EX-4.4



 Exhibit 4.4 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE 
 [Form
of Face of Security] 
 WELLTOWER INC. 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 4.000% Notes due 2025 

 

	 CUSIP No. 42217K BF2 
	 $500,000,000 



Welltower Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and formerly known as Health Care REIT, Inc.
(herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five
Hundred Million Dollars on June 1, 2025, and to pay interest thereon from May 26, 2015, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and
December 1 in each year, commencing December 1, 2015 at the rate of 4.000% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be on the
May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 







 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be
made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by electronic wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the Security Register. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 No recourse under or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as
such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series. 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
 [Signature page follows.]








 In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal. 
  

					
	WELLTOWER INC.
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	









 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

Dated:                      

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory









 [Form of Reverse of Security] 

1. General. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”),
issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture
No. 11, dated as of May 26, 2015 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of October 19, 2015, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Supplemental Indenture” and the
Base Indenture, as supplemented by such Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of
the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof. 

2. Optional Redemption. The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, at any time or from time to time, as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company. If the Securities are redeemed, the redemption price will equal the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any; provided, however, that if the Securities are redeemed 90 or fewer days prior to the maturity date, the redemption price will equal 100% of the principal
amount of the Securities (or portion of such Securities) being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date. The Company shall calculate the redemption price. 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed
portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. 
 3. Defeasance. The Indenture contains
provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 4. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 

5. Actions of Holders. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification
of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages 







 
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions
of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 6. Payments Not
Impaired. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 
 7. Denominations, Transfer,
Exchange. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar
duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this
series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge
shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 







 8. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 9. Defined Terms. All terms used in this Security which
are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 10. Governing Law. The Indenture and the
Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state. 

11. CUSIP Number. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company
has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed hereon. 







 [ASSIGNMENT FORM] 

ABBREVIATIONS 
 The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 

 

									
	TEN COM —	  	as tenants in common	  	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —	  	                 	  	Custodian                 
	TEN ENT —	  	as tenants by the entireties	  		  	(Cust)	  	                (Minor)
	JT TEN —	  	as joint tenants with right of survivorship  	  		  	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
		  	and not as tenants in common	  		  	                     
		  		  		  	(State)

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

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 FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
  
  

 
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 the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
                                         
                    Attorney to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. 

 

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	Signed:	 	  



 

									
		 		 		 	Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
					
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