Physicians Realty Trust Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend for the Fourth Quarter 2023
December 21 2023 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC) (the “Company”) announced
today that the Company’s Board of Trustees has authorized, and the
Company has declared, a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per common
share and unit for the quarter ending December 31, 2023. “We are
proud to declare and pay our 42nd consecutive quarterly dividend.
Our outpatient medical facilities continue to perform as expected,
and we look forward to continued focus on operational excellence
and cash flow growth. We are excited about our pending merger to
join Healthpeak Properties and look forward to continued growth,
success, and the creation of sustainable value as a combined
company,” said John T. Thomas, the Company’s President and Chief
Executive Officer.
The dividend will be payable on January 18, 2024, to common
shareholders and unit holders of record on January 3, 2024.
Earnings Release Conference Call Information
The Company has decided not to hold a conference call.
About Physicians Realty Trust
Physicians Realty Trust is a self-managed health care real
estate company organized to acquire, selectively develop, own, and
manage health care properties that are leased to physicians,
hospitals and health care delivery systems. The Company invests in
real estate that is integral to providing high quality health care.
The Company is a Maryland real estate investment trust and has
elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Company conducts its business through an UPREIT structure in
which its properties are owned by the Operating Partnership,
directly or through limited partnerships, limited liability
companies or other subsidiaries.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication may include “forward-looking statements,”
including but not limited to those regarding the proposed
transactions between Physicians Realty Trust and Healthpeak
Properties Inc. (“Healthpeak”) within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for
purposes of federal and state securities laws. These
forward-looking statements, which are based on current
expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and
markets in which Healthpeak and Physicians Realty Trust operate and
beliefs of and assumptions made by Healthpeak management and
Physicians Realty Trust management, involve uncertainties that
could significantly affect the financial or operating results of
Healthpeak, Physicians Realty Trust or the combined company. Words
such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,”
“seeks,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “will,”
“may,” “potential,” “can,” “could,” “should,” “pro forma,”
“pending,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements about the benefits of the proposed transactions
involving Healthpeak and Physicians Realty Trust, including future
financial and operating results, plans, objectives, expectations
and intentions. All statements that address operating performance,
events or developments that Healthpeak and Physicians Realty Trust
expects or anticipates will occur in the future — including
statements relating to creating value for shareholders, benefits of
the proposed transactions to clients, tenants, employees,
shareholders and other constituents of the combined company,
integrating the companies, cost savings and the expected timetable
for completing the proposed transactions — are forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although Healthpeak and
Physicians Realty Trust believe the expectations reflected in any
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
Healthpeak and Physicians Realty Trust can give no assurance that
its expectations will be attained and, therefore, actual outcomes
and results may differ materially from what is expressed or
forecasted in such forward-looking statements. For example, these
forward-looking statements could be affected by factors including,
without limitation, risks associated with the ability to consummate
the proposed merger and the timing of the closing of the proposed
merger; securing the necessary shareholder approvals and
satisfaction of other closing conditions to consummate the proposed
merger; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance
that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement
relating to the proposed transactions; the ability to secure
favorable interest rates on any borrowings incurred in connection
with the proposed transactions; the impact of indebtedness incurred
in connection with the proposed transactions; the ability to
successfully integrate portfolios, business operations, including
properties, tenants, property managers and employees; the ability
to realize anticipated benefits and synergies of the proposed
transactions as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial
analysts or investors; potential liability for a failure to meet
regulatory or tax-related requirements, including the maintenance
of REIT status; material changes in the dividend rates on
securities or the ability to pay dividends on common shares or
other securities; potential changes to tax legislation; changes in
demand for developed properties; adverse changes in the financial
condition of joint venture partner(s) or major tenants; risks
associated with the acquisition, development, expansion, leasing
and management of properties; risks associated with the geographic
concentration of Healthpeak or Physicians Realty Trust; risks
associated with the industry concentration of tenants; the
potential impact of announcement of the proposed transactions or
consummation of the proposed transactions on business
relationships, including with clients, tenants, property managers,
customers, employees and competitors; risks related to diverting
the attention of Healthpeak’s and Physicians Realty Trust’s
management from ongoing business operations; unfavorable outcomes
of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted
against Healthpeak or Physicians Realty Trust; costs related to
uninsured losses, condemnation, or environmental issues, including
risks of natural disasters; the ability to retain key personnel;
costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the proposed
transactions and the actual terms of the financings that may be
obtained in connection with the proposed transactions; changes in
local, national and international financial markets, insurance
rates and interest rates; general adverse economic and local real
estate conditions; risks related to the market value of shares of
Healthpeak common stock to be issued in the transaction; the
inability of major tenants to continue paying their rent
obligations due to bankruptcy, insolvency or a general downturn in
their business; foreign currency exchange rates; increases in
operating costs and real estate taxes; changes in dividend policy
or ability to pay dividends for Healthpeak or Physicians Realty
Trust common shares; impairment charges; unanticipated changes in
Healthpeak’s or Physicians Realty Trust’s intention or ability to
prepay certain debt prior to maturity and/or hold certain
securities until maturity; pandemics or other health crises, such
as coronavirus (COVID-19); and those additional risks and factors
discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) by Healthpeak and Physicians Realty Trust.
Moreover, other risks and uncertainties of which Healthpeak or
Physicians Realty Trust are not currently aware may also affect
each of the companies’ forward-looking statements and may cause
actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from
those anticipated. The forward-looking statements made in this
communication are made only as of the date hereof or as of the
dates indicated in the forward-looking statements, even if they are
subsequently made available by Healthpeak or Physicians Realty
Trust on their respective websites or otherwise. Neither Healthpeak
nor Physicians Realty Trust undertakes any obligation to update or
supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect actual
results, new information, future events, changes in its
expectations or other circumstances that exist after the date as of
which the forward-looking statements were made.
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Physicians Realty Trust John T. Thomas President and CEO (214)
549-6611 jtt@docreit.com
Jeffrey N. Theiler Executive Vice President and CFO (414)
367-5610 jnt@docreit.com
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