UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

or

For the transition period from                     to                      

Commission File number 1-8923

HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

(419) 247-2800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to the filing requirements for at least the past 90 days. Yes  þ   No  o 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ  No  o 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No  þ 

As of October 31, 2012, the registrant had 259,682,359 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     This Amendment No. 1 to Health Care REIT, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 7, 2012 (the “Original Filing”), is being filed solely to include the Interactive Data File in Exhibit 101 that was excluded from the Original Filing. The Interactive Data File was inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing due to unanticipated technical difficulties. This Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events or transactions occurring after the date of the Original Filing or modify or update those disclosures that may have been affected by events or transactions occurring subsequent to such filing date, and, except as described above, all information included in the Original Filing remains unchanged.

 

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.

 

                                                                                                     HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.

 

Date: November 8, 2012                                                         By:     /s/   George L. Chapman      

                                                                                                                 George L. Chapman,

                                                                                                                 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President

                                                                                                                 (Principal Executive Officer)

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

101.INS     XBRL Instance Document*

101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*

101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*

101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*

101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*

101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*