HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced today the tax treatment of its 2014 distributions. The following table summarizes, for income tax purposes, the nature of cash distributions paid to stockholders during the calendar year ended December 31, 2014:
| Common Stock (CUSIP # 40414L109) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary Dividends | Capital Gains | |||||||||||||||||
| Record | Payment | Distribution | Non- | Unrecaptured | Nondividend | |||||||||||||
| Date | Date | Per Share | Total | Qualified | Qualified | Total | Long Term | Section 1250 | Distributions | |||||||||
| 02/10/14 | 02/25/14 | $0.545000 | $0.499802 | $0.499802 | $0.000000 | $0.022261 | $0.014427 | $0.007834 | $0.022937 | |||||||||
| 05/12/14 | 05/27/14 | $0.545000 | $0.499802 | $0.499802 | $0.000000 | $0.022261 | $0.014427 | $0.007834 | $0.022937 | |||||||||
| 08/11/14 | 08/26/14 | $0.545000 | $0.499802 | $0.499802 | $0.000000 | $0.022261 | $0.014427 | $0.007834 | $0.022937 | |||||||||
| 11/10/14 | 11/25/14 | $0.545000 | $0.499802 | $0.499802 | $0.000000 | $0.022261 | $0.014427 | $0.007834 | $0.022937 | |||||||||
| Totals | $2.180000 | $1.999208 | $1.999208 | $0.000000 | $0.089044 | $0.057708 | $0.031336 | $0.091748 | ||||||||||
| 100% | 91.71% | 4.08% | 4.21% | |||||||||||||||
About HCP
HCP, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in real estate serving the healthcare industry in the United States. HCP's portfolio of assets is diversified among five distinct sectors: senior housing, post-acute/skilled nursing, life science, medical office and hospital. A publicly traded company since 1985, HCP: (i) was the first healthcare REIT selected to the S&P 500 index; (ii) has increased its dividend per share for 29 consecutive years; (iii) is the only REIT included in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index; and (iv) is a global leader in sustainability as a member of the CDP, Dow Jones and FTSE4Good sustainability leadership indices, as well as the GRESB Global Healthcare Sector Leader. For more information regarding HCP, visit the Company's website at www.hcpi.com.
Contacts:
Timothy M. Schoen
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(949) 407-0400
