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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): October 7, 2013

 

 

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.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 7, 2013, Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) sold $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.500% senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (File No. 333-181185) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2012.

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. 8 between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of October 7, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture”). The Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.500% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2014. The Notes mature on January 15, 2024.

 

Item 9.01 Financial 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. 8, dated as of October 7, 2013, 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: October 9, 2013