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8-K - 8-K - WELLTOWER INC. | d12651d8k.htm |
EX-8 - EX-8 - WELLTOWER INC. | d12651dex8.htm |
EX-4.2 - EX-4.2 - WELLTOWER INC. | d12651dex42.htm |
EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - WELLTOWER INC. | d12651dex11.htm |
Exhibit 5
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | |
200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166-0193 Tel 212.351.4000 www.gibsondunn.com | ||
Client: 05505-00176 |
March 25, 2021
Welltower Inc.
4500 Dorr Street
Toledo, Ohio 43615
Re: | Welltower Inc. |
2.800% Notes due 2031
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Welltower Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) of a prospectus supplement, dated March 16, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 17, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (the Prospectus Supplement), and the offering by the Company pursuant thereto of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.800% Notes due 2031 (the Notes). In connection therewith, we have examined the registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-225004 (the Registration Statement), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and the prospectus included therein.
The Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of March 15, 2010 (the Base Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 19, dated March 25, 2021, between the Company and the Trustee, relating to the Notes (the Supplemental Indenture).
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.
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Welltower Inc.
March 25, 2021
Page 2
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.
The opinions expressed above are subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:
A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
B. The opinions above are each subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including without limitation the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
C. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws or due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified party; (iii) any waiver of the right to jury trial or (iv) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others.
Welltower Inc.
March 25, 2021
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We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption Validity of the Securities in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |