American Healthcare REIT, Inc., (the “Company”), a self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that acquires, owns and operates a diversified portfolio of clinical healthcare real estate properties, focusing primarily on medical office buildings, senior housing, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and other healthcare-related facilities, announced today the pricing of its public offering of 56,000,000 shares of its common stock at $12.00 per share. Shares of the Company’s common stock are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on February 7, 2024 under the symbol “AHR” and the offering is expected to close on February 9, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 8,400,000 shares of its common stock to cover overallotments, if any.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds received from the proposed offering to repay approximately $623.1 million of the amount outstanding under its credit facility.
BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley are acting as lead book-running managers for the offering. KeyBanc Capital Markets, Citigroup, RBC Capital Markets, Barclays and Truist Securities are acting as bookrunners for the offering. JMP Securities, A Citizens Company, Fifth Third Securities, Regions Securities LLC and Credit Agricole CIB are acting as co-managers for the offering.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: BofA Securities, NC1-022-02-25, Attn: Prospectus Department, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001 or by email to dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attn.: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; KeyBanc Capital Markets, Attention: Equity Syndicate, 127 Public Square, 7th Floor, Cleveland, OH 44114, by fax at 1-216-689-0845; or Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (Tel: 800-831-9146).
A registration statement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and has been declared effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.