UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Series A Preferred Stock Dividend
On December 20, 2019, Healthcare Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the declaration of a dividend of $0.10755208 per share covering the period from December 11, 2019 to December 31, 2019 and payable on January 15, 2020 to holders of record of shares of the Company’s 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock at the close of business on January 3, 2020.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1, and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01. This press release shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
Common Stock Dividend
On December 19, 2019, the Company’s board of directors approved a change to the daily distribution amount to accurately reflect that 2020 is a leap year and maintain an annual rate equivalent to $0.85 per annum, per share of common stock. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, distributions will be payable at a rate of $0.0023224044 per day per share of common stock.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 20, 2019. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
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.
| HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC. | ||
| Date: December 20, 2019 | By: | /s/ Katie P. Kurtz |
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Katie P. Kurtz Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer | ||