Nov. 5, 2009 (Business Wire) -- HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jay Flaherty, will participate as a panelist at REITWorld 2009: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time.

To listen to the panel via a live audio-webcast, please access http://www.industrystream.net/reitworld2009. An archive of the event will be available for 90 days.

About HCP

HCP, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, invests primarily in real estate serving the healthcare industry in the United States. As of September 30, 2009, HCP’s portfolio of properties, excluding assets held for sale but including properties owned by unconsolidated joint ventures, totaled 677 properties among the following segments: 258 senior housing, 98 life science, 251 medical office, 22 hospital and 48 skilled nursing. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.hcpi.com.