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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): November 20, 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))

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 20, 2013, Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) sold £550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.800% senior notes due 2028 (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. 9 between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of November 20, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture”). The Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.800% per year, payable annually in arrears on November 20 of each year, commencing November 20, 2014. The Notes mature on November 20, 2028.

The foregoing description of the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the form of global note, attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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. 9, dated as of November 20, 2013, between the Company and the Trustee.
4.3    Form of Global Note due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).


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

Name: George L. Chapman
Title: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President

Dated: November 20, 2013