Ventas, Inc. VTR (“Ventas”) and American Realty Capital Healthcare
Trust, Inc. HCT (“HCT”) today announced that the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has declared effective the registration statement
on Form S-4, as amended, relating to the previously announced pending merger
between Ventas and HCT pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of June 1, 2014, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Ventas,
HCT, Stripe Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly
owned subsidiary of Ventas (“Merger Sub”), Stripe OP, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership of which Merger Sub is the sole general partner, and American
Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
HCT and Ventas also announced today that HCT filed its definitive proxy
statement relating to the special meeting of HCT stockholders, which will take
place on January 15, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, at The Core Club,
located at 66 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022, to, among other things,
consider and approve the merger.
HCT intends to promptly begin mailing to its stockholders the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus. Additionally, HCT announced that the record date for
stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting has been changed to the
close of business on December 12, 2014.
Ventas and HCT expect to close the transaction in January 2015, subject to the
closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the approval
of HCT's stockholders.
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