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) March 9, 2011
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
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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. below):
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Item 8.01   Other Events.
On March 14, 2011, Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) sold (i) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.625% Notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), (ii) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and (iii) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.500% Notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes” and, collectively with the 2016 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159040) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009. The Notes were sold pursuant to a firm commitment underwriting agreement, dated as of March 9, 2011, between the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
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 (the “Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 5 between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of March 14, 2011 (the “Supplemental Indenture”). The 2016 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.625% per year and the 2041 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.250% per year, each payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2011. The 2022 Notes bear interest at a rate of 6.500% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2011. The 2016 Notes mature on March 15, 2016, the 2022 Notes mature on January 15, 2022 and the 2041 Notes mature on March 15, 2041.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2011, between the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
 
4.1   Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed March 15, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference thereto).
 
4.2   Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of March 14, 2011, between the Company and the Trustee.
 
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 sue 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, as amended, 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/ GEORGE L. CHAPMAN
 
   
    George L. Chapman
    Its:  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Dated: March 14, 2011

 

Exhibit 1.1
Execution Copy
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
$1,400,000,000
3.625% Notes due 2016
5.250% Notes due 2022
6.500% Notes due 2041
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 9, 2011     
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                     Incorporated
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
  c/o UBS Securities LLC
     677 Washington Boulevard
     Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Health Care REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), (a) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.625% Notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), (b) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and (c) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.500% Notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes,” and together with the 2016 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”), to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an indenture dated as of March 15, 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture thereto, to be dated as of March 14, 2011 (the indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”).
     As the Representatives, you have advised the Company (a) that you are authorized to enter into this Agreement and (b) that the Underwriters are willing to purchase, acting severally and not jointly, the Notes set forth in Schedule I hereto.
     The Company has entered into a purchase agreement dated as of February 28, 2011 (the “Acquisition Agreement”) among the Company, FC-GEN Investment, LLC (“FC-GEN”) and FC-GEN Operations Investment, LLC, pursuant to which the Company will purchase (the “Acquisition”) 100% of the equity interests of FC-GEN Acquisition Holding, LLC (“FC-GEN Acquisition Holding”), which indirectly owns senior housing and care facilities.

 


 

     In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
      1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date (as defined below) as follows:
     (i) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159040) in respect of the Notes, including a form of prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), has been prepared and filed by the Company not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”). The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Notes filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (a “Preliminary Prospectus”), and including the documents incorporated in the Base Prospectus by reference, and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules to such registration statement, in each case as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company to the Representatives. Such registration statement is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement,” which shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the Securities Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. “Prospectus” means the form of prospectus relating to the Notes first filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 4(i) hereof. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing documents shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in the case of any reference herein to the Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of the Prospectus under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes by the Underwriters.
     (ii) As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (i) the General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 13 herein. As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

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     “Applicable Time” means 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives.
     “Statutory Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof.
     “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Notes in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
     “General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is identified on Schedule II to this Agreement.
     “Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
     (iii) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined below) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and in which the failure to qualify would (a) have a materially adverse effect upon the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) adversely affect the issuance, validity or enforceability of the Notes or the enforceability of the Indenture or (c) prevent or materially interfere with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (each of (a), (b) and (c) above, a “Material Adverse Effect”). All of the Company’s subsidiaries are listed in Schedule IV hereto (the “Subsidiaries”).
     (iv) The Notes have been duly authorized and, when issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, will be (a) duly and validly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (y) general principles of equity and the limits of specific performance and injunctive relief (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (b) entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture; the Indenture has been duly authorized and qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and constitutes a valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (y) general principles of equity and the limits of specific performance and injunctive relief (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); and the Notes and the Indenture will conform to the statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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     (v) The information contained in the line items “Preferred Stock” and “Common Stock” set forth in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and in the section captioned “Capitalization” in the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General Disclosure Package) sets forth the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company at the indicated date, and, except for issuances since such date of (a) 472,986 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, as amended; (b) 193,707 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan; (c) 349,854 shares of the Company’s Series H Convertible Preferred Stock; (d) 28,750,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in a public offering consummated on March 7, 2011; and (e) 14,375,000 shares of the Company’s Series I Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock in a public offering consummated on March 7, 2011, there has been no material change in such information since December 31, 2010; all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
     (vi) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Notes, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement complies, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply, as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The documents incorporated, or to be incorporated, by reference in the Prospectus, at the time filed with the Commission complied or will comply, as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not contain, and, at all times during the period that begins on the date hereof and ends as of the Closing Date, and as of the Closing Date, will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and, at all times during the period that begins on the date hereof and ends as of the Closing Date, and as of the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact; and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 13 herein.
     (vii) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Notes or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
     (viii) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Securities

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Act and consistent with Section 4(ii) below. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses required to be filed with the Commission in the time and manner required under Rules 163(b)(2) and 433(d) under the Securities Act.
     (ix) (a) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (b) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (c) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act and (d) at the date hereof, the Company is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration form.
     (x) (a) At the earliest time after the filing the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Notes and (b) as of the date hereof (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (b)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, without taking into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Notes as contemplated by the Registration Statement.
     (xi) The financial statements of the Company, together with related notes and schedules, as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position and the results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and the related notes and schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied throughout the periods involved, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. All pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data. The summary financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and, to the extent based upon or derived from the financial statements, have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
     (xii) There is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened (a) against the Company or its Subsidiaries or (b) involving any property of the

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Company or its Subsidiaries before any court or administrative agency which, if determined adversely to the Company or its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (xiii) The Company, together with its Subsidiaries, has good and marketable title to all of the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements hereinabove described (or as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as owned by it), subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such financial statements (or as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) or which are not material in amount or which do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of the property. The leases, agreements to purchase and mortgages to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, and the guaranties of third parties (a) are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, of all other parties thereto, and the Company knows of no default or defenses currently existing with respect thereto which would reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect, and (b) conform to any descriptions thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each mortgage which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds on the properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus constitutes a valid mortgage lien for the benefit of the Company or its Subsidiary, as the case may be, on such property.
     (xiv) The Company has filed all Federal, state and foreign income tax returns which have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith. All tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in the financial statements of the Company.
     (xv) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented (a) there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or the earnings, capital stock (except that issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company has increased due to issuances since such date of (a) 472,986 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, (b) 193,707 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, (c) 349,854 shares of the Company’s Series H Convertible Preferred Stock, (d) 28,750,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in a public offering consummated on March 7, 2011 and (e) 14,375,000 shares of the Company’s Series I Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock in a public offering consummated on March 7, 2011), business affairs, management, or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, (b) there have been no liabilities or obligations incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (c) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business. There are no contingent obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are

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material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise that are not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (xvi) The Company is not in violation of its charter or by-laws. No Subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws, which violation will have, or after any required notice and passage of any applicable grace period would have, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are (a) in default under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, (b) in violation of any statute, or (c) in violation of any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its properties, of any court or of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, any of which defaults or violations described in clauses (a) through (c) will have, or after any required notice and passage of any applicable grace period would have, a Material Adverse Effect. The issue and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of all of its obligations under the Notes, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and the transactions described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “The Acquisition” and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not after any required notice and passage of any applicable grace period conflict with or constitute a violation of any statute or conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, constitute a default under or result in the imposition of any lien pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, or a violation of its charter or by-laws or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its properties of any court or of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body.
     (xvii) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture (except such additional steps as may be required by the Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), or may be necessary to qualify the Notes for public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws) or the Acquisition Agreement (except as provided in the Acquisition Agreement with respect to the consummation of the Acquisition and only as to the Company’s obligations under the Acquisition Agreement) has been obtained or made by the Company, and is in full force and effect.
     (xviii) The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice of infringement or of conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any patents, patent rights, trade names, trademarks or copyrights, which infringement is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
     (xix) The Company qualifies as a real estate investment trust pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, has so qualified for the taxable years ended December 31, 1984 through December 31, 2010 and no transaction or other event has occurred or is contemplated which would prevent the Company from so qualifying for its current taxable year.

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     (xx) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the accountants who have certified certain of the financial statements and related schedules filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are each an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”), in the case of the Company, or as required by Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Conduct of the AICPA, in the case of FC-GEN Acquisition Holding.
     (xxi) The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
     (xxii) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (a) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; any material weaknesses in internal controls have been identified for the Company’s auditors; and since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
     (xxiii) Since July 30, 2002, the Company has not, directly or indirectly, including through any Subsidiary: (a) extended credit, arranged to extend credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company, or to or for any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer of the Company; or (b) made any material modification, including any renewal thereof, to any term of any personal loan to any director or executive officer of the Company, or any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer, which loan was outstanding on July 30, 2002.
     (xxiv) To the knowledge of the Company, after inquiry of its officers and directors, there are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm among the Company’s officers, directors, or principal stockholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Underwriters.
     (xxv) This Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (xxvi) Neither the Company nor any of its officers or directors has taken nor will any of them take, directly or indirectly, any action resulting in a violation of Regulation M promulgated

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under the Exchange Act, or designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which reasonably might be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Notes. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the Notes, including stabilizing bids, syndicate covering transactions and the imposition of penalty bids.
     (xxvii) The Company is not, and immediately after the sale of the Notes pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
     (xxviii) The Acquisition Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles. The Company reasonably believes that the Acquisition will be consummated in all material respects on the terms and by the date and as contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Acquisition Agreement. The consummation of the Acquisition would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with FC-GEN Acquisition Holding considered to be a Subsidiary of the Company for purposes of this Section 1(xxviii).
     (xxix) To the knowledge of the Company, the representations and warranties contained (A) in paragraphs (iii), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi) and (xviii) of this Section 1 are true and correct with each reference to Subsidiary deemed to include FC-GEN Acquisition Holding, for purposes of this clause (A); (B) in paragraph (vi) of this Section 1 are true and correct with respect to any information regarding FC-GEN Acquisition Holding contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (C) in paragraph (xi) of this Section 1 are true and correct with respect to the financial statements and any supporting schedules of FC-GEN Acquisition Holding included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; except in each of (A), (B) and (C) where the failure to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with FC-GEN Acquisition Holding considered to be a Subsidiary of the Company for purposes of this Section 1(xxix).
      2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes. On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, (a) the principal amount of the 2016 Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (plus any additional principal amount of the 2016 Notes which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 hereof) at a purchase price of 99.038% of the principal amount thereof, (b) the principal amount of the 2022 Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (plus any additional principal amount of the 2022 Notes which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 hereof) at a purchase price of 98.689% of the principal amount thereof, and (c) the principal amount of the 2041 Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (plus any additional principal amount of the 2041 Notes which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 hereof) at a purchase price of 98.200% of the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, accrued interest (if any) to the Closing Date (as defined below).

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          Payment for the Notes to be sold hereunder is to be made by Federal Funds wire transfer to an account designated by the Company for the Notes to be sold by the Company against delivery of the Notes to the Representatives. Such payment and delivery are to be made at the offices of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, 1400 KeyBank Center, 800 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, at 10:00 a.m. New York time, on March 14, 2011 or at such other time and date thereafter as the Representatives and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” (As used herein, “business day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for business and not permitted by law or executive order to be closed). Each of the 2016 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2041 Notes will be evidenced by separate definitive global certificates in book entry form, fully registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered in such other names and in such denominations as the Representatives request in writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing Date. The global certificates will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at least one business day prior to the Closing Date at such place as the Representatives, DTC and the Company shall agree.
      3. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Notes as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Notes are to be initially offered to the public at the price and upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other selling terms.
      4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that:
     (i) The Company will (a) prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) under the Securities Act a prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, (b) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or document incorporated by reference therein of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations for so long as the Representatives may deem necessary in order to complete the distribution of the Notes and (c) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes by the Underwriters; provided, however, that for each such report or preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement, the Company will not file any such report or preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement, or amendment thereto, of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Exchange Act.
     (ii) The Company will (a) not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433 under the Securities Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule II hereto, (b) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (c) comply with the requirements of Rules

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163, 164 and 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (d) not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
     (iii) The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Notes, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and as described on Schedule III, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Company shall provide the Representatives with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
     (iv) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (a) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Notes shall have become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (b) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (c) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for any additional information, and (d) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose for so long as the Representatives may deem necessary in order to complete the distribution of the Notes, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent (x) the issuance of any such stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or (y) any such suspension of the qualification of the Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting of any such order, if issued, or such suspension of qualification.
     (v) The Company will pay the fees applicable to the Registration Statement in connection with the offering of the Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without reliance on the proviso to Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act) and in compliance with Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act.
     (vi) If at any time when Notes remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (a) promptly notify the Representatives, (b) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (c) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable (if such filing is not otherwise effective immediately pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act), and (d) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the Registration Statement that was the subject of the notice under Rule

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401(g)(2) under the Securities Act or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement relating to the Notes shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
     (vii) If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Notes remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If the Company is not eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
     (viii) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required under the Securities Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will furnish upon request to the Representatives signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith.
     (ix) The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Notes as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(i) above, if during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or a dealer any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly will either (a) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (b) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.
     (x) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Notes at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it

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is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company promptly will either (a) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or (b) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package so that the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply with law.
     (xi) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of twelve consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
     (xii) The Company will, for a period of five years from the Closing Date, furnish upon request to the Representatives, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year and the Company will furnish upon request to the Representatives, as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders.
     (xiii) The Company will not, during the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the business day following the Closing Date, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of or guaranteed by the Company which are substantially similar to the Notes without the Representatives’ prior written consent.
     (xiv) The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
      5. Costs and Expenses. The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: the fees incident to the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes, including any expenses of the Trustee; the fees payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Notes; accounting fees of the Company (accounting fees of FC-GEN Acquisition Holding are to be paid by FC-GEN pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement); the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters, copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Indenture and any supplements or amendments thereto; the fees incident to the listing of the Notes on any securities exchange; the filing fees of the Commission; and the filing fees and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Notes. Any transfer taxes imposed on the sale of the Notes to the several Underwriters will be paid by the Company. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any of the Underwriters’ expenses except that, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 7 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 6 hereof, or this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10(i)(a) or Section 10(i)(g) hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure to satisfy said condition or to comply with said terms is due to the default or omission of any Underwriter,

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then the Company shall reimburse the several Underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Notes or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder, but the Company shall not in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by any of them of the Notes.
      6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Notes on the Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, and to the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
     (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission. The Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed with the Commission shall have been filed as required by Rules 424, 430A, 430B, 430C or 433 under the Securities Act, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations, and any request by the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to their reasonable satisfaction.
     (ii) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (a) any intended or potential downgrading or (b) any review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating, if any, accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
     (iii) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, as representatives of the several Underwriters, to the effect that:
     (a) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (b) The Company is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the Company owns or leases real property, and in which the failure to qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (c) The information contained in the line items “Preferred Stock” and “Common Stock” set forth in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and in the section captioned “Capitalization” in the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General Disclosure Package) sets forth the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company at the indicated date; the authorized shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Notes are free of statutory

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and contractual preemptive rights and similar rights; and the certificates for the Notes are in due and proper form.
     (d) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and, to such counsel’s knowledge no stop order proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Securities Act.
     (e) The Registration Statement, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus and as of the date hereof, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the date thereof, each complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (except in each case such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial or statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom). The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements, schedules and other financial or statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), at the respective times such documents were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
     (f) The statements under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities” in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of law, fairly summarize in all material respects the information called for with respect to such documents and matters.
     (g) The statements under the caption “Certain Government Regulations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and any amendments thereto, as to matters of law stated therein, have been reviewed by such counsel and fairly summarize in all material respects the matters described therein which are material to the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company.
     (h) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or documents required to be filed as exhibits to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which are not so filed, incorporated by reference or described as required, and the provisions of such contracts and documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are fairly summarized therein in all material respects.
     (i) Such counsel knows of no material legal proceedings pending or threatened against the Company, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (j) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Indenture, including the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its

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obligations under the Notes, the Indenture and this Agreement, do not and will not after any required notice and passage of any applicable grace period conflict with or constitute a violation of any statute or conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, constitute a default under or result in the imposition of any lien pursuant to (1) the charter or by-laws of the Company, (2) any agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or the Company’s properties may be bound, which conflict, violation, breach, default or lien could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (3) any order known to such counsel or rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body which in the experience of such counsel is customarily applicable to the transactions herein contemplated (except that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to any requirement of FINRA or pursuant to any state securities or Blue Sky laws).
     (k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (l) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (B) general principles of equity and the limits of specific performance and injunctive relief (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
     (m) The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and when authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (B) general principles of equity and the limits of specific performance and injunctive relief (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
     (n) The Indenture and the Notes conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (o) No approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Indenture and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder (other than as may be required by the Commission or FINRA or as required by state securities and Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion) except such as have been obtained or made by the Company, specifying the same.

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     (p) The Company is not, and immediately after the sale of the Notes pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
     (q) Any required filing pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is identified on Schedule II hereto has been made within the time period required by Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act and any required filing of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
     In addition, either such counsel or Arnold & Porter LLP, special tax counsel to the Company, will provide an opinion, based on such counsel’s own review of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, stating that the Company was organized and continues to be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and, based on such counsel’s review of the Company’s federal income tax returns and discussions with management and independent public accountants for the Company, that the Company, taking into account operations for its taxable and fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 through December 31, 2010, satisfied the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust under the Code for such years and that its proposed method of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust under the Code for its taxable and fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. Furthermore, such counsel shall opine that the statements contained under the heading “Taxation” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and any amendments thereto, and that the statements contained under the heading “Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus (and any similar sections or information contained in the General Disclosure Package), are correct and accurate in all material respects and present fairly and accurately the material aspects of the federal income tax (i) treatment of the Company and (ii) considerations that are likely to be material to a holder of the Notes.
     In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters governed by the laws of states other than the laws of the State of Ohio, the corporate laws of the State of Delaware or Federal laws on local counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in such case such counsel shall state that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying on such other counsel and such other counsel shall indicate that the Underwriters may rely on such opinion. As to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, such counsel may rely on certificates of officers of the Company and public officials so long as such counsel states that they have no reason to believe that either the Underwriters or they are not justified in relying on such certificates. In addition to the matters set forth above, the opinion of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that (a) the Registration Statement, as of the time of its effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act and as of the Applicable Time, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (b) the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (c) the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, as of its date and as of the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not

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misleading (except that such counsel need express no view as to financial statements, schedules and other financial data included therein). With respect to such statement, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP may state that this statement is based upon the procedures set forth or incorporated by reference therein, but is without independent check and verification.
     (iv) The Representatives shall have received from Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date with respect to the organization of the Company, the validity of the Indenture and the Notes, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and other related matters as the Representatives reasonably may request and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
     (v) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a signed letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, dated the date hereof (a) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (b) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package and containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
     (vi) With respect to the letter of Ernst & Young LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Representatives concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letter”), the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives (the “bring-down letter”), of such accountants, dated the Closing Date, (a) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (b) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter and the financial information examined by them and included in the Prospectus and (c) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
     (vii) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP a signed letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, dated the date hereof (a) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to FC-GEN Acquisition Holding as required by Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Conduct of the AICPA and (b) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information of FC-GEN Acquisition Holding examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package and containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
     (viii) With respect to the letter of KPMG LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Representatives concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letter”), the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter, in form and

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substance satisfactory to the Representatives (the “bring-down letter”), of such accountants, dated the Closing Date, (a) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to FC-GEN Acquisition Holding as required by Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Conduct of the AICPA, (b) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter and the financial information examined by them and included in the Prospectus and (c) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
     (ix) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate or certificates of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that on and as of the Closing Date, each of them severally represents as follows:
     (a) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been taken or are, to his knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.
     (b) Subsequent to the delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating, if any, accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Securities Act.
     (c) He does not know of any litigation instituted or threatened against the Company of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not so disclosed therein or in a document incorporated by reference therein; he does not know of any material contract required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not so filed therein or in a document incorporated by reference therein.
     (d) He has carefully examined the General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus and, in his opinion, as of the Applicable Time, the statements contained in the General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact, and such General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     (e) He has carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in his opinion, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the statements contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein, were true and correct, and such Registration Statement and Prospectus, or any document incorporated by reference therein, did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and, in his opinion, since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no

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event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement or amendment.
     (f) The representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date as if made on such date. The Company has performed all of its obligations under this Agreement as are to be performed at or before the Closing Date. The representations and warranties made in this clause (f) shall be deemed made by the Company.
          The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and to Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
          If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notifying the Company of such termination in writing or by telecopy at or prior to the Closing Date. In such event, the Company and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
      7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the portion of the Notes required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions that, at the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.
      8. Indemnification.
     (i) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act (each, an “Affiliate”), its officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or such Affiliate, officer, director or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the case of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, or in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, and will reimburse each such Underwriter and each such Affiliate, officer, director or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such Affiliate, officer, director or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use in

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the preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
     (ii) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the case of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, or in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use in the preparation thereof as described in Section 13 of this Agreement. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
     (iii) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing; provided that the failure to so notify will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that the indemnifying party may have on account of the provisions of Sections 8(i) or (ii) or otherwise, except to the extent that the indemnifying party shall not have otherwise learned of such proceeding and such failure is materially prejudicial to the indemnifying party. In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (a) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (b) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, in which case the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume the defense of such suit notwithstanding its obligation to bear the fees and expenses of such counsel. It is understood that

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the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm for all such indemnified parties and one local counsel. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(i) and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(ii). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party is a party and indemnity was sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the fifth sentence of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent to which the indemnification obligations of the Company hereunder are applicable if (a) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (b) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement (unless the indemnified party is contesting in good faith the amount so reimbursable).
     (iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless to the extent required therein an indemnified party under Sections 8(i) or (ii) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters from the offering of the Notes. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section 8(iii) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Underwriters bear to the total proceeds of the offering (the proceeds received by the Underwriters being equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters), in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

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     The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(iv) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8(iv). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(iv) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(iv), (a) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Notes purchased by such Underwriter and (b) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations under this Section 8(iv) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
     (v) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served upon him or it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join him or it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.
      9. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, NY1-100-18-03, New York, New York 10036, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal; Fax: (646) 855-5958, to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179; Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, Facsimile: (212) 834-6081, to UBS Securities LLC, 677 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate, telephone: (203) 719-1088, or via fax at: (203) 719-0495, to Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration, Fax: (646) 834-8133, to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street New York, NY 10005, Attention: Debt Capital Markets-Syndicate Desk, Fax: (212) 797-2202, and to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 301 S. College Street, Charlotte, NC 28226, Attention: Transaction Management, Facsimile: (704) 383-9165; if to the Company, to Health Care REIT, Inc., 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615, or via fax at (419) 247-2826, Attention: George L. Chapman, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President.
      10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company as follows:
     (i) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has occurred: (a) since the date hereof, any adverse change or any development involving a prospective adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or the earnings, business affairs, management or business prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, that, in your judgment, is material so as to make the offering or delivery of the Notes impracticable or inadvisable, (b) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency after the date hereof or other national or international calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the

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United States would, in your judgment, make the offering or delivery of the Notes impracticable or inadvisable, (c) trading in securities generally on the NYSE, the NYSE Amex Equities or the NASDAQ, or in the Company’s securities on the NYSE, shall have been suspended or materially limited (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) or minimum prices shall have been established for securities on any such exchange, (d) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially or adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (e) declaration of a banking moratorium by either federal or New York State authorities or material disruption in securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (f) any litigation or proceeding is pending or threatened against any Underwriter which seeks to enjoin or otherwise restrain, or seeks damages in connection with, or questions the legality or validity of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or (g) any downgrading, or the giving of any notice of (1) any intended or potential downgrading or (2) any review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating, if any, accorded to any securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; or
     (ii) as provided in Sections 6 and 11 of this Agreement.
      11. Default by Underwriters. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date (except in the event of a default on the part of the Company), and the aggregate principal amount of Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is ten percent or less of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters may make arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives for the purchase of such Notes by other persons (who may include one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, including the Representatives), but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives may specify, to purchase the Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes and the aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to which such default (except in the event of a default on the part of the Company) occurs is more than ten percent of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be purchased, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Notes are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 11. Any action taken under this Section 11 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
      12. Successors. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Notes merely because of such purchase.

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      13. Information Provided by Underwriters. The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the third and eighth through tenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus.
      14. Miscellaneous. The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers and (iii) delivery of and payment for the Notes under this Agreement.
          The Company hereby acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with the purchase and sale of the Company’s securities. The Company further acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis and in no event do the parties intend that any Underwriter act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that any Underwriter may undertake or has undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Company’s securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Company and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions, and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to the Company regarding such transactions, including but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
          This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
          This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company and the Underwriters each submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City and County of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with respect to any action or dispute in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Underwriters waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
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     If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael A. Crabtree    
  Name:   Michael A. Crabtree   
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer   
 

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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
   
 
           
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
      INCORPORATED J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
UBS SECURITIES LLC
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

As Representatives of the Underwriters listed on Schedule I
   
 
           
By:   MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
      INCORPORATED
   
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas A. Muller    
 
  Name:  
 
Douglas A. Muller
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           
By:   J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Maria Sramek    
 
  Name:  
 
Maria Sramek
   
 
  Title:   Executive Director    
 
           
By:   UBS SECURITIES LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Christopher Forshner    
 
  Name:  
 
Christopher Forshner
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Mark Spadaccini    
 
  Name:  
 
Mark Spadaccini
   
 
  Title:   Associate Director    
 
           
By:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Pamela Kendall    
 
  Name:  
 
Pamela Kendall
   
 
  Title:   Director    

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By:   DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Jared Birnbaum    
 
  Name:  
 
Jared Birnbaum
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John C. McCabe    
 
  Name:  
 
John C. McCabe
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
By:   WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Carolyn Hurley    
 
  Name:  
 
Carolyn Hurley
   
 
  Title:   Director    

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SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
                         
    Amount of   Amount of   Amount of
    2016 Notes to   2022 Notes to   2041 Notes to
Underwriter   be Purchased   be Purchased   be Purchased
UBS Securities LLC
  $ 104,000,000     $ 156,000,000     $ 104,000,000  
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  $ 58,000,000     $ 87,000,000     $ 58,000,000  
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  $ 58,000,000     $ 87,000,000     $ 58,000,000  
Barclays Capital Inc.
  $ 58,000,000     $ 87,000,000     $ 58,000,000  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc
  $ 58,000,000     $ 87,000,000     $ 58,000,000  
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
  $ 32,000,000     $ 48,000,000     $ 32,000,000  
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
  $ 32,000,000     $ 48,000,000     $ 32,000,000  
 
                       
Total
  $ 400,000,000     $ 600,000,000     $ 400,000,000  

 


 

SCHEDULE II
Pricing Term Sheet, dated March 9, 2011, as described on Schedule III.

 


 

SCHEDULE III
Pricing Term Sheet, dated March 9, 2011, as filed with the SEC as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 


 

SCHEDULE IV
Schedule of Subsidiaries
     
    State of
Name of Subsidiary   Organization
100 Knoedler Road, LLC
  Delaware
1011 E. Pecan Grove Road, LLC
  Delaware
10225 Cypresswood Drive, LLC
  Delaware
111 Lazelle Road East, LLC
  Delaware
1118 N. Stoneman Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
1205 North Church Street, LLC
  Delaware
1221 Seventh Street, LLC
  Delaware
12429 Scofield Farms Drive, LLC
  Delaware
130 Buena Vista Street, LLC
  Delaware
1329 Brown Street, LLC
  Delaware
1340 N. Washington Boulevard, LLC
  Delaware
1405 Limekiln Pike, LLC
  Delaware
1425 Yorkland Road, LLC
  Delaware
1460 Johnson Ferry Road, LLC
  Delaware
14707 Northville Road, LLC
  Delaware
1500 Borden Road, LLC
  Delaware
1565 Virginia Ranch Road, LLC
  Delaware
1625 W. Spring Street, LLC
  Delaware
1710 S.W. Health Parkway, LLC
  Delaware
17231 Mill Forest Road, LLC
  Delaware
1785 Freshley Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
1818 Martin Drive, LLC
  Delaware
1850 Crown Park Court, LLC
  Delaware
1920 Cleveland Road West, LLC
  Delaware
200 E. Village Road, LLC
  Delaware
2005 Route 22 West, LLC
  Delaware
209 Merriman Road, L.L.C.
  Delaware
2101 New Hope Street, LLC
  Delaware
222 East Beech Street — Jefferson, L.L.C.
  Delaware
2281 Country Club Drive, LLC
  Delaware
22955 Eastex Freeway, LLC
  Delaware
23 Southpointe Drive, LLC
  Delaware
2325 Rockwell Drive, LLC
  Delaware
2341 W. Norvell Bryant Highway, LLC
  Delaware
240 E. Third Street, LLC
  Delaware
2416 Brentwood Street, LLC
  Delaware
2695 Valleyview Boulevard, LLC
  Delaware
2860 Country Drive, LLC
  Delaware
311 E. Hawkins Parkway, LLC
  Delaware
3200 West Slaughter Lane, LLC
  Delaware
3434 Watters Road, LLC
  Delaware
350 Locust Drive, LLC
  Delaware
36101 Seaside Boulevard, LLC
  Delaware
3625 Green Crest Street, LLC
  Delaware
3921 North Main Street, LLC
  Delaware
402 South Colonial Drive, LLC
  Delaware
430 North Union Road, LLC
  Delaware
4500 Dorr Street Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
4855 Snyder Lane, LLC
  Delaware
500 Seven Fields Boulevard, LLC
  Delaware
515 Jack Martin Boulevard, LLC
  Delaware
5165 Summit Ridge Court, LLC
  Delaware
5166 Spanson Drive SE, LLC
  Delaware
5437 Eisenhauer Road, LLC
  Delaware
5521 Village Creek Drive, LLC
  Delaware
5550 Old Jacksonville Highway, LLC
  Delaware
5700 Karl Road, LLC
  Delaware
5902 North Street, LLC
  Delaware
655 Mansell Road, LLC
  Delaware
721 Hickory Street, LLC
  Delaware
7231 East Broadway, LLC
  Delaware
731 Old Buck Lane, LLC
  Delaware
750 North Collegiate Drive, LLC
  Delaware
7950 Baybranch Drive, LLC
  Delaware
799 Yellowstone Drive, LLC
  Delaware
800 Oregon Street, LLC
  Delaware
8503 Mystic Park, LLC
  Delaware
8702 South Course Drive, LLC
  Delaware
935 Union Lake Road, LLC
  Delaware
965 Hager Drive, LLC
  Delaware
9802 48th Drive NE, LLC
  Delaware
AMCO I, LLC
  Wisconsin
Anchor HCN Doylestown, LLC
  Delaware
Anchor HCN Properties II, LLC
  Delaware
Anchor HCN Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Badger RE Portfolio I, LLC
  Wisconsin
Badger RE Portfolio II, LLC
  Wisconsin
Badger RE Portfolio III, LLC
  Wisconsin
Badger RE Portfolio IV, LLC
  Wisconsin
Badger RE Portfolio V, LLC
  Wisconsin
BAL Colts Neck LLC
  Delaware
BAL Fenwick Island LLC
  Delaware
BAL Governor’s Crossing LLC
  Delaware
BAL Holdings I, LLC
  Delaware
BAL Holdings II, LLC
  Delaware
BAL Holdings III, LLC
  Delaware
BAL Holdings VII, LLC
  Delaware
BAL Howell LLC
  Delaware
BAL Longwood LLC
  Pennsylvania
BAL Reflections LLC
  Delaware
BAL Savoy Little Neck LLC
  Delaware
BAL Sycamore LLC
  Delaware
BAL Toms River LLC
  Delaware
Ballard Healthcare Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Bardstown Physicians LLC
  Delaware
Bellevue Healthcare Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Bellevue Physicians, LLC
  Delaware
Boardman Physicians LLC
  Delaware
Brandall Central Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
Bridgeton Healthcare Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Brierbrook Partners, L.L.C.
  Tennessee
BSL Huntington Terrace LLC
  Delaware
CAL-GAT Limited Partnership
  Florida
CAL-LAK Limited Partnership
  Florida
Cooper Holding, L.L.C.
  Florida
Cooper, L.L.C.
  Delaware
CRP/BWN Litchfield L.L.C.
  Delaware
DePaul Physicians, LLC
  Delaware
DRF Boardman LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Bridgeton LLC
  Minnesota

 


 

     
    State of
Name of Subsidiary   Organization
DRF Durango LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Great Falls LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Lenexa LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Lincoln LLC
  Minnesota
DRF LSL LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Shawnee Mission LLC
  Minnesota
DRF South Valley LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Southwest Medical Building LLC
  Minnesota
DRF Westminster LLC
  Minnesota
DSG-2010 Loans I, Inc.
  Delaware
Dublin Senior Community DRV, LLC
  Oklahoma
Dublin Senior Community WPP, LLC
  Oklahoma
FC HCN University Park, LLC
  Delaware
FLA-PALM COURT, limited partnership
  Florida
Forest City 40 Landsdowne, LLC
  Delaware
Forest City 88 Sidney Street, LLC
  Delaware
Frauenshuh Ballard LLC
  Minnesota
Frauenshuh Bridgeton LLC
  Minnesota
Frauenshuh Greeneville LLC
  Minnesota
Frauenshuh HealthCare Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Frauenshuh HealthCare Real Estate Solutions, LLC
  Minnesota
Frauenshuh HealthCare Venture Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Frauenshuh Killeen LLC
  Minnesota
Gemini Davenport, LLC
  Oklahoma
Gemini Las Colinas, L.L.C.
  Oklahoma
Gemini Romeoville, LLC
  Oklahoma
Gemini SS Lessee, LLC
  Oklahoma
Gemini Villa Ventura, L.L.C.
  Oklahoma
Gemini Wexford, L.L.C.
  Oklahoma
Gig Harbor Physicians, LLC
  Delaware
Grand Ledge I, LLC
  Delaware
Great Falls Clinic — Frauenshuh, LLC
  Minnesota
Greeneville Healthcare Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Hammes Company Green Bay I, LLC
  Wisconsin
Hammes Company Green Bay II, LLC
  Wisconsin
HC Mill Creek I, LLC
  Washington
HC Redmond I, LLC
  Wisconsin
HC Summit I, LLC
  Wisconsin
HCN Access Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Access Las Vegas I, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Anchor Covington, LLC
  Delaware
HCN BCC Holdings, Inc.
  Delaware
HCN Capital Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Development Services Group, Inc.
  Indiana
HCN Emerald Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCN FCE Life Sciences, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Interra Lake Travis LTACH, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Lake Travis Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Lake Travis Property One, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Lake Travis Property Two, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Medicus Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Navvis Clarkson Valley, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Rendina Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCN Rendina Merced, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin I, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin II, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin III, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin IV, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin V, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin VI, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin VII, LLC
  Delaware
HCN-TH Wisconsin VIII, LLC
  Delaware
HCRE Solutions, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Abingdon Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Abingdon Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Akron Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Ancillary TRS, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Asheboro Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Asheboro Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Beachwood, Inc.
  Ohio
HCRI Boardman Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Broadview, Inc.
  Ohio
HCRI Burlington Manor Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Burlington Manor Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Cold Spring Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Concord Place Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Concord Place Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Cumberland Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Dayton Place — Denver Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Draper Place Properties Trust
  Massachusetts
HCRI Drum Hill Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Eddy Pond Properties Trust
  Massachusetts
HCRI Eden Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Eden Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Emerald Holdings, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Exchange Management I, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Exchange Properties I, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Fairmont Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Financial Services, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Financing, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Forest City Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Forest City Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Gaston Manor Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Gaston Manor Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Greenville Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Greenville Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI High Point Manor Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI High Point Manor Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Holdings Trust
  Massachusetts
HCRI Hunters Glen Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Illinois Properties II, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Illinois Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Indiana Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Indiana Properties, LLC
  Indiana
HCRI Investments, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Kansas Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Kentucky Properties, LLC
  Kentucky
HCRI Kirkland Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Limited Holdings, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Logistics, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Louisiana Properties, L.P.
  Delaware
HCRI Marina Place Properties Trust
  Massachusetts
HCRI Maryland Properties, LLC
  Maryland
HCRI Massachusetts Properties Trust
  Massachusetts
HCRI Massachusetts Properties Trust II
  Massachusetts
HCRI Massachusetts Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Merrillville Medical Facility, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Mississippi Properties, Inc.
  Mississippi
HCRI Missouri Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Nevada Properties, Inc.
  Nevada
HCRI New Hampshire Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI North Carolina Properties I, Inc.
  North Carolina

 


 

     
    State of
Name of Subsidiary   Organization
HCRI North Carolina Properties II, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI North Carolina Properties III, Limited Partnership
  North Carolina
HCRI North Carolina Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Pennsylvania Properties, Inc.
  Pennsylvania
HCRI Prestonwood Medical Facility, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Provider Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Ridgeland Pointe Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Senior Housing Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Skeet Club Manor Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Skeet Club Manor Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Smithfield Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Smithfield Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Southern Investments I, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Statesville Place Holdings I, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Statesville Place Holdings II, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Statesville Place Properties I, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Statesville Place Properties II, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Summit Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Tallahassee Medical Facility, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Tennessee Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Tennessee Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Texas Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Texas Properties, Ltd.
  Texas
HCRI TRS Acquirer II, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI TRS Acquirer, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Tucson Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
HCRI Van Nuys Medical Facility, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Weddington Park Holdings, Inc.
  North Carolina
HCRI Weddington Park Properties, LP
  North Carolina
HCRI Westlake, Inc.
  Ohio
HCRI Wilburn Gardens Properties, LLC
  Delaware
HCRI Wisconsin Properties, LLC
  Wisconsin
Healthcare Property Managers of America, LLC
  Florida
Heat Merger Sub, LLC
  Delaware
Heat OP TRS, Inc.
  Delaware
HH Florida, LLC
  Delaware
Kaiser Gemini Burgundy, LLC
  Oklahoma
Kaiser Gemini Woodland, LLC
  Oklahoma
Killeen Healthcare Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Lake Mead Medical Investors Limited Partnership
  Florida
Lenexa Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Med Properties Asset Group, L.L.C.
  Indiana
Medical Real Estate Property Managers of America, LLC
  Florida
Merrill Gardens Harbor Court, LLC
  Washington
Merrill Gardens Windsor Manor, LLC
  Washington
MG Landlord, LLC
  Delaware
MG Tenant, LLC
  Delaware
MGP 41, LLC
  Delaware
MGP 42, LLC
  Delaware
MGP 43, LLC
  Delaware
MGP I, LLC
  Washington
MGP V, LLC
  Washington
MGP VI, LLC
  Washington
MGP X, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XI, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XII, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XIII, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XIV, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XIX, LLC
  Washington
MGP XL, LLC
  Washington
MGP XV, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XVI, LLC
  Wisconsin
MGP XVII, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXIX, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXV, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXXII, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXXIII, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXXIX, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXXVII, LLC
  Washington
MGP XXXVIII, LLC
  Washington
Midland I, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest 108th & Q, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Ames, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Miracle Hills, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Prestwick, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Van Dorn, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Village of Columbus, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Windermere, LLC
  Delaware
Midwest Woodbridge, LLC
  Delaware
Mill Creek Real Estate Partners, LLC
  Delaware
MIMA Real Estate, L.L.C.
  Florida
Murrieta Healthcare Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Murrieta Healthcare Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Paramount Real Estate Services, Inc.
  Delaware
Pennsylvania BCC Properties, Inc.
  Pennsylvania
Petoskey I, LLC
  Delaware
Petoskey II, LLC
  Delaware
Plymouth I, LLC
  Delaware
PVL Landlord — Hattiesburg, LLC
  Delaware
PVL Landlord — STL Hills, LLC
  Delaware
PVL Tenant — STL Hills, LLC
  Delaware
PVL Tenant- Hattiesburg, LLC
  Delaware
Redmond Partners, LLC
  Delaware
Senior Star Investments I, LLC
  Delaware
Senior Star Tenant, LLC
  Delaware
Shawnee Mission Investors, LLC
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Alhambra, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Azusa, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Costa Mesa, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Dallas, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Encinitas, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Escondido, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Houston, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Las Colinas, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Los Angeles, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living of Cypresswood, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living of Kingwood, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living of Sugarland, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living of Woodlands, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Redondo Beach, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Salt Lake City, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living San Juan Capistrano, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living Scottsdale, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Turtle Creek, Inc.
  Delaware
Silverado Senior Living Tustin, Inc.
  California
Silverado Senior Living, Inc.
  California
South Valley Medical Building L.L.C.
  Minnesota
South Valley Venture, LLC
  Minnesota
SSL Aspen Park SPE, LLC
  Delaware

 


 

     
    State of
Name of Subsidiary   Organization
SSL Landlord, LLC
  Delaware
SSL Sponsor, LLC
  Delaware
SSL Tenant, LLC
  Delaware
St. Joseph Physicians, LLC
  Delaware
Stafford Medical Office Pavilion, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 10225 Cypresswood Drive, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 1118 N. Stoneman Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 1221 Seventh Street, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 125 W. Sierra Madre Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 1430 East 4500 South, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 1500 Borden Road, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 22955 Eastex Freeway, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 240 E. Third Street, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 30311 Camino Capistrano, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 330 North Hayworth Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 335 Saxony Road, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 350 W. Bay Street, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 3611 Dickason Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 514 N. Prospect Avenue, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 5521 Village Creek Drive, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 7950 Baybranch Drive, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 8855 West Valley Ranch Parkway, LLC
  Delaware
Subtenant 9410 E. Thunderbird, LLC
  Delaware
Voorhees Healthcare Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Voorhees Physicians, LLC
  Delaware
Warrior LP Holdco, LLC
  Delaware
Waterstone I, LLC
  Delaware
West Boynton Investors, LLLP
  Florida
Westminster Junction Venture, LLC
  Minnesota
White Lake I, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose 310 Properties, L.L.C.
  Tennessee
Windrose 4475 Sierra Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Aberdeen I Properties, L.L.C.
  Florida
Windrose Aberdeen II Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Atrium Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose AWPC II Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose AZ-Tempe Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Bartlett Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Bethesda Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Biltmore Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Central Medical II Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Central Medical III Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Central Medical Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Claremore Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Columbia Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Congress I Properties, L.P.
  Delaware
Windrose Congress II Properties, L.P.
  Delaware
Windrose Copley Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Coral Springs Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Cottonwood Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Denton Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Desert Springs Properties, L.P.
  Delaware
Windrose East Valley Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose East West Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Fayetteville Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Fox Valley Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Frisco I Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Frisco II Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Glendale Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Gwinnett I Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Lafayette Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Lake Mead Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Lakewood Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Las Vegas Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Los Alamitos Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Los Gatos Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Medical Properties Management, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Medical Properties, L.P.
  Virginia
Windrose Mount Vernon Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Niagara Falls Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Northside Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Northwest Professional Plaza Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Ocala Urology Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Okatie I Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Orange Centre Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Orange Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Palm Court Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Palmer Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Palms West III Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Palms West IV Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Palms West V Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Park Medical Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Partell Medical Center, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Physicians Plaza Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Princeton Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Santa Anita Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Sierra Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Southlake Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Southpointe Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Southside Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose SPE Mount Vernon Properties, Inc.
  Georgia
Windrose St. Louis I Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose St. Mary’s Medical Professional Building, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose Trussville Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose TSM I Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Tucson Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Tulsa Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
Windrose Webster Properties, L.P.
  Delaware
Windrose Wellington Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose Wellington Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose West Boca Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose West Seneca Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose West Tower Properties, Ltd.
  Florida
Windrose Winn Way Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
Windrose WPC Jupiter Properties, LLC
  Delaware
Windrose WPC Properties, L.P.
  Delaware
Windrose Yorkville Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMP AWPC II Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Bethesda Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Boynton Beach Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Cottonwood Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP East Valley Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Niagara Falls Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Northwest Professional Plaza Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Physicians Plaza Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Southlake Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP TSM I Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP Wellington Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMP West Seneca Management, LLC
  Delaware

 


 

     
    State of
Name of Subsidiary   Organization
WMPT Aberdeen I Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Aberdeen II Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Atrium Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT AZ-Tempe Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Bartlett Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Bellaire HP Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Bellaire HP, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Bellaire L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Bellaire POB Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Bellaire POB, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Bellaire Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Boynton West Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Claremore Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Columbia Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Congress I Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Congress II Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Denton Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Desert Springs Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Frisco I Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Frisco II Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Glendale Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Gwinnett II Properties, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Lafayette Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Las Vegas Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Los Alamitos Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Northside Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Okatie I Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Orange Centre Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Palmer Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Palms West III Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Palms West IV Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Palms West V Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Pearland II Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Pearland II, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Pearland Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Pearland, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Princeton Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Sacramento Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Sacramento, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Santa Anita Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Sierra Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Southpointe Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Southside Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT St. Louis I Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Stone Oak Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Stone Oak, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Tomball Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Tomball, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Trinity Properties, L.L.C.
  Virginia
WMPT Trinity, L.P.
  Virginia
WMPT Trussville Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Tucson Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT Tulsa Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Webster Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT Wellington Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT West Boca Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT West Tower Management, L.L.C.
  Delaware
WMPT WPC Jupiter Management, LLC
  Delaware
WMPT WPC Management, L.L.C
  Delaware
WTP Healthcare Properties, LLC
  Delaware

 

Exhibit 4.2
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 5
by and between
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
As of March 14, 2011
SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF MARCH 15, 2010
 
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
3.625% Senior Notes due 2016
5.250% Senior Notes due 2022
6.500% Senior Notes due 2041

 


 

     This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 5 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) is made and entered into as of March 14, 2011 between HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH THAT:
     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Supplemental Indenture, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) to provide for the future issuance of the Company’s senior debt securities (the “Securities”) to be issued from time to time in one or more series; and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of each of three new series of its Securities, to be known respectively as its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2016, its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022 and its 6.500% Senior Notes due 2041, the form and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture;
      NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
      Section 1.1 The following definitions supplement, and, to the extent inconsistent with, replace the definitions in Section 101 of the Base Indenture:
     “Acquisition Termination Date” means August 28, 2011; provided, however, in the event that, as of such Acquisition Termination Date, the conditions to Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) set forth in Section 7.4 or Section 8.3 of the Purchase Agreement have not been satisfied but remain capable of satisfaction and each of the other conditions to Closing set forth in Article VII and Article VIII of the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied, waived or remain capable of satisfaction, then either the Company or FC-GEN Investment, LLC may, by written notice to the other, extend such Acquisition Termination Date until November 28, 2011; provided further, however, that if the Purchase Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Acquisition Termination Date shall be the date the Purchase Agreement is terminated.
     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are required or authorized to close.
     “Capital Lease” means at any time any lease of property, real or personal, which, in accordance with GAAP, would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.

 


 

     “Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real and/or personal property which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a Capital Lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP.
     “Cash” means as to any Person, such Person’s cash and cash equivalents, as defined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company located at 55 Water Street, 1SL, New York, New York, 10041-0099.
     “EBITDA” means for any period, with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP, the sum of net income (or net loss) for such period PLUS, the sum of all amounts treated as expenses for: (a) interest, (b) depreciation, (c) amortization and (d) all accrued taxes on or measured by income to the extent included in the determination of such net income (or net loss); provided, however, that net income (or net loss) shall be computed without giving effect to extraordinary losses or gains.
     “Funded Indebtedness” means as of any date of determination thereof, (i) all Indebtedness of any Person, determined in accordance with GAAP, which by its terms matures more than one year after the date of calculation, and any such Indebtedness maturing within one year from such date which is renewable or extendable at the option of the obligor to a date more than one year from such date, and (ii) the current portion of all such Indebtedness.
     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles.
     “Global Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.
     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, all: (a) liabilities or obligations, direct and contingent, which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person at the date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities that in accordance with such principles, would be set forth in a specific dollar amount on the liability side of such balance sheet, and Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (b) liabilities or obligations of others for which such Person is directly or indirectly liable, by way of guaranty (whether by direct guaranty, suretyship, discount, endorsement, take-or-pay agreement, agreement to purchase or advance or keep in funds or other agreement having the effect of a guaranty) or otherwise; (c) liabilities or obligations secured by Liens on any assets of such Person, whether or not such liabilities or obligations shall have been assumed by it; and (d) liabilities or obligations of such Person, direct or contingent, with respect to letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and bankers acceptances created for such Person.
     “Interest Coverage” means as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the quotient, expressed as a percentage (which may be in excess of 100%), determined by dividing EBITDA by Interest

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Expense; all of the foregoing calculated by reference to the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters of the Company ending on such date of determination.
     “Interest Expense” means for any period, on a combined basis, the sum of all interest paid or payable (excluding unamortized debt issuance costs) on all items of Indebtedness of the Company outstanding at any time during such period.
     “Interest Payment Date” with respect to the Notes is defined in Section 101 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.1(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.
     “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, claim or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing), any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature of any of the foregoing, and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction.
     “Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of each such dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or paid.
     “Notes” means the Company’s 3.625% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and 6.500% Senior Notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes”) each issued under the Indenture as a separate series. For the purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, unless otherwise specified herein, references to the “Notes” shall be deemed to refer to each series of Notes separately, and not to the 2016 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2041 Notes on any collective basis.
     “Purchase Agreement” means that certain equity purchase agreement, dated February 28, 2011, by and among the Company, FC-GEN Investment, LLC and FC-GEN Operations Investment, LLC.
     “Regular Record Date” with respect to the Notes is defined in Section 101 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.1(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.
     “Reinvestment Rate” means 0.25% in the case of the 2016 Notes, 0.30% in the case of the 2022 Notes and 0.35% in the case of the 2041 Notes, plus, in each case, the arithmetic mean of the yields under the respective heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the

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nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purpose of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.
     “Senior Debt” means all Indebtedness other than Subordinated Debt.
     “Special Mandatory Redemption” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(e) of this Supplemental Indenture.
     “Special Mandatory Redemption Date” means the date which is 20 business days after the Acquisition Termination Date.
     “Special Mandatory Redemption Price” means 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
     “Statistical Release” means that statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination under the Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index that shall be designated by the Company.
     “Subordinated Debt” means any unsecured Indebtedness of the Company which is issued or assumed pursuant to, or evidenced by, an indenture or other instrument which contains provisions for the subordination of such other Indebtedness (to which appropriate reference shall be made in the instruments evidencing such other Indebtedness if not contained therein) to the Notes (and, at the option of the Company, if so provided, to other Indebtedness of the Company, either generally or as specifically designated).
     “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company. For the purposes of this definition, “voting equity securities” means equity securities having voting power for the election of directors or similar functionaries, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
     “Total Assets” means on any date, the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as such amount would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

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     “Total Unencumbered Assets” means on any date, net real estate investments (valued on a book basis) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are not subject to any Lien which secures indebtedness for borrowed money of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus, without duplication, loan loss reserves relating thereto, accumulated depreciation thereon plus Cash, as all such amounts would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that “Total Unencumbered Assets” does not include net real estate investments under unconsolidated joint ventures of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
     “Unsecured Debt” means Funded Indebtedness less Indebtedness secured by Liens on the property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE 2
TERMS OF THE NOTES
      Section 2.1 Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture, the Notes shall have the following terms and conditions:
     (a)  Title; Aggregate Principal Amount; Form of Notes . The Notes shall be Registered Securities under the Indenture each as a separate series, and shall be known respectively as the Company’s “3.625% Senior Notes due 2016,” “5.250% Senior Notes due 2022” and “6.500% Senior Notes due 2041.” The 2016 Notes will be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, the 2022 Notes will be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 and the 2041 Notes will be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000. Each series shall be subject to the right of the Company to reopen such series for issuances of additional securities of such series and except (i) as provided in this Section and (ii) for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder. The 2016 Notes (together with the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, the 2022 Notes (together with the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto and the 2041 Notes (together with the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, each of which is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.
     The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more registered global securities without coupons (“Global Notes”) that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co. Except under the circumstance described below, the Notes will not be issuable in definitive form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual notes represented thereby, a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any nominee of DTC to a successor depositary or any nominee of such successor.

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     So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture. Except as described below, owners of beneficial interest in Notes evidenced by a Global Note will not be entitled to have any of the individual Notes represented by such Global Note registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such Notes in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
     If DTC is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue individual Notes in exchange for the Global Note or Global Notes representing such Notes. In addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, determine not to have any of such Notes represented by one or more Global Notes and, in such event, will issue individual Notes in exchange for the Global Note or Global Notes representing the Notes. Individual Notes so issued will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
     (b)  Interest and Interest Rate .
     (i) The 2016 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.625% per annum, from March 14, 2011 (or, in the case of 2016 Notes issued upon the reopening of this series, from the date designated by the Company in connection with such reopening) or from the immediately preceding 2016 Notes Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually in arrears on each March 15 and September 15, commencing September 15, 2011 (each of which shall be a “2016 Notes Interest Payment Date”), to the Persons in whose names the 2016 Notes are registered in the Security Register at the close of business on March 1 or September 1, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day), next preceding such 2016 Notes Interest Payment Date (each, a “2016 Notes Regular Record Date”).
     (ii) The 2022 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.250% per annum, from March 14, 2011 (or, in the case of 2022 Notes issued upon the reopening of this series, from the date designated by the Company in connection with such reopening) or from the immediately preceding 2022 Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually in arrears on each January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2011 (each of which shall be a “2022 Notes Interest Payment Date”), to the Persons in whose names the 2022 Notes are registered in the Security Register at the close of business on January 1 or July 1, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day), next preceding such 2022 Notes Interest Payment Date (each, a “2022 Notes Regular Record Date”).
     (iii) The 2041 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 6.500% per annum, from March 14, 2011 (or, in the case of 2041 Notes issued upon the reopening of this series, from the date designated by the Company in connection with such reopening) or from the immediately preceding 2041 Notes Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid

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or duly provided for, payable semiannually in arrears on each March 15 and September 15, commencing September 15, 2011 (each of which shall be a “2041 Notes Interest Payment Date”), to the Persons in whose names the 2041 Notes are registered in the Security Register at the close of business on March 1 or September 1, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day), next preceding such 2041 Notes Interest Payment Date (each, a “2041 Notes Regular Record Date”).
     (iv) For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, references herein or therein to (A) an “Interest Payment Date” shall be deemed to refer to the applicable 2016 Notes Interest Payment Date, 2022 Notes Interest Payment Date or 2041 Interest Payment Date, as the context so requires; and (B) a “Regular Record Date” shall be deemed to refer to the applicable 2016 Notes Regular Record Date, 2022 Notes Regular Record Date or 2041 Notes Regular Record Date, as the context so requires.
     (c)  Principal Repayment; Currency . The 2016 Notes will mature on March 15, 2016, the 2022 Notes will mature on January 15, 2022 and the 2041 Notes will mature on March 15, 2041; provided, however, the Notes may be earlier redeemed at the option of the Company as provided in paragraph (d) below. The principal of each Note payable on its maturity date shall be paid against presentation and surrender thereof to Corporate Trust Operations of the Trustee, located at 111 Sanders Creek Parkway, East Syracuse, NY 13057, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public or private debts.
     (d)  Redemption at the Option of the Company . The Notes will be subject to redemption at any time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its address appearing in the Security Register. If the Notes are redeemed, the redemption price will equal the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes (or portion of such Notes) being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, plus (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any; provided, however, that if the 2022 Notes are redeemed 90 days or fewer prior to their maturity date, the redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes (or portion of such Notes) being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date; provided further, however, that if the 2041 Notes are redeemed 180 days or fewer prior to their maturity date, the redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the 2041 Notes (or portion of such Notes) being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.
     (e)  Special Mandatory Redemption . If, for any reason, the acquisition contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is not completed on or prior to the Acquisition Termination Date, the Company will be required to redeem the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (a “Special Mandatory Redemption”).
     Notice of a Special Mandatory Redemption will be mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, promptly after the occurrence of the event triggering such redemption to each holder of Notes at its registered address. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the

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Trustee, in its capacity as paying agent, on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Notes will cease to bear interest and, other than the right to receive the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, all rights under the Notes shall terminate.
     (f)  Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by facsimile. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615, Attention: General Counsel; notices to the Trustee shall be directed to it at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 525 Vine St., Suite 900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, Re: Health Care REIT, Inc. 3.625% Senior Notes due 2016, 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022 and/or 6.500% Senior Notes due 2041 (as applicable); or as to either party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.
     (g)  Global Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
     (h)  Applicability of Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance Provisions . The Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions in Article Thirteen of the Indenture will apply to the Notes.
ARTICLE 3
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
      Section 3.1 Holders of the Notes shall have the benefit of the following covenants, in addition to the covenants of the Company set forth in Articles Eight and Ten of the Indenture:
     (a) The Company will not pledge or otherwise subject to any Lien, any property or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries unless the Notes are secured by such pledge or Lien equally and ratably with all other obligations secured thereby so long as such obligations shall be so secured; provided, however, that such restriction shall not apply to the following:

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     (i) Liens securing obligations that do not in the aggregate at any one time outstanding exceed 40% of the sum of (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar year or quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Liens and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Indebtedness), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Liens;
     (ii) Pledges or deposits by the Company or its Subsidiaries under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, social security laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries), or leases to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries or deposits of cash or United States Government Bonds to secure surety, appeal, performance or other similar bonds to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent;
     (iii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s and mechanics’ liens, or Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which the Company or such Subsidiary at the time shall be currently prosecuting an appeal or proceeding for review;
     (iv) Liens for taxes not yet subject to penalties for non-payment and Liens for taxes the payment of which is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
     (v) Minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of, others for rights of way, highways and railroad crossings, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties;
     (vi) Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary or to the ownership of their respective properties that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, all of which Liens referred to in this clause (vi) do not in the aggregate materially impair the value of the properties to which they relate or materially impair their use in the operation of the business taken as a whole of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and as to all of the foregoing referenced in clauses (ii) through (vi), only to the extent arising and continuing in the ordinary course of business;

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     (vii) Purchase money Liens on property acquired or held by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of such property; provided, however, that (A) any such Lien attaches concurrently with or within 20 days after the acquisition thereof, (B) such Lien attaches solely to the property so acquired in such transaction, (C) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such property and (D) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not at any time exceed $1,000,000;
     (viii) Liens existing on the Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2001; and
     (ix) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (ii) through (viii) inclusive; provided, however, that the amount of any and all obligations and Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the amount thereof so secured immediately prior to the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
     (b) The Company will not create, assume, incur, or otherwise become liable in respect of, any Indebtedness if the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries is, at the time of such creation, assumption or incurrence and after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent transactions, greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar year or quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Indebtedness), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness.
     (c) The Company will have or maintain, on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters, Interest Coverage of not less than 150%.
     (d) The Company will maintain, as of the last day of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters and at all times, Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

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     (e) For purposes of this Section 3, Indebtedness and Debt shall be deemed to be “incurred” by the Company or a Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.
ARTICLE 4
ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT
      Section 4.1 For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, in addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 501 of the Indenture, each of the following also shall constitute an “Event of Default:”
     (a) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on the Notes at Maturity;
     (b) there shall occur a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of the Company, or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Company (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured any indebtedness of the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000 of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto and shall have resulted in such indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by first class mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture; and
     (c) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments, orders or decrees against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (excluding amounts covered by insurance) in excess of $10,000,000 and such judgments, orders or decrees remain undischarged, unstayed and unsatisfied in an aggregate amount (excluding amounts covered by insurance) in excess of $10,000,000 for a period of 30 consecutive days.
      Section 4.2 Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Indenture, upon the acceleration of the Notes in accordance with Section 502 of the Indenture, the amount immediately due and payable in respect of the Notes shall equal the Outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus the Make-Whole Amount.

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ARTICLE 5
EFFECTIVENESS
      Section 5.1 This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective for all purposes as of the date and time this Supplemental Indenture has been executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee in accordance with Article Nine of the Indenture. As supplemented hereby, the Indenture is hereby confirmed as being in full force and effect.
ARTICLE 6
NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
      Section 6.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture including, without limitation, Section 1102 thereof, in connection with the redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Notes, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the establishment of a Redemption Date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed at least 60 days prior to such Redemption Date unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
      Section 7.1 In the event any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof or any provision of the Indenture.
      Section 7.2 To the extent that any terms of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes are inconsistent with the terms of the Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall govern and supersede such inconsistent terms.
      Section 7.3 This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
      Section 7.4 This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed in their respective corporate names as of the date first above written.
         
  HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael A. Crabtree    
  Name:   Michael A. Crabtree   
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer   
 
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A., as Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Christian J. Pastura    
  Name:   Christian J. Pastura   
  Title:   Senior Associate   
 

 


 

EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
[Form of Face of Security]
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
      UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
3.625% Senior Notes due 2016
     
CUSIP No. 42217K AV8   $400,000,000
     Health Care REIT, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Four Hundred Million Dollars on March 15, 2016, and to pay interest thereon from March 14, 2011, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2011 at the rate of 3.625% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities

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exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
         
  By:      
  Name:      
  Title:      
 
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated:                                          
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

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  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A., as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 

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[Form of Reverse of Security]
     1.  General . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of March 14, 2011, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by such Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.
     2.  Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at any time or from time to time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company. If the Securities are redeemed, the redemption price will equal the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, plus (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any.
     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
     3.  Special Mandatory Redemption . If, for any reason, the acquisition contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is not completed on or prior to the Acquisition Termination Date, the Company will be required to redeem the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.
     Notice of a Special Mandatory Redemption will be mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, promptly after the occurrence of the event triggering such redemption to each holder of Securities at its registered address. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee, in its capacity as paying agent, on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities will cease to bear interest and, other than the right to receive the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, all rights under the Security shall terminate.
     4.  Defeasance . The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

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     5.  Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
     6.  Actions of Holders . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
     7.  Payments Not Impaired . No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
     8.  Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series

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and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
     9.  Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     10.  Defined Terms . All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     11.  Governing Law . The Indenture and the Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state.
     12.  CUSIP Number . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

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[ASSIGNMENT FORM]
ABBREVIATIONS
     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
               
TEN COM —
  as tenants in common     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —   __________ Custodian _______
TEN ENT —
  as tenants by the entireties         (Cust)                                  (Minor)
JT TEN —
  as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common         Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
___________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
                                         
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing _____________________ Attorney to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
     
Dated:                                                          
  Signed:                                                                                              
 
   
 
  Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
 
   
 
  Signature Guarantee*:                                                                  
 
   
 
  * Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTE
[Form of Face of Security]
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
      UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
5.250% Senior Notes due 2022
     
CUSIP No. 42217K AW6   $600,000,000
     Health Care REIT, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Six Hundred Million Dollars on January 15, 2022, and to pay interest thereon from March 14, 2011, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 in each year, commencing July 15, 2011 at the rate of 5.250% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities

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of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
         
     
  By:      
  Name:      
  Title:      
 
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated:                                          
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

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  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A., as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 

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[Form of Reverse of Security]
     1.  General . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of March 14, 2011, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by such Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.
     2.  Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at any time or from time to time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company. If the Securities are redeemed, the redemption price will equal the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, plus (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any; provided, however, that if the Securities of this series are redeemed 90 days or fewer prior to their maturity date, the redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.
     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
     3.  Special Mandatory Redemption . If, for any reason, the acquisition contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is not completed on or prior to the Acquisition Termination Date, the Company will be required to redeem the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.
     Notice of a Special Mandatory Redemption will be mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, promptly after the occurrence of the event triggering such redemption to each holder of Securities at its registered address. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee, in its capacity as paying agent, on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities will cease to bear interest and, other than the right to receive the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, all rights under the Security shall terminate.

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     4.  Defeasance . The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
     5.  Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
     6.  Actions of Holders . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
     7.  Payments Not Impaired . No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
     8.  Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are

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payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
     9.  Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     10.  Defined Terms . All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     11.  Governing Law . The Indenture and the Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state.
     12.  CUSIP Number . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

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[ASSIGNMENT FORM]
ABBREVIATIONS
     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
               
TEN COM —
  as tenants in common     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —   __________ Custodian _______
TEN ENT —
  as tenants by the entireties         (Cust)                                 (Minor)
JT TEN —
  as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common         Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
___________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
                                           
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing _____________________ Attorney to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
     
Dated:                                                          
  Signed:                                                                                              
 
   
 
  Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
 
   
 
  Signature Guarantee*:                                                                  
 
   
 
  * Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTE
[Form of Face of Security]
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
      UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
6.500% Senior Notes due 2041
     
CUSIP No. 42217K AX4   $400,000,000
     Health Care REIT, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Four Hundred Million Dollars on March 15, 2041, and to pay interest thereon from March 14, 2011, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2011 at the rate of 6.500% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities

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exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
         
     
  By:      
  Name:      
  Title:      
 
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated:                                          
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

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  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A., as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 

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[Form of Reverse of Security]
     1.  General . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of March 14, 2011, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by such Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.
     2.  Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at any time or from time to time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company. If the Securities are redeemed, the redemption price will equal the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, plus (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any; provided, however, that if the Securities of this series are redeemed 180 days or fewer prior to their maturity date, the redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.
     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
     3.  Special Mandatory Redemption . If, for any reason, the acquisition contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is not completed on or prior to the Acquisition Termination Date, the Company will be required to redeem the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.
     Notice of a Special Mandatory Redemption will be mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, promptly after the occurrence of the event triggering such redemption to each holder of Securities at its registered address. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee, in its capacity as paying agent, on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities will cease to bear interest and, other than the right to receive the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, all rights under the Security shall terminate.

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     4.  Defeasance . The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
     5.  Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
     6.  Actions of Holders . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
     7.  Payments Not Impaired . No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
     8.  Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are

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payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
     9.  Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     10.  Defined Terms . All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     11.  Governing Law . The Indenture and the Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state.
     12.  CUSIP Number . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

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[ASSIGNMENT FORM]
ABBREVIATIONS
     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
                   
TEN COM —
  as tenants in common     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —   __________ Custodian _______
TEN ENT —
  as tenants by the entireties         (Cust)                                 (Minor)
JT TEN —
  as joint tenants with right         Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
 
  of survivorship and not as tenants in         ___________  
 
  common         (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
                                         
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing _____________________ Attorney to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
     
Dated:                                                          
  Signed:                                                                                              
     
 
  Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
     
 
  Signature Guarantee*:                                                                  
     
 
  * Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Exhibit 5

(SHUMAKER LOGO)
         
 
  1000 Jackson Street   419.241.9000 
 
  Toledo, Ohio 43604-5573   419.241.6894 fax
     
    www.slk-law.com


March 14, 2011
Health Care REIT, Inc.
4500 Dorr Street
Toledo, Ohio 43615
Re:   HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
3.625% Notes due 2016
5.250% Notes due 2022
6.500% Notes due 2041
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to Health Care REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of (i) $400,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 3.625% Notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), (ii) $600,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and (iii) $400,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 6.500% Notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes” and, collectively with the 2016 Notes and 2022 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated March 9, 2011 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus dated May 7, 2009 (the “Prospectus”), included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159040) (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).
     In connection with the following opinions, we have examined and have relied upon copies of: (i) the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, (ii) the Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the “By-Laws”), (iii) the Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”), (iv) the Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of March 14, 2011, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”), (v) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein, (vi) the Prospectus Supplement, (vii) the resolutions regarding the offering of the Notes adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 25, 2011 and the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company on March 9, 2011, (viii) the Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, dated March 9, 2011, for the offering and sale of the Notes (the “Underwriting

 


 

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Agreement”), (ix) the forms of global notes evidencing the Notes (the “Global Notes”), and (x) such other documents, records, certificates, statements, and instruments as we have deemed necessary and appropriate to render the opinions herein set forth.
     In reaching the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the following:
  (a)   each party to the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture (other than the Company) is, and has been at all times relevant to these opinions, duly formed or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which each is formed or organized;
 
  (b)   each person executing any instrument, document or agreement on behalf of any party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so;
 
  (c)   each natural person executing any instrument, document or agreement is legally competent to do so; and
 
  (d)   any documents submitted to us as originals are authentic; the form and content of any documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such documents as executed and delivered; any documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents; all signatures on all documents are genuine; and all public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete.
     As to questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied without independent investigation on (i) written representations of each party made in the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith, (ii) certificates and records of public officials, and (iii) certificates and written representations of officers and directors of the Company.
     Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Notes will be, when issued and sold in the manner set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus, valid and legally issued and binding obligations of the Company.
     The opinions set forth herein are subject to the following additional qualifications, assumptions and exceptions: (i) the enforceability of the Notes may be limited by the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, and (ii) the enforceability of the Notes may be limited by the effect of general principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief).
     The opinions set forth herein are limited to the matters and the transaction expressly addressed herein and no opinion is to be implied or may be inferred beyond the opinions expressly stated herein.

 


 

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     We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provisions contained in the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture or the Global Notes that constitute waivers that are prohibited by law prior to default.
     We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion to reflect a change in any applicable laws after the date hereof or any fact or circumstance that may come to our attention after the date hereof.
     The undersigned hereby consents to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Company’s Form 8-K to be filed with the Commission on March 14, 2011. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP

 

EXHIBIT 8
(ARNOLD AND PORTER LLP LOGO)
March 14, 2011
Health Care REIT, Inc.
4500 Dorr Street
Toledo, Ohio 43615
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as special tax counsel to Health Care REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% notes due 2016, $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% notes due 2022 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.500% notes due 2041 (collectively, the “Notes”), pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated March 9, 2011 to the prospectus dated May 7, 2009 (collectively, the “Prospectus”) included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159040) (the “Registration Statement”), filed on May 7, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. You have requested our opinion regarding certain U.S. federal income tax matters. This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 9, 2011, between the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Representatives of the Several Underwriters (collectively, not including the Company, the “Underwriters”) (the “Agreement”), in connection with the fulfillment of one of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes being sold. Certain capitalized terms used herein without definition are as defined in the Agreement.
     In giving this opinion, we have examined the following:
    the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company;
 
    the Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company;
 
    the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010;

 


 

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    the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
 
    the Company’s 2009 federal income tax return; and
 
    such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.
     In connection with the opinions rendered below, we have assumed with your consent that:
     1. Each of the documents referred to above has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; is authentic, if an original, or is accurate, if a copy; and has not been amended;
     2. During its taxable years ended December 31, 2003 through December 31, 2010, the Company has operated, and, in future taxable years, the Company will operate, in a manner that has caused or will make, as the case may be, the factual representations relating to the ownership, operation, future method of operations, and compliance of the Company with the real estate investment trust (“REIT”) provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Treasury Regulations (the “Regulations”) thereunder, as in effect as of the date hereof, contained in a certificate, dated on or about the date hereof, and executed by a duly appointed officer of the Company (the “Officer’s Certificate”), true for such years;
     3. The Company will not make any amendments to its organizational documents after the date of this opinion that would affect its qualification as a REIT under sections 856-860 of the Code for any taxable year; and
     4. No action will be taken by the Company after the date hereof that would have the effect of altering the facts upon which the opinions set forth below are based.
     In our capacity as special tax counsel to the Company, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of our opinions rendered below. For the purposes of rendering these opinions, we have not made an independent investigation of the facts set forth in any documents delivered to us, including, without limitation, the Officer’s Certificate. We have relied completely upon the Company’s representations that the information presented in such documents accurately reflects all material facts. In the course of our representation of the

 


 

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Company, we have not been made aware of any facts inconsistent with such factual representations. In addition, where such factual representations involve terms defined or used in the Code, the Regulations, published rulings of the Internal Revenue Service or other relevant authority, we have explained such terms to the Company’s representatives and are satisfied that the Company’s representatives understand such terms and are capable of making such factual representations.
     Based on the Code, Regulations, documents, assumptions and statements set forth above, the factual representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate and our review of the discussion in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 under the caption “Taxation,” and any amendments thereto, and the discussion under the caption “Additional U.S. federal income tax considerations” in the Prospectus (and any similar sections or information contained in the General Disclosure Package), we are of the opinion that:
     (a) the Company is qualified to be taxed as a REIT pursuant to sections 856 through 860 of the Code for its taxable years ended December 31, 2003 through December 31, 2010, and the Company’s organization and current and proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for all future taxable years; and
     (b) the statements contained under the heading “Taxation” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and any amendments thereto, and the statements contained under the heading “Additional U.S. federal income tax considerations” in the Prospectus (and any similar sections or information contained in the General Disclosure Package), are correct and accurate in all material respects and present fairly and accurately the material aspects of the federal income tax (i) treatment of the Company and (ii) considerations that are likely to be material to a holder of the Notes.
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the Company’s operations for any given taxable year will satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.
     The foregoing opinions are based on current provisions of the Code and the Regulations, published administrative interpretations thereof and published court decisions and assume that none of these will change. No assurance, however, can be given that the law will not change in a way that will prevent the Company from qualifying as a REIT.
     The foregoing opinions are limited to the U.S. federal income tax matters addressed herein, and no other opinions are rendered with respect to other federal tax matters or to any issues arising under the tax laws of any other country, or any state or locality. You must judge for yourselves whether the matters addressed in this opinion letter are sufficient for your purposes. This letter speaks only of this date, and we undertake no obligation to update the opinions expressed herein after the date of this letter. This opinion letter may not be distributed, or quoted in whole or in part, or otherwise reproduced in any document, or filed with any governmental agency, in each case without our express written consent.
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof. In giving this consent, we do not acknowledge that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
         
  Very truly yours,
 
 
  /s/ Arnold & Porter LLP    
 
  Arnold & Porter llp