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): September 25, 2015
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
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 25, 2015, Health Care REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus dated May 1, 2015, which was included in the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-203802). The Prospectus Supplement relates to the possible issuance of up to 620,731 shares of the Company’s common stock, from time to time, to the holders of Class A units representing non-managing membership interests in HCN G&L DownREIT LLC upon tender of those units in exchange for shares of common stock that the Company may issue in connection with a redemption of the tendered units. Registration of the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock as provided in the Prospectus Supplement does not necessarily mean that any of the holders of Class A units representing non-managing membership interests in HCN G&L DownREIT LLC will exercise their redemption rights with respect to the Class A units or that the Company will elect, in its sole discretion, to issue shares of common stock to satisfy its redemption obligation instead of paying a cash amount.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 5 | Opinion of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP | |
| 8 | Tax Opinion of Arnold & Porter LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP to the use of their opinion as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is included in their opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5 | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Arnold & Porter LLP to the use of their opinion as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is included in their opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 8 | |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| HEALTH CARE REIT, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ THOMAS J. DEROSA | |
| Name: | Thomas J. DeRosa | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Dated: September 25, 2015
Exhibit Index
| 5 | Opinion of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP | |
| 8 | Tax Opinion of Arnold & Porter LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP to the use of their opinion as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is included in their opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5 | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Arnold & Porter LLP to the use of their opinion as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is included in their opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 8 | |