HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INC
S-3DPOS, 1997-04-10
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 10, 1997
    
 
   
                                                 REGISTRATION NO. 33-79452
    
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                 POST-EFFECTIVE
    
   
                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
    
   
                                       TO
    
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
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                            HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST
                                  INCORPORATED
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
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                   MARYLAND                                      62-1507028
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
        Incorporation or Organization)                     Identification Number)
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                              3310 WEST END AVENUE
   
                           NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203
    
                                 (615) 269-8175
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
                   Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
 
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                                 DAVID R. EMERY
                      HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
                              3310 WEST END AVENUE
   
                           NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203
    
                                 (615) 269-8175
 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
                             of Agent for Service)
 
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                          COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:
 
                                THEODORE W. LENZ
                         WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS
   
                    A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    
                           2100 NASHVILLE CITY CENTER
                                511 UNION STREET
                        NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37219-1760
                                 (615) 244-6380
 
   
     This Amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective in
accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933.
    
 
     If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.  [X]
 
     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.  [ ]
 
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                      HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
 
                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
      SHOWING LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS OF INFORMATION REQUIRED BY FORM S-3.
 
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          REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEMS                      LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
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 1.  Forepart of the Registration Statement and
     Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus.....  Facing Page; Cross-Reference Sheet; Outside
                                                  Front Cover Page
 2.  Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages
     of Prospectus..............................  Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages
 3.  Summary Information, Risk Factors and Ratio
     of Earnings to Fixed Charges...............  The Company; Introduction; The Plan
 4.  Use of Proceeds............................  Use of Proceeds
 5.  Determination of Offering Price............  Cover Page; Introduction; The Plan
 6.  Dilution...................................  *
 7.  Selling Security Holders...................  *
 8.  Plan of Distribution.......................  Plan of Distribution
 9.  Description of Securities to be
     Registered.................................  *
10.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.....  *
11.  Material Changes...........................  *
12.  Incorporation of Certain Information by
     Reference..................................  Incorporation of Certain Documents by
                                                  Reference
13.  Disclosure of Commission Position on
     Indemnification For Securities Act
     Liabilities................................  Indemnification
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* Omitted as inapplicable.
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                            HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST
 
Dear Shareholder:
 
   
     Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated is pleased to offer you the
opportunity to participate in its Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The Dividend
Reinvestment Plan offers a convenient way for shareholders to purchase
automatically additional shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated Common
Stock at a modest discount while avoiding the payment of brokerage commissions
and bank fees. These fees are absorbed by the Company.
    
 
   
     In addition, the Plan permits shareholders to make optional cash
investments of up to $5,000 per quarter for the purchase of additional stock at
market price, while continuing to avoid all brokerage commissions and bank fees.
    
 
     The Plan is administered entirely by the Company's transfer agent, The
First National Bank of Boston. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has made
arrangements for the Plan solely as a convenience to its shareholders. As
participation is voluntary, you may join or withdraw at any time.
 
   
     To participate in the Plan, shareholders must own at least one share of the
Company's Common Stock, and those shares must be held in the shareholder's own
name. The attached Prospectus contains more complete details of the Plan. We
suggest that you read it and retain it for future reference.
    
 
                                          /s/ DAVID R. EMERY
                                          David R. Emery
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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PROSPECTUS
   
APRIL 10, 1997
    
 
                                1,000,000 SHARES
 
   
                            HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST
    
 
                           DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
   
     Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the "Company"), a Maryland
corporation operating as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), is offering through its
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") to all holders of record of the
Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Shares" or the "Common
Stock"), the opportunity to have dividends on their Common Stock automatically
reinvested and to make voluntary cash payments to be invested in Shares of
Common Stock. Any owner of record of at least one Share of the Company's Common
Stock is eligible to participate in the Plan. See "The Plan."
    
 
     Investment options offered under the Plan are:
 
     FULL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT -- Reinvest dividends on all Shares held.
Participants may also make optional payments up to an aggregate of $5,000 during
the three-month period immediately preceding any quarterly dividend payment
("dividend payment cycle").
 
     PARTIAL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT -- Reinvest dividends on less than all Shares
held and continue to receive cash dividends on the other Shares.
 
     Participants may also make optional payments up to an aggregate of $5,000
per dividend payment cycle with a minimum of $25 per payment.
 
     The Plan will be administered by The First National Bank of Boston (the
"Agent"). Optional payments must be received by the Agent no later than one day
prior to the applicable dividend payment date and, if so received, will be
invested in Shares on such dividend payment date. Optional payments not received
by one day prior to the applicable dividend payment date will be deposited and
invested on the next succeeding dividend payment date.
 
     The price of the Company's Shares purchased with reinvested Share dividends
will be 95% of the "closing price" of the Company's Common Stock. As used
herein, the term "closing price" means the price of the last actual sale of
Shares as reported by the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), computed to
three decimal places, on the dividend payment date or, if no trading occurs on
the NYSE on that date, the trading day immediately preceding the dividend
payment date on which trading occurs on the NYSE. The price of Shares purchased
with optional payments will be 100% of the applicable closing price of the
Company's Common Stock (see "The Plan -- Question 14").
 
     This Prospectus relates to 1,000,000 authorized Shares of the Company
registered for sale under the Plan. It is suggested that this Prospectus be
retained for future reference.
 
   
     The Company's Common Stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol HR.
    
 
   
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
      ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
                        CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED THE
   MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
   
     The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("the Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith files
reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"). The SEC maintains a web site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains
reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding
registrants such as the Company which file electronically with the SEC. Such
reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the Company can also be
inspected and copied at the public reference facilities of the SEC, Room 1024,
Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549. Copies can be
obtained by mail at prescribed rates. Requests should be directed to the SEC's
Public Reference Section, Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20549. Copies of such materials and other information concerning
the Company also will be available for inspection at the NYSE, 20 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10005.
    
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                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
 
   
     The following documents which have previously been filed by the Company
with the SEC under the Exchange Act (File No. 1-11852) are incorporated herein
by reference: (i) the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996 and (ii) the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated April 8,
1993.
    
 
     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of Common Stock made hereby shall be deemed to be
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein, or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.
 
   
     The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, on the written
request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated
herein by reference, except the exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits
are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests for such
copies should be directed to the Company, at 3310 West End Avenue, Nashville,
Tennessee 37203; Attention: Investor Relations.
    
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
   
     Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the "Company") is incorporated under
the laws of the state of Maryland and has its principal executive offices at
3310 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 (telephone number
615-269-8175).
    
 
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                                  INTRODUCTION
 
     The Company has reserved for issuance 1,000,000 Shares of the Company's
Common Stock under the Plan in order to provide holders of its Common Stock the
opportunity to have their cash dividends automatically reinvested in, and to
make voluntary cash payments for, additional Shares. Participants who elect to
reinvest all or a portion of their cash dividends will be able to purchase
Shares at a 5% discount from the closing price of the Company's Common Stock.
There is no maximum amount of cash dividends that may be reinvested.
Shareholders may also make optional payments up to an aggregate of $5,000 (with
a minimum of $25 per payment) in any dividend payment cycle to purchase
additional Shares at no discount from such closing price. The Company does not
intend to waive this limit on optional payments.
 
     Broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries may engage in positioning
and other transactions that will allow them to acquire Shares prior to the
record date for dividends, reinvest in Plan Shares at the discounted purchase
price and resell the Plan Shares to capture the discount. The Company does not
expect that financial intermediaries will engage in such transactions to any
significant extent, if at all. The Company's Articles of Incorporation limit
share ownership by any person to not more than 9.9% in value of the outstanding
stock of the Company. Moreover, the Plan limits optional payments to $5,000 per
dividend payment cycle, and Plan Shares purchased with optional payments are not
purchased at a discount. To the extent that financial intermediaries do
participate in such trading activities, they may be deemed underwriters within
the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act of 1933. The Company has not
entered into any formal or informal arrangement with any financial intermediary
to engage in such transactions and does not intend to do so.
 
                                    THE PLAN
 
     The following is a question and answer discussion of the provisions of the
Plan.
 
PURPOSE, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 
  1. What is the purpose of the Plan?
 
     The purpose of the Plan is to provide owners of record of the Company's
Shares with a simple and convenient method of investing cash dividends and
optional payments in additional Shares issued under the Plan and held in a
participant's account ("Plan Shares").
 
  2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Plan?
 
     The primary advantages of the Plan are:
 
          Plan Shares may be purchased quarterly with reinvested cash dividends
     on all or less than all of the Shares registered in a participant's name. A
     participant may also purchase Plan Shares with optional payments of at
     least $25, up to an aggregate of $5,000 per dividend payment cycle.
 
          No brokerage commissions or service charges are paid by participants
     in connection with purchases under the Plan (see Question 3). Full
     investment of funds is possible because the Plan permits fractions of Plan
     Shares, as well as full Plan Shares, to be credited to a participant's
     account. In addition, dividends in respect of such fractions, as well as
     full Plan Shares, will be credited to a participant's account. Dividends on
     the Plan Shares held in a participant's account are automatically
     reinvested in additional Plan Shares.
 
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          Safekeeping of Plan Shares is assured because certificates for such
     Shares are not issued unless requested by the participant. This safekeeping
     feature is also available for any Share certificates a Plan participant
     holds. Regular statements of account provide simplified recordkeeping.
 
     The primary disadvantages of the Plan are:
 
          The date by which decisions to reinvest dividends must be made for a
     dividend payment cycle is the record date, which will generally be 15 days
     prior to the applicable dividend reinvestment date. The date by which
     decisions to make optional cash payments must be made is one day prior to
     the applicable dividend reinvestment date. During the period between a
     record date or optional cash payment date and the dividend reinvestment
     date, participants' funds will be exposed to changes in market conditions.
 
          If the market price of the Company's Common Stock declines between a
     record date or the date an optional cash payment is made and the dividend
     reinvestment date, the cost of acquiring Shares in the open market may be
     less than acquiring Plan Shares. Further, no interest will be paid on
     optional cash payments from the time made by a participant until the next
     applicable dividend reinvestment date.
 
          Participants will not be able to determine the actual number of Plan
     Shares purchased on their behalf until after the applicable dividend
     reinvestment date.
 
COSTS
 
  3. Are there any expenses to participants in connection with purchases under
     the Plan?
 
     No. Participants will incur no brokerage commissions or service charges for
purchases made under the Plan. All costs of administration of the Plan will be
paid by the Company.
 
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ADMINISTRATION
 
  4. Who administers the Plan for participants?
 
     The First National Bank of Boston (the "Agent") has been designated by the
Company to administer the Plan for participants, keep records, send statements
of account to participants and perform other duties relating to the Plan. The
Agent also serves as the Company's transfer agent and registrar. The addresses
and telephone numbers for information about the Plan are:
 
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                         FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLAN
 
                       The First National Bank of Boston
   
                           c/o Boston EquiServe, L.P.
    
   
                              Shareholder Services
    
   
                       P.O. Box 1865, Mail Stop 45-02-62
    
   
                        Boston, Massachusetts 02105-1865
    
   
                           Telephone: (617) 575-3400
    
 
                                       or
 
                      Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
   
                              3310 West End Avenue
    
                           Nashville, Tennessee 37203
   
                         Attention: Investor Relations
    
                            Telephone: 615-269-8175
                             Telecopy: 615-269-8122
 
                        All written notices and requests
                         concerning the Plan should be
                         mailed to the above addresses.
 
                Please include a telephone number in your letter
                where you can be reached during business hours.
 
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PARTICIPATION
 
  5. Who can participate in the Plan?
 
     In order to participate in the Plan a shareholder must own at least one
Share.
 
  6. How does a shareholder participate?
 
     A shareholder may join the Plan by signing an Authorization Form and
returning it to the Agent. An Authorization Form and envelope may be obtained at
any time by contacting the Agent or the Company (see Question 4).
 
  7. When may a shareholder join the Plan?
 
     An owner of record of at least one Share may join the Plan at any time (see
Question 5).
 
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  8. What does the Authorization Form provide?
 
     The Authorization Form provides for the purchase of Plan Shares through the
following investment options offered under the Plan:
 
          FULL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT -- Reinvest dividends on all Shares held by
     a participant. Optional payments of at least $25 may also be invested, up
     to an aggregate of $5,000 per dividend payment cycle.
 
          PARTIAL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT -- Reinvest dividends on less than all
     of the Shares held by a participant by electing to continue to receive cash
     dividends on a specified number of Shares. Optional payments of at least
     $25 may also be invested, up to an aggregate of $5,000 per dividend payment
     cycle.
 
          OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS ONLY -- Optional payments of at least $25 may
     be invested up to an aggregate of $5,000 per dividend payment cycle without
     reinvestment of dividends.
 
     CASH DIVIDENDS ON PLAN SHARES ARE AUTOMATICALLY REINVESTED TO PURCHASE
ADDITIONAL PLAN SHARES REGARDLESS OF WHICH INVESTMENT OPTION IS SELECTED.
 
     Any Shares for which a participant elects reinvestment of dividends, as
well as new Plan Shares purchased with reinvested dividends or optional
payments, will be included in the participant's account under the Plan.
 
     The Authorization Form also may be used to change an investment option.
 
  9. When must the Authorization Form be received by the Agent to begin
     reinvesting dividends?
 
     The Authorization Form must be received by the Agent no later than the
record date for payment of the dividend to begin reinvesting dividends.
Dividends are expected to be paid in February, May, August and November, as
declared by the Board of Directors. The record dates will be approximately 15
days prior to the dividend payment dates.
 
  10. How may a participant change options under the Plan?
 
     A participant may change an investment option at any time by signing a new
Authorization Form and returning it to the Agent. An Authorization Form and
envelope may be obtained at any time by contacting the Agent or the Company (see
Question 4). Any change in option with respect to reinvestment of dividends must
be received by the Agent no later than the record date for the next dividend in
order to make a change with respect to that dividend.
 
  11. How are optional payments made?
 
   
     Optional payments may be made at any time by a Plan participant. Each
optional cash payment must be accompanied by a properly executed Cash Remittance
Form, which is attached to each statement of account (see Question 18). An
optional payment can be made by mailing a check or money order (payable to the
Agent in United States dollars and drawn against a United States bank) directly
to: The First National Bank of Boston, c/o Boston EquiServe, L.P., Shareholder
Services, Mail Stop: 45-02-62, P.O. Box 1865, Boston, MA 02105-1865. Checks
drawn against non-United States banks must have the United States currency
imprinted on the check. CASH PAYMENTS FORWARDED TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. Optional payments must be received by the Agent no
later than one day prior to the applicable dividend payment date and, if so
received, will be invested in Shares on such dividend payment date. Optional
payments not received by one day prior to the applicable dividend payment
    
 
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date will be deposited and invested on the next succeeding dividend payment
date. Participants will not be paid interest on funds held by the Agent.
 
     Optional payments may not exceed a total of $5,000 per dividend payment
cycle and are subject to a minimum payment of $25. Optional payments in excess
of the limit for the dividend payment cycle will be refunded. For example, if
the next dividend payment date was May 1 and if the Agent received optional
payments of $2,000 in February, $2,500 in March and $2,000 in April, the $6,500
received for the dividend payment cycle exceeds the $5,000 limit. Therefore,
$1,500 would be refunded.
 
     In the event that any check is returned unpaid for any reason, the Agent
will consider the request for investment of such optional cash payment null and
void and shall immediately remove from the participant 's account Plan Shares,
if any, purchased upon the prior credit of such optional cash payment. The Agent
shall thereupon be entitled to sell these Plan Shares to satisfy any uncollected
amounts. If the net proceeds of the sale of such shares are insufficient to
satisfy the balance of such uncollected amounts, the Agent shall be entitled to
sell additional Plan Shares from the participant's account to satisfy the
uncollected balance.
 
  12. When will dividends be paid on Plan Shares purchased with optional
      payments?
 
     Plan Shares purchased prior to the record date (see Question 9) for the
payment of the dividend will be entitled to such dividend.
 
  13. May optional cash payments be returned to a participant?
 
     Yes. Upon written request addressed to the Agent received at least two
business days prior to the applicable dividend payment date, optional cash
payments will be returned to the participant. Each optional cash payment, to the
extent that it does not conform to the limitations described in Question 11,
will be subject to return to the participant. In each case, optional cash
payments will be returned without interest.
 
PURCHASES
 
  14. What will be the price of Shares purchased under the Plan?
 
     The purchase price of Plan Shares purchased with reinvested dividends will
be 95% of the closing price of the Company's Shares. The purchase price of Plan
Shares purchased with optional payments will be 100% of the closing price of the
Company's Shares.
 
     At the discretion of the Company, Plan Shares purchased with reinvested
dividends or optional payments will be newly issued Shares or treasury Shares.
 
  15. How many Plan Shares will be purchased for participants?
 
     Each participant's account will be credited with that number of Plan
Shares, including fractions computed to three decimal places, equal to the total
dollar amount to be invested divided by the applicable purchase price per Plan
Share (see Questions 3 and 14). The number of Plan Shares purchased cannot be
determined until the day of purchase.
 
  16. When will purchases of Shares under the Plan be made?
 
     Cash dividends on Shares and optional payments will be applied by the Agent
to the purchase of Plan Shares as of the close of business on the applicable
dividend payment date (see Question 14).
 
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PARTICIPANT'S ACCOUNT
 
  17. What Shares are included in a participant's account under the Plan?
 
     A shareholder's account under the Plan includes all Plan Shares, including
fractional Plan Shares, as well as new Shares purchased with reinvested
dividends or optional payments.
 
REPORTS TO PARTICIPANTS
 
  18. What reports will be sent to participants in the Plan?
 
     As soon as practicable after each purchase under the Plan, each participant
in the Plan will receive a statement of account showing amounts invested,
purchase prices, Plan Shares purchased and other information for the year to
date. The Company suggests that participants retain all statements for tax and
other purposes. The Agent may charge a fee to supply past account history. In
addition, each participant will receive communications sent to all owners of
Shares, including the Company's quarterly reports, annual reports and notices of
shareholders' meetings and proxy statements. Participants will receive all
information needed for federal income tax return purposes.
 
DIVIDENDS
 
  19. Will a participant's account be credited with dividends on fractions of
      Plan Shares?
 
     Yes.
 
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
 
  20. Will certificates be issued for Plan Shares purchased?
 
     Plan Shares will be registered in the name of the Company, as agent for
participants in the Plan, and certificates for Plan Shares will not be issued to
participants unless requested. This protects against loss, theft or destruction
of stock certificates.
 
     The number of Plan Shares held in an account under the Plan will be shown
on the participant's quarterly statement of account.
 
     Certificates for any number of whole Plan Shares will be issued promptly
after receipt of a written request signed by the participant (or participants if
a joint registration). A form is provided on the reverse side of the statement
of account (see Question 18) for this purpose. This request must be mailed to
the Agent (see Question 4). Any remaining full Plan Shares and fraction of a
Plan Share will continue to be held by the Company, as agent, in the
participant's account (see Question 23).
 
     Certificates for a fractional Share will not be issued under any
circumstances.
 
     Plan Shares may not be pledged. A participant who wishes to pledge such
Plan Shares must obtain certificates for such Plan Shares issued in the
participant's name.
 
  21. In whose name will certificates be registered when issued?
 
     Accounts under the Plan are maintained in the names in which certificates
of the participants were registered at the time they entered the Plan.
Certificates for whole Plan Shares will be similarly registered when issued.
 
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  22. Can a participant withdraw certificates for some or all of the Plan Shares
      held under the Plan and continue to participate with respect to those
      Shares?
 
     Yes. Certificates for any number of whole Plan Shares will be issued
promptly after receipt of a written request signed by the participant (or
participants if a joint registration) who wishes to continue to participate with
respect to those Shares. This request must be mailed to the Agent (see Question
4). Any remaining full Plan Shares and fraction of a Plan Share will continue to
be held by the Company, as agent, in the participant's account.
 
     Certificates for a fractional Plan Share will not be issued under any
circumstances.
 
TERMINATION
 
  23. How is participation in the Plan terminated?
 
   
     In order to terminate participation in the Plan, a participant (or
participants if a joint registration) should send a written request to the Agent
(see Question 4). A withdrawal/termination form is provided on the reverse side
of the statement of account (see Question 18) for this purpose. When
participation in the Plan is terminated, certificates for whole Plan Shares will
be issued, a cash payment will be made for any fraction of a Plan Share, and the
dividend reinvestment account will be closed. The cash payment will be based on
the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the NYSE on the next business
day following the day the withdrawal request is received by the Agent.
    
 
     A request to terminate participation in the Plan must be received by the
Agent prior to the next upcoming record date for a dividend, and if so received
all dividends thereafter will be paid in cash to the participant. If the request
to terminate participation in the Plan is received on or after the record date
for a dividend, any cash dividend paid on the dividend payment date following
such record date will be reinvested and credited to the participant's account in
accordance with the participant's previous instructions under the Plan. The
request to terminate will then be processed as promptly as possible following
such dividend payment date and, thereafter, all dividends will be paid in cash
to the participant. Any optional cash payment sent to the Agent prior to the
request to terminate will be invested in Plan Shares unless the participant's
termination request expressly requests the return of the optional cash payment
and such request is received no later than two business days prior to the
applicable dividend payment date.
 
  24. When may participation in the Plan be terminated?
 
     Participation in the Plan may be terminated at any time.
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
  25. What happens when a participant who is reinvesting the cash dividends on
      all or part of the Shares registered in the participant's name sells or
      transfers a portion of such Shares?
 
     If a participant who is reinvesting the cash dividends on all of the Shares
registered in the participant's name disposes of a portion of such Shares, the
Company will continue to reinvest the dividends on the remainder of the Shares.
 
     If a participant who is reinvesting the cash dividends on part of the
Shares registered in the participant's name disposes of a portion of such
Shares, the Company will continue to pay the dividends on the remainder of the
Shares up to the number of Shares originally authorized. For example, if a
participant directed the Company to continue paying cash dividends on 50 Shares
of a total of 100 Shares registered in the
 
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participant's name so that the Company would be reinvesting cash dividends on 50
Shares, and then the participant disposed of 25 Shares, the Company would
continue to pay cash dividends on 50 of the remaining 75 Shares. If instead the
participant disposed of 75 Shares, the Company would continue to pay cash
dividends on all of the remaining 25 Shares.
 
  26. What happens when a participant sells or transfers all of the Shares
      registered in the participant's name?
 
     If a participant disposes of all Shares registered in the participant's
name, the Company will continue to reinvest the dividends on the Plan Shares
held by the Company in the participant's account under the Plan until otherwise
notified (see Question 23).
 
  27. What happens if the Company issues a stock dividend or declares a stock
      split?
 
     Any Shares distributed as a result of a stock dividend or stock split by
the Company on Plan Shares will be added to the participant's account. Stock
dividends or split Shares distributed on Shares registered in the name of the
participant will be mailed directly to the shareholder in the same manner as to
shareholders who are not participating in the Plan.
 
  28. How will a participant's Shares be voted at meetings of shareholders?
 
     All whole Plan Shares of Common Stock will be voted as the participant
directs. If on the record date for a meeting of shareholders there are whole
Plan Shares credited to the participant's account under the Plan, the
participant will be sent a proxy card representing both the Plan Shares held in
the participant's Plan account and all other Shares held by the participant.
When the participant returns in a timely fashion a signed proxy card, it will be
voted as indicated by the participant on the proxy card with respect to all
whole Shares either held by or credited to the participant. All such Shares also
may be voted in person at shareholders' meetings. Fractional Plan Shares will
not be voted.
 
     If the proxy card is returned signed and no voting instructions are given
with respect to any item thereon, all of the participant's Shares (including
whole Plan Shares) will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the
Company's management. This is the same procedure that is followed for all
shareholders who return proxies and do not provide instructions. If the proxy
card or instruction card is not returned or if it is returned unsigned by the
registered owner(s), none of the participant's Shares covered by such proxy card
will be voted; a participant or his or her duly appointed representative could,
however, vote Shares registered in the participant's name in person at the
meeting.
 
  29. What are the responsibilities of the Company and the Agent under the Plan?
 
     Neither the Company nor the Agent, in administering the Plan, will be
liable for any act done in good faith or for any good faith omission to act,
including, without limitation, any claim of liability arising out of failure to
terminate a participant's account upon such participant's death prior to receipt
of notice in writing of such death. This limitation of liability shall not
constitute a waiver by any participant of his or her rights under federal or
state securities laws.
 
     Participants should recognize that the Company cannot assure them of a
profit or protect them against a loss on the Plan Shares purchased by them under
the Plan.
 
     Although the Plan contemplates the continuation of quarterly dividend
payments, the payment of dividends will depend upon future earnings, the
financial condition of the Company and other factors.
 
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  30. May the Plan be changed or discontinued?
 
     The Company reserves the right to suspend, modify or terminate the Plan at
any time. All participants will receive notice of any such suspension,
modification or termination. Upon termination of the Plan by the Company,
certificates for whole Plan Shares will be issued and a cash payment will be
made for any fraction of a Plan Share (see Question 23).
 
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
 
  31. What are the federal income tax consequences of participation in the Plan?
 
     In the opinion of counsel to the Company, the federal income tax
consequences for Plan participants are as follows:
 
     A participant in the Plan will have somewhat different federal income tax
obligations for dividends reinvested under the Plan than for dividends received
in cash. A participant will be treated as having received a dividend
distribution equal to the fair market value of the Plan Shares purchased on the
dividend payment date. Therefore, because Plan Shares purchased with reinvested
dividends will be purchased for 95% of their fair market value, the resulting
taxable income will be greater than the taxable income that would have resulted
from the receipt of the dividend in cash. A participant's tax basis in the
dividend Plan Shares will be equal to the fair market value of the dividend Plan
Shares credited to the participant's account, and the holding period for such
Shares will begin the day after the dividend payment date (see Questions 14 and
16). Likewise, the tax basis per Plan Share purchased with optional payments is
equal to the participant's purchase price per Plan Share.
 
     EXAMPLE: The Company makes a quarterly dividend distribution which would
amount to $100 if the shareholder received it in cash. The shareholder is,
instead, a participant in the Plan. The closing price on the NYSE on the
dividend payment date is $20. The $100 dividend is reinvested for the
participant in Plan Shares at $19 per share (95% of $20), with 5.263 shares
($100 divided by $19) being credited to the participant's account. The fair
market value of these 5.263 shares is $20 each, or $105.26. For federal income
tax purposes, the Company is deemed to have distributed to the participant and
the participant to have received $105.26. This amount will be the tax basis for
the 5.263 dividend Plan Shares. If the full amount of the distribution paid by
the Company is a distribution of the current or accumulated earnings and profits
of the Company, then the participant is deemed to have a taxable dividend of
$105.26; if only 50% of such distribution is determined to be from the earnings
and profits of the Company, then $52.63 will be taxable as a dividend to the
participant and the remaining $52.63 treated as return of capital or capital
gains distribution, or as gain from the sale or exchange of such participant's
Plan Shares, as appropriate.
 
   
     So long as the Company continues to qualify as a REIT under the Code, the
distribution will be taxable under the provisions of the Code applicable to
REITs and their shareholders, pursuant to which (i) distributions will be
taxable to shareholders as ordinary income to the extent of the current or
accumulated earnings and profits of the Company, (ii) distributions which are
designated as capital gain distributions by the Company will be taxed as
long-term capital gains to shareholders to the extent they do not exceed the
Company's net capital gain for the taxable year, (iii) distributions which are
not designated as capital gains distributions and which are in excess of the
Company's current or accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a
return of capital to the shareholders and reduce the adjusted tax basis of a
shareholder's Shares (but not below zero), and (iv) such distributions in excess
of a shareholder's adjusted tax basis in its Shares will be treated as gain from
the sale or exchange of such Shares.
    
 
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<PAGE>   15
 
     A participant will not realize any taxable income when the participant
receives certificates for whole Plan Shares, either upon the participant's
request for certain of those Shares or upon termination of participation in or
termination of the Plan.
 
     A participant will realize gain or loss when Plan Shares are sold or
exchanged, whether pursuant to the participant's request upon termination of
participation in the Plan (see Question 23) or by the participant after receipt
of Plan Shares from the Plan, and, in the case of a fractional Plan Share, when
the participant receives a cash adjustment for a fraction of a Plan Share upon
termination of participation in or termination of the Plan; and the amount of
such gain or loss will be the difference between the amount which the
participant receives for the Plan Shares or fraction of a Plan Share and the tax
basis therefor.
 
     The Company will comply with all applicable Internal Revenue Service
("IRS") requirements concerning the filing of information returns, and such
information will be provided to the participant by a duplicate of that form or
in a final statement of account for each calendar year. With respect to
participants whose dividends are subject to United States income tax
withholding, the Company will comply with all applicable IRS requirements
concerning the withholding of such tax, and the amount of any cash distribution
reinvested will, in each case, be after any reduction necessary to comply with
the applicable withholding requirements.
 
     Under Code Section 3406(a)(1), the Company is required to withhold for
United States income tax purposes 31% of all dividend payments to a shareholder
if (i) such shareholder has failed to furnish his or her taxpayer identification
number, which for an individual is his or her social security number, (ii) the
IRS has notified the Company that the shareholder has failed to properly report
interest or dividends, or (iii) the shareholder has failed to certify, under
penalties of perjury, that he or she is not subject to back-up withholding.
Shareholders have previously been requested by the Company or their broker to
submit all information and certifications required in order to exempt them from
back-up withholding if such exemption is available to them.
 
  32. What are the effects of federal income tax withholding provisions?
 
   
     In the case of a shareholder who is subject to back-up withholding tax on
dividends under the Plan, or a foreign shareholder whose dividends are subject
to United States income tax withholding, the amount of the tax to be withheld
will be deducted from the amount of the cash dividend, and only the reduced
amount will be reinvested in Plan Shares. Regular statements of account
confirming purchases made for such participants will indicate the amount of tax
withheld.
    
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
     The Company is unable to estimate the amount of proceeds from the Shares to
be sold under the Plan. The Company intends to use any proceeds from the sale of
such Shares for general corporate purposes.
 
                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
     The Shares sold under the Plan are being distributed directly by the
Company rather than through an underwriter, broker or dealer. There will be no
brokerage commissions or other fees charged to participants in connection with
the purchase of Plan Shares.
 
     Broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries may engage in positioning
and other transactions that will allow them to acquire Shares prior to the
record date for dividends, reinvest in Plan Shares at the
 
                                       12
<PAGE>   16
 
   
discounted purchase price and resell the Plan Shares to capture the discount.
The Company does not expect that financial intermediaries will engage in such
transactions to any significant extent, if at all. The Company's Articles of
Incorporation limit share ownership by any person to not more than 9.9% in value
of the outstanding stock of the Company. Moreover, the Plan limits optional
payments to $5,000 per dividend payment cycle, and Plan Shares purchased with
optional payments are not purchased at a discount. To the extent that financial
intermediaries do participate in such trading activities, they may be deemed
underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act of 1933.
The Company has not entered into any formal or informal arrangement with any
financial intermediary to engage in such transactions and does not intend to do
so.
    
 
     The Common Stock may not be available under the Plan in all states. This
Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer
to buy, any Shares of the Common Stock or other securities in any state or any
other jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer in
such jurisdiction.
 
                                INDEMNIFICATION
 
   
     The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company provide that the
Company shall indemnify and advance expenses to its currently acting and former
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State
of Maryland. Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law generally
permits indemnification of any director made a party to any proceeding by reason
of service as a director unless it is established that (i) the act or omission
of such person was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was
committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
(ii) such person actually received an improper personal benefit in money,
property or services; or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, such
person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
The indemnity may include judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and
reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director in connection with the
proceeding; but, if the proceeding is by, or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification is not permitted with respect to such proceeding in which the
director has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The termination of
any proceeding by conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent
or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment creates a rebuttable
presumption that the director did not meet the requisite standard of conduct
required for permitted indemnification. The termination of any proceeding by
judgment, order or settlement, however, does not create a presumption that the
director failed to meet the requisite standard of conduct for permitted
indemnification. The Maryland General Corporation Law permits Maryland
corporations to indemnify their officers, employees or agents to the same extent
as their directors and to such further extent as is consistent with law. The
Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that officers, employees
and agents of the Company shall be entitled to indemnification to the fullest
extent permitted by Maryland law.
    
 
     Indemnification under the provisions of the Maryland General Corporation
Law is not deemed exclusive of any other rights, by indemnification or
otherwise, to which a director or officer may be entitled under the Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws, resolution of shareholders or directors, contract or
otherwise.
 
   
     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that
in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.
    
 
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  NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE OFFERING MADE HEREBY, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE
COMPANY. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION
OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OFFERED
HEREBY OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH SHARES TO
ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER IS UNLAWFUL. THE DELIVERY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS AT ANY TIME DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS
CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
<TABLE>
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Available Information..................    2
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
  Reference............................    2
The Company............................    2
Introduction...........................    3
The Plan...............................    3
  Purpose, Advantages and
     Disadvantages.....................    3
  Costs................................    4
  Administration.......................    5
  Participation........................    5
  Purchases............................    7
  Participant's Account................    8
  Reports to Participants..............    8
  Dividends............................    8
  Issuance of Certificates.............    8
  Termination..........................    9
  Other Information....................    9
  Federal Income Tax Consequences......   11
Use of Proceeds........................   12
Plan of Distribution...................   12
Indemnification........................   13
</TABLE>
 
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                                1,000,000 SHARES
 
   
                            HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST
    
 
   
                                    DIVIDEND
    
                               REINVESTMENT PLAN
                                  COMMON STOCK
                           -------------------------
 
                                   PROSPECTUS
                           -------------------------
   
                                 APRIL 10, 1997
    
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<PAGE>   18
 
                                    PART II
 
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
   
ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
    
 
     The Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement for the Registrant provide
as follows:
 
                                   ARTICLE IX
                        LIMITATION ON PERSONAL LIABILITY
                   OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS; INDEMNIFICATION
 
   
     A director or officer shall not be personally liable to the corporation or
its shareholders for money damages unless (i) it is proved that the person
actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services
for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property, or services actually
received or (ii) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is
entered in a proceeding, based on a finding in the proceeding that the person's
action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty
and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding.
    
 
     If the law of the State of Maryland is hereafter amended to authorize
corporate action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of
directors or officers or expanding such liability, then the liability of
directors or officers to the corporation or its shareholders shall be limited or
eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law as so amended from
time to time. Any repeal or modification of this Article IX by the shareholders
of the corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any
limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer or the corporation
existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
 
     The corporation shall indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents
to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the State of Maryland. The
corporation may purchase and maintain liability insurance, or make other
arrangements for such obligations or otherwise, to the extent permitted by the
law of the State of Maryland, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify against liability under the provisions of such law.
 
     The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant provides as
follows:
 
                                   ARTICLE IX
                   INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
     SECTION 1.  INDEMNIFICATION.  The corporation shall indemnify and advance
expenses to its currently acting and its former directors to the fullest extent
permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, and the corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to its officers, employees and agents to the same
extent as its directors and to such further extent as is consistent with law.
The officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such indemnification except
to the extent that the Board of Directors may otherwise prospectively determine
in any situation. The corporation may purchase and maintain liability insurance,
or make other arrangements for such obligations or otherwise, to the extent
permitted by the law of the State of Maryland, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify against liability under the provisions of such
law.
 
     SECTION 2.  PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE.  This Article shall not be construed
as a limitation upon the power of the corporation to enter into contracts or
undertakings of indemnity with a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, nor shall it be construed as a limitation upon any other rights to
which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote
of shareholders or his official capacity and as to action in another capacity
while holding office.
 
     SECTION 3.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  The benefits of the indemnification
and hold harmless provisions applicable to the officers and directors of this
corporation under the General Corporation Law of the
 
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<PAGE>   19
 
State of Maryland or any other applicable law of the State of Maryland shall
also be applicable to the officers (including without limitation the Chairman,
Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer) appointed from time to time by the President
of this corporation to serve in the administration and management of any
separate, segregated fund established for purposes of collecting and
distributing voluntary employee political contributions to federal, state or
local election campaigns pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
as amended or any similar federal, state or local statute or ordinance.
 
                            ------------------------
 
   
     Section 2.418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law generally permits
indemnification of any director made a party to any proceedings by reason of
service as a director unless it is established that (i) the act or omission of
such person was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was
committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; or
(ii) such person actually received an improper personal benefit in money,
property or services; or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, such
person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
The indemnity may include judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and
reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director in connection with the
proceeding; but, if the proceeding is by, or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification is not permitted with respect to such proceeding in which the
director has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The termination of
any proceeding by conviction or upon a plea of nono contendere or its equivalent
or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment creates a rebuttable
presumption that the director did not meet the requisite standard of conduct
required for permitted indemnification. The Maryland General Corporation Law
permits Maryland corporations to indemnify their officers, employees or agents
to the same extent as their directors and to such further extent as is
consistent with law. The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide
that officers, employees and agents of the Company shall be entitled to
indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law.
    
 
   
     Indemnification under the provisions of the Maryland General Corporation
Law is not deemed exclusive of any other rights, by indemnification or
otherwise, to which a director or officer may be entitled under the Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws, resolution of shareholders or directors, contract or
otherwise.
    
 
ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS
 
   
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<CAPTION>
    EXHIBIT
    NUMBER
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    <C>       <S>  <C>
     4        --   Specimen stock certificate.(1)
     5        --   Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis regarding
                   legality.(2)
     8        --   Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis regarding tax
                   consequences.(2)
    23.1      --   Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis (see Exhibits 5 and
                   8).(2)
    23.2      --   Consent of Ernst & Young.
    24        --   Power of Attorney.(2)
    99.1      --   Dividend Reinvestment Plan.(2)
    99.2      --   Specimen Authorization Form
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
    S-11 (Registration No. 33-60506) previously filed pursuant to the Securities
    Act of 1933.
    
   
(2) Previously filed.
    
 
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<PAGE>   20
 
                                   SIGNATURES
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on the 10th day of
April, 1997.
    
 
                                         HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST
                                                INCORPORATED
 
   
                                          By:       /s/ DAVID R. EMERY
    
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                       David R. Emery
   
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       SIGNATURE                                      TITLE                    DATE
                       ---------                                      -----                    ----
<C>                                                       <S>                             <C>
                   /s/ DAVID R. EMERY                     Chairman and Chief Executive    April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------  Officer (Principal Executive
                     David R. Emery                       Officer)
 
                 /s/ TIMOTHY G. WALLACE                   Executive Vice President and    April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------  Chief Financial Officer
                   Timothy G. Wallace                     (Principal Financial Officer)
 
                /s/ FREDRICK M. LANGRECK                  Treasurer and Controller        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------  (Principal Accounting Officer)
                  Fredrick M. Langreck
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
                 Errol L. Biggs, Ph.D.
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
                    Thompson S. Dent
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
            Charles Raymond Fernandez, M.D.
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
                 Batey M. Gresham, Jr.
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
                   Marliese E. Mooney
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
                    Edwin B. Morris
 
                           *                              Director                        April 10, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------
                  John Knox Singleton
 
                *By: /s/ DAVID R. EMERY
  ---------------------------------------------------
                     David R. Emery
                    Attorney-in-fact
</TABLE>
    
 
                                      II-3

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 33- 79452) and related Prospectus
of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated for the registration of 1,000,000 shares
of its common stock of our report dated February 4, 1997 (except for the
disclosures with respect to the 1997 Secondary Offering of stock referred to in
Notes 1, 4, and 12, as to which the date is March 10, 1997), with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
December 31, 1996 and the related financial statement schedule included therein,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission




                                             Ernst & Young LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
April 7, 1997

<PAGE>   1
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2



                      HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
                           DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
                         SHAREHOLDER AUTHORIZATION FORM

To participate in the Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated Dividend Reinvestment
Plan (the "Plan"), as described in the accompanying Prospectus, please fill out
this Authorization Form and return it in the envelope provided. INDICATE YOUR
PLAN PREFERENCE BY CHECKING ONE OF THE BOXES BELOW:

[ ]      FULL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT
         Reinvest all my dividends and invest any optional cash payments in
         additional shares of common stock.

[ ]      PARTIAL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT
         (Please designate the number of shares on which cash dividends are to
         be sent to you) Send me dividends in cash on __________ shares, and
         reinvest my cash dividends on the rest of my shares. Invest any
         optional cash payments in additional shares of common stock.

[ ]      OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS ONLY
         Send me dividends in cash and invest any optional cash payments in
         additional shares of common stock. Optional cash payment enclosed, if
         any, $_________________.

I hereby appoint The First National Bank of Boston as my agent under the terms
and conditions of the Plan as described in the prospectus for the Plan, receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged. I understand that I may revoke this
authorization and withdraw from the Plan at any time by notifying the agent in
writing of my desire to terminate my participation. (If shares are registered in
a joint account, both shareholders must sign below.)

                                    Signature
                                             -----------------------------------

                                    Signature
                                             -----------------------------------

                                    Date
                                        ----------------------------------------


                               THIS IS NOT A PROXY
                               -------------------
NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN, PLEASE DISREGARD THIS CARD.

                                    This Authorization Card, when signed, should
                                    be mailed to The First National Bank of
                                    Boston, c/o Boston EquiServe, L.P.,
                                    Shareholder Services, HR Dividend
                                    Reinvestment Plan, Mail Stop 45-02-62,
                                    P.O.Box 1865, Boston, Massachusetts
                                    02105-1865. An addressed postage-paid
                                    envelope is provided for your convenience.


                   PLEASE READ CAREFULLY - THIS IS NOT A PROXY


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