Current Report on Form 8-K

 

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): April 29, 2003

 

NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

  

1-9028

  

95-3997619

(State or Other

  

(Commission

  

(IRS Employer

Jurisdiction of

  

File Number)

  

Identification

Incorporation)

       

No.)

 

610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1150, Newport Beach, California 92660-6429


(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 718-4400

 

Not Applicable


(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS

 

On April 29, 2003, we entered into purchase agreements to issue and sell 9,625,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, to selected institutional investors, with the assistance of Cohen & Steers Capital Advisors, LLC as a placement agent in a direct placement, which is expected to result in net proceeds of approximately $112,940,000, after we pay expenses of the offering, including placement agent fees and expenses. We will use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of amounts outstanding under our revolving bank line of credit.

 

ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

 

99.1    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and among European Investors, Inc., the client accounts of European Investors, Inc. as set forth on Schedule A thereto and the Registrant.

 

99.2    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and between Fidelity Securities Fund: Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund and the Registrant.

 

99.3    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and among Kensington Investment Group, Inc., the client accounts of Kensington Investment Group, Inc. as set forth on Schedule A thereto and the Registrant.

 

99.4    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and between Millennium Trading Co. LP and the Registrant.

 

99.5    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and among Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. on behalf of the client accounts of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. as set forth on Schedule A thereto and the Registrant.

 

99.6    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and among Security Capital Research & Management Incorporated, the client accounts of Security Capital Research & Management Incorporated as set forth on Schedule A thereto and the Registrant.

 

99.7    Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, TIAA-CREF Real Estate Securities Fund and TIAA Life Real Estate Securities Fund, which funds are acting through their investment manager, Teachers Advisors, Inc., and Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of itself (as to paragraph 4 thereto) and each of the funds listed under its name on Schedule A thereto.

 

99.8    Placement Agency Agreement, dated April 29, 2003, by and between Cohen & Steers Capital Advisors, LLC and the Registrant.


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

   

NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC.

Date: April 29, 2003

 

By:

 

/s/    MARK L. DESMOND


       

Name: Mark L. Desmond

       

Title: Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer