Variable Interest Entities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Variable Interest Entities

Variable Interest Entities

(17)Variable Interest Entities

At September 30, 2012, the Company leased 48 properties to a total of seven VIE tenants and had an additional investment in a loan to a VIE borrower. The Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. The carrying value and classification of the related assets, liabilities and maximum exposure to loss as a result of the Company’s involvement with these VIEs are presented below at September 30, 2012 (in thousands):

VIE Type	Maximum Loss Exposure(1)		Asset/Liability Type	Carrying Amount
VIE tenants—operating leases	$	308,905	Lease intangibles, net and straight-line rent receivables	$	15,122
VIE tenants—DFLs	1,132,359		Net investment in DFLs	597,792
Loan—senior secured	68,755		Loans receivable, net	68,755

(1)The Company’s maximum loss exposure related to the VIE tenants represents the future minimum lease payments over the remaining term of the respective leases, which may be mitigated by re-leasing the properties to new tenants. The Company’s maximum loss exposure related to its loan to the VIE represents its current aggregate carrying amount.

As of September 30, 2012, the Company has not provided, and is not required to provide, financial support through a liquidity arrangement or otherwise, to its unconsolidated VIEs, including circumstances in which it could be exposed to further losses (e.g., cash shortfalls).

The Company holds an interest-only, senior secured term loan made to a borrower that has been identified as a VIE. The Company does not consolidate the VIE because it does not have the ability to control the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. The loan is collateralized by all of the assets of the borrower (comprised primarily of interests in partnerships that operate surgical facilities, some of which are on the premises of properties owned by the Company or HCP Ventures IV, LLC) and is supported in part by limited guarantees made by certain former and current principals of the borrower. Recourse under certain of these guarantees is limited to the guarantors’ respective ownership interests in certain entities owning real estate that are pledged to secure such guarantees.

See Notes 6, 7 and 12 for additional description of the nature, purpose and activities of the Company’s VIEs and interests therein.