach.
The operating agreements of C.H.P. Limited Liability Company, C.H.R. Limited Liability Company and DJB Realty L.L.C. provide that the limited liability company shall indemnify, defend and hold the sole member, and each officer, employee and agent of the limited liability company harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in the applicable operating agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or thereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of formation of the limited liability company, provision of the operating agreement, vote of the sole member or otherwise.
The limited liability company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself, the sole member, or any officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the limited liability company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss by law.
Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of the section of the operating agreement providing for indemnification shall not adversely affect any right or protection of the sole member, or any officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
Texas Limited Liability Companies
Sabra Texas GP, LLC and Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC are Texas limited liability companies. The limited liability company agreements each provide that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the agreement, whether express or implied, or any obligation or duty at law or in equity, neither the member (as defined therein), any officer, director, stockholder, employee, affiliate, representative or agent of the member, nor any officer, employee, representative or agent of the company (each individually, an “indemnitee”) shall be liable to the company or any other person for any act or omission (in relation to the company, its property or the conduct of its business or affairs, the limited liability company agreement, any related document or any transaction or investment contemplated thereby) taken or omitted by the indemnitee unless such act or omission constitutes a bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The agreements further each provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the company shall indemnify and hold harmless each indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses of any nature (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“claims”), in which the indemnitee may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the company or which relates to or arises out of the business or affairs of the company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification under the agreement with respect to any claim initiated by such indemnitee unless such claim (or part thereof) (a) was brought to enforce such indemnitee’s rights to indemnification hereunder or (b) was authorized or consented to by the member. Expenses incurred by an indemnitee in defending any claim shall be paid by the company in advance of the final disposition of such claim upon receipt by the company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the company as authorized by the agreement. Any indemnification provided shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the company. The member shall not be subject to personal liability by reason of these indemnification provisions. No indemnitee shall be denied indemnification in whole or in part under the agreement by reason of the fact that the indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of the agreement. The provisions of the agreement are for the benefit of the indemnitees and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other person or entity.
Section 8.051 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “TBOC”) states as follows:
| (a) | An enterprise shall indemnify a governing person, former governing person, or delegate against reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding in which the person is a respondent because the person is or was a governing person or delegate if the person is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. |
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| (b) | A court that determines, in a suit for indemnification, that a governing person, former governing person, or delegate is entitled to indemnification under this section shall order indemnification and award to the person the expenses incurred in securing the indemnification. |
Section 8.052 of the TBOC states as follows:
| (a) | On application of a governing person, former governing person, or delegate and after notice is provided as required by the court, a court may order an enterprise to indemnify the person to the extent the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances. |
| (b) | This section applies without regard to whether the governing person, former governing person, or delegate applying to the court satisfies the requirements of Section 8.101 or has been found liable: (1) to the enterprise; or (2) because the person improperly received a personal benefit, without regard to whether the benefit resulted from an action taken in the person’s official capacity. |
| (c) | The indemnification ordered by the court under this section is limited to reasonable expenses if the governing person, former governing person, or delegate is found liable: (1) to the enterprise; or (2) because the person improperly received a personal benefit, without regard to whether the benefit resulted from an action taken in the person’s official capacity. |
Section 8.101 of the TBOC states as follows:
| (a) | An enterprise may indemnify a governing person, former governing person, or delegate who was, is, or is threatened to be made a respondent in a proceeding to the extent permitted by Section 8.102 if it is determined in accordance with Section 8.103 that: (1) the person: (A) acted in good faith; (B) reasonably believed: (i) in the case of conduct in the person’s official capacity, that the person’s conduct was in the enterprise’s best interests; and (ii) in any other case, that the person’s conduct was not opposed to the enterprise’s best interests; and (C) in the case of a criminal proceeding, did not have a reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful; (2) with respect to expenses, the amount of expenses other than a judgment is reasonable; and (3) indemnification should be paid. |
| (b) | Action taken or omitted by a governing person or delegate with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of the person’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by the person to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan is for a purpose that is not opposed to the best interests of the enterprise. |
| (c) | Action taken or omitted by a delegate to another enterprise for a purpose reasonably believed by the delegate to be in the interest of the other enterprise or its owners or members is for a purpose that is not opposed to the best interests of the enterprise. (d) A person does not fail to meet the standard under Subsection (a)(1) solely because of the termination of a proceeding by: (1) judgment; (2) order; (3) settlement; (4) conviction; or (5) a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent. |
Section 8.102 of the TBOC states as follows:
| (a) | Subject to Subsection (b), an enterprise may indemnify a governing person, former governing person, or delegate against: (1) a judgment; and (2) expenses, other than a judgment, that are reasonable and actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding. |
| (b) | Indemnification under this subchapter of a person who is found liable to the enterprise or is found liable because the person improperly received a personal benefit: (1) is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding; (2) does not include a judgment, a penalty, a fine, and an excise or similar tax, including an excise tax assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and (3) may not be made in relation to a proceeding in which the person has been found liable for: (A) willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the person’s duty to the enterprise; (B) breach of the person’s duty of loyalty owed to the enterprise; or (C) an act or omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by the person to the enterprise. |
| (c) | A governing person, former governing person, or delegate is considered to have been found liable in relation to a claim, issue, or matter only if the liability is established by an order, including a judgment or decree of a court, and all appeals of the order are exhausted or foreclosed by law. |
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Similarly, the TBOC allows the limited liability companies to advance expenses and provide for insurance against liability.
Texas Limited Partnerships
The limited partnership agreements of Sabra Texas Holdings, L.P., Sabra Texas Properties, L.P., Sabra Texas Properties II, L.P., Sabra Texas Properties III, L.P., and Sabra Texas Properties IV, L.P. each provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless each general partner and its officers, directors, members, employees, affiliates, representatives and agents (each individually, an “indemnitee”) from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses of any nature (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“claims”), in which the indemnitee may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as party or otherwise, which relates to or arises out of the business or affairs of the partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification under the agreement with respect to any claim initiated by such indemnitee unless such claim (or part thereof) (a) was brought to enforce such indemnitee’s rights to indemnification under the agreement or (except for the limited partnership agreement of Sabra Texas Properties IV, L.P.) (b) was authorized or consented to by the member. Expenses incurred by an indemnitee in defending any claim shall be paid by the partnership in advance of the final disposition of such claim upon receipt by the partnership of an undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the partnership as authorized by the agreement. Any indemnification provided shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the partnership. Neither the general partner nor the limited partner member shall be subject to personal liability by reason of these indemnification provisions. No indemnitee shall be denied indemnification in whole or in part under the agreement by reason of the fact that the indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of the agreement. The provisions of the agreement are for the benefit of the indemnitees and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other person or entity.
Sections 8.051, 8.052, 8.101 and 8.102 of the TBOC also apply to the limited partnerships in the same way that they apply to the limited liability companies. Similarly, the TBOC allows the limited partnerships to advance expenses and provide for insurance against liability.
West Virginia Limited Liability Company
The West Virginia Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, under West Virginia Code §31B-4-403, defines a member’s and manager’s rights to payments and reimbursements. A limited liability company shall reimburse a member or manager for payments made and indemnify a member or manager for liabilities incurred by the member or manager in the ordinary course of the business of the company or for the preservation of its business or property. A limited liability company shall reimburse a member for an advance to the company beyond the amount of contribution the member agreed to make. A payment or advance made by a member which gives rise to an obligation of a limited liability company under the West Virginia statute constitutes a loan to the company upon which interest accrues from the date of the payment or advance. A member is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for a limited liability company, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the business of the company.
The organizational documents of SB New Martinsville, LLC, a West Virginia limited liability company, provide that the company shall indemnify, defend and hold the members, and each officer, employee and agent of the company harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law. The organizational documents provide that the company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself, the members or any officer, employee or agent of the company against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss by law.
Sabra Canadian GP I Inc.
Under Section 160 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BCA”), a company may indemnify an eligible party, which is defined to mean in relation to a company, an individual who (a) is or was a director or officer of the company, (b) is or was a director or officer of another corporation at a time when the
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corporation is or was an affiliate of the company, or at the request of the company, or (c) at the request of the company, is or was, or holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity, and includes the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of that individual. A company may indemnify such eligible party against all judgments, penalties or fines awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, any eligible proceeding, being defined as any legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed, in which an eligible party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of, the company or an associated corporation (a) is or may be joined as a party, or (b) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding. A company may also, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding.
Under Section 161 of the BCA, but subject to Section 163 of the BCA, a company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the eligible party in respect of that proceeding if the eligible party (a) has not been reimbursed for those expenses, and (b) is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of the proceeding or is substantially successful on the merits in the outcome of the proceeding. Pursuant to Section 162 of the BCA, a company may pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding, if the company first receives from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited pursuant to Section 163 of the BCA, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.
However, under Section 163 of the BCA, a company must not indemnify an eligible party or pay the expenses of an eligible party if (a) at the time that the indemnity or payment is made, the company is prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or articles, (b) in relation to the subject matter of the eligible proceeding, the eligible party did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company or the associated corporation, as the case may be, or (c) in the case of an eligible proceeding other than a civil proceeding, the eligible party did not have reasonable grounds for believing that the eligible party’s conduct in respect of which the proceeding was brought was lawful. Furthermore, if an eligible proceeding is brought against an eligible party by or on behalf of the company or by or on behalf of an associated corporation, the company must not indemnify, or pay the expenses of, the eligible party in respect of the proceeding.
The articles of Sabra Canadian GP I Inc. provide that the directors must cause the company to indemnify its directors and former directors and their respective heirs and personal or other legal representatives to the greatest extent permitted by Division 5 of Part 5 of the BCA.
Sabra Canadian Properties I, Limited Partnership
The Partnership Act (British Columbia), pursuant to which Sabra Canadian Properties I, Limited Partnership was formed, provides in Section 27 that, subject to any agreement express or implied between the partners, the firm must indemnify every partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities incurred by him or her in the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the firm, or in or about anything necessarily done for the preservation of the business or property of the firm. In Section 56, the Partnership Act further provides that a general partner in a limited partnership has all the rights and powers and is subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners. As such, the general partner is indemnified by the partnership pursuant to Section 27.
There are no provisions in the limited partnership agreement of Sabra Canadian Properties I, Limited Partnership relating to the insurance or indemnity of any controlling persons, directors or officers, including of the general partner.
SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc.
SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc. is a Nova Scotia limited company. The Companies Act (Nova Scotia) does not restrict a company from indemnifying directors and provides that if in any proceeding against a director, or a person occupying the position of director, of a company for negligence or breach of trust it appears to the court hearing the case that the director or person is or may be liable in respect of the negligence or breach of trust, but has acted honestly and reasonably and ought fairly to be excused for the negligence or breach of trust, that court may relieve the director or person, either wholly or partly, from liability on such terms as the court may think proper.
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The articles of association of SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc. provide that every director or officer, former director or officer, or person who acts or acted at the company’s request, as a director or officer of the company, a body corporate, partnership or other association of which the company is or was a shareholder, partner, member or creditor, and the heirs and legal representatives of such person, in the absence of any dishonesty on the part of such person, shall be indemnified by the company against, and it shall be the duty of the directors out of the funds of the company to pay, all costs, losses and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or claim or satisfy a judgment, that such director, officer or person may incur or become liable to pay in respect of any claim made against such person or civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which such person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the company or such body corporate, partnership or other association, whether the company is a claimant or party to such action or proceeding or otherwise; and the amount for which such indemnity is proved shall immediately attach as a lien on the property of the company and have priority as against the shareholders over all other claims.
The articles of association of SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc. also provide that no director or officer, former director or officer, or person who acts or acted at the company’s request, as a director or officer of the company, a body corporate, partnership or other association of which the company is or was a shareholder, partner, member or creditor, in the absence of any dishonesty on such person’s part, shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director, officer or such person, or for joining in any receipt or other act for conformity, or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the company through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the company, or through the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the funds of the company are invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any funds, securities or effects are deposited, or for any loss occasioned by error of judgment or oversight on the part of such person, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which happens in the execution of the duties of such person or in relation thereto.
SbraREIT Canadian Properties V, Limited Partnership
The Partnership Act (Alberta), pursuant to which SbraREIT Canadian Properties V, Limited Partnership was formed, provides in Section 28 that, subject to any agreement express or implied between the partners, the firm must indemnify each partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities incurred by him or her in the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the firm, or in or about anything necessarily done for the preservation of the business or property of the firm. In Section 56, the Partnership Act (Alberta) further provides that a general partner in a limited partnership has all the rights and powers and is subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners. As such, the general partner is indemnified by the partnership pursuant to Section 28.
There are no provisions in the limited partnership agreement of SbraREIT Canadian Properties V, Limited Partnership relating to the insurance or indemnity of any controlling persons, directors or officers, including of the general partner.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
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1.1 | | Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment to this registration statement or under cover of a Current Report on Form8-K incorporated by reference herein) |
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4.1 | | Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., dated October 20, 2010, filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland on October 21, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on October 26, 2010) |
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4.1.1 | | Articles Supplementary designating Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.‘s 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on March 21, 2013) |
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4.2 | | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on October 26, 2010) |
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4.3 | | Form of Preferred Stock Certificate (to be filed by amendment to this registration statement or under cover of a Current Report on Form8-K incorporated herein by reference) |
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4.4 | | Form of Warrant Agreement (to be filed by amendment to this registration statement or under cover of a Current Report on Form8-K incorporated herein by reference) |
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4.5 | | Form of Unit Agreement (to be filed by amendment to this registration statement or under cover of a Current Report on Form8-K incorporated herein by reference) |
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4.6 | | Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2013, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on May 23, 2013) |
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4.6.1 | | First Supplemental Indenture, dated May 23, 2013, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the other guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on May 23, 2013) |
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4.6.2 | | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 8, 2014, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the other guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on January 23, 2014) |
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4.6.3 | | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated January 23, 2014, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the other guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form8-K filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on January 23, 2014) |
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4.6.4 | | Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated April 30, 2014, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the other guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form10-Q filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. on May 5, 2014) |
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4.6.5 | | Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 29, 2014, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the other guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7.5 of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to FormS-3 Registration Statement filed by Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. and theCo-Registrants on September 30, 2014) |
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4.6.6 | | Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated January 13, 2017, among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, Sabra Capital Corporation, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the other guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee |
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4.7 | | Form of Note for Senior Debt Securities (to be filed by amendment to this registration statement or under cover of a Current Report on Form8-K incorporated herein by reference) |
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4.8 | | Form of 5.375% senior note due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.6.1) |
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4.9 | | Form of 5.5% senior note due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.6.3) |
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5.1 | | Opinion of Venable LLP regarding certain matters concerning the validity of the securities being offered |
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5.2 | | Opinion of O’Melveny & Myers LLP regarding certain matters concerning the validity of the securities being offered |
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8.1 | | Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP regarding certain tax matters |
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12.1 | | Statement regarding computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges and to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends |
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23.1 | | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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23.2 | | Consent of Venable LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1) |
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23.3 | | Consent of O’Melveny & Myers LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.2) |
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23.4 | | Consent of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1) |
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24.1 | | Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto) |
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25.1 | | Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee under the Senior Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended |
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
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the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(4) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; and
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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(iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of any subscription period, to set forth the results of any subscription offer, any transactions by any underwriters during such subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by such underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by such underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the applicable prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.
(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing onForm S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC. |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
| | Richard K. Matros Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., the general partner of Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard K. Matros and Harold W. Andrews, Jr., and each of them, our true and lawfulattorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for us in the capacities indicated below, which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations and agreements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this registration statement, or any registration statement for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, including specifically, but without limitation, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ CRAIG A. BARBAROSH Craig A. Barbarosh | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ ROBERT A. ETTL Robert A. Ettl | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ MICHAEL J. FOSTER Michael J. Foster | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ MILTON J. WALTERS Milton J. Walters | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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By:SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
Name: | | Richard K. Matros |
Title: | | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ CRAIG A. BARBAROSH Craig A. Barbarosh | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ ROBERT A. ETTL Robert A. Ettl | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ MICHAEL J. FOSTER Michael J. Foster | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ MILTON J. WALTERS Milton J. Walters | | Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | January 17, 2017 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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SABRA CAPITAL CORPORATION |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
Name: Title: | | Richard K. Matros Chief Executive Officer and President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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395 HARDING STREET, LLC 1104 WESLEY AVENUE, LLC BAY TREE NURSING CENTER LLC C.H.P. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY C.H.R. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY CONNECTICUT HOLDINGS I, LLC DJB REALTY L.L.C. KENTUCKY HOLDINGS I, LLC NEW HAMPSHIRE HOLDINGS, LLC NORTHWEST HOLDINGS I, LLC OAKHURST MANOR NURSING CENTER LLC ORCHARD RIDGE NURSING CENTER LLC RESERVOIR REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, LLC SABLE-AURORA, LLC SABRA 1717 PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA BEAUMONT PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA BEAVERCREEK PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA BRP CELEBRATION JV, LLC SABRA CALIFORNIA II, LLC SABRA CANADIAN GP I INC. SABRA CANADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC SABRA CELEBRATION PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA CLARKSVILLE PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA CONNECTICUT II, LLC SABRA DEERFIELD PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA HAGERSTOWN, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE, L.L.C. SABRA HEALTH CARE DELAWARE, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE FRANKENMUTH, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS I, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS II, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, LLC | | SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS IV, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS VI, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE INVESTMENTS, LP SABRA HEALTH CARE NORTHEAST, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE PENNSYLVANIA, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE VIRGINIA, LLC SABRA HEALTH CARE VIRGINIA II, LLC SABRA IDAHO, LLC SABRA KENTUCKY, LLC SABRA LAKE DRIVE, LLC SABRA MCCORDSVILLE PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA MICHIGAN, LLC SABRA MONTANA, LLC SABRA NEW BRAUNFELS PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC SABRA NEW MEXICO, LLC SABRA NORTH CAROLINA, L.P. SABRA NORTH CAROLINA GP, LLC SABRA OHIO, LLC SABRA PHOENIX TRS VENTURE, LLC SABRA PHOENIX TRS VENTURE II, LLC SABRA PHOENIX WISCONSIN, LLC SABRA TEXAS GP, LLC SABRA TEXAS HOLDINGS GP, LLC SABRA TRS HOLDINGS, LLC SB FOUNTAIN CITY, LLC SB NEW MARTINSVILLE, LLC SBRAREIT CANADIAN GP V INC. SUNSET POINT NURSING CENTER LLC WEST BAY NURSING CENTER LLC |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS | | |
Name: Title: | | Richard K. Matros President of the entities listed above | | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | President (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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HHC1998-1 TRUST |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
Name: | | Richard K. Matros |
Title: | | President and Trustee |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary and Trustee (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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SABRA TEXAS HOLDINGS, L.P. SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES, L.P. SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES II, L.P. SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES III, L.P. SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES IV, L.P. |
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By:SABRA TEXAS HOLDINGS GP, LLC its general partner |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
Name: | | Richard K. Matros |
Title: | | President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | President of Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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SBRAREIT CANADIAN PROPERTIES V, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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By: | | SBRAREIT CANADIAN GP V INC. |
its general partner |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
Name: Title: | | Richard K. Matros President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | President of SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc. (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of SbraREIT Canadian GP V Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, theco-registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 17, 2017.
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SABRA CANADIAN PROPERTIES I, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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By: | | SABRA CANADIAN GP I INC. |
its general partner |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD K. MATROS |
Name: Title: | | Richard K. Matros President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ RICHARD K. MATROS Richard K. Matros | | President of Sabra Canadian GP I Inc. (Principal Executive Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |
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/s/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Sabra Canadian GP I Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | January 17, 2017 |