X0306 4 2015-04-20 0 0000766704 HEALTH CARE REIT INC /DE/ HCN 0001242821 IBELE ERIN C 4500 DORR STREET TOLEDO OH 43615 0 1 0 0 EVP-Head Human Cap.&Corp.Secy. Common Stock 2015-04-20 4 M 0 1052 49.17 A 55422 D Common Stock 2015-04-20 4 S 0 1602 75.2612 D 53820 D Option (Right to Buy) 49.17 2015-04-20 4 M 0 1052 0.00 D 2012-01-15 2021-01-27 common 5523 4471 D The shares covered by this Form 4 have been sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan dated November 14, 2014. Options for the purchase of 6,575 shares of common stock at $49.17 per share were granted to Ms. Ibele on January 27, 2011, which grant has previously been reported. The partial exercise of these options for the purchase of 1,052 shares has previously been reported. Of the remaining options, options for the purchase of 263 shares vested on January 15, 2012, options for the purchase of 1,315 shares vested on January 15 of each of 2013, 2014 and 2015 and options for the purchase of 1,315 shares will vest on January 15, 2016. The options were granted under the Amended and Restated Health Care REIT, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan and had no acquisition price. Erin C. Ibele 2015-04-22