Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Dividends

On February 9, 2021, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share. The common stock cash dividend will be paid on March 5, 2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 22, 2021.

During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, the Company declared and paid common stock cash dividends of $1.48 per share.

At-The-Market Equity Offering Program

In June 2015, the Company established an at-the-market equity offering program (“ATM Program”) to sell shares of its common stock from time to time through a consortium of banks acting as sales agents or directly to the banks acting as principals. In February 2020, the Company terminated its previous ATM Program (the “2019 ATM Program”) and established a new ATM Program (the “2020 ATM Program”) pursuant to which shares of common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to approximately $1.25 billion may be sold (i) by the Company through a consortium of banks acting as sales agents or directly to the banks acting as principals or (ii) by a consortium of banks acting as forward sellers on behalf of any forward purchasers pursuant to a forward sale agreement. The use of a forward sale agreement allows the Company to lock in a share price on the sale of shares at the time the forward sales agreement is effective, but defer receiving the proceeds from the sale of shares until a later date.

ATM forward sale agreements generally have a one year term. At any time during the term, the Company may settle a forward sale by delivery of physical shares of common stock to the forward seller or, at the Company’s election, in cash or net shares. The forward sale price the Company expects to receive upon settlement of outstanding forward contracts will be the initial forward price established upon the effective date, subject to adjustments for: (i) accrued interest, (ii) the forward purchasers’ stock borrowing costs, and (iii) certain fixed price reductions during the term of the forward sale agreement.

ATM Forward Contracts

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company did not utilize the forward provisions under the 2020 ATM Program. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company utilized the forward provisions under the 2019 ATM Program to allow for the sale of up to an aggregate of 2.0 million shares of its common stock at an initial weighted average net price of $35.23 per share, after commissions. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company utilized the forward provisions under the 2019 ATM Program to allow for the sale of up to an aggregate of 20.3 million shares of its common stock at an initial weighted average net price of $31.44 per share, after commissions.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company settled all 16.8 million shares previously outstanding under ATM forward contracts at a weighted average net price of $31.38 per share, after commissions, resulting in net proceeds of $528 million. No shares were settled subsequent to March 31, 2020 and therefore, at December 31, 2020, no shares remained outstanding under ATM forward contracts. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company settled 5.5 million shares at a weighted average net price of $30.91 per share, after commissions, resulting in net proceeds of $171 million.

At December 31, 2020, approximately $1.25 billion of the Company’s common stock remained available for sale under the 2020 ATM Program.

ATM Direct Issuances

During the year ended December 31, 2020, no shares of common stock were issued under the 2019 ATM Program or 2020 ATM Program. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued 5.9 million shares of common stock under the 2019 ATM Program at a weighted average net price of $31.84 per share, after commissions, resulting in net proceeds of $189 million. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company issued 5.4 million shares of common stock under a previous ATM Program at a weighted average net price of $28.27 per share, after commissions, resulting in net proceeds of $154 million.

Forward Equity Offerings

November 2019 Offering. In November 2019, the Company entered into a forward equity sales agreement (the “2019 forward equity sales agreement”) to sell an aggregate of 15.6 million shares of its common stock (including shares sold through the exercise of underwriters’ options) at an initial net price of $34.46 per share, after underwriting discounts and commissions, which was subject to adjustments for: (i) accrued interest, (ii) the forward purchasers’ stock borrowing costs, and (iii) certain fixed price reductions during the term of the agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2019, no shares were settled under the 2019 forward equity sales agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company settled all 15.6 million shares under the 2019 forward equity sales agreement at a weighted average net price of $34.18 per share, resulting in net proceeds of $534 million (total net proceeds of $1.06 billion, when aggregated with the net proceeds from settling ATM forward contracts, as discussed above). Therefore, at December 31, 2020, no shares remained outstanding under the 2019 forward equity sales agreement.

December 2018 Offering. In December 2018, the Company entered into a forward equity sales agreement (the “2018 forward equity sales agreement”) to sell an aggregate of 15.3 million shares of its common stock (including shares sold through the exercise of underwriters’ options) at an initial net price of $28.60 per share, after underwriting discounts and commissions. The 2018 forward equity sales agreement had a one year term that expired on December 13, 2019 during which time the Company could settle the forward sales agreement by delivery of physical shares of common stock to the forward seller or, at the Company’s election, settle in cash or net shares. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company settled all 15.3 million shares under the 2018 forward equity sales agreement at a weighted average net price of $27.66 per share resulting in net proceeds of $422 million. Therefore, at December 31, 2019, no shares remained outstanding under the 2018 forward equity sales agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, contemporaneous with the forward equity offering discussed above, the Company completed an offering of 2.0 million shares of common stock at a net price of $28.60 per share, resulting in net proceeds of $57 million.

The following table summarizes the Company’s other common stock activities (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2020	2019	2018
Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan	181	336	237
Conversion of DownREIT units	120	213	3
Exercise of stock options	54	152	120
Vesting of restricted stock units	668	468	401
Repurchase of common stock	298	162	141

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table summarizes the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive Income (loss) (in thousands):


	December 31,
	2020		2019
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment(1)	$	—	$	(1,023)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives, net	(81)		1,314
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan minimum liability and other	(3,604)		(3,148)

Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(3,685)	$	(2,857)

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(1)See Notes 5, 9, and 22 for a discussion of the U.K. JV transactions.

Noncontrolling Interests

The non-managing member units of the Company’s DownREITs are exchangeable for an amount of cash approximating the then-current market value of shares of the Company’s common stock or, at the Company’s option, shares of the Company’s common stock (subject to certain adjustments, such as stock splits and reclassifications). Upon exchange of DownREIT units for the Company’s common stock, the carrying amount of the DownREIT units is reclassified to stockholders’ equity. At December 31, 2020, there were five million DownREIT units (seven million shares of Healthpeak common stock are issuable upon conversion) outstanding in seven DownREIT LLCs, all of which the Company is the managing member of. At December 31, 2020, the carrying and market values of the five million DownREIT units were $199 million and $221 million, respectively.

See Notes 3, 4, and 5 for transactions involving noncontrolling interests.