Health Care REIT, Inc. 8-K/425
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 12, 2006
HEALTH
CARE REIT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-8923
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34-1096634 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer |
of incorporation)
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Identification No.) |
One
SeaGate, Suite 1500
Toledo, Ohio 43604
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
Registrants
telephone number, including area code: (419) 247-2800
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.):
x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting materials pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On
September 12, 2006, Health Care REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(Health Care REIT), Heat Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Health Care REIT, and Heat OP Merger Sub, L.P., a Virginia limited
partnership and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Health Care REIT,
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger
Agreement) with Windrose Medical Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment
trust (Windrose), and Windrose Medical Properties, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership
and Windroses operating partnership (Windrose
OP). The Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby were approved by Health
Care REITs Board of Directors.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at closing (i) Heat OP Merger Sub, L.P. will merge with and into Windrose OP, with Windrose OP continuing as
the surviving partnership (the OP Merger), and
(ii) immediately after the OP Merger, Windrose will merge with and into Heat Merger
Sub, LLC, with Heat Merger Sub, LLC continuing as the surviving
entity (the Merger). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at
the effective time of the Merger, each common share of beneficial interest, $.01 par value, of
Windrose issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than
shares owned by Windrose and Health Care REIT and their respective subsidiaries) will be converted
into, and cancelled in exchange for a fraction of a share of Health Care REIT common stock equal to
the quotient determined by dividing $18.06 by the average volume weighted average price per share
of Health Care REITs common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for 10 trading days, selected by
lot, from the 15 trading day period, ending on and including the fifth trading day prior to
closing, provided that the exchange ratio will not be more than
0.4650 or less than 0.4509.
In
connection with the OP Merger, the partnership units held by limited
partners of Windrose OP issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time
of the OP Merger (except partnership units held by Windrose, Health Care REIT or any of their
respective subsidiaries) will be converted into, and cancelled in exchange for, a fraction of a
share of Health Care REIT common stock equal to the exchange ratio.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each of
Windroses 7.5% Series A preferred shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value, issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger
will be converted into the right to receive from the surviving entity
in the Merger the sum of $25.00 per
share plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the effective time of the
Merger, without interest.
At or prior to the effective time of the Merger, each option to acquire Windroses common
shares that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will be fully
vested in accordance with the terms of Windroses Employee Share Purchase Plan or the Amended and
Restated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (or its predecessor 2002 Stock Incentive Plan) and will be
converted into an option to acquire Health Care REITs common stock. The number of shares of
Health Care REITs common stock subject to such converted option will equal the number of
Windroses common shares subject to the pre-converted option multiplied by the exchange ratio. In addition, each unvested restricted common share of Windrose granted under
the Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (or its predecessor 2002 Stock Incentive Plan)
will automatically vest and become free of any forfeiture restrictions and be considered an
outstanding common share of Windrose for all purposes, including the right to receive shares of
Health Care REITs common stock in the Merger.
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Windrose and Health Care REIT have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in
the Merger Agreement, including among others, Windroses covenant not to, nor to permit any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates to, solicit acquisition proposals or, subject to certain exceptions to
permit Windroses Board of Trustees to comply with its duties under the Maryland REIT Law,
participate in discussions relating to an acquisition proposal or furnish non-public information
relating to an acquisition proposal.
The Merger is subject to various
closing conditions, including, among other things, the approval of the Merger by
Windroses common shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding common shares of Windrose, the
obtainment of certain lender and ground lessor consents, the absence
of a material adverse change affecting either Windrose or Health Care
REIT, the receipt by each of Windrose and Health Care REIT of
opinions related to the tax-free nature of the transaction and the
REIT status of the other and the continued accuracy at closing of
Windroses representations and warranties made in the Merger Agreement.
The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for Health Care REIT and Windrose and
further provides that, upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances,
Windrose will be required to pay Health Care REIT a maximum termination fee of $16.9 million,
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Health Care REIT in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement in an amount not to exceed
$900,000 and third party consent fees
paid by Health Care REIT on behalf of Windrose in an amount up to $2.5 million. If the agreement
is terminated due to a partys breach of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
contained in the Merger Agreement, the breaching party must pay the non-breaching partys
out-of-pocket expenses incurred not to exceed $3.0 million.
The foregoing description of certain terms of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a
copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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2.1
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 12, 2006,
by and among Health Care REIT, Inc., Heat Merger Sub, LLC,
Heat OP Merger Sub, L.P., Windrose Medical Properties Trust
and Windrose Medical Properties, L.P. |
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with this proposed transaction, a registration statement of Health Care REIT,
which will contain a proxy statement/prospectus, will be filed with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC). Investors are urged to carefully read the proxy
statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available
because they will contain important information. Investors will be able to obtain the registration
statement, including the proxy statement/prospectus, and all other relevant documents filed by
Health Care REIT or Windrose with the SEC free of charge at the SECs Web site www.sec.gov or, with
respect to documents filed by Health Care REIT, from Health Care REIT Investor Relations at One
SeaGate, Suite 1500, P.O. Box 1475, Toledo, Ohio, 43603-1475, 419-247-2800 and, with respect to
documents filed by Windrose, from Windrose Investor Relations at 3502 Woodview Trace, Suite 210,
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46268, 317-860-8875.
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Participants in the Solicitation
The respective directors, trustees, executive officers and other members of management and
employees of Health Care REIT and Windrose may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from the shareholders of Windrose in favor of the transactions. Information about Health
Care REIT and its directors and executive officers, and their ownership of Health Care REIT
securities, is set forth in the proxy statement for Health Care REITs 2006 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2006. Information about Windrose and its
trustees and executive officers, and their ownership of Windrose securities, is set forth in the
proxy statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Windrose, which was filed with the
SEC on April 10, 2006. Additional information regarding the interests of those persons may be
obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available.
SIGNATURES
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.
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Health Care REIT, Inc.
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Dated: September 15, 2006 |
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/s/
George L. Chapman |
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Name: |
George L. Chapman |
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Title: |
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
2.1
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September
12, 2006, by and among Health Care REIT, Inc., Heat
Merger Sub, LLC, Heat OP Merger Sub, L.P., Windrose
Medical Properties Trust and Windrose Medical
Properties, L.P. |
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