-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WKA82UbKZ4lmsHs4ptG9W0ISTnSw4gX3PkH13c+aVPHGjEnN0CO1eCwxvxs9PKNT bI4C0bHh2sj1M1uGr55Q0g== 0001017062-02-000399.txt : 20020415 0001017062-02-000399.hdr.sgml : 20020415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001017062-02-000399 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020313 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in registrant's certifying accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20020315 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000780053 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 953997619 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09028 FILM NUMBER: 02576708 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 610 NEWPORT CENTER DR STREET 2: STE 1150 CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660-6429 BUSINESS PHONE: 9497184400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 610 NEWPORT CENTER DR STREET 2: STE 1150 CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660-6429 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BEVERLY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890515 8-K 1 d8k.txt FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of the SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):March 13, 2002 ----------------- NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC. ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Maryland 1-9028 95-3997619 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other (Commission File (IRS Employer Jurisdiction of Number) Identification Incorporation) No.) 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1150, Newport Beach, California 92660-6429 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 718-4400 ------------- Not Applicable ----------------------------------------------------------- (Form Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On March 13, 2002, the Board of Directors of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (the "Company") and its Audit Committee decided to no longer engage Arthur Andersen LLP ("Arthur Andersen") as the Company's independent public accountants and engaged Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") to serve as the Company's independent public accountants for the calendar year 2002. Arthur Andersen's reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements for each of the years ended 2001 and 2000 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, and through the date hereof, there were no disagreements with Arthur Andersen on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to Arthur Andersen's satisfaction, would have caused Arthur Andersen to make reference to the subject matter in connection with its report on the Company's consolidated financial statements for such years; and there were no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. The Company provided Arthur Andersen with a copy of the foregoing disclosures. Attached as Exhibit 16 is a copy of Arthur Andersen's letter, dated March 14, 2002, stating its agreement with such statements. During the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 and through the date hereof, the Company did not consult Ernst & Young with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's consolidated financial statements, or any other matters or reportable events as set forth in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. - ------------------------------------------ (c) Exhibits ---------- Exhibit C Letter from Arthur Andersen LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated March 14, 2002 filed with this document. SIGNATURES 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. NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC. Date: March 15, 2002 By: /s/ Mark L. Desmond -------------------------------- Name: Mark L. Desmond Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- Exhibit Number Description - ------- ----------- 16 Letter from Arthur Andersen LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated March 14, 2002 EX-16 3 dex16.txt LETTER FROM ARTHUR ANDERSEN EXHIBIT 16 Office of the Chief Accountant Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 March 14, 2002 Dear Sir/Madam: We have read the paragraphs 1 through 4 of Item 4 included in the Form 8-K dated March 13, 2002, of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are in agreement with the statements contained therein. Very truly yours, /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP - ----------------------------- ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP CC: Mark L. Desmond Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----