Timothy McHugh Form 4 WELLTOWER / Timothy McHugh ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

McHugh Timothy

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4500 DORR STREET

(Street)

4500 DORR STREET OH 43615

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WELLTOWER INC. [ WELL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP - Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/14/2020		M		577	A	$0.00	13,620	D
Common Stock	02/14/2020		F		222(1)	D	$89.32	13,398	D
Common Stock	02/14/2020		A		7,799(2)	A	$0.00(2)	21,197	D
Common Stock								26	I	By Children(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Deferred Stock Units	$0.00(4)	02/14/2020		M			577	02/14/2020(4)	02/14/2020(4)	Common	577(5)	$0.00	574(4)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares withheld upon vesting to satisfy tax withholding obligation.

2. These shares represent restricted stock units that were granted without cash consideration on February 14, 2020 under the Welltower Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 2020-2022 Long-Term Incentive Program. Each restricted stock unit will be settled in common stock upon vesting in four equal installments on January 15, 2021, January 15, 2022, January 15, 2023 and January 15, 2024.

3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by children who share the reporting person's household. This report should not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such shares for purposes of Section 16 for any other purpose.

4. These deferred stock units were granted without cash consideration on November 1, 2017, under the Welltower Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Each deferred stock unit represents a right to receive one share of common stock of Welltower Inc. at the time of vesting of the unit. These deferred stock units vest in two installments with 577 units having vested on February 14, 2020 and 574 units vesting on December 31, 2020.

5. The reported transaction was a vesting of 577 deferred stock units on February 14, 2020, resulting in the issuance of 577 shares of common stock. No amount was payable in connection with the vesting or the common stock issuance.

Remarks:

	By: Matthew McQueen Attorney-in-Fact for: Timothy McHugh	02/19/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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