UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 3, 2012
Health Care REIT, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-8923 | 34-1096634 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio | 43615 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (419) 247-2800
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01Other Events.
On April 3, 2012, Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) sold $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.125% Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159040) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009.
The Notes were issued under an Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), dated as of March 15, 2010 (the “Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 6 between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of April 3, 2012 (the “Supplemental Indenture”). The Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.125% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2012. The Notes mature on April 1, 2019.
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| 4.1 | Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed March 15, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference thereto). |
| 4.2 | Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of April 3, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HEALTH CARE REIT, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ GEORGE L. CHAPMAN | |||
| George L. Chapman | ||||
| Its: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive | ||||
| Officer and President | ||||
Dated: April 4, 2012
