UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 9, 2020
SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 001-34950 | 27-2560479 | ||
(State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
18500 Von Karman Avenue | Suite 550 | Irvine | CA | 92612 | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number including area code: (888) 393-8248
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common stock, $0.01 par value | SBRA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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. ☐
Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) previously approved amending the Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 2009 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”), subject to stockholder approval of the amendments to the 2009 Plan. As disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Form 8-K, the Company’s stockholders have approved the amendments to the 2009 Plan.
The following summary of the amendments to the 2009 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2009 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Among other things, the 2009 Plan reflects amendments to (i) increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for award grants under the 2009 Plan by approximately 8,402,848 shares and provide for a new share limit that is equal to (1) 8,890,000 shares, less (2) the number of any shares subject to awards granted under the 2009 Plan after December 31, 2019 and on or before the date of the Annual Meeting (as defined below) (with any “full value awards” counting as 1.25 shares against the share limit), plus (3) any shares that become available as a result of forfeitures, cash settlements or otherwise pursuant to the share counting rules contained in the 2009 Plan; (ii) increase the limit on the number of shares that may be delivered pursuant to “incentive stock options” granted under the 2009 Plan by 8,000,000 shares; (iii) extend the term of the 2009 Plan to April 13, 2030; and (iv) remove certain provisions of the 2009 Plan that provided flexibility to grant performance-based compensation intended to satisfy the compensation deductibility exception under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code since that deductibility exception is no longer applicable to any new award grant.
Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
The Board previously approved the Articles of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement (the “Charter Amendment”), subject to stockholder approval of the Charter Amendment. As disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Form 8-K, the Company’s stockholders have approved the Charter Amendment.
The Charter Amendment increases the number of authorized shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000. The Charter Amendment also increases the total number of authorized shares of our stock from 260,000,000 to 510,000,000.
A copy of the Charter Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
(a) The Company’s annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on June 9, 2020.
(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (a) elected the nine nominees identified in the table below to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (“Election of Directors”), (b) approved the amendments to the Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 2009 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan Amendments”); (c) approved the Charter Amendment; (d) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 (“Auditor Ratification”) and (e) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2020 (“Advisory Compensation Vote”). Set forth below are the final voting tallies for the Annual Meeting:
Election of Directors
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
Craig A. Barbarosh | 169,390,183 | 1,970,456 | 548,069 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Robert A. Ettl | 163,145,174 | 8,215,699 | 547,835 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Michael J. Foster | 168,089,205 | 3,270,304 | 549,199 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Ronald G. Geary | 168,012,303 | 3,337,209 | 559,196 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Lynne S. Katzmann | 170,381,083 | 1,009,843 | 517,782 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Raymond J. Lewis | 169,881,978 | 1,478,394 | 548,336 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Jeffrey A. Malehorn | 169,448,527 | 1,905,983 | 554,198 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Richard K. Matros | 162,162,762 | 5,555,036 | 4,190,910 | 18,542,217 | ||||
Milton J. Walters | 167,591,445 | 3,774,918 | 542,345 | 18,542,217 |
Plan Amendments
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
167,342,443 | 3,937,466 | 628,799 | 18,542,217 |
Charter Amendment
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
165,222,304 | 6,118,160 | 568,244 | 18,542,217 |
Auditor Ratification
For | Against | Abstain | ||
186,993,635 | 2,901,290 | 556,000 |
Advisory Compensation Vote
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
163,621,978 | 7,540,011 | 746,719 | 18,542,217 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) | Exhibits. | |
3.1 | ||
10.1+ | ||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
+ Designates a management compensation plan, contract or arrangement.
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.
SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC. | |||
/S/ HAROLD W. ANDREWS, JR. | |||
Name: | Harold W. Andrews, Jr. | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
Dated: June 12, 2020