HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced the tax treatment of its 2012 distributions. The following tables summarize, for income tax purposes, the nature of cash distributions paid to stockholders during the calendar year ended December 31, 2012:

Common Stock (CUSIP # 40414L109)
      Ordinary Dividends   Capital Gains  
Record

Date

  Payment

Date

 

Distribution
Per Share

  Total  

Non-
Qualified

  Qualified   Total  

Long
Term

 

Unrecaptured
Section 1250

 

Nondividend
Distributions

       
02/06/12 02/22/12 $ 0.500000 $ 0.365462 $ 0.365462 $ 0.000000 $ 0.012369 $ 0.002936 $ 0.009433 $ 0.122169
05/07/12 05/22/12 $ 0.500000 $ 0.365462 $ 0.365462 $ 0.000000 $ 0.012369 $ 0.002936 $ 0.009433 $ 0.122169
08/06/12 08/21/12 $ 0.500000 $ 0.365462 $ 0.365462 $ 0.000000 $ 0.012369 $ 0.002936 $ 0.009433 $ 0.122169
11/05/12   11/20/12   $ 0.500000     $ 0.365462     $ 0.365462   $ 0.000000   $ 0.012369     $ 0.002936   $ 0.009433   $ 0.122169  
 
Totals $ 2.000000 $ 1.461848 $ 1.461848 $ 0.000000 $ 0.049476 $ 0.011744 $ 0.037732 $ 0.488676
          100 %     73.09 %             2.48 %             24.43 %
 
          Series E Preferred Stock (CUSIP # 40414L307)
      Ordinary Dividends   Capital Gains
Record

Date

  Payment

Date

 

Distribution
Per Share

  Total  

Non-
Qualified

  Qualified   Total  

Long
Term

 

Unrecaptured
Section 1250

       
03/15/12   03/30/12   $ 0.453130     $ 0.438296     $ 0.438296   $ 0.000000   $ 0.014834     $ 0.003521   $ 0.011313
 
Totals $ 0.453130 $ 0.438296 $ 0.438296 $ 0.000000 $ 0.014834 $ 0.003521 $ 0.011313
          100 %     96.73 %             3.27 %        
 
Series F Preferred Stock (CUSIP # 40414L208)
Ordinary Dividends Capital Gains
Record

Date

  Payment

Date

 

Distribution
Per Share

  Total  

Non-
Qualified

  Qualified   Total  

Long
Term

 

Unrecaptured
Section 1250

 
03/15/12   03/30/12   $ 0.443750     $ 0.429223     $ 0.429223   $ 0.000000   $ 0.014527     $ 0.003448   $ 0.011079
 
Totals $ 0.443750 $ 0.429223 $ 0.429223 $ 0.000000 $ 0.014527 $ 0.003448 $ 0.011079
          100 %     96.73 %             3.27 %        
 

About HCP

HCP, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in real estate serving the healthcare industry in the United States. The Company's portfolio of assets is diversified among five distinct sectors: senior housing, post-acute/skilled nursing, life science, medical office and hospitals. A publicly traded company since 1985, HCP: (i) was the first healthcare REIT selected to the S&P 500 index; (ii) has increased its dividend per share for 27 consecutive years; and (iii) is the only REIT included in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. For more information regarding HCP, visit the Company's website at www.hcpi.com.

HCP, Inc.
Timothy M. Schoen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(562) 733-5309