SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 11, 2002
VENTAS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-10989 61-1055020
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
4360 Brownsboro Road, Suite 115, Louisville, Kentucky 40207-1642
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(502) 357-9000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 5. Other Events.
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On October 11, 2002, Ventas, Inc. (the "Company") announced that after the
close of the market on Thursday, October 10, 2002, it was advised by its primary
tenant Kindred, Healthcare, Inc. ("Kindred") (Nasdaq:KIND), that Kindred expects
to have increased professional liability expense and is considering withdrawal
from the Florida skilled nursing market where it leases 15 facilities from
Ventas. The Company said it is beginning to review these details and gather
information from Kindred. A copy of the press release issued by the Company on
October 11, 2002 is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements
regarding the Company's and its subsidiaries' expected future financial
position, results of operations, cash flows, funds from operations, dividends
and dividend plans, financing plans, business strategy, budgets, projected
costs, capital expenditures, competitive positions, growth opportunities,
expected lease income, continued qualification as a real estate investment trust
("REIT"), plans and objectives of management for future operations and
statements that include words such as "anticipate," "if," "believe," "plan,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "could," "should," "will" and other
similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements are inherently uncertain, and stockholders must recognize that actual
results may differ from the Company's expectations. The Company does not
undertake a duty to update such forward-looking statements.
Actual future results and trends for the Company may differ materially
depending on a variety of factors discussed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Factors that may affect
the plans or results of the Company include, without limitation, (a) the ability
and willingness of Kindred and certain of its affiliates to continue to meet
and/or perform their obligations under their contractual arrangements with the
Company and the Company's subsidiaries, including without limitation the lease
agreements and various agreements (the "Spin Agreements) entered into by the
Company and Kindred at the time of the Company's spin-off of Kindred on May 1,
1998 (the "1998 Spin Off"), as such agreements may have been amended and
restated in connection with Kindred's emergence from bankruptcy on April 20,
2001, (b) the ability and willingness of Kindred to continue to meet and/or
perform its obligation to indemnify and defend the Company for all litigation
and other claims relating to the healthcare operations and other assets and
liabilities transferred to Kindred in the 1998 Spin Off, (c) the ability of
Kindred and the Company's other operators to maintain the financial strength and
liquidity necessary to satisfy their respective obligations and duties under the
leases and other agreements with the Company, and their existing credit
agreements, (d) the Company's success in implementing its business strategy, (e)
the nature and extent of future competition, (f) the extent of future healthcare
reform and regulation, including cost containment measures
and changes in reimbursement policies and procedures, (g) increases in the cost
of borrowing for the Company, (h) the ability of the Company's operators to
deliver high quality care and to attract patients, (i) the results of litigation
affecting the Company, (j) changes in general economic conditions and/or
economic conditions in the markets in which the Company may, from time to time,
compete, (k) the ability of the Company to pay down, refinance, restructure,
and/or extend its indebtedness as it becomes due, (l) the movement of interest
rates and the resulting impact on the value of the Company's interest rate swap
agreements and the ability of the Company to satisfy its obligation to post cash
collateral if required to do so under one of these interest rate swap
agreements, (m) the ability and willingness of Atria, Inc. ("Atria") to continue
to meet and honor its contractual arrangements with the Company and Ventas
Realty Limited Partnership, entered into in connection with the Company's
spin-off of its assisted living operations and related assets and liabilities to
Atria in August 1996, (n) the ability and willingness of the Company to maintain
its qualification as a REIT due to economic, market, legal, tax or other
considerations, including without limitation, the risk that the Company may fail
to qualify as a REIT due to its ownership of common stock in Kindred, (o) the
outcome of the audit being conducted by the Internal Revenue Service for the
Company's tax years ended December 31, 1997 and 1998, (p) final determination of
the Company's taxable net income for the year ended December 31, 2002, (q) the
ability and willingness of the Company's tenants to renew their leases with the
Company upon expiration of the leases and the Company's ability to relet its
properties on the same or better terms in the event such leases expire and are
not renewed by the existing tenants and (r) the value of the Company's common
stock in Kindred and the limitations on the ability of the Company to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of its common stock in Kindred arising out of the
securities laws and the registration rights agreement the Company entered into
with Kindred and certain of the holders of the common stock in Kindred. Many of
such factors are beyond the control of the Company and its management.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
Not applicable.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
Not applicable.
(c) Exhibits:
99.1 Press Release dated October 11, 2002.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
VENTAS, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: October 11, 2002
By: /s/ T. Richard Riney
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Name: T. Richard Riney
Title: Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
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99.1 Press Release dated October 11, 2002