Item 1. Subject Company Information
The name of the subject company is CNL Healthcare Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), and the address and telephone number of
its principal executive offices are 450 South Orange Avenue, 14th Floor, Orlando, Florida 32801 and (407) 650-1000, respectively.
The title of the class of equity securities to which the tender offer relates is the shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par value per share. As
of the close of business on February 4, 2025, there were 175,274,045 shares of the Companys common stock issued and outstanding.
Item 2. Identity and Background of Filing Person
The Company is the person filing this Schedule 14D-9. The Companys name, business address and business telephone
number are set forth in Item 1 above, which information is incorporated herein by reference.
This Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the Schedule 14D-9) is being filed by the Company with respect to an unsolicited tender offer by West 4 Capital LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited
partnership (the Offeror) to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,800,000, or approximately 5.0%, of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the Shares) of the Company for a price equal to $3.29 per share, without
interest, in cash (the West 4 Offer). Granite Sapphire Management Limited, an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is the general partner of the Offeror and is identified as a
co-bidder with the Offeror.
According to the Offerors Schedule TO filed on January 27, 2025, its
registered office is located at c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands, and its telephone number is +972-54-206-2957.
Item 3. Past Contacts, Transactions,
Negotiations and Agreements
To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Schedule 14D-9, there are
no material agreements, arrangements or understandings or any actual or potential conflicts of interest between the Company or its affiliates and the executive officers, directors or affiliates of the Company, except for agreements, arrangements or
understandings and actual or potential conflicts of interest discussed in Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence, in the Companys Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 12, 2024 (2023 Annual Report), and in Item 2.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Related Party Transactions in the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 2024 filed with the SEC on November 8, 2024 (Sept. 30, 2024 Quarterly Report), which information is incorporated herein by reference.
To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Schedule 14D-9, there are no material agreements, arrangements
or understandings or any actual or potential conflicts of interest between the Company or its affiliates and the Offeror and its executive officers, directors or affiliates.
Item 4. The Solicitation or Recommendation
(a) |
Solicitation or Recommendation |
On February 4, 2025, the Board of Directors (Board), after careful evaluation of the West 4 Offer and in consultation with the Companys
management and outside advisors, has determined, for the reasons set forth below, to recommend that the Companys stockholders REJECT the West 4 Offer.
(b) |
Reasons for the Recommendation |
In April 2018, the Companys board of directors formed a special committee consisting solely of independent directors to consider possible strategic
alternatives to provide liquidity to its stockholders. Since 2018, the special committee has engaged KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. to act as its financial advisor in connection with exploring possible strategic alternatives.
As part of executing on possible strategic alternatives, in September 2018, the Companys board of directors committed to a plan to sell 70 properties
which included medical office buildings, post-acute care facilities and acute care hospitals across the US, plus several skilled nursing facilities. Since April 2019, the Company completed the sale of 70 of the properties to unrelated third parties
that it planned to sell as part of executing under possible strategic