Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

On May 6, 2022, a purported stockholder of the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against us and seven of our current directors, captioned Shiva Stein v. Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-03703 (the “Complaint”).

The Complaint alleges that the preliminary proxy statement issued in connection with the Merger omits material information or contains misleading disclosures and that, as a result, (i) all of the defendants violated Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and (ii) our directors violated section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The Complaint seeks, among other things, (i) injunctive relief preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (ii) rescission or rescissory damages to the extent the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement have been implemented; (iii) dissemination of a proxy statement that does not omit material information or contain any misleading disclosures; (iv) an accounting to plaintiff for all damages suffered as a result of the alleged wrongdoing; and (v) an award of plaintiff’s expenses, including attorneys’ and experts’ fees. We believe the claims asserted in the Complaint are without merit.

Additional lawsuits may be filed against us, our Board of Directors, and/or other parties to the Merger in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

In addition, we are, from time to time, also subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to tenant litigation and threatened or asserted labor matters.

We do not believe liability from any reasonably foreseeable disposition of the aforementioned claims and litigation, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. 

Environmental Matters

We routinely monitor our properties for the presence of hazardous or toxic substances. While there can be no assurance that a material environmental liability does not exist at our properties, we are not currently aware of any environmental liability with respect to our properties that would have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Further, we are not aware of any material environmental liability or any unasserted claim or assessment with respect to an environmental liability at our properties that we believe would require additional disclosure or the recording of a loss contingency.

Other

Our other commitments and contingencies include the usual obligations of real estate owners and operators in the normal course of business. In our opinion, these matters are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.