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):  June 13, 2019
 
VENTAS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-10989
 
61-1055020
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
353 N. Clark Street, Suite 3300, Chicago, Illinois
 
60654
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (877) 483-6827
 
Not applicable
Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
  
Trading Symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common stock, $0.25 par value
  
VTR
  
New York Stock Exchange

 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).                                 

Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 

Item 8.01
Other Events.

On June 13, 2019, Ventas, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it provided $490 million in financing to subsidiaries of Colony Capital, Inc. (collectively, the parent and its subsidiaries, “Colony”) as part of a $1.515 billion refinancing (the “New Secured Loan”) of Colony’s prior $1.725 billion consolidated healthcare loan (the “Refinanced Loan”) maturing in December 2019, which has been repaid and discharged in full.  The Company’s tranche of the New Secured Loan, which totals $490 million, bears interest at LIBOR plus 6.42 percent. The Company previously held $270 million of the Refinanced Loan, which bore interest at 8.25 percent.

The Company expects the investment to be accretive to normalized funds from operations per share on an annualized and leverage neutral basis.

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
VENTAS, INC.
   
 
 
Date: June 20, 2019
By:
/s/ T. Richard Riney
 
 
T. Richard Riney
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer,
General Counsel and Ethics and Compliance Officer