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): August 16, 2018
Welltower 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) |
Registrants 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 August 16, 2018, Welltower Inc. (the Company) issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.950% Notes due 2023 (the 2023 Notes), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.950% Notes due 2048 (the 2048 Notes) and $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.250% Notes due 2028 (the 2028 Notes and, together with the 2023 Notes and the 2048 Notes, the Notes) pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (File No. 333-225004) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2018 (the Registration Statement). The 2028 Notes are a further issuance of, are fungible with, are consolidated and form a single series with, the $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 4.250% notes due 2028 that the Company issued on April 10, 2018. The Notes were sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2018, between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters.
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, a form of which was filed with the Registration Statement (the Indenture), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 13 between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of April 10, 2018 (Supplemental Indenture No. 13), and as further supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 14 between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of August 16, 2018 (Supplemental Indenture No. 14). The 2023 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.950% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing March 1, 2019. The 2023 Notes mature on September 1, 2023. The 2048 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.950% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing March 1, 2019. The 2048 Notes mature on September 1, 2048. The 2028 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.250% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2018. The 2028 Notes mature on April 15, 2028.
The foregoing description of the Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 13, Supplemental Indenture No. 14 and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 13, Supplemental Indenture No. 14, the form of global note due 2023, the form of global note due 2048 and the form of global note due 2028, filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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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.
WELLTOWER INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Matthew McQueen | |
Name: | Matthew McQueen | |
Title: | Senior Vice President General | |
Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
Dated: August 16, 2018
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