Master Transactions and Cooperation Agreement with Brookdale

On November 1, 2017, the Company and Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (“Brookdale”) entered into a Master Transactions and Cooperation Agreement (the “MTCA”) to provide the Company with the ability to significantly reduce its concentration of assets leased to and/or managed by Brookdale (the "Brookdale Transactions"). Through a series of dispositions and transitions of assets currently leased to and/or managed by Brookdale, as contemplated by the MTCA and further described below, the Company’s exposure to Brookdale is expected to be significantly reduced.

In connection with the overall transaction pursuant to the MTCA, the Company (through certain of its subsidiaries), and Brookdale (through certain of its subsidiaries) (the “Lessee”) entered into an Amended and Restated Master Lease and Security Agreement (the “Amended Master Lease”), which amended and restated the then-existing triple-net leases between the parties for 78 assets, which account for primarily all of the assets subject to triple-net leases between the Company and the Lessee (before giving effect to the contemplated sale or transition of 34 assets discussed below). Under the Amended Master Lease, the Company has the benefit of a guaranty from Brookdale of the Lessee’s obligations and, upon a change in control, will have various additional protections under the MTCA and the Amended Master Lease including:


•	A security deposit (which increases if specified leverage thresholds are exceeded);


•	A termination right if certain financial covenants and a net worth test are not satisfied;


•	Enhanced reporting requirements and related remedies; and


•	The right to market for sale the CCRC portfolio (as defined below).

Future changes in control of Brookdale are permitted pursuant to the Amended Master Lease, subject to certain conditions, including the purchaser either meeting experience requirements or retaining a majority of Brookdale’s principal officers.

The Amended Master Lease preserves the renewal terms and, with certain exceptions, the rents under the previously existing triple-net leases. In addition, the Company and Brookdale agreed to the following:

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The Company has the right to sell, or transition to other operators, 32 triple-net assets. If such sale or transition does not occur within one year, the triple-net lease with respect to such assets will convert to a cash flow lease (under which the Company will bear the risks and rewards of operating the assets) with a term of two years, provided that the Company has the right to terminate the cash flow lease at any time during the term without penalty;


•	The Company has provided an aggregate $5 million annual reduction in rent on three assets, effective January 1, 2018; and


•	The Company will sell two triple-net assets to Brookdale or its affiliates for $35 million, both of which were sold in April 2018.

Also pursuant to the MTCA, the Company and Brookdale agreed to the following:

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The Company, which owned 90% of the interests in its RIDEA I and RIDEA III JVs with Brookdale at the time the MTCA was executed, agreed to purchase Brookdale’s 10% noncontrolling interest in each JV for an aggregate purchase price of $95 million. These JVs collectively own and operate 58 independent living, assisted living, memory care and/or skilled nursing facilities (the “RIDEA Facilities”). The Company completed its acquisitions of the RIDEA III noncontrolling interest for $32 million in December 2017 and the RIDEA I noncontrolling interest for $63 million in March 2018;

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The Company has the right to sell, or transition to other managers, 36 of the RIDEA Facilities and terminate related management agreements with an affiliate of Brookdale without penalty. If the related management agreements are not terminated within one year, the base management fee (5% of gross revenues) increases by 1% of gross revenues per year over the following two years to a maximum of 7% of gross revenues. As of March 31, 2018, the Company had completed the transition of eight SHOP assets;


•	The Company will sell four of the RIDEA Facilities to Brookdale or its affiliates for $239 million, one of which was sold in January 2018 for $32 million. The remaining three RIDEA Facilities were sold in April 2018 for $207 million;

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A Brookdale affiliate continues to manage the remaining 18 RIDEA Facilities pursuant to amended management agreements, which provide for extended terms on select assets, modified performance hurdles for extensions and incentive fees, and modified termination rights (including stricter performance-based termination rights, a staggered right to terminate seven agreements over a 10 year period beginning in 2021, and a right to terminate at will upon payment of a termination fee, in lieu of sale-related termination rights) and two other existing facilities managed in separate RIDEA structures; and

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The Company has the right to sell, to certain permitted transferees, its 49% ownership interest in JVs that own and operate a portfolio of continuing care retirement communities (the “CCRC Portfolio”) and in which Brookdale owns the other 51% interest (the “CCRC JV”), subject to certain conditions and a right of first offer in favor of Brookdale. Brookdale will have a corresponding right to sell its 51% interest in the CCRC JV to certain permitted transferees, subject to certain conditions, a right of first offer and a right to terminate management agreements following such sale of Brookdale’s interest, each in favor of HCP. Following a change in control of Brookdale, the Company will have the right to initiate a sale of the CCRC Portfolio, subject to certain rights of first offer and first refusal in favor of Brookdale.