TOLEDO, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 7, 2013-- Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN) today announced operating results for the company’s first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

“The first quarter represented another solid quarter of execution on our business plan. Our relationship investment strategy is focused on higher-end, private pay properties located in major-metropolitan markets of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, operated by industry-leading-health-care providers. Our business model continues to generate strong same-store NOI growth and asset value appreciation,” commented George L. Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Health Care REIT. “We remain confident our investment and capital allocation strategy will continue to generate attractive cash flow growth and total shareholder returns.”

Recent Highlights

• Reported 1Q13 normalized FFO of $0.91 per share, a 5% increase versus 1Q12
• Reported 1Q13 normalized FAD of $0.81 per share, a 4% increase versus 1Q12
• Increased 1Q13 same-store cash NOI by 3.5%, including 5.6% growth in the seniors housing operating portfolio
• Increased private pay mix to 82% in 1Q13 from 73% in 1Q12
• Completed gross new investments of $2.6 billion in 1Q13, including $2.4 billion related to the Sunrise acquisition
• Received $349 million in proceeds on dispositions in 1Q13, generating $82 million in gains
• Received a ratings upgrade from Standard & Poor’s to BBB with a stable outlook
• Increased unsecured line of credit facility to $2.25 billion and extended term through March 2017
• Funded $500 million unsecured term loan in January

Dividends for First Quarter 2013 As previously announced, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 of $0.765 per share, as compared to $0.74 per share for the same period in 2012, representing a 3.4% increase. On May 20, 2013, the company will pay its 168^th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. The declaration and payment of quarterly dividends remains subject to review by and approval of the Board of Directors.

First Quarter Investment Highlights During the quarter, the company completed nearly $2.5 billion in seniors housing operating acquisitions, including two properties with Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) for $53 million and the Sunrise Senior Living acquisition described below. The company also completed an acquisition of two seniors housing triple-net properties totaling $57 million at a yield of 7.0%. In addition to these acquisitions, the company completed development projects totaling $135.5 million at a blended yield of 8.5%, which included $75 million of seniors housing and care projects at a blended yield of 9.0% and $60.5 million for a medical office building at a 7.8% yield. The medical office building is affiliated with a leading health system, has a total of 121,000 rentable square feet and is 100% leased.

Sunrise Acquisition Update As previously announced, the company completed its acquisition of Sunrise, the sale of the Sunrise management company, and the acceleration of all planned joint venture buy-outs. The company’s investment in Sunrise properties is currently $3.5 billion, and the company expects that investment to increase to $4.3 billion by July 2013 upon exercise of the company’s rights to acquire additional joint venture partner interests at fixed purchase prices. The $4.3 billion investment is expected to include 120 wholly owned properties and five joint venture properties. The company expects the $4.3 billion acquisition to generate a 6.5% unlevered initial yield, or 6.1% after capital expenditures.

All amounts included in this announcement relating to acquisitions or investments that have not yet closed are preliminary estimates, are subject to downward or upward adjustment, and are subject to change. The anticipated acquisitions and investments are in various stages of closing and some or all of the transactions may not be completed on currently anticipated terms, or within currently anticipated timeframes, or at all. The completion of the anticipated acquisitions and investments is subject to the satisfaction of various conditions. For completed transactions, certain amounts are based on exchange rates in effect as of the relevant closing dates.

Outlook for 2013 The company affirms its 2013 guidance and assumptions as previously announced on February 25, 2013 and continues to expect to generate normalized FFO in a range of $3.70 to $3.80 per diluted share, representing a 5%-8% increase, and normalized FAD in a range of $3.25 to $3.35 per diluted share, representing a 5%-8% increase. The company is revising its 2013 net income guidance (primarily to reflect depreciation and amortization adjustments, normalizing items and gains on property sales) and now expects to report net income attributable to common stockholders in a range of $0.70 to $0.80 per diluted share.

The company’s guidance does not include any additional 2013 investments beyond what it has announced, nor any transaction costs, capital transactions, impairments, unanticipated additions to the loan loss reserve or other additional one-time items, including any additional cash payments other than normal monthly rental payments. Please see the exhibits for a reconciliation of the outlook for net income available to common stockholders to normalized FFO and FAD. The company will provide additional detail regarding its 2013 outlook and assumptions on the first quarter 2013 conference call.

Conference Call Information The company has scheduled a conference call on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its first quarter 2013 results, industry trends, portfolio performance and outlook for 2013. Telephone access will be available by dialing 888-346-2469 or 706-758-4923 (international). For those unable to listen to the call live, a taped rebroadcast will be available beginning two hours after completion of the call through May 21, 2013. To access the rebroadcast, dial 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 (international). The conference ID number is 35988411. To participate in the webcast, log on to www.hcreit.com 15 minutes before the call to download the necessary software. Replays will be available for 90 days.

Supplemental Reporting Measures The company believes that net income attributable to common stockholders (NICS), as defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), is the most appropriate earnings measurement. However, the company considers funds from operations (FFO) and funds available for distribution (FAD) to be useful supplemental measures of its operating performance. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with U.S. GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time as evidenced by the provision for depreciation. However, since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered presentations of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient. In response, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) created FFO as a supplemental measure of operating performance for REITs that excludes historical cost depreciation from net income. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, means net income, computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of real estate and impairments of depreciable assets, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated entities. Normalized FFO represents FFO adjusted for certain items detailed in Exhibit 1. FAD represents FFO excluding net straight-line rental adjustments, amortization related to above/below market leases and amortization of non-cash interest expenses and less cash used to fund capital expenditures, tenant improvements and lease commissions. Normalized FAD represents FAD excluding prepaid/straight-line rent cash receipts and adjusted for certain items detailed in Exhibit 1. The company believes that normalized FFO and normalized FAD are useful supplemental measures of operating performance because investors and equity analysts may use these measures to compare the operating performance of the company between periods or as compared to other REITs or other companies on a consistent basis without having to account for differences caused by unanticipated and/or incalculable items. The company’s supplemental reporting measures and similarly entitled financial measures are widely used by investors and equity analysts in the valuation, comparison and investment recommendations of companies. The company’s management uses these financial measures to facilitate internal and external comparisons to historical operating results and in making operating decisions. Additionally, they are utilized by the Board of Directors to evaluate management. The supplemental reporting measures do not represent net income or cash flow provided from operating activities as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as alternative measures of profitability or liquidity. Finally, the supplemental reporting measures, as defined by the company, may not be comparable to similarly entitled items reported by other real estate investment trusts or other companies. Please see the exhibits for reconciliations of supplemental reporting measures and the supplemental information package for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, which is available on the company’s website (www.hcreit.com), for information and reconciliations of additional supplemental reporting measures.

About Health Care REIT, Inc. Health Care REIT, Inc., an S&P 500 company with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, is a real estate investment trust that invests across the full spectrum of seniors housing and health care real estate. The company also provides an extensive array of property management and development services. As of March 31, 2013, the company’s broadly diversified portfolio consisted of 1,133 properties in 46 states, the United Kingdom, and Canada. More information is available on the company’s website at www.hcreit.com.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors This document may contain “forward-looking” statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements concern and are based upon, among other things, the possible expansion of the company’s portfolio; the sale of facilities; the performance of its operators/tenants and facilities; its ability to enter into agreements with viable new tenants for vacant space or for facilities that the company takes back from financially troubled tenants, if any; its occupancy rates; its ability to acquire, develop and/or manage facilities; its ability to make distributions to stockholders; its policies and plans regarding investments, financings and other matters; its ability to successfully manage the risks associated with international expansion and operations; its tax status as a real estate investment trust; its critical accounting policies; its ability to appropriately balance the use of debt and equity; its ability to access capital markets or other sources of funds; and its ability to meet its earnings guidance. When the company uses words such as “may,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. The company’s expected results may not be achieved, and actual results may differ materially from expectations. This may be a result of various factors, including, but not limited to: the status of the economy; the status of capital markets, including availability and cost of capital; issues facing the health care industry, including compliance with, and changes to, regulations and payment policies, responding to government investigations and punitive settlements and operators’/tenants’ difficulty in cost-effectively obtaining and maintaining adequate liability and other insurance; changes in financing terms; competition within the health care, seniors housing and life science industries; negative developments in the operating results or financial condition of operators/tenants, including, but not limited to, their ability to pay rent and repay loans; the company’s ability to transition or sell facilities with profitable results; the failure to make new investments as and when anticipated; acts of God affecting the company’s facilities; the company’s ability to re-lease space at similar rates as vacancies occur; the company’s ability to timely reinvest sale proceeds at similar rates to assets sold; operator/tenant or joint venture partner bankruptcies or insolvencies; the cooperation of joint venture partners; government regulations affecting Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and operational requirements; regulatory approval and market acceptance of the products and technologies of life science tenants; liability or contract claims by or against operators/tenants; unanticipated difficulties and/or expenditures relating to future acquisitions; environmental laws affecting the company’s facilities; changes in rules or practices governing the company’s financial reporting; the movement of U.S. and foreign currency exchange rates; and legal and operational matters, including real estate investment trust qualification and key management personnel recruitment and retention. Finally, the company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements.

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