UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)



x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018



¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-36181

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Maryland		46-3999490
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

905 Calle Amanecer, Suite 300, San Clemente, CA		92673
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(949) 542-3130

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨

Non-accelerated filer	¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

		Emerging growth company	¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes x No

As of ~~November 7, 2017,~~July 31, 2018, there were ~~75,922,760~~80,981,057 shares of common stock outstanding.

INDEX



PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	1
	Condensed Consolidated Income Statements	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	4
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	3128
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	3936
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	3936

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	4036
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	4036
Item 5.2.	~~Other Information~~Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	4036
Item 6.	Exhibits	4137
	Signatures	4238

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

CARETRUST REIT, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016			June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Assets:
Real estate investments, net	$	1,089,089		$	893,918		$	1,167,001		$	1,152,261
Other real estate investments	5,368			13,872
Other real estate investments, net							18,108			17,949
Cash and cash equivalents	14,808			7,500			11,560			6,909
Accounts and other receivables	12,961			5,896
Accounts and other receivables, net							9,023			5,254
Prepaid expenses and other assets	1,803			1,369			4,972			895
Deferred financing costs, net	1,989			2,803			1,176			1,718
Total assets	$	1,126,018		$	925,358		$	1,211,840		$	1,184,986
Liabilities and Equity:
Senior unsecured notes payable, net	$	294,221		$	255,294		$	294,774		$	294,395
Senior unsecured term loan, net	99,493			99,422			99,564			99,517
Unsecured revolving credit facility	95,000			95,000			150,000			165,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	17,382			12,137			12,515			17,413
Dividends payable	14,046			11,075			16,249			14,044
Total liabilities	520,142			472,928			573,102			590,369
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016	—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 75,472,682 and 64,816,350 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively	755			648
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017							—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 78,550,687 and 75,478,202 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively							785			755
Additional paid-in capital	782,707			611,475			831,286			783,237
Cumulative distributions in excess of earnings	(177,586		)	(159,693		)	(193,333		)	(189,375		)
Total equity	605,876			452,430			638,738			594,617
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,126,018		$	925,358		$	1,211,840		$	1,184,986

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

CARETRUST REIT, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016		2018		2017		2018		2017
Revenues:
Rental income	$	29,404	$	24,179	$	85,254	$	67,857	$	34,708	$	28,511	$	68,524	$	55,850
Tenant reimbursements	2,543		2,089		7,253		5,815		3,016		2,389		5,984		4,710
Independent living facilities	825		766		2,407		2,177		845		789		1,644		1,582
Interest and other income	176		72		1,471		587		400		1,140		918		1,295
Total revenues	32,948		27,106		96,385		76,436		38,969		32,829		77,070		63,437
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	9,745		8,248		28,156		23,433		11,299		9,335		22,876		18,411
Interest expense	5,592		5,743		17,690		17,044		7,285		6,219		14,377		12,098
Loss on the extinguishment of debt	—		—		11,883		326		—		11,883		—		11,883
Property taxes	2,543		2,089		7,253		5,815		3,016		2,389		5,984		4,710
Independent living facilities	698		708		2,003		1,926		744		644		1,460		1,305
Impairment of real estate investment	—		—		890		—		—		890		—		890
Acquisition costs	—		203		—		203
General and administrative	3,059		2,283		8,426		6,724		3,358		2,977		6,550		5,367
Total expenses	21,637		19,274		76,301		55,471		25,702		34,337		51,247		54,664
Other income:
Gain on sale of real estate									—		—		2,051		—
Gain on disposition of other real estate investment	—		—		3,538		—		—		3,538		—		3,538
Net income	$	11,311	$	7,832	$	23,622	$	20,965	$	13,267	$	2,030	$	27,874	$	12,311
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	0.15	$	0.13	$	0.33	$	0.38	$	0.17	$	0.03	$	0.36	$	0.17
Diluted	$	0.15	$	0.13	$	0.33	$	0.38	$	0.17	$	0.03	$	0.36	$	0.17
Weighted-average number of common shares:
Basic	75,471		57,595		71,693		54,403		76,374		72,564		75,941		69,773
Diluted	75,471		57,595		71,693		54,403		76,374		72,564		75,941		69,773
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.185	$	0.17	$	0.555	$	0.51	$	0.205	$	0.185	$	0.41	$	0.37

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

CARETRUST REIT, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Cumulative Distributions in Excess of Earnings			Total Equity			Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Cumulative Distributions in Excess of Earnings			Total Equity
	Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Cumulative Distributions in Excess of Earnings			Total Equity			Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Cumulative Distributions in Excess of Earnings			Total Equity
Balance at December 31, 2015	47,664,742	$	477	$	410,217		$	(148,406	)	$	262,288
Issuance of common stock, net	17,023,824	170		200,228			—			200,398
Vesting of restricted common stock, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	127,784	1		(516		)	—			(515		)
Amortization of stock-based compensation	—	—		1,546			—			1,546
Common dividends ($0.68 per share)	—	—		—			(40,640		)	(40,640		)
Net income	—	—		—			29,353			29,353
Balance at December 31, 2016	64,816,350	648		611,475			(159,693		)	452,430			64,816,350	$	648	$	611,475		$	(159,693	)	$	452,430
Issuance of common stock, net	10,573,089	106		170,308			—			170,414			10,573,089	106		170,213			—			170,319
Vesting of restricted common stock, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	83,243	1		(868		)	—			(867		)	88,763	1		(867		)	—			(866		)
Amortization of stock-based compensation	—	—		1,792			—			1,792			—	—		2,416			—			2,416
Common dividends ($0.555 per share)	—	—		—			(41,515		)	(41,515		)
Common dividends ($0.74 per share)													—	—		—			(55,556		)	(55,556		)
Net income	—	—		—			23,622			23,622			—	—		—			25,874			25,874
Balance at September 30, 2017	75,472,682	$	755	$	782,707		$	(177,586	)	$	605,876
Balance at December 31, 2017													75,478,202	755		783,237			(189,375		)	594,617
Issuance of common stock, net													2,988,813	30		47,510			—			47,540
Vesting of restricted common stock, net of shares withheld for employee taxes													83,672	—		(1,289		)	—			(1,289		)
Amortization of stock-based compensation													—	—		1,828			—			1,828
Common dividends ($0.41 per share)													—	—		—			(31,832		)	(31,832		)
Net income													—	—		—			27,874			27,874
Balance at June 30, 2018													78,550,687	$	785	$	831,286		$	(193,333	)	$	638,738

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

CARETRUST REIT, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			2018			2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	23,622		$	20,965		$	27,874		$	12,311
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization (including a below-market ground lease)	28,168			23,444			22,885			18,419
Amortization of deferred financing costs	1,615			1,678			969			1,131
Loss on extinguishment of debt	11,883			326
Loss on the extinguishment of debt							—			11,883
Amortization of stock-based compensation	1,792			1,207			1,828			1,136
Straight-line rental income	(117		)	(78		)	(933		)	(115		)
Non-cash interest income	(496		)	(587		)
Noncash interest income							(217		)	(320		)
Gain on sale of real estate							(2,051		)	—
Interest income distribution from other real estate investment	1,500			—			—			1,500
Impairment of real estate investment	890			—			—			890
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts and other receivables	(6,948		)	(3,246		)
Accounts and other receivables, net							(2,837		)	(3,414		)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(182		)	3			(462		)	(311		)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	5,206			5,801			(4,940		)	1,791
Net cash provided by operating activities	66,933			49,513			42,116			44,901
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions of real estate	(222,463		)	(185,284		)	(47,310		)	(96,641		)
Improvements to real estate	(621		)	(258		)	(506		)	(598		)
Purchases of equipment, furniture and fixtures	(359		)	(139		)	(702		)	(233		)
Preferred equity investments	—			(4,531		)
Investment in real estate mortgage and other loans receivable							(1,390		)	—
Principal payments received on mortgage loan receivable							58			—
Sale of other real estate investment	7,500			—			—			7,500
Escrow deposits for acquisition of real estate	(1,000		)	(1,000		)
Escrow deposits for acquisitions of real estate							(2,250		)	(4,335		)
Net proceeds from the sale of real estate							13,004			—
Net cash used in investing activities	(216,943		)	(191,212		)	(39,096		)	(94,307		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net	170,414			108,395			47,547			170,485
Proceeds from the issuance of senior unsecured notes payable	300,000			—			—			300,000
Proceeds from the issuance of senior unsecured term loan	—			100,000
Borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	158,000			150,000			60,000			63,000
Payments on senior unsecured notes payable	(267,639		)	—			—			(267,639		)
Payments on unsecured revolving credit facility	(158,000		)	(92,000		)	(75,000		)	(158,000		)
Payments on the mortgage notes payable	—			(95,022		)
Payments of deferred financing costs	(6,047		)	(1,352		)	—			(5,511		)
Net-settle adjustment on restricted stock	(866		)	(515		)	(1,288		)	(866		)
Dividends paid on common stock	(38,544		)	(27,396		)	(29,628		)	(24,497		)
Net cash provided by financing activities	157,318			142,110			1,631			76,972
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	7,308			411			4,651			27,566
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	7,500			11,467			6,909			7,500
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	14,808		$	11,878		$	11,560		$	35,066
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Interest paid	$	19,349		$	12,173		$	13,411		$	10,585
Supplemental schedule of noncash operating, investing and financing activities:
Increase in dividends payable	$	2,971		$	2,169		$	2,205		$	2,973
Increase in deferred financing costs payable							$	—		$	525
Increase in offering costs payable							$	7		$	50
Application of escrow deposit to acquisition of real estate	$	700		$	1,250		$	—		$	700

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CARETRUST REIT, INC.

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1. ORGANIZATION

Description of Business—CareTrust REIT, Inc.’s (“CareTrust REIT” or the “Company”) primary business consists of acquiring, financing, developing and owning real property to be leased to third-party tenants in the healthcare sector. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company owned and leased to independent operators, including The Ensign Group, Inc. (“Ensign”), ~~171~~188 skilled nursing, ~~skilled nursing~~multi-service campuses, assisted living and independent living facilities consisting of ~~16,795~~18,531 operational beds and units located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. The Company also owns and operates three independent living facilities ~~consisting~~which have a total of 264 units located in Texas and Utah. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company also had ~~two~~ other real estate investments consisting of ~~$5.4 million of~~two preferred equity ~~investments.~~investments totaling $5.7 million and a mortgage loan receivable of $12.4 million.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company reflect, for all periods presented, the historical financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries consisting of (i) the net-leased skilled nursing,multi-service campuses, assisted living and independent living facilities, (ii) the operations of the three independent living facilities that the Company owns and ~~operates~~operates; and (iii) the preferred equity ~~investments.~~investments and the mortgage loan receivable.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for a complete set of annual audited financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated ~~and combined~~ financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2016.~~2017. In the opinion of management, all adjustments which are of a normal and recurring nature and considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented have been included. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. All intercompany transactions and account balances within the Company have been eliminated.

Estimates and Assumptions—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used in preparation of the underlying ~~condensed~~ consolidated financial statements are reasonable. Actual results, however, could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

~~Reclassifications~~—Prior period results reflect reclassifications, for comparative purposes, in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements, including a $0.3 million write-off of deferred financing costs reclassified from interest expense to loss on extinguishment of debt in the condensed consolidated income statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. These reclassifications have not changed the results of operations of prior periods.

Real Estate Depreciation and Amortization—Real estate costs related to the acquisition and improvement of properties are capitalized and amortized over the expected useful life of the asset on a straight-line basis. Repair and maintenance costs are ~~expensed~~charged to expense as incurred and significant replacements and betterments are capitalized. Repair and maintenance costs include all costs that do not extend the useful life of the real estate asset. The Company considers the period of future benefit of an asset to determine its appropriate useful life. Expenditures for tenant improvements are capitalized and amortized over the shorter of the tenant’s lease term or expected useful life. The Company anticipates the estimated useful lives of its assets by class to be generally as follows:



Buildings		25-40 years
Building improvements		10-25 years
Tenant improvements		Shorter of lease term or expected useful life
Integral equipment, furniture and fixtures		5 years
Identified intangible assets		Shorter of lease term or expected useful life

Real Estate Acquisition Valuation— In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations, the Company records the acquisition of income-producing real estate as a business combination. If the acquisition does not meet the definition of a business, the Company records the acquisition as an asset acquisition. Under both methods, all assets acquired and liabilities assumed are measured at their acquisition date fair values. For transactions that are

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~~Real Estate Acquisition Valuation— In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 805,~~ ~~Business Combinations~~, the Company records the acquisition of income-producing real estate as an asset acquisition. If the acquired assets meet the definition of a business, the Company records the acquisition as a business combination. Under both methods, all assets acquired and liabilities assumed are measured at their acquisition date fair values. For transactions accounted for as business combinations, acquisition costs are expensed as incurred and restructuring costs that do not meet the definition of a liability at the acquisition date are expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date. For transactions ~~accounted for as~~that are asset acquisitions, acquisition costs are capitalized as incurred.

The Company assesses the acquisition date fair values of all tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers, generally utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis that applies appropriate discount and/or capitalization rates and available market information. Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors, including historical operating results, known and anticipated trends, and market and economic conditions. The fair value of tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.

Estimates of the fair values of the tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities ~~are based on a number of~~require the Company’s management to make significant assumptions ~~including with respect~~ to estimate market lease rates, property-operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount rates, market absorption periods, and the number of years the property will be held for investment. The use of inappropriate assumptions would result in an incorrect valuation of the Company’s acquired tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities, which would impact the amount of the Company’s net income.

As part of the Company’s asset acquisitions, the Company may commit to provide contingent payments to a seller or lessee (e.g., an earn-out payable upon the applicable property achieving certain financial metrics). Typically, when the contingent payments are funded, cash rent is increased by the amount funded multiplied by a rate stipulated in the agreement. Generally, if the contingent payment is an earn-out provided to the seller, the payment is capitalized to the property’s basis. If the contingent payment is an earn-out provided to the lessee, the payment is recorded as a lease incentive and is amortized as a yield adjustment over the life of the lease.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets—At each reporting period, management evaluates the Company’s real estate investments for impairment indicators, including the evaluation of ~~its assets’~~the useful ~~lives.~~lives of the Company’s assets. Management also assesses the carrying value of the Company’s real estate investments whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The judgment regarding the existence of impairment indicators is based on factors such as, but not limited to, market conditions, operator performance and legal structure. If indicators of impairment are present, management evaluates the carrying value of the related real estate investments in relation to the future undiscounted cash flows of the underlying facilities. Provisions for impairment losses related to long-lived assets are recognized when expected future undiscounted cash flows are determined to be less than the carrying values of the assets. An adjustment is made to the net carrying value of the real estate investments for the excess of carrying value over fair value. All impairments are taken as a period cost at that time, and depreciation is adjusted going forward to reflect the new value assigned to the asset.

If the Company decides to sell real estate properties, it evaluates the recoverability of the carrying amounts of the assets. If the evaluation indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable from estimated net sales proceeds, the property is written down to estimated fair value less costs to sell.

In the event of impairment, the fair value of the real estate investment is determined by market research, which includes valuing the property in its current use as well as other alternative uses, and involves significant judgment. ~~The Company’s~~Management’s estimates of cash flows and fair values of the properties are based on current market conditions and consider matters such as rental rates and occupancies for comparable properties, recent sales data for comparable properties, and, where applicable, contracts or the results of negotiations with purchasers or prospective purchasers. The Company’s ability to accurately estimate future cash flows and estimate and allocate fair values impacts the timing and recognition of impairments. While the Company believes its assumptions are reasonable, changes in these assumptions may have a material impact on financial results.

Other Real Estate Investments, Net — Included in Other Real Estate Investments, Net are two preferred equity investments and one mortgage loan receivable. Preferred equity investments are accounted for at unpaid principal balance, plus accrued return, net of reserves. The Company recognizes return income on a quarterly basis based on the outstanding investment including any accrued and unpaid return, to the extent there is outside contributed equity or cumulative earnings from operations. As the preferred member of the joint venture, the Company is not entitled to share in the joint venture’s earnings or losses. Rather, the Company is entitled to receive a preferred return, which is deferred if the cash flow of the joint

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the joint venture. ~~Any~~The Company anticipates any unpaid accrued preferred return, whether recorded or unrecorded by ~~us,~~the Company, will be repaid upon redemption or as available cash flow is distributed from the joint venture.

The Company’s mortgage loan receivable is recorded at amortized cost, which consists of the outstanding unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized costs and fees directly associated with the origination of the loan.

Interest income on the Company’s mortgage loan receivable is recognized over the life of the investment using the interest method. Origination costs and fees directly related to mortgage loans receivable are amortized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to interest income.

The Company evaluates at each reporting period each of its other real estate investments for indicators of impairment. An investment is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the existing contractual terms. A reserve is established for the excess of the carrying value of the investment over its fair value.

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents consist of bank term deposits and money market funds with original maturities of three months or less at time of purchase and therefore approximate fair value. The fair value of these investments is determined based on “Level 1” inputs, which consist of unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets. The Company places its cash and short-term investments with high credit quality financial institutions.

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance periodically exceeds federally insurable limits. The Company monitors the cash balances in its operating accounts and adjusts the cash balances as appropriate; however, these cash balances could be impacted if the underlying financial institutions fail or are subject to other adverse conditions in the financial markets. To date, the Company has experienced no loss or lack of access to cash in its operating accounts.

Prepaid expenses and other assets—Prepaid expenses and other assets consist of prepaid expenses, deposits, pre-acquisition costs and other loan receivables. Included in other loan receivables at June 30, 2018 are two bridge loans to Eduro Healthcare, LLC (“Eduro”) and Providence Group (“Providence”), each of which the Company agreed to fund up to $4.0 million. The borrowings under the bridge loans accrue interest and, as of June 30, 2018, approximately $1.4 million has been drawn and outstanding.

Deferred Financing Costs—External costs incurred from placement of the Company’s debt are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related borrowings, which approximates the effective interest method. Deferred financing costs on the Company’s Notes and Term Loan (each as defined in Note 6, Debt, below) are netted against the outstanding debt amounts on the Company’s balance sheet. Deferred financing costs on the Company’s Revolving Facility (as defined in Note 6, Debt, below) are included in assets on the Company’s balance sheet. Amortization of deferred financing costs is classified as interest expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated income statements. Accumulated amortization of deferred financing costs was ~~$2.7~~$4.1 million and ~~$4.2~~$3.2 million ~~as of September~~at June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and December 31, ~~2016,~~2017, respectively.

When financings are terminated, unamortized deferred financing costs, as well as charges incurred for the termination, are expensed at the time the termination is made. Gains and losses from the extinguishment of debt are presented within income from continuing operations in the Company’s condensed consolidated income statements.

Revenue Recognition —The Company recognizes rental revenue, including rental abatements, lease incentives and contractual fixed increases attributable to operating leases, if any, from tenants under lease arrangements with minimum fixed and determinable increases on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable term of the related leases when collectability is reasonably assured. The Company evaluates the collectability of rents and other receivables on a regular basis based on factors including, among others, payment history, the operations, the asset type and current economic conditions. Tenant ~~reimbursements~~recoveries related to the reimbursement of real estate taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance, and other operating expenses are recognized as revenue in the period the expenses are incurred and presented gross if the Company is the primary obligor and, with respect to purchasing goods and services from third-party suppliers, has discretion in selecting the supplier and bears the associated credit risk. For each of the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and ~~2016,~~2017, such tenant reimbursement revenues consisted of real estate taxes. Contingent revenue, if any, is not recognized until all possible contingencies have been eliminated.

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If the Company’s evaluation of ~~these~~applicable factors indicates it may not recover the full value of the receivable, itthe Company provides a reserve against the portion of the receivable that it estimates may not be recovered. This analysis requires the Company to determine whether there are factors indicating a receivable may not be fully collectible and to estimate the amount of the receivable that may not be collected. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, accounts and other receivables, net included $1.5 million and $0.8 million for unpaid cash rents and $11.2 million and $9.6 million for other tenant receivables, respectively, of which $10.4 million was reserved as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, related to the properties previously net leased to subsidiaries of Pristine Senior Living, LLC (“Pristine”). See Note 3, “Real Estate Investments, Net” for further discussion.

The Company ~~reserved contractual~~evaluates the collectability of straight-line rent receivable balances on an ongoing basis and provides reserves against receivables it determines may not be fully recoverable. The Company recorded revenues of $0.3 million and $42,000 in excess of cash ~~rent~~received during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company recorded revenues of $0.9 million and $0.1 million in excess of cash received during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Accounts and other receivables, net included $1.4 million and $0.5 million ~~as of September~~in straight-line rent receivables at June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and ~~had no reserves at~~ December 31, ~~2016.~~2017, respectively.

Income Taxes—The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company believes it has been organized and has operated, and the Company intends to continue to operate, in a manner to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute to its stockholders at least 90% of the Company’s annual REIT taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes as qualifying dividends all of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to

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Stock-Based Compensation—The Company accounts for share-based payment awards in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires that the cost resulting from all share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. ASC 718 requires all entities to apply a fair value-based measurement method in accounting for share-based payment transactions with directors, officers and employees except for equity instruments held by employee share ownership plans. ~~Net income reflects stock-based compensation expense of $0.7 million and $0.3 million~~See Note 8, Stock-Based Compensation, for ~~the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $1.8 million and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.~~further discussion.

Concentration of Credit Risk—The Company is subject to concentrations of credit risk consisting primarily of operating leases on the Company’s owned properties. See Note 11, Concentration of Risk, for a discussion of major operator concentration.

On March 21, 2017, the Company entered into a third lease amendment with affiliates of Pristine Senior Living, LLC (“Pristine”). Under the third lease amendment, the Company partially pre-funded a landlord-managed impound account into which Pristine would deposit, as additional rent, and from which the Company would pay to the appropriate taxing authorities and agencies, certain property taxes and franchise permit fees related to the properties that Pristine net leases from the Company. At June 30, 2017, the net pre-fundings by the Company totaled $3.0 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, Pristine was allowed to defer a portion of the contractual additional rent amounts ~~required~~ under the third lease amendment, as well as a portion of September’s base rent. At September 30, 2017, accounts and other receivables included deferred rent related to the Company’s net pre-fundings for property and franchise permit fees of approximately $5.3 million and deferred September 2017 rent of $0.8 million. On November 2, 2017, the Company entered into a fourth amendment to the master lease (“Pristine Amendment”) with Pristine. Under the Pristine Amendment, Pristine has agreed to repay all of these deferred rent amounts over time with interest. See Note 13, ~~Subsequent Events~~ ~~for further discussion.~~

Segment Disclosures —The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) accounting guidance regarding disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information establishes standards for the manner in which public business enterprises report information about operating segments. The Company has one reportable segment consisting of investments in healthcare-related real estate assets.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share—The Company calculates earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the additional dilution for all potentially-dilutive securities.

~~Recent Accounting Pronouncements~~

~~In May 2014,~~Beds, Units, Occupancy and Other Measures—Beds, units, occupancy and other non-financial measures used to describe real estate investments included in these Notes to the ~~FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09,~~ ~~Revenue from Contracts~~condensed consolidated financial statements are presented on an unaudited basis and are not subject to review by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with ~~Customers~~ ~~(Topic 606) (“ASC 606”). ASC 606 requires an entity to recognize~~ the revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. ASC 606 supersedes the revenue requirements in ~~Revenue Recognition~~ ~~(Topic 605) and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics~~standards of the ~~ASC. ASC 606 does not apply to lease contracts within the scope of~~ ~~Leases~~ (Topic 840). In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, which deferred the effective date of its new revenue recognition standard by one year. The standard will be effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2017. Entities can use either a full retrospective or modified retrospective method to adopt the ASU. Under the full retrospective method, all periods presented will be restated upon adoption to conform to the new standard and a cumulative adjustment for effects on periods prior to 2016 will be recorded to retained earnings as of January 1, 2016. Under the modified retrospective approach, prior periods are not restated to conform to the new standard. Instead, a cumulative adjustment for effects of applying the new standard to periods prior to 2018 is recorded to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018. The Company has elected the modified retrospective approach.Public Accounting Oversight Board.

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facilities, the Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenues generated through services provided to residents of independent living facilities that are ancillary to the residents’ contractual rights to occupy living and common-area space at the communities, such as meals, transportation and activities. While these revenue streams are subject to the application of Topic 606, the revenues associated with these services are generally recognized on a monthly basis, the period in which the related services are performed. Therefore, revenue recognition under the new revenue recognition ASU is expected to be similar to the recognition pattern under existing accounting standards. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized $2.4 million of revenue from its independent living facilities. In addition, the Company is monitoring specific developments for the senior living industry and evaluating potential changes to its business processes, systems, and controls to support the recognition and disclosure under the new standard.

~~In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01,~~ ~~Financial Instruments-Overall~~ (Subtopic 825-10) (“ASU 2016-01”). ASU 2016-01 updates guidance related to recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities. ASU 2016-01 requires all equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income (other than those accounted for under equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee). The amendments in ASU 2016-01 also require an entity to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition, the amendments in ASU 2016-01 eliminate the requirement to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ~~ASU~~Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC 842”) that sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). ASC 842 requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase of the leased asset by the lessee. This classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases today. ASC 842 is expected to result in the recognition of a right-to-use asset and related liability to account for the Company’s future obligations for which it is the lessee. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the remaining contractual payments under the Company’s lease agreements aggregated ~~$0.3~~$0.2 million. Additionally, ASC 842 will require that lessees and lessors capitalize, as initial direct costs, only those costs that are incurred due to the execution of a lease. Under ASC 842, allocated payroll costs and other costs that are incurred regardless of whether the lease is obtained will no longer be capitalized as initial direct costs and instead will be expensed as incurred. During the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company did not capitalize any allocated payroll costs. Lessors will continue to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases, and operating leases. ASC 842 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The standard ~~permits~~requires the use of the modified retrospective transition method. The Company continues to assess the potential effect that the adoption of ASC 842 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements; however, the Company expects that its tenant recoveries will be separated into lease and non-lease components. Tenant recoveries that qualify as lease components, which relate to the right to use the leased asset (e.g., property taxes, insurance), will be accounted for under ASC 842. Tenant recoveries that qualify as non-lease components, which relate to payments for goods or services that are transferred separately from the right to use the underlying asset, including tenant recoveries related to payments for maintenance activities and common area expenses, will be accounted for under the new revenue recognition ASC 606 (as defined below) upon adoption of the new lease ASC 842 on January 1, 2019 for any new lease or any modified lease. In July 2018, the FASB finalized an amendment to ASC 842 that allows lessors to elect, as a practical expedient, not to allocate the total consideration to lease and non-lease components based on their relative standalone selling price. If adopted, the practical expedient will allow lessors to elect a combined single lease component presentation if (i) the timing and pattern of the revenue recognition of the combined single lease component is the same, and (ii) the related lease component and the combined single lease component would be classified as an operating lease. The Company continues to assess the potential effect that the adoption of ASC 842 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU 2016-13”) that changes the impairment model for most financial instruments by requiring companies to recognize an allowance for expected losses, rather than incurred losses as required currently by the other-than-temporary impairment model. ASU 2016-13 will apply to most financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain other instruments, including trade and other receivables, loans, held-to-maturity debt securities, net investments in leases, and off-balance-sheet credit exposures (e.g., loan commitments). ASU 2016-13 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted, and will be applied as a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings as of the effective date. The Company is currently assessing the potential effect the adoption of ASU 2016-13 will have on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Standards Adopted by the Company

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASC 606”). ASC 606 requires an entity to recognize the revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. ASC 606 supersedes the revenue requirements in Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the ASC. ASC 606 does not apply to lease contracts within the scope of Leases (Topic 840). Based on a review of the Company’s revenue streams from independent living facilities, the Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenues generated through services provided to residents of independent living facilities that are ancillary to the residents’ contractual rights to occupy living and common-area space at the communities, such as meals, transportation and activities. While these revenue streams are subject to the application of Topic 606, the revenues associated with these services are generally recognized on a monthly basis, the period in which the related services are performed. Therefore, the adoption of ASC 606 did not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements since the revenue recognition under ASC 606 is similar to the recognition pattern prior to the adoption of ASC 606.

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~~currently assessing the potential effect the adoption of ASU 2016-13 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.~~

~~In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15,~~ ~~Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments~~ (“ASU 2016-15”), which provided guidance on certain specific cash flow issues, including, but not limited to, debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination and distributions received from equity method investees. ASU 2016-15 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted and shall be applied retrospectively where practicable. The Company does not believe that there will be an impact upon its consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

~~In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18,~~ ~~Statement of Cash Flows~~ (Topic 230) (“ASU 2016-18”) that will require companies to include restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 will require a disclosure of a reconciliation between the statement of financial position and the statement of cash flows when the statement of financial position includes more than one line item for cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents. Entities with material restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents balances will be required to disclose the nature of the restrictions. ASU 2016-18 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted, and will be applied retrospectively to all periods presented. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company did not have any restricted cash. The Company does not believe that there will be an impact upon its consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

~~Recent Accounting Standards Adopted by the Company~~

~~On January 1, 2017, the Company early adopted ASU No. 2017-01,~~ ~~Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business~~ (Topic 805) (“ASU 2017-01”) that clarifies the framework for determining whether an integrated set of assets and activities meets the definition of a business. The revised framework establishes a screen for determining whether an integrated set of assets and activities is a business and narrows the definition of a business, which is expected to result in fewer transactions being accounted for as business combinations. Acquisitions of integrated sets of assets and activities that do not meet the definition of a business are accounted for as asset acquisitions. This update will be applied on a prospective basis and the Company expects that acquisitions of real estate or in-substance real estate will not meet the revised definition of a business because substantially all of the fair value is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets (i.e., land, buildings, and related intangible assets) or because the acquisition does not include a substantive process in the form of an acquired workforce or an acquired contract that cannot be replaced without significant cost, effort or delay.

~~On January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-09,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting~~ (“ASU 2016-09”), that simplifies several aspects of employee share-based payment accounting, including the accounting for forfeitures. ASU 2016-09 allows an entity to make an accounting policy election either to continue to estimate the total number of awards that are expected to vest (current method) or to account for forfeitures when they occur. This entity-wide accounting policy election only applies to service conditions; for performance conditions, the entity continues to assess the probability that such conditions will be achieved. If an entity elects to account for forfeitures when they occur, all nonforfeitable dividends paid on share-based payment awards are initially charged to retained earnings and reclassified to compensation cost only when forfeitures of the underlying awards occur. Under current guidance, nonforfeitable dividends paid on share-based payment awards that are not expected to vest are recognized as additional compensation cost. The adoption of ASU 2016-09 did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company has elected to account for forfeitures when they occur.

3. REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, NET

The following tables summarize the Company’s investment in owned properties as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and December 31, ~~2016~~2017 (dollars in thousands):

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	September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016			June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Land	$	128,815		$	110,648		$	153,584		$	151,879
Buildings and improvements	1,004,347			875,567			1,146,069			1,114,605
Integral equipment, furniture and fixtures	74,234			64,120			83,993			80,729
Identified intangible assets	2,382			1,914			2,382			2,382
Escrowed cash for acquisitions	65,638			—
Real estate investments	1,275,416			1,052,249			1,386,028			1,349,595
Accumulated depreciation	(186,327		)	(158,331		)	(219,027		)	(197,334		)
Real estate investments, net	$	1,089,089		$	893,918		$	1,167,001		$	1,152,261

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, 92 of the Company’s ~~174~~191 facilities were leased to subsidiaries of Ensign under eight master leases (the “Ensign Master Leases”) which commenced on June 1, 2014. The obligations under the Ensign Master Leases are guaranteed by Ensign. A default by any subsidiary of Ensign with regard to any facility leased pursuant to an Ensign Master Lease will result in a default under all of the Ensign Master Leases. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, annualized revenues from the Ensign Master Leases were ~~$57.7~~$59.1 million and are escalated annually by an amount equal to the product of (1) the lesser of the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) (but not less than zero) or 2.5%, and (2) the prior year’s rent. In addition to rent, the subsidiaries of Ensign that are tenants under the Ensign Master Leases are solely responsible for the costs related to the leased properties (including property taxes, insurance, and maintenance and repair costs).

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017, 79~~2018, 96 of the Company’s ~~174~~191 facilities were leased to various other operators under triple-net leases. All of these leases contain annual escalators based on CPI, some of which are subject to a cap, or fixed rent escalators.

The Company’s three remaining properties as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 are the independent living facilities that the Company owns and operates.

~~Escrowed cash for acquisitions represents cash in escrow for three asset acquisitions that closed on October 1, 2017. See further discussion in Note 13,~~ ~~Subsequent Events~~.

The Company has only two identified intangible assets which relate to a below-market ground lease and ~~five~~three acquired operating leases. The ground lease has a remaining term of 8180 years.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company’s total future minimum rental revenues for all of its tenants were (dollars in thousands):


Year	Amount		Amount
Remaining 2017	$	30,729
2018	122,973
Remaining 2018			$	69,388
2019	121,069		137,507
2020	119,743		136,430
2021	119,743		136,713
2022			137,013
Thereafter	1,055,628		1,128,575
	$	1,569,885	$	1,745,626

Recent Real Estate Acquisitions

The following ~~recent real estate~~table summarizes the Company’s acquisitions ~~were accounted~~ for ~~as asset acquisitions:~~the six months ended June 30, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands):

~~Premier Senior Living, LLC~~

In February 2017, the Company acquired two assisted living and memory care facilities with 96 beds in the Milwaukee metropolitan area for $26.1 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. In connection with the

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acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with subsidiaries of Premier Senior Living, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 14 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $2.2 million.



Type of Property	Purchase Price⁽¹⁾		Annual Cash Rent		Number of Properties		Number of Beds/Units⁽²⁾
Skilled nursing	$	47,369	$	4,275	6		522
Multi-service campuses	—		—		—		—
Assisted living	—		—		—		—
Total	$	47,369	$	4,275	$	6	522

~~WLC Management Firm, LLC~~

~~In March 2017, the Company acquired a five facility 455-bed skilled nursing portfolio in Illinois for $29.2 million, which~~(1) Purchase price includes capitalized acquisition costs.

(2) The number of beds/units includes operating beds at acquisition date.

Lease Amendments and Related Agreements

Pristine Lease Termination. On February 27, 2018, the Company announced that it entered into a Lease Termination Agreement (the “LTA”) with Pristine for the nine properties, with a target completion date of April 30, 2018. Under the LTA, Pristine agreed to continue to operate the facilities until possession could be surrendered, and the operations therein transitioned, to operator(s) designated by the Company. Among other things, Pristine also agreed to amend certain pending agreements to sell the rights to certain Ohio Medicaid beds (the “Bed Sales Agreements”) and cooperate with the Company to turn over any claim or control it might have had with respect to the sale process and the proceeds thereof, if any, to the Company. The transactions were timely completed, and on May 1, 2018, Trio Healthcare, Inc (“Trio”) took over operations in the seven facilities based primarily in the Dayton, Ohio area under a new 15-year master lease, while Hillstone Healthcare, Inc. (“Hillstone”) assumed the operation of the two facilities in Willard and Toledo, Ohio under a new 12-year master lease. In addition, amendments to the Bed Sales Agreements were subsequently executed, confirming the Company as the sole seller of the bed rights and the sole recipient of any proceeds therefrom. The aggregate annual base rent due under the new master leases with Trio and Hillstone is approximately $10.0 million, subject to CPI-based or fixed escalators.

Under the LTA, the Company agreed, upon Pristine’s full performance of the terms thereof, to terminate Pristine’s master lease and all future obligations of the tenant thereunder; however, under the terms of the master lease the Company’s security interest in Pristine’s accounts receivable has survived any such termination. Such security interest was subject to the prior lien and security interest of Pristine’s working capital lender, Capital One, National Association (“CONA”), with whom the Company has an existing intercreditor agreement that defines the relative rights and responsibilities of CONA and with its respect to the loan and lease collateral represented by Pristine’s accounts receivable and the Company’s respective security interests therein.

Sale of Real Estate Investments

During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company sold three assisted living facilities consisting of 102 units located in Idaho with an aggregate carrying value of $10.9 million for an aggregate price of $13.0 million. In connection with the ~~acquisition,~~sale, the Company ~~entered into~~recognized a ~~triple-net master lease with affiliates~~gain of ~~WLC Management Firm, LLC. The lease carries an initial term of 15 years with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Initial annual cash rent is $2.9 million under the lease.~~

In July 2017, the Company acquired a skilled nursing facility with 99 beds in Eldorado, Illinois for $3.7 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with affiliates of WLC Management Firm, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 14 years with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $0.4 million.

~~Better Senior Living Consulting, LLC~~

In May 2017, the Company acquired an assisted living and memory care facility with 170 beds in Brooksville, Florida for $2.0 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with subsidiaries of Better Senior Living Consulting, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 13 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $0.3 million.

~~Cascadia Healthcare, LLC~~

In May 2017, the Company acquired a skilled nursing facility with 119 units in Nampa, Idaho valued at $6.5 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. This facility acquisition was part of a three-skilled nursing facility portfolio acquisition that was completed in the third quarter of 2017. The remaining two skilled nursing facilities with 129 units in Oregon and Washington were valued at $4.9 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with subsidiaries of Cascadia Healthcare, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 14 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $1.1 million.

In September 2017, the Company acquired three skilled nursing facilities with 236 beds in Idaho for $29.8 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. The acquisition is a part of a staged seven-facility portfolio transaction that was completed in October 2017. See further discussion in Note 13, ~~Subsequent Events~~. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with subsidiaries of Cascadia Healthcare, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 13.5 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $2.7 million.

~~OnPointe Health, LLC~~

In June 2017, the Company acquired a skilled nursing facility in Brownsville, Texas with 126 units and a skilled nursing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico with 136 units for $27.3 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. The two facilities are leased to affiliates of OnPointe Health, LLC under two leases. Current contractual annual cash rent totals $2.5 million under the leases. The leases carry remaining terms of approximately 17 and 19 years, respectively, with CPI-based rent escalators. The tenant has an option to purchase the Brownsville, Texas facility at a fixed price of $14.3 million that becomes exercisable on a periodic basis beginning in 2024.

~~Prelude Homes & Services, LLC~~

In July 2017, the Company acquired an assisted living and memory care facility with 30 units in White Bear Lake, Minnesota for $7.8 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with affiliates of Prelude Homes & Services, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 12.5 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $0.6 million.

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~~Priority Management Group, LLC~~

In September 2017, the Company acquired a three facility 405-bed skilled nursing portfolio in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area for $20.3 million, which includes capitalized acquisition costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its triple-net master lease with subsidiaries of Priority Management Group, LLC. The amended lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 14 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. Annual cash rent under the amended lease increased by $1.9$2.1 million.

Impairment of Real Estate Investment

During the ~~nine~~three and six months ended ~~September~~June 30, 2017, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $0.9 million related to its investment in La Villa Rehab & Healthcare Center (“La Villa”). In April 2017, the Company and Ensign mutually determined that La Villa had reached the natural end of its useful life as a skilled nursing facility and that the facility was no longer economically viable, the improvements thereon could not be economically repurposed to any other use, and the cost to remove the obsolete improvements and reclaim the underlying land for redevelopment was expected to exceed the market value of the land. Ensign agreed to wind up and terminate the operations of the facility and the Company transferred title to the property to Ensign. There was no adjustment to the contractual rent under the applicable master lease. Additionally, the Company and Ensign agreed that the licensed beds will be transferred to another facility included in the Ensign Master Leases.

4. OTHER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

In December 2014, the Company completed a $7.5 million preferred equity investment with Signature Senior Living, LLC and Milestone Retirement Communities. The preferred equity investment yielded 12.0% calculated on a quarterly basis on the outstanding carrying value of the investment. The investment was used to develop Signature Senior Living at Arvada, a planned 134-unit upscale assisted living and memory care community in Arvada, Colorado constructed on a five-acre site. In connection with its investment, CareTrust REIT obtained an option to purchase the Arvada development at a fixed-formula price upon stabilization, with an initial lease yield of at least 8.0%. The project was completed at the end of the second quarter of 2016 and began lease-up in the third quarter of 2016. In May 2017, the property was sold to a third party. In connection with the sale, the Company received back in cash its initial investment of $7.5 million, a cumulative contractual preferred return of $2.5 million, and an additional cash payment of $3.5 million that was not included with the original agreement, which the Company recognized as a gain on the sale of other real estate investment during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The Company also recognized interest income of $1.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, which included a previously unrecognized preferred return of $0.5 million related to prior periods.

In July 2016, the Company completed a $2.2 million preferred equity investment with an affiliate of Cascadia Development, LLC. The preferred equity investment yields a return equal to prime plus 9.5% but in no event less than 12.0% calculated on a quarterly basis on the outstanding carrying value of the investment. The investment ~~will be~~was used to develop a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Nampa, Idaho. In connection with its investment, CareTrust REIT ~~obtained~~holds an option to purchase the

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development at a fixed-formula price upon stabilization, with an initial lease yield of at least 9.0%. The project ~~is expected to be~~was completed in the fourth quarter 2017 and began lease-up during the first quarter of 2018.

In September 2016, the Company completed a $2.3 million preferred equity investment with an affiliate of Cascadia Development, LLC. The preferred equity investment yields a return equal to prime plus 9.5% but in no event less than 12.0% calculated on a quarterly basis on the outstanding carrying value of the investment. The investment ~~will be~~was used to develop a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Boise, Idaho. In connection with its investment, CareTrust REIT ~~obtained~~holds an option to purchase the development at a fixed-formula price upon stabilization, with an initial lease yield of at least 9.0%. The project ~~is expected to be~~was completed ~~by early~~in the first quarter 2018 and began lease-up in the second quarter of 2018.

During the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized $0.1 million and ~~2016,~~$1.1 million, respectively, in interest income from its preferred equity investments, of which $0 and $975,000, respectively, was received in cash. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized $0.2 million and ~~$0.1~~$1.3 million, respectively, in interest income ~~of which none was received in cash~~ from its preferred equity ~~investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized $1.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, in interest income~~investments, of which ~~$975,000~~$0 and ~~none~~$975,000, respectively, was received in ~~cash from its preferred equity investments.~~cash. Any unpaid amounts were added to the outstanding carrying values of the preferred equity investments.

In October 2017, the Company provided the Providence Group a mortgage loan secured by a skilled nursing facility for approximately $12.5 million, which bears a fixed interest rate of 9%. The mortgage loan requires Providence Group to make monthly principal and interest payments and is set to mature on October 26, 2020. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of interest income related to the mortgage loan.

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5. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Under GAAP, the Company is required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, the Company is required to measure other financial instruments and balances at fair value on a non-recurring basis (e.g., carrying value of impaired long-lived assets). Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The GAAP fair value framework uses a three-tiered approach. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2: quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

Level 3: prices or valuation techniques where little or no market data is available that requires inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

Financial Instruments: Considerable judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. The estimates of fair value presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized upon disposition of the financial instruments. A summary of the face values, carrying amounts and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and December 31, ~~2016~~2017 using Level 2 inputs for the ~~senior unsecured notes payable,~~Notes (as defined in Note 6, Debt, below), and Level 3, inputs for all other financial instruments, is as follows (dollars in thousands):


	September 30, 2017						December 31, 2016						June 30, 2018						December 31, 2017
	Face Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Face Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Face Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Face Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Preferred equity investments	$	4,531	$	5,368	$	5,241	$	12,031	$	13,872	$	14,289	$	4,531	$	5,746	$	5,810	$	4,531	$	5,550	$	5,423
Mortgage loan receivable													12,447		12,362		12,447		12,517		12,399		12,517
Financial liabilities:
Senior unsecured notes payable	$	300,000	$	294,221	$	309,750	$	260,000	$	255,294	$	265,850	$	300,000	$	294,774	$	293,250	$	300,000	$	294,395	$	307,500

Cash and cash equivalents, accounts ~~and other receivables,~~receivable, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities: These balances approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Loan receivables: The carrying amounts were accounted for at the unpaid loan balance. These balances approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Preferred equity investments: The carrying amounts were accounted for at the unpaid principal balance, plus accrued return, net of reserves, assuming a hypothetical liquidation of the book values of the joint ventures. The fair ~~value~~values of the preferred equity investments were estimated using an internal valuation model that considered the expected future cash flows of the investment, the underlying collateral value and other credit enhancements.

Mortgage loan receivable: The mortgage loan receivable is recorded at amortized cost, which consists of the outstanding unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized costs and fees directly associated with the origination of the loan. The fair values of the mortgage loan receivable were estimated using an internal valuation model that considered the expected future cash flows of the investment, the underlying collateral value and other credit enhancements.

Senior unsecured notes payable: The fair value of the ~~senior unsecured notes payable~~Notes was determined using third-party quotes derived from orderly trades.

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Unsecured revolving credit facility and senior unsecured term loan: The fair values approximate their carrying values as the interest rates are variable and approximate prevailing market interest rates for similar debt arrangements.

6. DEBT

The following table summarizes the balance of the Company’s indebtedness as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and December 31, ~~2016~~2017 (dollars in thousands):

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	September 30, 2017							December 31, 2016							June 30, 2018							December 31, 2017
	Principal Amount		Deferred Loan Fees			Carrying Value		Principal Amount		Deferred Loan Fees			Carrying Value		Principal Amount		Deferred Loan Fees			Carrying Value		Principal Amount		Deferred Loan Fees			Carrying Value
Senior unsecured notes payable	$	300,000	$	(5,779	)	$	294,221	$	260,000	$	(4,706	)	$	255,294	$	300,000	$	(5,226	)	$	294,774	$	300,000	$	(5,605	)	$	294,395
Senior unsecured term loan	100,000		(507		)	99,493		100,000		(578		)	99,422		100,000		(436		)	99,564		100,000		(483		)	99,517
Unsecured revolving credit facility	95,000		—			95,000		95,000		—			95,000		150,000		—			150,000		165,000		—			165,000
	$	495,000	$	(6,286	)	$	488,714	$	455,000	$	(5,284	)	$	449,716	$	550,000	$	(5,662	)	$	544,338	$	565,000	$	(6,088	)	$	558,912

Senior Unsecured Notes Payable

On May 10, 2017, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, CTR Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, CareTrust Capital Corp. (together with the Operating Partnership, the “Issuers”), completed an underwritten public offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued at par, resulting in gross proceeds of $300.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $294.0 million after deducting underwriting fees and other offering expenses. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to redeem all $260.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021, including payment of the redemption price at 102.938% and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Company used the remaining portion of the net proceeds of the offering to pay borrowings outstanding under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility. The Notes mature on June 1, 2025 and bear interest at a rate of 5.25% per year. Interest on the Notes is payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2017.

The Issuers may redeem the Notes any time before June 1, 2020 at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date, plus a “make-whole” premium described in the indenture governing the Notes and, at any time on or after June 1, 2020, at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture. At any time on or before June 1, 2020, up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be redeemed with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings if at least 60% of the originally issued aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding. In such case, the redemption price will be equal to 105.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. If certain changes of control of the Company occur, holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Issuers to repurchase their Notes at 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Company and certain of the Company’s wholly owned existing and, subject to certain exceptions, future material subsidiaries (other than the Issuers); provided, however, that such guarantees are subject to automatic release under certain customary circumstances, including if the subsidiary guarantor is sold or sells all or substantially all of its assets, the subsidiary guarantor is designated “unrestricted” for covenant purposes under the indenture, the subsidiary guarantor’s guarantee of other indebtedness which resultedas described in ~~the creation of the guarantee of the Notes is terminated or released, or the requirements for legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or to discharge the indenture have been satisfied. See~~ Note 12, Summarized Condensed Consolidating Information.

The indenture contains customary covenants such as limiting the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to: incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; incur or guarantee secured indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make certain investments or other restricted payments; sell assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; merge or consolidate or sell all or substantially all of their assets; and create restrictions on the ability of the Issuers and their restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or other amounts to the Issuers. The indenture also requires the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to maintain a specified ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness. These covenants are subject to a number of important and significant limitations, qualifications and exceptions. The indenture also contains customary events of default.

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As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company was in compliance with all applicable financial covenants under the indenture.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan

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On August 5, 2015, the Company, CareTrust GP, LLC, the Operating Partnership, as the borrower, and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a credit and guaranty agreement with KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, an issuing bank and swingline lender, and the lenders party thereto (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement initially provided for an unsecured asset-based revolving credit facility (the ~~“Credit~~“Revolving Facility”) with commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million from a syndicate of banks and other financial ~~institutions.~~institutions, and an accordion feature that allowed the Operating Partnership to increase the borrowing availability by up to an additional $200.0 million. A portion of the proceeds of the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility were used to pay off and terminate the Company’s existing secured asset-based revolving credit facility under a credit agreement dated May 30, 2014, with SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.

On February 1, 2016, the Company, CareTrust GP, LLC, the Operating Partnership, as the borrower, and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into the First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, (i) commitments in respect of the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility were increased by $100.0 million to $400.0 million total, (ii) a new $100.0 million non-amortizing unsecured term loan (the “Term Loan” and, together with the Revolving Facility, the “Credit Facility”) was funded, and (iii) the uncommitted incremental facility was increased by $50.0 million to $250.0 million. The ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility continues to mature on August 5, 2019, subject to two, six-month extension options. The Term Loan, which matures on February 1, 2023, may be prepaid at any time subject to a 2% premium in the first year after issuance and a 1% premium in the second year after issuance. Approximately $95.0 million of the proceeds of the Term Loan were used to pay off and terminate the Company’s existing secured mortgage indebtedness under the Fifth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated May 30, 2014 ~~(the “GECC Loan”),~~ with General Electric Capital Corporation, as agent and lender, and the other lenders party ~~thereto (the “Refinancing”).~~thereto. The Company expects to use borrowings under the Credit Facility for working capital purposes, to fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, there was ~~$95.0~~$150.0 million outstanding under the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility.

The interest rates applicable to loans under the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility are, at the Company’s option, equal to either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.40% per annum or applicable LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.75% to 2.40% per annum based on the debt to asset value ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to decrease at the Company’s election if the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt). In addition, the Company pays a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments under the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility of 0.15% or 0.25% per annum, based upon usage of the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility (unless the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt and elects to decrease the applicable margin as described above, in which case the Company will pay a facility fee on the revolving commitments ranging from 0.125% to 0.30% per annum based upon the credit ratings of its senior long term unsecured debt).

Pursuant to the Amendment, the interest rates applicable to the Term Loan are, at the Company’s option, equal to either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.95% to 1.60% per annum or applicable LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.95% to 2.60% per annum based on the debt to asset value ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to decrease at the Company’s election if the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt).

The Credit Facility ~~and Term Loan are~~is guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries that are party to the Credit Agreement (other than the Operating Partnership). The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to grant liens on their assets, incur indebtedness, sell assets, make investments, engage in acquisitions, mergers or consolidations, amend certain material agreements and pay certain dividends and other restricted payments. The Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply with financial maintenance covenants to be tested quarterly, consisting of a maximum debt to asset value ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a minimum tangible net worth, a maximum cash distributions to operating income ratio, a maximum secured debt to asset value ratio and a maximum secured recourse debt to asset value ratio. The Credit Agreement also contains certain customary events of default, including that the Company is required to operate in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.

~~As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all applicable financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.~~

~~Interest Expense~~

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred $5.6 million of interest expense. Included in interest expense was $0.5 million of amortization of deferred financing costs. During the three months ended

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~~September~~As of June 30, ~~2016,~~2018, the Company was in compliance with all applicable financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.

Interest Expense

During the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company incurred ~~$5.7~~$7.3 million of interest ~~expense. Included in~~expense, which included $0.5 million of amortization of deferred financing costs. During the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company incurred $6.2 million of interest expense, ~~was~~which included $0.6 million of amortization of deferred financing costs. During the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company incurred ~~$17.7~~$14.4 million of interest ~~expense. Included in interest~~ expense, ~~was $1.6~~which included $1.0 million of amortization of deferred financing costs. During the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016,~~2017, the Company incurred ~~$17.0~~$12.1 million of interest ~~expense. Included in interest~~ expense, ~~was $1.7~~which included $1.1 million of amortization of deferred financing costs. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and December 31, ~~2016,~~2017, the Company’s interest payable was ~~$5.6~~$1.4 million and ~~$1.3~~$1.4 million, respectively.

Loss on the Extinguishment of Debt

During the ~~nine~~three and six months ended ~~September~~June 30, 2017, the loss on the extinguishment of debt included the redemption price, stated at 102.938%, of $7.6 million and a $4.2 million write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the redemption of the Company’s 5.875% Senior Notes due ~~2021~~. ~~During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the loss on the extinguishment of debt included a $0.3 million write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the payoff of the GECC Loan.~~

2021.

7. EQUITY

Common Stock

At-The-Market Offering—During the second quarter of 2017, the Company entered into a ~~new~~ equity distribution agreement to issue and sell, from time to time, up to $300.0 million in aggregate offering price of its common stock through an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Program”). ~~At the time the ATM Program commenced in May 2017, the Company’s at-the-market equity offering program entered into during 2016, which had been substantially depleted, was permanently discontinued.~~ As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company had approximately ~~$236.1~~$187.9 million available for future issuances under the ATM Program.

The following table summarizes the ATM Program activity for ~~2017~~2018 (shares and dollars in ~~thousands)~~thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three Months Ended								For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017		June 30, 2017		September 30, 2017		Total		March 31, 2018		June 30, 2018		Total
Number of shares	7,175		3,399		—		10,574		—		2,989		2,989
Average sales price per share	$	15.31	$	18.82	$	—	$	16.43	$	—	$	16.13	$	16.13
Gross proceeds	$	109,813	$	63,947	$	—	$	173,760
Gross proceeds*									$	—	$	48,198	$	48,198

* Total gross proceeds is before $0.6 million of commissions paid to the sales agents.

Dividends on Common Stock—~~During~~The following table summarizes the ~~first quarter~~cash dividends per share of ~~2017,~~common stock declared by the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.185 per share of common stock, payable on April 14, 2017 to common stockholders of record as of March 31, 2017. During the second quarter of 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.185 per share of common stock, payable on July 14, 2017 to common stockholders of record as of June 30, 2017. During the third quarter of 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.185 per share of common stock, payable on October 13, 2017 to common stockholders of record as of September 29, 2017.for 2018:



	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2018		June 30, 2018
Dividends declared	$	0.205	$	0.205
Dividends payment date	April 13, 2018		July 13, 2018

8. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

All stock-based awards are subject to the terms of the CareTrust REIT, Inc. and CTR Partnership, L.P. Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for the granting of stock-based compensation, including stock options, restricted stock, performance awards, restricted stock units and other incentive awards to officers, employees and directors in connection with their employment with or services provided to the Company.

Restricted Stock Awards — In connection with the separation of Ensign’s healthcare business and its real estate business into two separate and independently publicly traded companies (the “Spin-Off”), employees of Ensign who had unvested shares of restricted stock were given one share of CareTrust REIT unvested restricted stock totaling 207,580 shares at

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the Spin-Off. These restricted shares are subject to a time vesting provision only and the Company does not recognize any stock compensation expense associated with these awards. During the ~~three~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017, 5,960~~2018, 9,700 shares vested or were forfeited. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, there were ~~20,360~~5,280 unvested restricted stock awards ~~outstanding.~~

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outstanding that were issued in connection with the Spin-Off.

In February ~~2017,~~2018, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted ~~233,768~~141,060 shares of restricted stock to officers and employees. Each share had a fair market value on the date of grant of ~~$15.21~~$15.13 per share, based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on that date, and the shares vest in ~~three~~four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. Additionally, the Compensation Committee granted 120,460 performance stock awards to officers and employees. Each share had a fair market value on the date of grant of $15.13 per share, based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on that date, and the shares may vest if the threshold performance criterion is met.

In ~~July 2017,~~May 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors granted ~~20,766~~26,462 shares of restricted stock to members of the Board of Directors. Each share had a fair market value on the date of grant of ~~$18.30~~$16.44 per share, based on the market price of the Company's common stock on that date, and the shares vest in full on the earlier to occur of ~~June~~May 30, ~~2018~~2019 or when the Company holds its ~~2018~~2019 Annual Meeting.

~~During~~The following table summarizes the ~~three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized $0.7 million and $0.3 million of~~ stock-based compensation expense ~~respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company~~ recognized ~~$1.8 million and $1.2 million of stock-based compensation expense, respectively.~~ (dollars in thousands):



	For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Stock-based compensation expense	$	924	$	600	$	1,828	$	1,136

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, there was ~~$4.5~~$6.4 million of unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested awards and the weighted-average remaining vesting period of such awards was 22.4 years.

9. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the Company’s common stock for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and ~~2016,~~2017, and reconciles the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic EPS to the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of diluted EPS (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,						For the Three Months Ended June 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016			2018			2017			2018			2017
Numerator:
Net income	$	11,311		$	7,832		$	23,622		$	20,965		$	13,267		$	2,030		$	27,874		$	12,311
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	(83		)	(58		)	(277		)	(205		)	(96		)	(91		)	(198		)	(193		)
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings available to common stockholders	$	11,228		$	7,774		$	23,345		$	20,760		$	13,171		$	1,939		$	27,676		$	12,118
Denominator:
Weighted-average basic common shares outstanding	75,471			57,595			71,693			54,403			76,374			72,564			75,941			69,773
Weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding	75,471			57,595			71,693			54,403			76,374			72,564			75,941			69,773

Earnings per common share, basic	$	0.15		$	0.13		$	0.33		$	0.38		$	0.17		$	0.03		$	0.36		$	0.17
Earnings per common share, diluted	$	0.15		$	0.13		$	0.33		$	0.38		$	0.17		$	0.03		$	0.36		$	0.17

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The Company’s unvested restricted shares associated with its incentive award plan and unvested restricted shares issued to employees of Ensign at the Spin-Off have been excluded from the above calculation of earnings per diluted share for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 and ~~2016,~~2017, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

U.S. Government Settlement—In October 2013, Ensign completed and executed a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”). This settlement agreement fully and finally resolved a DOJ investigation of Ensign related primarily to claims submitted to the Medicare program for rehabilitation services provided at skilled nursing facilities in California and certain ancillary claims. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, Ensign made a

single lump-sum remittance to the government in the amount of $48.0 million in October 2013. Ensign denied engaging in any illegal conduct and agreed to the settlement amount without any admission of wrongdoing in order to resolve the allegations and avoid the uncertainty and expense of protracted litigation.

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In connection with the settlement and effective as of October 1, 2013, Ensign entered into a five-year corporate integrity agreement (the “CIA”) with the Office of Inspector ~~General-HHS.~~General-Health and Human Services. The CIA acknowledges the existence of Ensign’s current compliance program, and requires that Ensign continue, during the term of the CIA, to maintain a compliance program designed to promote compliance with the statutes, regulations, and written directives of Medicare, Medicaid, and all other Federal health care programs. Ensign is also required to maintain several elements of its existing program during the term of the CIA, including maintaining a compliance officer, a compliance committee of the board of directors, and a code of conduct. The CIA requires that Ensign conduct certain additional compliance-related activities during the term of the CIA, including various training and monitoring procedures, and maintaining a disciplinary process for compliance obligations.

Participation in federal healthcare programs by Ensign is not affected by the Settlement Agreement or the CIA. In the event of an uncured material breach of the CIA, Ensign could be excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs and/or subject to prosecution. The Company is subject to certain continuing operational obligations as part of Ensign’s compliance program pursuant to the CIA, but otherwise has no liability related to the DOJ investigation.

Legal Matters—The Company and its subsidiaries are and may become from time to time a party to various claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business, which are not individually or in the aggregate anticipated to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Claims and lawsuits may include matters involving general or professional liability asserted against the Company’s tenants, which are the responsibility of the Company’s tenants and for which the Company is entitled to be indemnified by its tenants under the insurance and indemnification provisions in the applicable leases.

11. CONCENTRATION OF RISK

Major operator concentrations – As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, Ensign leased 92 skilled nursing, multi-service campuses, assisted living and independent living facilities which had a total of ~~9,754~~9,805 operational beds and are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Washington. The four states in which Ensign leases the highest concentration of properties are California, Texas, Utah and Arizona. ~~See further discussion in Note 3,~~ ~~Real Estate Investments, Net~~.As of June 30, 2018, Ensign represents $59.1 million, or 43%, of the Company’s revenues, exclusive of tenant reimbursements, on an annualized run-rate basis.

Ensign is subject to the registration and reporting requirements of the SEC and is required to file with the SEC annual reports containing audited financial information and quarterly reports containing unaudited financial information. Ensign’s financial statements, as filed with the SEC, can be found at Ensign’s website http://www.ensigngroup.net.

Additionally, on October 1, 2015, the Company acquired the Liberty Healthcare Portfolio, a 14 facility skilled nursing and assisted living portfolio in Ohio, for $176.5 million inclusive of transaction costs and leased such facilities to subsidiaries of Pristine. The Company has now leased 16 facilities to subsidiaries of Pristine pursuant to a triple-net master lease entered into effective as of October 1, 2015, which has an initial term of 15 years, two five-year renewal options and no purchase options. As of September 30, 2017, the annual revenues from the Pristine master lease are $18.6 million and are escalated annually by an amount equal to the product of (1) the lesser of the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (but not less than zero) or 3.0%, and (2) the prior year’s rent. The Pristine master lease is guaranteed by Pristine, one of its subsidiaries, and its sole principal. On November 2, 2017, the Company entered into the Pristine Amendment with Pristine. Under the Pristine Amendment, the Company agreed that seven facilities selected by the Company (the “Transitioned Facilities”) would be transferred to a new operator or operators designated by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion. See further discussion in Note 13, ~~Subsequent Events.~~

12. SUMMARIZED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INFORMATION

The ~~5.25% Senior~~ Notes ~~due 2025~~ issued by the Operating Partnership and CareTrust Capital Corp. on May 10, 2017 are jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guaranteed by CareTrust REIT, Inc., as the parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor other than the Issuers (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Guarantors”), subject to automatic release under certain customary circumstances, including if the Subsidiary Guarantor is sold or sells all or substantially all of its assets, the Subsidiary Guarantor is designated “unrestricted” for covenant purposes under the indenture governing the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantor’s guarantee of other indebtedness which resulted in the creation of the guarantee of the Notes is terminated or released, or the requirements for legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or to discharge the indenture have been satisfied.

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The following provides information regarding the entity structure of the Parent Guarantor, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors:

CareTrust REIT, Inc. – The Parent Guarantor was formed on October 29, 2013 in anticipation of the Spin-Off and the related transactions and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Ensign prior to the effective date of the Spin-Off on June 1, 2014. The Parent Guarantor did not conduct any operations or have any business prior to the date of the consummation of the Spin-Off related transactions.

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CTR Partnership, L.P. and CareTrust Capital Corp. – The Issuers, each of which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor, were formed on May 8, 2014 and May 9, 2014, respectively, in anticipation of the Spin-Off and the related transactions. The Issuers did not conduct any operations or have any business prior to the date of the consummation of the Spin-Off related transactions.

Subsidiary Guarantors – The Subsidiary Guarantors consist of all of the subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor other than the Issuers.

Pursuant to Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X, the following summarized consolidating information is provided for the

Parent Guarantor, the Issuers, and the Subsidiary Guarantors. There are no subsidiaries of the Company other than the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors. This summarized financial information has been prepared from the financial statements of the Company and the books and records maintained by the Company. ~~The Company has conformed prior period presentation in the Combined Subsidiary Guarantor designation, due to the issuance of the Notes.~~

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

~~SEPTEMBER~~JUNE 30, ~~2017~~2018

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)


	Parent Guarantor			Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated			Parent Guarantor			Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated
Assets:
Real estate investments, net	$	—		$	738,013	$	351,076	$	—		$	1,089,089		$	—		$	829,720	$	337,281	$	—		$	1,167,001
Other real estate investments	—			—		5,368		—			5,368
Other real estate investments, net														—			12,362		5,746		—			18,108
Cash and cash equivalents	—			14,808		—		—			14,808			—			11,560		—		—			11,560
Accounts and other receivables	—			10,114		2,847		—			12,961
Accounts and other receivables, net														—			7,101		1,922		—			9,023
Prepaid expenses and other assets	—			1,801		2		—			1,803			—			4,970		2		—			4,972
Deferred financing costs, net	—			1,989		—		—			1,989			—			1,176		—		—			1,176
Investment in subsidiaries	619,922			434,113		—		(1,054,035		)	—			654,987			464,159		—		(1,119,146		)	—
Intercompany	—			—		77,972		(77,972		)	—			—			—		121,358		(121,358		)	—
Total assets	$	619,922		$	1,200,838	$	437,265	$	(1,132,007	)	$	1,126,018		$	654,987		$	1,331,048	$	466,309	$	(1,240,504	)	$	1,211,840
Liabilities and Equity:
Senior unsecured notes payable, net	$	—		$	294,221	$	—	$	—		$	294,221		$	—		$	294,774	$	—	$	—		$	294,774
Senior unsecured term loan, net	—			99,493		—		—			99,493			—			99,564		—		—			99,564
Unsecured revolving credit facility	—			95,000		—		—			95,000			—			150,000		—		—			150,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	—			14,230		3,152		—			17,382			—			10,364		2,151		—			12,515
Dividends payable	14,046			—		—		—			14,046			16,249			—		—		—			16,249
Intercompany	—			77,972		—		(77,972		)	—			—			121,358		—		(121,358		)	—
Total liabilities	14,046			580,916		3,152		(77,972		)	520,142			16,249			676,060		2,151		(121,358		)	573,102
Equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 75,472,682 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017	755			—		—		—			755
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 78,550,687 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018														785			—		—		—			785
Additional paid-in capital	782,707			560,299		321,761		(882,060		)	782,707			831,286			562,714		321,761		(884,475		)	831,286
Cumulative distributions in excess of earnings	(177,586		)	59,623		112,352		(171,975		)	(177,586		)	(193,333		)	92,274		142,397		(234,671		)	(193,333		)
Total equity	605,876			619,922		434,113		(1,054,035		)	605,876			638,738			654,988		464,158		(1,119,146		)	638,738
Total liabilities and equity	$	619,922		$	1,200,838	$	437,265	$	(1,132,007	)	$	1,126,018		$	654,987		$	1,331,048	$	466,309	$	(1,240,504	)	$	1,211,840

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, ~~2016~~2017

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)


	Parent Guarantor			Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated			Parent Guarantor			Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated
Assets:
Real estate investments, net	$	—		$	527,639	$	366,279	$	—		$	893,918		$	—		$	805,826	$	346,435	$	—		$	1,152,261
Other real estate investments	—			—		13,872		—			13,872
Other real estate investments, net														—			12,399		5,550		—			17,949
Cash and cash equivalents	—			7,500		—		—			7,500			—			6,909		—		—			6,909
Accounts and other receivables	—			3,743		2,153		—			5,896
Accounts and other receivables, net														—			2,945		2,309		—			5,254
Prepaid expenses and other assets	—			1,366		3		—			1,369			—			893		2		—			895
Deferred financing costs, net	—			2,803		—		—			2,803			—			1,718		—		—			1,718
Investment in subsidiaries	463,505			401,328		—		(864,833		)	—			619,075			444,120		—		(1,063,195		)	—
Intercompany	—			—		21,445		(21,445		)	—			—			—		92,061		(92,061		)	—
Total assets	$	463,505		$	944,379	$	403,752	$	(886,278	)	$	925,358		$	619,075		$	1,274,810	$	446,357	$	(1,155,256	)	$	1,184,986
Liabilities and Equity:
Senior unsecured notes payable, net	$	—		$	255,294	$	—	$	—		$	255,294		$	—		$	294,395	$	—	$	—		$	294,395
Senior unsecured term loan, net	—			99,422		—		—			99,422			—			99,517		—		—			99,517
Unsecured revolving credit facility	—			95,000		—		—			95,000			—			165,000		—		—			165,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	—			9,713		2,424		—			12,137			—			15,176		2,237		—			17,413
Dividends payable	11,075			—		—		—			11,075			14,044			—		—		—			14,044
Intercompany	—			21,445		—		(21,445		)	—			—			92,061		—		(92,061		)	—
Total liabilities	11,075			480,874		2,424		(21,445		)	472,928			14,044			666,149		2,237		(92,061		)	590,369
Equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 64,816,350 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016	648			—		—		—			648
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 75,478,202 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017														755			—		—		—			755
Additional paid-in capital	611,475			429,453		321,761		(751,214		)	611,475			783,237			546,097		321,761		(867,858		)	783,237
Cumulative distributions in excess of earnings	(159,693		)	34,052		79,567		(113,619		)	(159,693		)	(178,961		)	62,564		122,359		(195,337		)	(189,375		)
Total equity	452,430			463,505		401,328		(864,833		)	452,430			605,031			608,661		444,120		(1,063,195		)	594,617
Total liabilities and equity	$	463,505		$	944,379	$	403,752	$	(886,278	)	$	925,358		$	619,075		$	1,274,810	$	446,357	$	(1,155,256	)	$	1,184,986

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2018

(in thousands)



	Parent Guarantor		Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	—	$	20,170	$	14,538	$	—		$	34,708
Tenant reimbursements	—		1,792		1,224		—			3,016
Independent living facilities	—		—		845		—			845
Interest and other income	—		299		101		—			400
Total revenues	—		22,261		16,708		—			38,969
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	—		6,717		4,582		—			11,299
Interest expense	—		7,285		—		—			7,285
Property taxes	—		1,792		1,224		—			3,016
Independent living facilities	—		—		744		—			744
General and administrative	931		2,351		76		—			3,358
Total expenses	931		18,145		6,626		—			25,702
Income in Subsidiary	14,198		10,082		—		(24,280		)	—
Net income	$	13,267	$	14,198	$	10,082	$	(24,280	)	$	13,267

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

(in thousands)



	Parent Guarantor		Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	—	$	14,294	$	14,217	$	—		$	28,511
Tenant reimbursements	—		1,158		1,231		—			2,389
Independent living facilities	—		—		789		—			789
Interest and other income	—		—		1,140		—			1,140
Total revenues	—		15,452		17,377		—			32,829
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	—		4,529		4,806		—			9,335
Interest expense	—		6,219		—		—			6,219
Loss on the extinguishment of debt	—		11,883		—		—			11,883
Property taxes	—		1,158		1,231		—			2,389
Independent living facilities	—		—		644		—			644
Impairment of real estate investment	—		—		890		—			890
General and administrative	728		2,187		62		—			2,977
Total expenses	728		25,976		7,633		—			34,337
Gain on disposition of other real estate investment	—		—		3,538		—			3,538
Income in Subsidiary	2,758		13,282		—		(16,040		)	—
Net income	$	2,030	$	2,758	$	13,282	$	(16,040	)	$	2,030

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FOR THE ~~THREE~~SIX MONTHS ENDED ~~SEPTEMBER~~JUNE 30, ~~2017~~2018

(in thousands)


	Parent Guarantor		Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	—	$	14,987	$	14,417	$	—		$	29,404	$	—	$	39,568	$	28,956	$	—		$	68,524
Tenant reimbursements	—		1,341		1,202		—			2,543		—		3,556		2,428		—			5,984
Independent living facilities	—		—		825		—			825		—		—		1,644		—			1,644
Interest and other income	—		—		176		—			176		—		722		196		—			918
Total revenues	—		16,328		16,620		—			32,948		—		43,846		33,224		—			77,070
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	—		5,014		4,731		—			9,745		—		13,655		9,221		—			22,876
Interest expense	—		5,592		—		—			5,592		—		14,377		—		—			14,377
Property taxes	—		1,341		1,202		—			2,543		—		3,556		2,428		—			5,984
Independent living facilities	—		—		698		—			698		—		—		1,460		—			1,460
General and administrative	671		2,388		—		—			3,059		1,835		4,639		76		—			6,550
Total expenses	671		14,335		6,631		—			21,637		1,835		36,227		13,185		—			51,247
Gain on sale of real estate												—		2,051		—		—			2,051
Income in Subsidiary	11,982		9,989		—		(21,971		)	—		29,709		20,039		—		(49,748		)	—
Net income	$	11,311	$	11,982	$	9,989	$	(21,971	)	$	11,311	$	27,874	$	29,709	$	20,039	$	(49,748	)	$	27,874

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE ~~THREE~~SIX MONTHS ENDED ~~SEPTEMBER 30, 2016~~

~~(in thousands)~~

Parent
Guarantor
Issuers
Combined
Subsidiary
Guarantors
Elimination Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income $ —
$ 10,063
$ 14,116
$ —
$ 24,179
Tenant reimbursements —
875
1,214
—
2,089
Independent living facilities —
—
766
—
766
Interest and other income —
—
72
—
72
Total revenues —
10,938
16,168
—
27,106
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization —
3,194
5,054
—
8,248
Interest expense —
5,742
1
—
5,743
Property taxes —
875
1,214
—
2,089
Independent living facilities —
—
708
—
708
Acquisition costs —
203
—
—
203
General and administrative 410
1,873
—
—
2,283
Total expenses 410
11,887
6,977
—
19,274
Income in Subsidiary 8,242
9,191
—
(17,433 ) —
Net income $ 7,832
$ 8,242
$ 9,191
$ (17,433 ) $ 7,832

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~~FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER~~JUNE 30, 2017

(in thousands)


	Parent Guarantor		Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuers		Combined Subsidiary Guarantors		Elimination			Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income	$	—	$	42,503	$	42,751	$	—		$	85,254	$	—	$	27,517	$	28,333	$	—		$	55,850
Tenant reimbursements	—		3,577		3,676		—			7,253		—		2,236		2,474		—			4,710
Independent living facilities	—		—		2,407		—			2,407		—		—		1,582		—			1,582
Interest and other income	—		—		1,471		—			1,471		—		—		1,295		—			1,295
Total revenues	—		46,080		50,305		—			96,385		—		29,753		33,684		—			63,437
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	—		13,730		14,426		—			28,156		—		8,715		9,696		—			18,411
Interest expense	—		17,690		—		—			17,690		—		12,098		—		—			12,098
Loss on the extinguishment of debt	—		11,883		—		—			11,883		—		11,883		—		—			11,883
Property taxes	—		3,577		3,676		—			7,253		—		2,236		2,474		—			4,710
Independent living facilities	—		—		2,003		—			2,003		—		—		1,305		—			1,305
Impairment of real estate investment	—		—		890		—			890		—		—		890		—			890
General and administrative	1,948		6,416		62		—			8,426		1,277		4,028		62		—			5,367
Total expenses	1,948		53,296		21,057		—			76,301		1,277		38,960		14,427		—			54,664
Gain on disposition of other real estate investment	—		—		3,538		—			3,538		—		—		3,538		—			3,538
Income in Subsidiary	25,570		32,786		—		(58,356		)	—		13,588		22,795		—		(36,383		)	—
Net income	$	23,622	$	25,570	$	32,786	$	(58,356	)	$	23,622	$	12,311	$	13,588	$	22,795	$	(36,383	)	$	12,311

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~~CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS~~

~~FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016~~

~~(in thousands)~~

Parent
Guarantor
Issuers
Combined
Subsidiary
Guarantors
Elimination Consolidated
Revenues:
Rental income $ —
$ 25,702
$ 42,155
$ —
$ 67,857
Tenant reimbursements —
2,138
3,677
—
5,815
Independent living facilities —
—
2,177
—
2,177
Interest and other income —
—
587
—
587
Total revenues —
27,840
48,596
—
76,436
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization —
8,118
15,315
—
23,433
Interest expense —
16,548
496
—
17,044
Loss on the extinguishment of debt —
—
326
—
326
Property taxes —
2,138
3,677
—
5,815
Acquisition costs —
203
—
—
203
Independent living facilities —
—
1,926
—
1,926
General and administrative 1,281
5,377
66
—
6,724
Total expenses 1,281
32,384
21,806
—
55,471
Income in Subsidiary 22,246
26,790
—
(49,036 ) —
Net income $ 20,965
$ 22,246
$ 26,790
$ (49,036 ) $ 20,965

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE ~~NINE~~SIX MONTHS ENDED ~~SEPTEMBER~~JUNE 30, ~~2017~~2018

(in thousands)


	Parent Guarantor			Issuers			Combined Subsidiary Guarantors			Elimination			Consolidated			Parent Guarantor			Issuers			Combined Subsidiary Guarantors			Elimination			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(157	)	$	17,946		$	49,144		$	—		$	66,933		$	(7	)	$	12,758		$	29,365		$	—		$	42,116
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions of real estate	—			(222,463		)	—			—			(222,463		)	—			(47,310		)	—			—			(47,310		)
Improvements to real estate	—			(571		)	(50		)	—			(621		)	—			(495		)	(11		)	—			(506		)
Purchases of equipment, furniture and fixtures	—			(292		)	(67		)	—			(359		)	—			(645		)	(57		)	—			(702		)
Escrow deposit for acquisition of real estate	—			(1,000		)	—			—			(1,000		)
Sale of other real estate investment	—			—			7,500			—			7,500
Investment in real estate mortgage and other loans receivable																—			(1,390		)	—			—			(1,390		)
Principal payments received on mortgage loan receivable																—			58			—			—			58
Escrow deposit for acquisitions of real estate																—			(2,250		)	—			—			(2,250		)
Net proceeds from the sale of real estate																—			13,004			—			—			13,004
Distribution from subsidiary	38,544			—			—			(38,544		)	—			29,628			—			—			(29,628		)	—
Intercompany financing	(169,391		)	56,527			—			112,864			—			(46,252		)	29,297			—			16,955			—
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(130,847		)	(167,799		)	7,383			74,320			(216,943		)
Net cash used in investing activities																(16,624		)	(9,731		)	(68		)	(12,673		)	(39,096		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net	170,414			—			—			—			170,414			47,547			—			—			—			47,547
Proceeds from the issuance of senior unsecured notes payable	—			300,000			—			—			300,000
Borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	—			158,000			—			—			158,000			—			60,000			—			—			60,000
Payments on senior unsecured notes payable	—			(267,639		)	—			—			(267,639		)
Payments on unsecured revolving credit facility	—			(158,000		)	—			—			(158,000		)	—			(75,000		)	—			—			(75,000		)
Payments of deferred financing costs	—			(6,047		)	—			—			(6,047		)
Net-settle adjustment on restricted stock	(866		)	—			—			—			(866		)	(1,288		)	—			—			—			(1,288		)
Dividends paid on common stock	(38,544		)	—			—			—			(38,544		)	(29,628		)	—			—			—			(29,628		)
Distribution to Parent	—			(38,544		)	—			38,544			—			—			(29,628		)	—			29,628			—
Intercompany financing	—			169,391			(56,527		)	(112,864		)	—			—			46,252			(29,297		)	(16,955		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	131,004			157,161			(56,527		)	(74,320		)	157,318			16,631			1,624			(29,297		)	12,673			1,631
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			7,308			—			—			7,308			—			4,651			—			—			4,651
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period	—			7,500			—			—			7,500			—			6,909			—			—			6,909
Cash and cash equivalents end of period	$	—		$	14,808		$	—		$	—		$	14,808		$	—		$	11,560		$	—		$	—		$	11,560

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE ~~NINE~~SIX MONTHS ENDED ~~SEPTEMBER~~JUNE 30, ~~2016~~2017

(in thousands)


	Parent Guarantor			Issuers			Combined Subsidiary Guarantors			Elimination			Consolidated			Parent Guarantor			Issuers			Combined Subsidiary Guarantors			Elimination			Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:	$	(73	)	$	8,332		$	41,254		$	—		$	49,513		$	(141	)	$	10,517		$	34,525		$	—		$	44,901
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions of real estate	—			(185,284		)	—			—			(185,284		)	—			(96,641		)	—			—			(96,641		)
Improvements to real estate	—			(56		)	(202		)	—			(258		)	—			(556		)	(42		)	—			(598		)
Purchases of equipment, furniture and fixtures	—			(70		)	(69		)	—			(139		)	—			(169		)	(64		)	—			(233		)
Preferred equity investments	—			—			(4,531		)	—			(4,531		)
Escrow deposit for acquisition of real estate	—			(1,000		)	—			—			(1,000		)
Escrow deposit for acquisitions of real estate																—			(4,335		)	—			—			(4,335		)
Sale of other real estate investment																—			—			7,500			—			7,500
Distribution from subsidiary	27,396			—			—			(27,396		)	—			24,497			—			—			(24,497		)	—
Intercompany financing	(107,807		)	(58,570		)	—			166,377			—			(169,478		)	41,919			—			127,559			—
Net cash used in investing activities	(80,411		)	(244,980		)	(4,802		)	138,981			(191,212		)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities																(144,981		)	(59,782		)	7,394			103,062			(94,307		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net	108,395			—			—			—			108,395			170,485			—			—			—			170,485
Proceeds from the issuance of senior unsecured term loan	—			100,000			—			—			100,000
Proceeds from the issuance of senior unsecured notes payable																—			300,000			—			—			300,000
Borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	—			150,000			—			—			150,000			—			63,000			—			—			63,000
Payments on senior unsecured notes payable																—			(267,639		)	—			—			(267,639		)
Payments on unsecured revolving credit facility	—			(92,000		)	—			—			(92,000		)	—			(158,000		)	—			—			(158,000		)
Payments on the mortgage notes payable	—			—			(95,022		)	—			(95,022		)
Payments of deferred financing costs	—			(1,352		)	—			—			(1,352		)	—			(5,511		)	—			—			(5,511		)
Net-settle adjustment on restricted stock	(515		)	—			—			—			(515		)	(866		)	—			—			—			(866		)
Dividends paid on common stock	(27,396		)	—			—			—			(27,396		)	(24,497		)	—			—			—			(24,497		)
Distribution to Parent	—			(27,396		)	—			27,396			—			—			(24,497		)	—			24,497			—
Intercompany financing	—			107,807			58,570			(166,377		)	—			—			169,478			(41,919		)	(127,559		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	80,484			237,059			(36,452		)	(138,981		)	142,110			145,122			76,831			(41,919		)	(103,062		)	76,972
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			411			—			—			411			—			27,566			—			—			27,566
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period	—			11,467			—			—			11,467			—			7,500			—			—			7,500
Cash and cash equivalents end of period	$	—		$	11,878		$	—		$	—		$	11,878		$	—		$	35,066		$	—		$	—		$	35,066

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13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluates subsequent events in accordance with ASC Topic 855, Subsequent Events. The Company evaluates subsequent events up until the date the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.

~~Investments~~

~~In October 2017,~~During July 2018, the Company ~~acquired 13 properties~~sold 1.9 million shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM program at an average price of $17.11 per share for $32.0 million in three different transactions, comprising three assisted living facilities and ten skilled nursing facilities for approximately $135.0 million, which includes estimated capitalized acquisition costs. These acquisitions will generate initial annual cash rents of approximately $12.0 million. Additionally,gross proceeds. At July 31, 2018, the Company ~~provided a mortgage loan secured~~had approximately $155.9 million available for future issuances under the ATM Program. The Company used the proceeds to fund an acquisition noted below and pay down the Revolving Facility by $20.0 million to an outstanding balance as of July 31, 2018 of $130.0 million.

On July 18, 2018, the Company acquired a skilled nursing facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota, for ~~approximately $12.5~~$9.7 million, inclusive of transaction ~~costs, at an~~costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company amended its master lease with Eduro. The initial increase in annual ~~interest rate of 9%.~~cash rent under Eduro’s amended master lease following this acquisition will be approximately $870,000.

~~Lease Amendments~~

~~Pristine Amendment.~~ On November 2, 2017 (the “Pristine Amendment Date”), the Company entered into the Pristine Amendment with affiliates of Pristine. Under the Pristine Amendment, the Company agreed that seven Transitioned Facilities selected by the Company would be transferred to a new operator or operators designated by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion. Pursuant to the Pristine Amendment, the operational transfers of the Transitioned Facilities are required to occur within nine months of the Pristine Amendment Date. The Company and Pristine have agreed to make commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such transfers. As described below under “~~Trillium Amendment~~,” the Company concurrently entered into a third amendment to the master lease (the “Trillium Amendment”) with affiliates of Trillium Healthcare Group, LLC (“Trillium”) to lease the Transitioned Facilities to affiliates of Trillium. The Trillium Amendment and the operational transfers of the Transitioned Facilities are currently expected to become effective on December 1, 2017 (such date, the “Transition Effective Date”).

Until the Transition Effective Date, Pristine will continue to operate all of the Transitioned Facilities, as well as the facilities it is retaining under the amended Pristine master lease, and will pay an adjusted base rent and additional rent thereon. Commencing on October 1, 2017, initial base rent under the amended Pristine master lease is $15.6 million per annum, payable in equal monthly installments; provided, however, that effective as of the Transition Date, annual base rent will be reduced by $6.5 million. Commencing on March 1, 2018, annual base rent will increase to $16.0 million (or $9.5 million if the Transitioned Facilities have been previously transferred), and commencing on July 1, 2018, and assuming the Transitioned Facilities have been transferred, annual base rent will be $9.8 million. Beginning on July 1, 2019 and increasing annually thereafter, annual base rent will increase by the greater of (i) 2% or (ii) the adjusted CPI increase not to exceed 3%.

Under a prior lease amendment, Pristine is required to make scheduled deposits as additional rent into a landlord-managed impound account from which the Company pays certain property taxes and franchise permit fees related to the properties Pristine net leases from the Company. Under the Pristine Amendment, Pristine is scheduled to pay the Company an additional $0.3 million on November 15, 2017 and an additional $0.2 million on December 11, 2017. On or about December 15, 2017, the Company would then make an additional advance to the impound account bringing the total outstanding balance to approximately $6.0 million in deferred rent, and pay therefrom all property taxes and franchise permit fees due with respect to all of the properties Pristine net leases from the Company through September 30, 2017. In addition, on or before February 10, 2018 Pristine will deposit into the impound account its full prorata share of the incurred but unpaid property taxes and franchise permit fees for the Transitioned Facilities attributable to the period from October 1, 2017 to the Transition Effective Date, and assuming that the operational transfers of the Transitioned Facilities become effective on December 1, 2017 as expected, Trillium will deposit into the impound account its prorata share thereof for the period from the Transition Effective Date through December 31, 2017, and the Company will forward the same to the taxing authorities. Thereafter, both Pristine and Trillium will be responsible for paying property taxes and franchise permit fees related to the properties they respectively net lease from the Company directly to the applicable taxing authorities.

Under the Pristine Amendment, Pristine has agreed to repay the total outstanding balance of the deferred rent in the impound account, plus the portion of the September 2017 base rent the Company allowed Pristine to defer, totaling $0.8 million, over time with interest. Beginning on October 15, 2018 and continuing monthly thereafter, Pristine will pay as additional rent $0.1 million per month, with any outstanding balance due in full on January 15, 2023. The outstanding balance on the rent deferral will incur interest charges at a rate of 6.25% per annum.

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~~Trillium Amendment.~~ On November 2, 2017, the Company entered into the Trillium Amendment with Trillium to lease the Transitioned Facilities to affiliates of Trillium. Under the Trillium Amendment, on the Transition Effective Date, annual base rent will increase by approximately $6.9 million, from $4.5 million to $11.5 million. On February 1, 2018, annual base rent will increase to $11.6 million. Following the first anniversary of the Transition Date, annual base rent will increase to $12.1 million. On February 1, 2019, annual base rent will increase to $12.2 million. Following the second anniversary of the Transition Effective Date, annual base rent will increase by the lesser of (i) the CPI increase or (ii) 3%.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this report may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and those regarding our intent, belief or expectations, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: future financing plans, business strategies, growth prospects and operating and financial performance; expectations regarding the making of distributions and the payment of dividends; and compliance with and changes in governmental regulations.

Words such as “anticipate(s),” “expect(s),” “intend(s),” “plan(s),” “believe(s),” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “seek(s)” and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could lead to actual results differing materially from those projected, forecasted or expected. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects or which could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to: (i) the ability to achieve some or all of the benefits that we expect to achieve from the completed Spin-Off (as defined below); (ii) the ability and willingness of our tenants to meet and/or perform their obligations under the triple-net leases we have entered into with them and the ability and willingness of the Ensign Group, Inc. (“Ensign”) to meet and/or perform its other contractual arrangements that it entered into with us in connection with the Spin-Off, and any of its obligations to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against various claims, litigation and liabilities; (iii) the ability of our tenants to comply with laws, rules and regulations in the operation of the properties we lease to them; (iv) the ability and willingness of our tenants, including Ensign, to renew their leases with us upon their expiration, and the ability to reposition our properties on the same or better terms in the event of nonrenewal or in the event we replace an existing tenant, and obligations, including indemnification obligations, we may incur in connection with the replacement of an existing tenant; (v) the availability of and the ability to identify suitable acquisition opportunities and the ability to acquire and lease the respective properties on favorable terms; (vi) the ability to generate sufficient cash flows to service our outstanding indebtedness; (vii) access to debt and equity capital markets; (viii) fluctuating interest rates; (ix) the ability to retain our key management personnel; (x) the ability to maintain our status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”); (xi) changes in the U.S. tax law and other state, federal or local laws, whether or not specific to REITs; (xii) other risks inherent in the real estate business, including potential liability relating to environmental matters and illiquidity of real estate investments; and (xiii) any additional factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2016,~~2017, including in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of such report, as such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Except in the normal course of our public disclosure obligations, we expressly disclaim any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

Overview

CareTrust REIT ~~Inc. (“CareTrust REIT”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”)~~ is a self-administered, publicly-traded REIT engaged in the ownership, acquisition, development and leasing of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties. CareTrust REIT was formed on October 29, 2013, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ensign with the intent to hold substantially all of Ensign’s real estate business. On June 1, 2014, Ensign completed the separation of its real estate business into a separate and independent publicly-traded company by distributing all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company to Ensign stockholders on a pro rata basis (the “Spin-Off”). The Spin-Off was effective from and after June 1, 2014, with shares of our common stock distributed to Ensign stockholders on June 2, 2014. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017, we owned and~~2018, the 92 facilities leased to ~~independent operators, including~~ Ensign ~~171 skilled nursing (“SNFs”), SNF Campuses, assisted living (“ALFs”) and independent living (“ILFs”) facilities which~~ had a total of ~~16,795 operational~~9,805 beds and units which are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Washington and the 96 remaining leased properties had a total of 8,726 beds and units and are located in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, ~~Nebraska, Nevada,~~Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, ~~Ohio,~~ Oregon, Texas, ~~Utah,~~ Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. We also own and operate three independent living facilities (“ILFs”), which had a total of 264 units located in Texas and Utah. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, we also had ~~two~~ other real estate investments consisting of ~~$5.4 million of~~two preferred equity ~~investments.~~

~~We are~~investments totaling $5.7 million and a ~~separate and independent publicly-traded, self-administered, self-managed REIT primarily engaged in the ownership, acquisition and leasing~~mortgage loan receivable of ~~seniors housing and healthcare-related properties. We generate revenues primarily by~~$12.4 million.

~~leasing healthcare-related properties~~

Recent Transactions

Recent Investments

From January 1, 2018 through July 31, 2018, we acquired seven skilled nursing facilities for approximately $57.1 million, which includes actual and estimated capitalized acquisition costs. These acquisitions are expected to ~~healthcare operators~~ generate initial annual cash revenues of approximately $5.1 million and an initial blended yield of approximately 9.0%. See Note 3, Real Estate Investments, Net in ~~triple-net lease arrangements,~~the Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Lease Amendments and Related Agreements

Pristine Lease Termination. On February 27, 2018 (the “LTA Effective Date”) we entered into a Lease Termination Agreement (the “LTA”) with affiliates of Pristine Senior Living, LLC (“Pristine”) under which Pristine agreed to surrender the ~~tenant is solely responsible for~~nine remaining facilities operated by Pristine, with a completion date of April 30, 2018. Under the costs related to the property (including property taxes, insurance, and maintenance and repair costs). We conduct and manage our business as one operating segment for internal reporting and internal decision making purposes. We expect to grow our portfolio by pursuing opportunities to acquire additional properties that will be leased to a diverse group of local, regional and national healthcare providers, which may include Ensign, as well as senior housing operators and related businesses. We also anticipate diversifying our portfolio over time, including by acquiring properties in different geographic markets, and in different asset classes.

~~We elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014. We believe that we have been organized and have operated, and we intend~~LTA, Pristine agreed to continue to operate the facilities until possession could be surrendered, and the operations therein transitioned, to operator(s) designated by us. Among other things, Pristine also agreed to amend certain pending agreements to sell the rights to certain Ohio Medicaid beds (the “Bed Sales Agreements”) and cooperate with us to turn over any claim or control it might have had with respect to the sale process and the proceeds thereof, if any, to us. The transactions were timely completed, and on May 1, 2018, Trio Healthcare, Inc (“Trio”) took over operations in the seven facilities based primarily in the Dayton, Ohio area under a ~~manner~~new 15-year master lease, while Hillstone Healthcare, Inc. (“Hillstone”) assumed the operation of the two facilities in Willard and Toledo, Ohio under a new 12-year master lease. In addition, amendments to ~~qualify for taxation~~the Bed Sales Agreements were subsequently executed, confirming us as a REIT. We operate through an umbrella partnership, commonly referred to as an UPREIT structure, in which substantially all of our properties and assets are held through CTR Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”). The Operating Partnership is managed by CareTrust REIT’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CareTrust GP, LLC, which is the sole ~~general partner~~seller of the ~~Operating Partnership. To maintain REIT status,~~bed rights and the sole recipient of any proceeds therefrom. The aggregate annual base rent due under the new master leases with Trio and Hillstone is approximately $10.0 million, subject to CPI-based or fixed escalators.

Under the LTA we ~~must meet a number~~agreed, upon Pristine’s full performance of ~~organizational~~the terms thereof, to terminate Pristine’s master lease and ~~operational requirements, including a requirement that we annually distribute to our stockholders at least 90%~~all future obligations of ~~our REIT taxable income, determined without regard~~the tenant thereunder; however, under the terms of the master lease the Company’s security interest in Pristine’s accounts receivable has survived any such termination. Such security interest was subject to the ~~dividends paid deduction~~prior lien and ~~excluding any net~~security interest of Pristine’s working capital ~~gains.~~lender, Capital One, National Association (“CONA”), with whom the Company has an existing intercreditor agreement that defines the relative rights and responsibilities of CONA and with its respect to the loan and lease collateral represented by Pristine’s accounts receivable and the Company’s respective security interests therein.

OnPointe Lease Terminations. On March 12, 2018, we terminated two separate facility leases between us and affiliates of OnPointe Health (“OnPointe”), which covered two properties located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Brownsville, Texas, respectively. The Brownsville lease termination also terminated an option agreement which would have granted the tenant the right, under certain circumstances, to purchase the Brownsville property. OnPointe continued to operate the facilities following the lease terminations, and worked cooperatively with us to effectuate an orderly transfer of the operations in the two properties to two existing CareTrust tenants.

~~Recent Transactions~~On May 1, 2018, OnPointe completed the operational transfers of both facilities. An affiliate of Eduro Healthcare, LLC (“Eduro”) assumed operational responsibility for the Albuquerque property, and we entered into a lease amendment with Eduro amending their existing master lease with us to add the Albuquerque property thereto. An affiliate of Providence Group, Inc. (“Providence”) assumed operational responsibility for the Brownsville property, and we entered into a lease amendment with Providence amending their existing master lease with us to add the Brownsville property thereto. The aggregate annual base rent increase under the Eduro and Providence master leases, as amended, is approximately equivalent to the aggregate annual base rent we were receiving under the two OnPointe leases.

At-The-Market Offering of Common Stock

In May 2017, we entered into ~~a new~~an equity distribution agreement to issue and sell, from time to time, up to $300.0 million in aggregate offering price of our common stock through an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Program”). During the second quarter, we sold 3.0 million shares at an average price of $16.13 for $48.2 million of gross proceeds. From July 1, 2018 to July 13, 2018, we sold 1.9 million shares of common stock at an average price of $17.11 per share for $32.0 million in gross proceeds. At ~~the time the ATM Program commenced, our at-the-market equity offering program entered into during 2016, which had been substantially depleted, was permanently discontinued. As of September 30, 2017,~~July 31, 2018, we had approximately ~~$236.1~~$155.9 million available for future issuances under the ATM Program.

The following table summarizes the ATM Program activity for ~~2017~~2018 (shares and dollars in ~~thousands)~~thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three Months Ended								For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017		June 30, 2017		September 30, 2017		Total		March 31, 2018		June 30, 2018		Total
Number of shares	7,175		3,399		—		10,574		—		2,989		2,989
Average sales price per share	$	15.31	$	18.82	$	—	$	16.43	$	—	$	16.13	$	16.13
Gross proceeds	$	109,813	$	63,947	$	—	$	173,760
Gross proceeds*									$	—	$	48,198	$	48,198

~~Offering~~* Total gross proceeds is before $0.6 million of ~~Senior Unsecured Notes~~

In May 2017, the Operating Partnership, and its wholly owned subsidiary, CareTrust Capital Corp., completed an underwritten public offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025. We used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to redeem all $260.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021, including payment of the redemption price and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and used the remaining portion of the net proceeds of the offering to pay borrowings outstanding under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility.~~See “Liquidity and Capital Resources-Indebtedness” for further information.~~

~~Recent Investments~~

From January 1, 2017 through November 7, 2017, we acquired 35 properties in various transactions, comprising 7 ALFs and 27 SNFs and provided a mortgage loan secured by a SNF for approximately $305.1 million, which include actual and estimated capitalized acquisition costs. These acquisitions generate initial annual cash revenues of approximately $27.6 million and an initial blended yield of approximately 9.0%. See Note 3, ~~Real Estate Investments, Net,~~ ~~and Note 13,~~ ~~Subsequent Events~~ ~~in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.~~

~~Lease Amendments~~

~~Pristine Amendment.~~ ~~On November 2, 2017 (the “Pristine Amendment Date”), we entered into a fourth amendment~~commissions paid to the ~~master lease (“Pristine Amendment”) with affiliates of Pristine Senior Living, LLC (“Pristine”). Under the Pristine~~

Amendment, we agreed that certain facilities selected by us (the “Transitioned Facilities”) would be transferred to a new operator or operators designated by us in our sole and absolute discretion. Pursuant to the Pristine Amendment, the operational transfers of the Transitioned Facilities are required to occur within nine months of the Pristine Amendment Date. We and Pristine have agreed to make commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such transfers. As described below under “~~Trillium Amendment~~,” we concurrently entered into a third amendment to the master lease (the “Trillium Amendment”) with affiliates of Trillium Healthcare Group, LLC (“Trillium”) to lease the Transitioned Facilities to affiliates of Trillium. The Trillium Amendment and the operational transfers of the Transitioned Facilities are currently expected to become effective on December 1, 2017 (such date, the “Transition Effective Date”). See Note 13, ~~Subsequent Events~~ ~~in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.~~

~~Trillium Amendment.~~ On November 2, 2017, we entered into the Trillium Amendment with Trillium to lease the Transitioned Facilities to affiliates of Trillium. Under the Trillium Amendment, on the Transition Effective Date, annual base rent will increase by approximately $6.9 million, from $4.5 million to $11.5 million. On February 1, 2018, annual base rent will increase to $11.6 million. Following the first anniversary of the Transition Date, annual base rent will increase to $12.1 million. On February 1, 2019, annual base rent will increase to $12.2 million. Following the second anniversary of the Transition Effective Date, annual base rent will increase by the lesser of (i) the CPI increase or (ii) 3%. See Note 13, ~~Subsequent Events~~ ~~in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.~~sales agents.

Results of Operations

Operating Results

Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016:~~2017:



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Increase (Decrease)			Percentage Difference
	2018		2017		Increase (Decrease)			Percentage Difference
	(dollars in thousands)
Revenues:
Rental income	$	34,708	$	28,511	$	6,197		22	%
Tenant reimbursements	3,016		2,389		627			26	%
Independent living facilities	845		789		56			7	%
Interest and other income	400		1,140		(740		)	(65	)%
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	11,299		9,335		1,964			21	%
Interest expense	7,285		6,219		1,066			17	%
Loss on the extinguishment of debt	—		11,883		(11,883		)	*
Property taxes	3,016		2,389		627			26	%
Independent living facilities	744		644		100			15	%
Impairment of real estate investment	—		890		(890		)	*
General and administrative	3,358		2,977		381			13	%

Three Months Ended September 30,
Increase
(Decrease)

Percentage
Difference
2017 2016
(dollars in thousands)
Revenues:
Rental income $ 29,404
$ 24,179
$ 5,225
22 %
Tenant reimbursements 2,543
2,089
454
22 %
Independent living facilities 825
766
59
8 %
Interest and other income 176
72
104
144 %
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization 9,745
8,248
1,497
18 %
Interest expense 5,592
5,743
(151 ) (3 )%
Property taxes 2,543
2,089
454
22 %
Independent living facilities 698
708
(10 ) (1 )%
Acquisition costs —
203
(203 ) *
General and administrative 3,059
2,283
776
34 %

* Not meaningful

* - Not Meaningful

Rental income. Rental income was ~~$29.4~~$34.7 million for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 compared to ~~$24.2~~$28.5 million for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016.~~2017. The ~~$5.2~~$6.2 million or 22% increase in rental income is primarily due to ~~$5.2~~$6.3 million from real estate investments made after ~~July~~April 1, ~~2016 and~~2017, $0.5 million from increases in rental rates for our existing tenants and $0.3 million of straight-line rent, partially offset by a ~~$0.5~~$0.6 million ~~reserve on~~decrease in cash rents as of June 30, 2018 and a $0.3 million decrease in rental ~~income.~~income due to the sale of three assisted living facilities in March 2018.

Independent living facilities. Revenues from our three ILFs that we own and operate ~~increased $0.1 million or 8% to~~remained consistent at $0.8 million for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 compared to the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016. This increase was primarily due to~~2017. The expenses from our three ILFs increased ~~occupancy at these facilities. Expenses remained consistent at $0.7~~$0.1 million or 15% for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 and 2016.~~2018 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2017.

Interest and other income. Interest and other income ~~increased $0.1~~decreased $0.7 million or 65% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 to $0.4 million compared to $1.1 million for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 to $0.2 million compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase was due to a preferred equity investment that closed in September 2016.~~

~~Depreciation and amortization.~~ Depreciation and amortization expense increased $1.5 million or 18% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to $9.7 million compared to $8.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016, due to new investments made after July 1, 2016.

~~Interest expense.~~ ~~Interest expense decreased $0.1 million or 3% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to $5.6 million compared to $5.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.~~2017. The decrease was primarily due to the ~~lower outstanding balance on our unsecured revolving credit facility of $0.4 million, partially offset by higher~~ interest ~~rates on our floating rate debt primarily related to our senior unsecured term loan in the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.~~

~~General and administrative expense.~~ General and administrative expense increased $0.8 million or 34% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to $3.1 million compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase is primarily related to higher cash wages of $0.4 million due to increase staffing, amortization of stock-based compensation of $0.3 million and $0.1 million in feesincome associated with ~~a potential acquisition that was not pursued during the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~

~~Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016:~~

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
Increase
(Decrease)

Percentage
Difference
2017 2016
(dollars in thousands)
Revenues:
Rental income $ 85,254
$ 67,857
$ 17,397
26 %
Tenant reimbursements 7,253
5,815
1,438
25 %
Independent living facilities 2,407
2,177
230
11 %
Interest and other income 1,471
587
884
151 %
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization 28,156
23,433
4,723
20 %
Interest expense 17,690
17,044
646
4 %
Loss on the extinguishment of debt 11,883
326
11,557
*
Property taxes 7,253
5,815
1,438
25 %
Independent living facilities 2,003
1,926
77
4 %
Impairment of real estate investment 890
—
890
*
Acquisition costs —
203
(203 ) *
General and administrative 8,426
6,724
1,702
25 %

* Not meaningful

~~Rental income~~. Rental income was $85.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $67.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The $17.4 million or 26% increase in rental income is primarily due to $16.5 million from investments made after January 1, 2016 and $1.4 million from increases in rental rates for our existing tenants, partially reduced by a $0.5 million reserve on rental income.

~~Independent living facilities.~~ Revenues from our three ILFs that we own and operate were $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The $0.2 million or 11% increase was primarily due to increased occupancy at these facilities and a higher average rental rate per unit. Expenses were $2.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The $0.1 million or 4% increase was primarily due to the increased occupancy.

~~Interest and other income.~~ Interest and other income increased $0.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to $1.5 million compared to $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The increase was due to $0.5 million of net interest income related to the disposition in May 2017 of one preferred equity investment, ~~and $0.4 million~~partially offset by an increase of interest income ~~from two preferred equity investments that closed~~related to our mortgage loan receivable originated in ~~July and September 2016.~~October 2017.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense increased ~~$4.7~~$2.0 million or ~~20%~~21% for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 to ~~$28.2~~$11.3 million compared to ~~$23.4~~$9.3 million for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016,~~2017, primarily due to new real estate investments made after ~~January~~April 1, ~~2016.~~2017.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased ~~$0.7~~$1.1 million or 4%17% for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 to ~~$17.7~~$7.3 million compared to ~~$17.0~~$6.2 million for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016.~~2017. The ~~net~~ increase was ~~due~~ primarily to the fourteen days during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 when both our $300.0 million 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 and our $260.0 million 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 were outstanding and higher interest rates on our floating rate debt primarily related to our senior unsecured term loan, offset by a decrease due to ~~the lower~~ a higher

outstanding balance on our unsecured revolving credit ~~facility.~~facility and higher LIBOR interest rates for the three months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2017.

Loss on the extinguishment of ~~debt.~~debt ~~Included in the loss~~. Loss on the extinguishment of debt isfor the three months ended June 30, 2017 consisted of $7.6 million related to the redemption of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 at a redemption price atof 102.938% ~~of $7.6 million~~, and a $4.2 million write-off of deferred financing costs associated with ~~the~~such redemption ~~of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021~~that was completed during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 and a $0.3 million write-off of deferred financing fees during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 associated with the payoff and termination of the GECC Loan.~~2017.

Impairment of real estate investments.In April 2017, we and Ensign mutually determined that La Villa Rehab & Healthcare Center (“La Villa”) had reached the natural end of its useful life as a skilled nursing facility and that the facility was no longer economically viable, the improvements thereon could not be economically repurposed to any other use, and the cost to remove the obsolete improvements and reclaim the underlying land for redevelopment was expected to exceed the market value of the land. Ensign agreed to wind up and terminate the operations of the facility and we transferred title to the property to Ensign. There was no adjustment to the contractual rent under the applicable master lease. As a result of the transfer, we wrote-off the net book value of La ~~Villa Rehab & Healthcare Center.~~Villa. Additionally, we ~~have~~ agreed with Ensign that the licensed beds will be transferred to another facility included in the Ensign Master Leases.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expense increased ~~$1.7~~$0.4 million or ~~25%~~13% for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 to ~~$8.4~~$3.4 million compared to ~~$6.7~~$3.0 million for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016.~~2017. The increase is primarily related to ~~higher cash wages of $0.9 million,~~an increase in the amortization of stock-based compensation of ~~$0.6~~$0.3 million and ~~legal fees~~an increase of $0.1 million in professional fees.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017:



	Six Months Ended June 30,				Increase (Decrease)			Percentage Difference
	2018		2017		Increase (Decrease)			Percentage Difference
	(dollars in thousands)
Revenues:
Rental income	$	68,524	$	55,850	$	12,674		23	%
Tenant reimbursements	5,984		4,710		1,274			27	%
Independent living facilities	1,644		1,582		62			4	%
Interest and other income	918		1,295		(377		)	(29	)%
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	22,876		18,411		4,465			24	%
Interest expense	14,377		12,098		2,279			19	%
Loss on the extinguishment of debt	—		11,883		(11,883		)	*
Property taxes	5,984		4,710		1,274			27	%
Independent living facilities	1,460		1,305		155			12	%
Impairment of real estate investment	—		890		(890		)	*
General and administrative	6,550		5,367		1,183			22	%

* - Not Meaningful

Rental income. Rental income was $68.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to $55.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The $12.7 million or 23% increase in rental income is primarily due to $12.4 million from real estate investments made after January 1, 2017, $1.6 million from increases in rental rates for our existing tenants and $0.8 million of straight-line rent, partially offset by a $1.8 million decrease in cash rents as of June 30, 2018 and a $0.3 million decrease in rental income due to the sale of three assisted living facilities in March 2018.

Independent living facilities. Revenues from our three ILFs that we own and operate remained consistent at $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2017. The expenses from our three ILFs increased $0.2 ~~million.~~million or 12% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2017.

Interest and other income. Interest and other income decreased $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 to $0.9 million compared to $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The decrease was primarily due to the interest income associated with the disposition in May 2017 of one preferred equity investment, partially offset by an increase of interest income related to our mortgage loan receivable that we provided in October 2017.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense increased $4.5 million or 24% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 to $22.9 million compared to $18.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, primarily due to new real estate investments made after January 1, 2017.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased $2.3 million or 19% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 to $14.4 million compared to $12.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to a higher outstanding balance on our unsecured revolving credit facility and higher LIBOR interest rates for the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2017.

Loss on the extinguishment of debt. Loss on the extinguishment of debt for the six months ended June 30, 2017 consisted of $7.6 million related to the redemption of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 at a redemption price of 102.938%, and a $4.2 million write-off of deferred financing costs associated with such redemption that was completed during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

Impairment of real estate investments. In April 2017, we and Ensign mutually determined that La Villa had reached the natural end of its useful life as a skilled nursing facility and that the facility was no longer economically viable, the improvements thereon could not be economically repurposed to any other use, and the cost to remove the obsolete improvements and reclaim the underlying land for redevelopment was expected to exceed the market value of the land. Ensign agreed to wind up and terminate the operations of the facility and we transferred title to the property to Ensign. There was no adjustment to the contractual rent under the applicable master lease. As a result of the transfer, we wrote-off the net book value of La Villa. Additionally, we agreed with Ensign that the licensed beds will be transferred to another facility included in the Ensign Master Leases.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expense increased $1.2 million or 22% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 to $6.6 million compared to $5.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The increase is primarily related to an increase in the amortization of stock-based compensation of $0.7 million, higher cash wages of $0.4 million and an increase of $0.1 million in professional fees.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

To qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains, to our stockholders on an annual basis. Accordingly, we intend to make, but are not contractually bound to make, regular quarterly dividends to common stockholders from cash flow from operating activities. All such dividends are at the discretion of our board of directors.

During the ~~nine months ended September 30, 2017,~~second quarter of 2018 and through July 13, 2018, we sold ~~approximately 10.6~~4.9 million shares of common stock under our ATM Program ~~in effect during 2017 at an average price of $16.43 per share~~ for ~~$173.8 million in~~ gross proceeds ~~before $2.4 million~~ of ~~commissions paid to the sales agents.~~$80.2 million. At ~~September 30, 2017,~~July 31, 2018, we had approximately ~~$236.1~~$155.9 million available for future issuances under the ATM Program. See “Recent Transactions -- At-The-Market Offering of Common Stock.” As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, there was ~~$95.0~~$150.0 million outstanding under the ~~Credit Facility.~~Revolving Facility (as defined below). See Note 6, Debt, and Note 7, Equity, in the Notes to ~~Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements~~condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information. We believe that our available cash, expected operating cash flows, and the availability under our ATM Program and Credit Facility (as defined below) will provide sufficient funds for our operations, anticipated scheduled debt service payments and dividend ~~requirements~~plans for at least the next twelve months.

We intend to invest in and/or develop additional healthcare properties as suitable opportunities arise and adequate sources of financing are available. We expect that future investments and/or development in properties, including any improvements or renovations of current or newly-acquired properties, will depend on and will be financed by, in whole or in part, our existing cash, borrowings available to us under the Credit Facility, future borrowings or the proceeds from sales of shares of our common stock pursuant to our ATM Program or additional issuances of common stock or other securities. In addition, we may seek financing from U.S. government agencies, including through Fannie Mae and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in appropriate circumstances in connection with acquisitions and ~~refinancings~~refinancing of existing mortgage loans.

We have filed an automatic shelf registration statement with the ~~SEC~~U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that expires in May 2020, which will allow us or certain of our subsidiaries, as applicable, to offer and sell shares of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, rights, units and debt securities through underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers, in one or more offerings on a continuous or delayed basis, in amounts, at prices and on terms we determine at the time of the offering.

Although we are subject to restrictions on our ability to incur indebtedness, we expect that we will be able to refinance existing indebtedness or incur additional indebtedness for acquisitions or other purposes, if needed. However, there can be no

assurance that we will be able to refinance our indebtedness, incur additional indebtedness or access additional sources of capital, such as by issuing common stock or other debt or equity securities, on terms that are acceptable to us or at all.

Cash Flows

The following table presents selected data from our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the periods presented:


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			2018			2017
	(dollars in thousands)						(dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	66,933		$	49,513		$	42,116		$	44,901
Net cash used in investing activities	(216,943		)	(191,212		)	(39,096		)	(94,307		)
Net cash provided by financing activities	157,318			142,110			1,631			76,972
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	7,308			411			4,651			27,566
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	7,500			11,467			6,909			7,500
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	14,808		$	11,878		$	11,560		$	35,066

~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 Compared to ~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2017

Net cash provided by operating activities for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 was ~~$66.9~~$42.1 million compared to ~~$49.5~~$44.9 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016, an increase~~2017, a decrease of ~~$17.4~~$2.8 million. The ~~increase~~decrease was primarily due to ~~an increase~~a $12.0 million decrease in noncash income and expenses ~~of $19.2 million~~ and a ~~$2.6 million increase in net income, offset by a $4.4~~$6.3 million change in operating assets and ~~liabilities.~~liabilities, partially offset by an increase of $15.5 million in net income.

Net cash used in investing activities for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 was ~~$216.9~~$39.1 million compared to ~~$191.2~~$94.3 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016, an increase~~2017, a decrease of ~~$25.7~~$55.2 million. The ~~increase~~decrease was primarily the result of a ~~$37.2~~$49.3 million ~~increase~~decrease in cash used to acquire real estate, $13.0 million in net proceeds from the sale of real estate, $2.1 million in escrow deposits for acquisitions, ~~$0.3~~and a $0.1 million ~~improvement~~decrease in improvements to real estate, partially offset by $7.5 million in the prior period related to the sale of other real estate investments, $1.4 million of investments in other loan receivables and ~~$0.2~~$0.4 million of purchases of furniture, fixtures and ~~equipment, partially offset by a decrease of $7.5 million for the sale of other real estate investment and $4.5 million in preferred equity investments.~~equipment.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 was ~~$157.3~~$1.6 million compared to ~~$142.1~~$77.0 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016, an increase~~2017, a decrease of ~~$15.2~~$75.4 million. This ~~increase~~decrease was primarily due to ~~greater borrowings of debt in the amount of $208.0 million and an increase~~a decrease in net proceeds of ~~$62.0~~$122.9 million from common stock offerings, ~~partially offset by increased repayments of debt of $238.6 million,~~ an increase in dividends paid of ~~$11.1 million, increased payments of deferred financing fees of $4.7~~$5.1 million and $0.4 million of ~~net-settlement~~net-settle adjustments on restricted ~~stock.~~stock, partially offset by a $47.5 million decrease in net borrowings and repayments of debt and a $5.5 million decrease in payments of deferred financing costs.

Indebtedness

Senior Unsecured Notes

On May 10, 2017, ~~the Operating~~our wholly owned subsidiary, CTR Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, CareTrust Capital Corp. (together with the Operating Partnership, the “Issuers”), completed a public offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued at par, resulting in gross proceeds of $300.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $294.0 million after deducting underwriting fees and other offering expenses. We used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to redeem all $260.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021, including payment of the redemption price of 102.938% and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. We used the remaining portion of the net proceeds of the offering to pay borrowings outstanding under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility. The Notes mature on June 1, 2025 and bear interest at a rate of 5.25% per year. Interest on the Notes is payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2017.

plus a “make-whole” premium described in the indenture governing the Notes and, at any time on or after June 1, 2020, at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture. At any time on or before June 1, 2020, up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be redeemed with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings if at least 60% of the originally issued aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding. In such case, the redemption price will be equal to 105.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including the

redemption date. If certain changes of control of CareTrust REIT occur, holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Issuers to repurchase their Notes at 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by CareTrust REIT and certain of CareTrust REIT’s wholly owned existing and, subject to certain exceptions, future material subsidiaries (other than the Issuers); provided, however, that such guarantees are subject to automatic release under certain customary circumstances, including if the subsidiary guarantor is sold or sells all or substantially all of its assets, the subsidiary guarantor is designated “unrestricted” for covenant purposes under the indenture, the subsidiary guarantor’s guarantee of other indebtedness which resulted in the creation of the guarantee of the Notes is terminated or released, or the requirements for legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or to discharge the indenture have been satisfied. See Note 12, Summarized Condensed Consolidating Information.

The indenture contains customary covenants such as limiting the ability of CareTrust REIT and its restricted subsidiaries to: incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; incur or guarantee secured indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make certain investments or other restricted payments; sell assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; merge or consolidate or sell all or substantially all of their assets; and create restrictions on the ability of the Issuers and their restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or other amounts to the Issuers. The indenture also requires CareTrust REIT and its restricted subsidiaries to maintain a specified ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness. These covenants are subject to a number of important and significant limitations, qualifications and exceptions. The indenture also contains customary events of default.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, we were in compliance with all applicable financial covenants under the indenture.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan

On August 5, 2015, the Company, CareTrust GP, LLC, the Operating Partnership, as the borrower, and certain of its ~~wholly owned~~wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a credit and guaranty agreement with KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, an issuing bank and swingline lender, and the lenders party thereto (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement initially provided for an unsecured asset-based revolving credit facility (the ~~“Credit~~“Revolving Facility”) with commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million from a syndicate of banks and other financial institutions, and an accordion feature that ~~allows~~allowed the Operating Partnership to increase the borrowing availability by up to an additional $200.0 million. A portion of the proceeds of the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility were used to pay off and terminate the Company’s existing secured asset-based revolving credit facility under a credit agreement dated May 30, 2014, with SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.

On February 1, 2016, the Company, CareTrust GP, LLC, the Operating Partnership, as the borrower, and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into the First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, (i) commitments in respect of the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility were increased by $100.0 million to $400.0 million total, (ii) a new $100.0 million non-amortizing unsecured term loan (the “Term Loan” and, together with the Revolving Facility, the “Credit Facility”) was funded and (iii) the uncommitted incremental facility was increased by $50.0 million to $250.0 million. We do not currently have any commitments for increased loans under the uncommitted incremental facility. The ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility continues to mature on August 5, 2019, ~~and includes~~subject to two, six-month extension options. The Term Loan, which matures on February 1, 2023, may be prepaid at any time subject to a 2% premium in the first year after issuance and a 1% premium in the second year after issuance.

Approximately $95.0 million of the proceeds of the Term Loan were used to pay off and terminate our existing secured mortgage indebtedness ~~with General Electric Capital Corporation (the “GECC Loan”).~~under the Fifth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated May 30, 2014. We expect to use borrowings under the Credit Facility for working capital purposes, to fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, there was ~~$95.0~~$150.0 million outstanding under the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility.

The Credit Agreement initially provided that, subject to customary conditions, including obtaining lender commitments and pro forma compliance with financial maintenance covenants under the Credit Agreement, the Operating Partnership may seek to increase the aggregate principal amount of the revolving commitments and/or establish one or more new tranches of incremental revolving or term loans under the Credit Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200.0 million. Pursuant to the Amendment, the uncommitted incremental facility was increased by $50.0 million to $250.0 million effective February 1, 2016. The Company does not currently have any commitments for such increased loans.

The interest rates applicable to loans under the Revolving Facility are, at the Company’s option, equal to either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.40% per annum or applicable LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.75% to

2.40% per annum based on the debt to asset value ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to decrease at the Company’s election if the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt).

In addition, the Company pays a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments under the Revolving Facility of 0.15% or 0.25% per annum, based upon usage of the Revolving Facility (unless the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt and elects to decrease the applicable margin as described above, in which case the Company will pay a facility fee on the revolving commitments ranging from 0.125% to 0.30% per annum based upon the credit ratings of its senior long term unsecured debt).

Pursuant to the Amendment, the interest rates applicable to the Term Loan are, at the Company’s option, equal to a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.95% to 1.60% per annum or applicable LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.95% to 2.60% per annum based on the debt to asset value ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to decrease at the Company’s election if the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt). In addition, the Company pays a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments under the Credit Facility of 0.15% or 0.25% per annum, based upon usage of the Credit Facility (unless the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt and elects to decrease the applicable margin as described above, in which case the Company will pay a facility fee on the revolving commitments ranging from 0.125% to 0.30% per annum based upon the credit ratings of its senior long term unsecured debt).

The Credit Facility ~~and Term Loan are~~is guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries that are party to the Credit Agreement (other than the Operating Partnership). The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to grant liens on their assets, incur indebtedness, sell assets, make investments, engage in acquisitions, mergers or consolidations, amend certain material agreements and pay certain dividends and other restricted payments. The Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply with financial maintenance covenants to be tested quarterly, consisting of a maximum debt to asset value ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a minimum tangible net worth, a maximum cash distributions to operating income ratio, a maximum secured debt to asset value ratio and a maximum secured recourse debt to asset value ratio. The Credit Agreement also contains certain customary events of default, including that the Company is required to operate in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, the Company was in compliance with all applicable financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.

Obligations and Commitments

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations and commitments as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2018 (in thousands):


	Payments Due by Period										Payments Due by Period
	Total		Less than 1 Year		1 Year to Less than 3 Years		3 Years to Less than 5 Years		More than 5 years		Total		Less than 1 Year		1 Year to Less than 3 Years		3 Years to Less than 5 Years		More than 5 years
Senior unsecured notes payable (1)	$	426,000	$	15,750	$	31,500	$	31,500	$	347,250	$	410,250	$	15,750	$	31,500	$	31,500	$	331,500
Senior unsecured term loan (2)	117,243		3,229		6,467		6,458		101,089		118,825		4,100		8,211		106,514		—
Unsecured revolving credit facility (3)	101,729		3,649		98,080		—		—		157,100		6,479		150,621		—		—
Operating lease	331		136		195		—		—		229		139		90		—		—
Total	$	645,303	$	22,764	$	136,242	$	37,958	$	448,339	$	686,404	$	26,468	$	190,422	$	138,014	$	331,500


(1)	Amounts include interest payments of ~~$126.0~~$110.3 million.


(2)	Amounts include interest payments of ~~$17.2~~$18.8 million.


(3)	The unsecured revolving credit facility includes payments related to the unused credit facility fee.

Capital Expenditures

We anticipate incurring average annual capital expenditures of $400 to $500 per unit in connection with the operations of our three ILFs. Capital expenditures for each property leased under our triple-net leases are generally the responsibility of the tenant, except that, for the facilities leased to subsidiaries of Ensign under eight master leases (“Ensign Master Leases”), the tenant will have an option to require us to finance certain capital expenditures up to an aggregate of 20% of our initial investment in such property, subject to a corresponding rent increase at the time of funding. For our other triple-net master leases, the tenants also have the option to request capital expenditure funding that would also be subject to a corresponding rent increase at the time of funding.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our ~~Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements~~condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification, as published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions regarding

future events that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We base these estimates on our experience and assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, if our judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions or other matters had been different, we may have applied a different accounting treatment, resulting in a different presentation of our financial statements. We periodically reevaluate our estimates and assumptions, and in the event they prove to be different from actual results, we make adjustments in subsequent periods to reflect more current estimates and assumptions about matters that are inherently uncertain. Please refer to “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in the “Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2016,~~2017, filed with the SEC on February ~~7, 2017,~~27, 2018, for further information regarding the critical accounting policies that affect our more significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our ~~Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements~~condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. There have been no material changes in such critical accounting policies during the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~2018.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk with respect to our variable rate indebtedness.

Our Credit Agreement provides for revolving commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million from a syndicate of banks and other financial institutions. The interest rates per annum applicable to loans under the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility are, at the Company’s option, equal to either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.40% per annum or applicable LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.75% to 2.40% per annum, based on the debt to asset value ratio of the ~~Operating Partnership~~Company and its subsidiaries (subject to decrease at the Company’s election if the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt). Pursuant to the Amendment, the interest rates applicable to the Term Loan are, at the Company’s option, equal to a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.95% to 1.60% per annum or applicable LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.95% to 2.60% per annum based on the debt to asset value ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to decrease at the Company’s election if the Company obtains certain specified investment grade ratings on its senior long term unsecured debt). As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, we had a $100.0 million Term Loan outstanding and there was ~~$95.0~~$150.0 million outstanding under the ~~Credit~~Revolving Facility.

An increase in interest rates could make the financing of any acquisition by us more costly as well as increase the costs of our variable rate debt obligations. Rising interest rates could also limit our ability to refinance our debt when it matures or cause us to pay higher interest rates upon refinancing and increase interest expense on refinanced indebtedness. Assuming a 100 basis point increase in the interest rates related to our variable rate debt, and assuming no change in our outstanding debt balance as described above, interest expense would have increased approximately ~~$0.9~~$1.2 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~2018.

We may, in the future, manage, or hedge, interest rate risks related to our borrowings by means of interest rate swap agreements. However, the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, substantially limit our ability to hedge our assets and liabilities. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Status as a REIT — Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge effectively and may cause us to incur tax liabilities,” which is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2016.~~2017. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, we had no swap agreements to hedge our interest rate risks. We also expect to manage our exposure to interest rate risk by maintaining a mix of fixed and variable rates for our indebtedness.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities ~~Exhange~~Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is processed, recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure

controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at the reasonable assurance level, as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~2018.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2018, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The Company and its subsidiaries are and may become from time to time a party to various claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business, but none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, and none of their respective properties are, the subject of any material legal proceedings. Claims and lawsuits may include matters involving general or professional liability asserted against our tenants, which are the responsibility of our tenants and for which the Company is entitled to be indemnified by its tenants under the insurance and indemnification provisions in the applicable leases.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

We have disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2016~~2017 risk factors which materially affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed.

Item ~~5. Other Information.~~2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

~~On November 2, 2017,~~During the three months ended June 30, 2018, we ~~entered into~~did not make any unregistered sales of equity securities.

During the ~~Pristine Amendment with affiliates~~three months ended June 30, 2018, we acquired shares of ~~Pristine pursuant~~common stock held by employees who tendered shares to ~~which we agreed that seven facilities selected by us would be transferred to a new operator or operators designated by us in our sole~~satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of previously issued restricted stock awards. Specifically, the number of shares of common stock acquired from employees and ~~absolute discretion. See Note 13,~~ ~~Subsequent Events~~the average prices paid per share for each month in the ~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Pristine Amendment which is incorporated herein by reference.~~quarter ended June 30, 2018 are as follows:



	Total Number of	Average Price Paid
Period	Shares Purchased	per Share
April 1 - April 30, 2018	—	$	—
May 1 - May 31, 2018	11,512	$	16.49
June 1 - June 30, 2018	29,603	$	16.69
Total	41,115	$	16.63

Item 6. Exhibits.



Exhibit Number		Description of the Document

2.1		Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2014, by and between The Ensign Group, Inc. and CareTrust REIT, Inc. (Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 5, 2014, is incorporated herein by reference).

3.1		Articles of Amendment and Restatement of CareTrust REIT, Inc. (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on May 13, 2014, is incorporated herein by reference).

3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of CareTrust REIT, Inc. (Exhibit ~~3.2~~3.1 to the Company’s ~~Registration Statement~~Current Report on Form ~~10,~~8-K, filed on ~~May 13, 2014,~~April 5, 2018, is incorporated herein by reference).

*10.1		~~Fourth Amendment to Master Lease, dated as of November 2, 2017, by and among CTR Partnership, L.P. and the entities party thereto as tenants and guarantors.~~

*31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

*31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

**32		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

*101.INS		XBRL Instance Document

*101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

*101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

*101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

*101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

*101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* Filed herewith

** Furnished herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



	CareTrust REIT, Inc.
~~November 8, 2017~~August 1, 2018	By:	/s/ Gregory K. Stapley
		Gregory K. Stapley
		President and Chief Executive Officer (duly authorized officer)

~~November 8, 2017~~August 1, 2018	By:	/s/ William M. Wagner
		William M. Wagner
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

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	Three Months Ended September 30,				Increase (Decrease)			Percentage Difference
	2017		2016		Increase (Decrease)			Percentage Difference
	(dollars in thousands)
Revenues:
Rental income	$	29,404	$	24,179	$	5,225		22	%
Tenant reimbursements	2,543		2,089		454			22	%
Independent living facilities	825		766		59			8	%
Interest and other income	176		72		104			144	%
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	9,745		8,248		1,497			18	%
Interest expense	5,592		5,743		(151		)	(3	)%
Property taxes	2,543		2,089		454			22	%
Independent living facilities	698		708		(10		)	(1	)%
Acquisition costs	—		203		(203		)	*
General and administrative	3,059		2,283		776			34	%