On June 27, 2025, Welltower OP LLC (the “Company”) issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.500% Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.125% Notes due 2035 (the “2035 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, “Notes”) pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor (as defined below) on Form
S-3
(File
Nos. 333-286204
and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 28, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”). The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Welltower Inc. (the “Guarantor”) on a senior unsecured basis. The Notes were sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2025, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters.
The Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010 (the “Indenture”), as amended by Supplemental Indenture No. 23, dated as of April 1, 2022 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 23”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), each of which was incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 24, dated as of June 27, 2025 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 24”), among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. The 2030 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.500% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2026. The 2030 Notes will mature on July 1, 2030. The 2035 Notes bear interest rate at a rate of 5.125% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2026. The 2035 Notes will mature on July 1, 2035. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt and investment in healthcare and seniors housing properties. Pending such use, the net proceeds may be invested in short-term, investment grade, interest-bearing securities, certificates of deposit or indirect or guaranteed obligations of the United States.
The foregoing description of the Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 23, Supplemental Indenture No. 24 and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 23, Supplemental Indenture No. 24, the form of global note due 2030 and the form of global note due 2035, filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2025, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters. |
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4.1 |
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Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Guarantor’s Form 8-K filed March 15, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference thereto). |
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Supplemental Indenture No. 23, dated as of April 1, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Guarantor’s Form 8-K12B filed April 1, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference thereto). |
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4.3 |
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Supplemental Indenture No. 24, dated as of June 27, 2025, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. |
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4.4 |
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Form of Global Note due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.3 hereto). |
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4.5 |
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Form of Global Note due 2035 (included in Exhibit 4.3 hereto). |
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Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. |
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Tax Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereto). |
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23.2 |
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Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 8 hereto). |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
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