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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Significant Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Significant Transactions Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Other Significant Transactions
During 2018 through 2020, the Company acquired 33 communities that the Company formerly leased or managed, disposed of an aggregate of 43 owned communities (including the conveyance of five communities to Ventas), and sold substantially all of its ownership interests in unconsolidated ventures. The Company also entered into transactions with Ventas, announced on July 27, 2020, Healthpeak Properties, Inc. ("Healthpeak") announced on October 1, 2019, and Welltower Inc. ("Welltower") announced during 2018, which together restructured a significant portion of the Company's triple-net lease obligations with the Company's largest lessors. As a result of such transactions, as well as other lease expirations and terminations, the Company's triple-net lease obligations on 104 communities were terminated from 2018 to 2020 (89 in 2018, ten in 2019, and five in 2020). As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned 350 communities, leased 301 communities, and managed 75 communities.

The following table sets forth the amounts included within the Company's consolidated financial statements for the 147 communities that it disposed through sales, conveyances, and lease terminations for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 through the respective disposition dates:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)202020192018
Resident fees
Independent Living$— $— $81,279 
Assisted Living and Memory Care14,080 50,775 284,627 
CCRCs20,495 64,791 84,186 
Senior housing resident fees$34,575 $115,566 $450,092 
Facility operating expense
Independent Living$— $— $48,161 
Assisted Living and Memory Care13,008 43,880 211,546 
CCRCs19,997 58,813 74,898 
Senior housing facility operating expense$33,005 $102,693 $334,605 
Cash lease payments$4,696 $9,011 $91,169 

As of December 31, 2020, three communities were classified as held for sale, resulting in $16.1 million being recorded as assets held for sale within the consolidated balance sheet. Two of such communities are in the Assisted Living and Memory Care segment and one is in the CCRCs segment. The closings of the various pending and expected transactions are, or will be, subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions, including (where applicable) the receipt of regulatory approvals. There can be no assurance that the transactions will close or, if they do, when the actual closings will occur.

Completed Dispositions of Owned Communities

In addition to the conveyance of five communities to Ventas, during the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company completed the sale of two owned communities for cash proceeds of $38.1 million, net of transaction costs, and recognized a net gain on sale of assets of $2.7 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company completed the sale of 14 owned communities for cash proceeds of $85.4 million, net of transaction costs, and recognized a net gain on sale of assets of $5.5 million. The Company utilized a portion of the cash proceeds from the asset sales to repay approximately $5.1 million of associated mortgage debt and debt prepayment penalties.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company completed the sale of 22 owned communities for cash proceeds of $380.7 million, net of transaction costs, and recognized a net gain on sale of assets of $188.6 million. The Company utilized a portion of the cash proceeds from the asset sales to repay approximately $174.0 million of associated mortgage debt and debt prepayment penalties.

2020 Ventas Lease Restructuring

On July 26, 2020 (the "Effective Date"), the Company entered into definitive agreements with Ventas in connection with the restructuring of the Company’s lease arrangements with Ventas, including a Master Transaction Letter Agreement (the "Master Agreement"). Pursuant to the Master Agreement:

On the Effective Date the parties entered into the Amended and Restated Master Lease and Security Agreement (the "Master Lease") and Amended and Restated Guaranty (the "Guaranty"), which amended and restated the prior Master Lease and Security Agreement and prior Guaranty, each dated as of April 26, 2018 and as amended from time to time. Pursuant to the Master Lease, the Company continues to lease 120 communities for an aggregate initial annual minimum rent of approximately $100 million, which reflects a reduction of approximately $83 million of annual minimum rent in effect prior to the transaction. Effective on January 1 of each lease year, beginning January 1, 2022, the annual minimum rent will be subject to a 3% escalator. The initial term of the Master Lease ends December 31, 2025, with two 10-year extension options available to the Company. The annual minimum rent for the initial lease year of any such renewal term will be the greater of the fair market rental of the communities or the increased annual minimum rent for such lease year applying the foregoing 3% escalator. The Master Lease removed the prior provision that would have automatically extended the initial term in the event of the consummation of a change of control transaction by the Company. The Master Lease requires the Company to spend (or escrow with Ventas) a minimum of $1,500 per unit on a community-level basis and $3,600 per unit on an aggregate basis of all communities, in each case per 24-month period ending December 31 during the lease term, commencing with the 24-month period ending December 31, 2021. In addition, Ventas has agreed to fund costs associated with certain pre-approved capital expenditure projects in the aggregate amount of up to $37.8 million. Upon disbursement of such expenditures, the annual minimum rent under the Master Lease will increase by the amount of the disbursement multiplied by 50% of the sum of the then current 10-year treasury note rate and 4.5%. The transaction agreements with Ventas further provide that the Master Lease and certain other agreements between the parties will be cross-defaulted.

The Company’s subsidiaries’ obligations under the Master Lease are guaranteed at the parent level pursuant to the Guaranty. The Guaranty removed the prior requirements that the Company satisfy, at the parent level, financial covenants and that the Company maintain a security deposit with Ventas. The Guaranty also removed the prior right of Ventas to terminate the Master Lease on the basis of parent level financial covenants. Pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty, the Company may consummate a change of control transaction without the need for consent of Ventas so long as certain objective conditions are satisfied, including the post-transaction guarantor’s maintaining a minimum tangible net worth of at least $600.0 million, having minimum levels of operational experience and reputation in the senior living industry, and paying a change of control fee of $25.0 million to Ventas. The Guaranty removed the prior provisions that would have required that such post-transaction guarantor satisfy a maximum leverage ratio level, that the Company fund additional capital expenditures, and that the Company extend the term upon the occurrence of the change in control transaction. Under the terms of the Guaranty, commencing January 1, 2024 (and until such time (if any) as the Company exercises its lease term extension option with respect to the Master Lease), Ventas shall have the right to terminate the Master Lease (with respect to one or more communities), provided that the trailing twelve month coverage ratio of each such community is less than 0.9x and provided further that the removal and termination of any such communities does not result in a portfolio coverage ratio with respect to the remaining communities in the Master Lease that is less than the portfolio coverage ratio prior to such removal and termination.

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement with Ventas, which provides that if a default occurs and is continuing under certain other material leases or under certain material financings and if the same continues beyond the permitted cure period or the applicable landlord or lender exercises any material remedies, Ventas shall have the right to transition all or a portion of the communities from the Master Lease to a management arrangement with the Company pursuant to a market management agreement (which is
terminable by either party). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Ventas may only transition one or more communities from the Master Lease to a management arrangement if such transition does not result in a portfolio coverage ratio with respect to the remaining communities in the Master Lease that is less than the portfolio coverage ratio prior to such transition.
On the Effective Date, the Company conveyed five owned communities to Ventas in full release and satisfaction of $78.4 million principal amount of indebtedness secured by the communities. Upon closing, the parties entered into new terminable, market rate management agreements pursuant to which the Company manages the communities. The Company also paid to Ventas $115.0 million in cash, released all security deposits to Ventas under the former guaranty (which included the release of a $42.4 million deposit held by Ventas and the payment of $4.2 million in cash as settlement of the amount of letters of credit), and issued a $45.0 million unsecured interest-only promissory note to Ventas. The initial interest rate of the promissory note is 9.0% per annum and will increase by 0.50% on each anniversary of the date of issuance. The Company may prepay the outstanding principal amount in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty. The promissory note matures on the earlier of December 31, 2025 or the occurrence of a change of control transaction (as defined in the Guaranty).

On the Effective Date, the Company issued to Ventas a warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase 16.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price per share of $3.00. The Warrant is exercisable at Ventas' option at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, until December 31, 2025. The exercise price and the number of shares issuable on exercise of the Warrant are subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, including for cash dividends, stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications, non-cash distributions, certain repurchases of common stock and business combination transactions. To the extent that the number of shares owned by Ventas (including shares underlying the Warrant) would be more than 9.6% of the total combined voting power of all the Company’s classes of capital stock or of the total value of shares of all the Company’s classes of capital stock (the "Ownership Cap") (other than as a result of actions taken by Ventas), the Company would generally be required to repurchase the number of shares necessary to avoid Ventas exceeding the Ownership Cap unless Ventas makes an election to require the Company to pay Ventas cash in lieu of issuing shares pursuant to the Warrant in excess of the Ownership Cap. The Warrant and the shares issuable upon exercise thereof have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and were issued in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof. On the Effective Date, the parties entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which Ventas and its permitted transferees are entitled to certain registration rights. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC with respect to the shares of common stock underlying the Warrant, which was declared effective on August 17, 2020. Ventas is entitled to customary underwritten offering, piggyback, and additional demand registration rights with respect to the shares underlying the Warrant.

As a result of the modification of the community leases with Ventas, the Company reduced the carrying amount of lease obligations and assets under leases by $370.0 million and $159.5 million, respectively, in the three months ended September 30, 2020. As the Company's community leases do not contain an implicit rate, the Company utilized its incremental borrowing rate based on information available on the Effective Date to determine the present value of remaining lease payments for the community leases with Ventas. Additionally, the results and financial position of the five communities conveyed to Ventas were deconsolidated from the Company's financial statements prospectively as of the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, the Warrant was recognized as a component of stockholders’ equity at its estimated fair value of $22.9 million. The Company’s net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes the $119.2 million one-time cash lease payment made to Ventas in connection with its lease restructuring transaction effective July 26, 2020. See Note 19 for more information regarding the adjustments to the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a result of this transaction.

2019 Healthpeak CCRC Venture and Master Lease Transactions

On October 1, 2019, the Company entered into definitive agreements, including a Master Transactions and Cooperation Agreement (the "MTCA") and an Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), providing for a multi-part transaction with Healthpeak. The parties subsequently amended the agreements to include one additional entry fee CCRC community as part of the sale of the Company's interest in its unconsolidated entry fee CCRC venture with Healthpeak (the "CCRC Venture") (rather than removing the community from the CCRC Venture for joint marketing and sale). The components of the multi-part transaction include:

CCRC Venture Transaction. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on January 31, 2020, Healthpeak acquired the Company's 51% ownership interest in the CCRC Venture, which held 14 entry fee CCRCs, for a total purchase price of $289.2 million, net of a $5.9 million post-closing net working capital adjustment paid to Healthpeak during the three months ended June 30, 2020 (representing an aggregate valuation of $1.06 billion less portfolio debt, subject to a
net working capital adjustment). The $289.2 million of cash received from Healthpeak is presented within net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company recognized a $369.8 million gain on sale of assets for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the Company derecognized the net equity method liability for the sale of the ownership interest in the CCRC Venture. At the closing, the parties terminated the Company's existing management agreements with the 14 entry fee CCRCs, Healthpeak paid the Company a $100.0 million management agreement termination fee, and the Company transitioned operations of the entry fee CCRCs to a new operator. The Company recognized $100.0 million of management fee revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020 for the management termination fee. Prior to the January 31, 2020 closing, the parties moved the remaining two entry fee CCRCs into a new unconsolidated venture on substantially the same terms as the CCRC Venture to accommodate the sale of such two communities. Subsequent to these transactions, the Company will have exited substantially all of its entry fee CCRC operations.

Master Lease Transactions. Pursuant to the MTCA, on January 31, 2020, the parties amended and restated the existing master lease pursuant to which the Company continued to lease 25 communities from Healthpeak, and the Company acquired 18 formerly leased communities from Healthpeak, at which time the 18 communities were removed from the master lease. At the closing, the Company paid $405.5 million to acquire such communities and to reduce its annual rent under the amended and restated master lease. The $405.5 million of cash paid to Healthpeak and $1.7 million of direct acquisition costs are presented within net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company funded the community acquisitions with $192.6 million of non-recourse mortgage financing and the proceeds from the multi-part transaction. In addition, Healthpeak agreed to terminate the lease for one leased community and the Company's triple-net lease obligation with respect to such community was terminated during December 2020. As a result of the lease termination, the Company recognized a $2.3 million gain on lease termination during the year ended December 31, 2020 for the amount by which the lease obligations exceeded the net carrying amount of the Company's assets under the operating lease as of the lease termination date. With respect to the continuing 24 communities, the Company's amended and restated master lease: (i) has an initial term to expire on December 31, 2027, subject to two extension options at the Company's election for ten years each, which must be exercised with respect to the entire pool of leased communities; (ii) the initial annual base rent for the 24 communities is $41.7 million and is subject to an escalator of 2.4% per annum on April 1st of each year; and (iii) Healthpeak has agreed to make available up to $35.0 million for capital expenditures for a five-year period related to the 24 communities at an initial lease rate of 7.0%. As a result of the community acquisition transaction, the Company recognized a $19.7 million gain on debt extinguishment during the year ended December 31, 2020 and derecognized the $105.1 million carrying amount of financing lease obligations for eight communities which were previously subject to sale-leaseback transactions in which the Company was deemed to have continuing involvement. During March 2020, the Company obtained $30.0 million of additional non-recourse mortgage financing on the acquired communities.

2018 Welltower Lease and RIDEA Venture Restructuring

On June 27, 2018, the Company announced that it had entered into definitive agreements with Welltower. The components of the agreements include:

Lease Terminations. The Company and Welltower agreed to an early termination of the Company's triple-net lease obligations on 37 communities effective June 30, 2018. The communities were part of two lease portfolios due to mature in 2020 (10 communities) and 2028 (27 communities). The Company paid Welltower an aggregate lease termination fee of $58.0 million. The Company agreed to manage the foregoing 37 communities on an interim basis until the communities have been transitioned to new managers, and such communities are reported in the Management Services segment during such interim period. The Company recognized a $22.6 million loss on lease termination during the year ended December 31, 2018 for the amount by which the aggregate lease termination fee exceeded the net carrying amount of the Company's assets and liabilities under operating and financing leases as of the lease termination date.

Future Lease Terminations. The parties separately agreed to allow the Company to terminate leases with respect to, and to remove from the remaining Welltower leased portfolio, a number of communities with annual aggregate base rent up to $5.0 million upon Welltower's sale of such communities, and the Company would receive a corresponding 6.25% rent credit on Welltower's disposition proceeds. As of December 31, 2020, no leases have been terminated in accordance with the agreement.

RIDEA Restructuring. The Company sold its 20% equity interest in its existing Welltower RIDEA venture to Welltower, effective June 30, 2018 for net proceeds of $33.5 million (for which the Company recognized a $14.7
million gain on sale). The Company agreed to continue to manage the communities in the venture on an interim basis until the communities were transitioned to new managers, and such communities were reported in the Management Services segment during such interim period.

The Company also elected not to renew two master leases with Welltower which matured on September 30, 2018 (11 communities). The Company continues to operate 74 communities under triple-net leases with Welltower, and the Company's remaining lease agreements with Welltower contain a change of control standard that allows the Company to engage in certain change of control and other transactions without the need to obtain Welltower's consent, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

2018 Ventas Lease Portfolio Restructuring

On April 26, 2018, the Company entered into several agreements to restructure a portfolio of 128 communities it leased from Ventas as of such date, including a Master Lease and Security Agreement (the "Former Ventas Master Lease"), which was subsequently amended and restated on July 26, 2020 as described above. The Former Ventas Master Lease amended and restated prior leases comprising an aggregate portfolio of 107 communities into the Former Ventas Master Lease, and the Company and Ventas agreed to observe, perform, and enforce separate leases for 21 additional communities as if they had been combined into the Former Ventas Master Lease effective April 26, 2018, to the extent not in conflict with any mortgage debt underlying such communities. The transaction agreements with Ventas further provided that the Former Ventas Master Lease and certain other agreements between the Company and Ventas were subject to cross-default provisions.

The Former Ventas Master Lease had an initial term ending December 31, 2025 and provided the Company with two 10-year extension options. The transaction agreements provided that if the Company had consummated a change of control transaction on or before December 31, 2025, the initial term of the Former Ventas Master Lease would be extended automatically through December 31, 2029. The Former Ventas Master Lease and separate lease agreements with Ventas, which were guaranteed at the parent level by the Company, provided for total rent in 2018 of $175.0 million for the 128 communities, including the pro-rata portion of an $8.0 million annual rent credit for 2018. The Company received an annual rent credit of $8.0 million in 2019 and an annual rent credit of $7.0 million in 2020 prior to giving effect to the reduction from the agreements on July 26, 2020 as described above. The annual minimum rent was subject to an escalator equal to the lesser of 2.25% or four times the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") increase for the prior year (or zero if there was a CPI decrease).

The Former Ventas Master Lease required the Company to spend (or escrow with Ventas) a minimum of $2,000 per unit per 24-month period commencing with the 24-month period ended December 31, 2019 and thereafter each 24-month period ending December 31 during the lease term, subject to annual increases commensurate with the escalator beginning with the second lease year of the first extension term (if any), and provided that if the Company had consummated a change of control transaction, it would have been required within 36 months to invest (or escrow with Ventas) an aggregate of $30.0 million in the communities for revenue-enhancing capital projects.

Under the definitive agreements with Ventas, the Company, at the parent level, was required to satisfy certain financial covenants (including tangible net worth and leverage ratios) and may have consummated a change of control transaction without the need for consent of Ventas so long as certain objective conditions were satisfied, including the post-transaction guarantor's satisfying certain enhanced minimum tangible net worth and maximum leverage ratio, having minimum levels of operational experience and reputation in the senior living industry, and paying a change of control fee of $25.0 million to Ventas.

Pursuant to the Former Ventas Master Lease, the Company exercised its right to direct Ventas to use its commercially reasonable, diligent efforts to market for sale certain communities. During 2019, seven communities were sold by Ventas and removed from the Former Ventas Master Lease, and the annual minimum rent was prospectively reduced by $1.7 million. During 2020, one community was sold by Ventas and removed from the Former Ventas Master Lease, and the annual minimum rent was prospectively reduced by $0.1 million.

The Company estimated the fair value of each of the elements of the restructuring transactions. The fair value of the future lease payments was based upon historical and forecasted community cash flows and market data, including a management fee rate of 5% of revenue and a market supported lease coverage ratio (Level 3 inputs). The Company recognized a $125.7 million non-cash loss on lease modification during the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily for the extensions of the triple-net lease obligations for communities with lease terms that are unfavorable to the Company given market conditions on the amendment date in exchange for modifications to the change of control provisions and financial covenant provisions of the community leases.
2017 Healthpeak Multi-Part Transaction

On November 2, 2017, the Company announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement for a multi-part transaction with Healthpeak. As part of such transaction, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Master Lease and Security Agreement ("Former Healthpeak Master Lease") with Healthpeak effective as of November 1, 2017. The components of the multi-part transaction include:

Master Lease Transactions. The Company and Healthpeak amended and restated triple-net leases covering substantially all of the communities the Company leased from Healthpeak as of November 1, 2017 into the Former Healthpeak Master Lease. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company acquired two communities formerly leased for an aggregate purchase price of $35.4 million and leases with respect to 33 communities were terminated, and such communities were removed from the Former Healthpeak Master Lease, which completed the terminations of leases as provided in the Former Healthpeak Master Lease. The Company agreed to manage communities for which leases were terminated on an interim basis until the communities were transitioned to new managers, and such communities are reported in the Management Services segment during such interim period. As of December 31, 2019, the Company continued to lease 43 communities pursuant to the terms of the Former Healthpeak Master Lease, which had the same lease rates and expiration and renewal terms as the applicable prior instruments, except that effective January 1, 2018, the Company received a $2.5 million annual rent reduction for two communities. The Former Healthpeak Master Lease also provides that the Company may engage in certain change in control and other transactions without the need to obtain Healthpeak's consent, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

RIDEA Ventures Restructuring. Pursuant to the multi-part transaction agreement, Healthpeak acquired the Company's 10% ownership interest in one of the Company's RIDEA ventures with Healthpeak in December 2017 for $32.1 million (for which the Company recognized a $7.2 million gain on sale) and the Company's 10% ownership interest in the remaining RIDEA venture with Healthpeak in March 2018 for $62.3 million (for which the Company recognized a $41.7 million gain on sale). The Company provided management services to 59 communities on behalf of the two RIDEA ventures as of November 1, 2017. Pursuant to the multi-part transaction agreement, the Company acquired one community for an aggregate purchase price of $32.1 million in January 2018 and three communities for an aggregate purchase price of $207.4 million in April 2018 and retained management of 18 of such communities. The amended and restated management agreements for such 18 communities have a term set to expire in 2030, subject to certain early termination rights. In addition, Healthpeak was entitled to sell or transition operations and/or management of 37 of such communities. Management agreements for all 37 such communities were terminated by Healthpeak since November of 2017 (for which the Company recognized a $9.7 million non-cash management contract termination gain).

The Company financed the foregoing community acquisitions with non-recourse mortgage financing and proceeds from the sales of its ownership interest in the unconsolidated ventures. See Note 9 for more information regarding the non-recourse first mortgage financing.

In addition, the Company obtained future annual cash rent reductions and waived management termination fees in the multi-part transaction. As a result of the multi-part transaction, the Company reduced its lease liabilities by $9.7 million for the future annual cash rent reductions and recognized a $9.7 million deferred liability for the consideration received from Healthpeak in advance of the termination of the management agreements for the 37 communities.

As a result of the modification of the remaining lease term for communities subject to leases (under ASC 840), the Company reduced the carrying amount of lease obligations and assets under leases by $145.6 million in 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the results and financial position of the 33 communities for which leases were terminated were deconsolidated from the Company prospectively upon termination of the lease obligations. The Company derecognized the $332.8 million carrying amount of the assets under financing leases and the $378.3 million carrying amount of financing lease obligations for 20 communities which were previously subject to sale-leaseback transactions in which the Company was deemed to have continuing involvement. The Company recognized a sale for these 20 communities and recorded a non-cash gain on sale of assets of $44.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. Additionally, the Company recognized a non-cash gain on lease termination of $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, for the derecognition of the net carrying amount of the Company's assets and liabilities under operating and financing leases at the lease termination date.