Item 8.01 Other Events
Update on At-the-Market Equity Issuances

Since December 2008, Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the "Company") has had in place an at-the-market equity offering program ("ATM Program") to sell shares of its common stock from time to time in at-the-market sales transactions. The Company has not sold any shares under the ATM Program since July 31, 2011. As of December 28, 2012, the Company had approximately 87.4 million shares outstanding and there were 2,791,300 shares available for issuance under the ATM Program.

Closing of Previously Disclosed Asset Sale

The Company disclosed in its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012, that it had entered into an agreement to sell a medical office building located in Brevard County, Florida for approximately $2.1 million. The Company now reports that this transaction closed on December 17, 2012.

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