<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-17-009622.txt : 20171003
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-17-009622
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171003
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171003

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CareTrust REIT, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001590717
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				463999490
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36181
		FILM NUMBER:		171117850

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		905 CALLE AMANECER, SUITE 300
		CITY:			SAN CLEMENTE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92673
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(949) 542-3140

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		905 CALLE AMANECER, SUITE 300
		CITY:			SAN CLEMENTE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92673
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<div><a name="s2e94ce3063464602931e2f16e6cd7774"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;"><img src="image1.gif" alt="image1.gif" style="height:120px;width:130px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">10/03/17</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CareTrust REIT Completes Seven-Facility Skilled Nursing Portfolio Acquisition in Idaho</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareTrust REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRE) announced today that it completed the second phase of its two-stage acquisition of a seven-facility Idaho skilled nursing portfolio. The purchase was part of a series of acquisitions involving 13 skilled nursing facilities in Washington, Texas and Idaho that were formerly operated by affiliates of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.  The four Idaho facilities, as well as the three previously acquired on September 1, 2017, were added to CareTrust REIT's existing master lease with affiliates of Cascadia Healthcare, LLC. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;We are grateful for the confidence that the other parties in this complex, multi-party transaction placed in us to get our portion of this 89-facility portfolio acquisition closed,&#8221; said Mark Lamb, CareTrust REIT&#8217;s Director of Investments. Owen Hammond, Cascadia's co-founder and chief executive officer, remarked, &#8220;We are excited to continue and build upon Kindred&#8217;s legacy of operational excellence, and thrilled to have such a pragmatic, operator-focused real estate partner in CareTrust REIT.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The seven-facility, 571-bed Idaho portfolio includes </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Caldwell </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Caldwell, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Caldwell Care of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, K</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">indred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Canyon West </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Caldwell, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Canyon West of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Mountain Valley </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Kellogg, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Mountain Valley of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation - Lewiston </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Lewiston, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Lewiston Transitional Care of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">,  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Aspen Park </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Moscow, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Aspen Park of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Nampa </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Nampa, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">The Orchards of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Weiser </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Weiser, renamed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Weiser Care of Cascadia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Mr. Hammond noted that Cascadia's relationship with CareTrust REIT now covers eleven facilities across Idaho, Oregon and Washington, with two additional facilities in development. The amended Cascadia master lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 13.5 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT also announced today that it acquired three former Kindred skilled nursing facilities in Washington which were added to CareTrust REIT&#8217;s existing master lease with affiliates of Five Oaks Healthcare, LLC, and three seniors housing communities in Virginia which were added to CareTrust REIT&#8217;s existing master lease with affiliates of Twenty/20 Management, Inc. The aggregate purchase price for the three transactions was approximately $95.8 million, inclusive of transaction costs and the $29.9 million previously paid on the first stage of the Idaho transaction. The investments are expected to generate additional annual cash rent of approximately $8.6 million, and were funded using CareTrust REIT's $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About CareTrust REIT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">TM </sup>&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT, Inc. is a self-administered, publicly-traded real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, acquisition and leasing of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties. With 181 net-leased healthcare properties and three operated seniors housing properties in 23 states, CareTrust REIT is pursuing opportunities nationwide to acquire additional properties that will be leased to a diverse group of local, regional and national seniors housing operators, healthcare services providers, and other healthcare-related businesses. More information about CareTrust REIT is available at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">www.caretrustreit.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(949) 542-3130</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">ir@caretrustreit.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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<div><a name="sf88b0d0d391f4c00918fa464fdcdf11d"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;"><img src="image1.gif" alt="image1.gif" style="height:120px;width:130px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">10/03/17</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CareTrust REIT Expands Virginia Seniors Housing Portfolio </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareTrust REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRE) announced today that it acquired three assisted living communities in Virginia. The facilities were added to CareTrust REIT's existing master lease with affiliates of Blacksburg-based Twenty/20 Management, Inc. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;We are pleased to pair these wonderfully resident-focused communities with Mike Williams and the Twenty/20 team,&#8221; said Dave Sedgwick, CareTrust REIT&#8217;s Vice President of Operations. The three-facility, 91-unit Virginia portfolio includes </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Amerisist of Culpeper</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Amerisist of Louisa</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Amerisist of Warrenton</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Mike Williams, Twenty/20&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, added, &#8220;We are excited to expand our presence with these three beautiful facilities, and remain committed to providing quality care to the residents and communities they serve.&#8221; He noted that Twenty/20's relationship with CareTrust REIT now covers five properties in Virginia. The amended Twenty/20 master lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 13 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT also announced today that it acquired four former Kindred facilities in Idaho in the second step of a previously announced seven-facility transaction, and added them to CareTrust REIT&#8217;s existing master lease with affiliates of Cascadia Healthcare, LLC, as well as three former Kindred skilled nursing facilities in Washington which were added to CareTrust REIT&#8217;s existing master lease with affiliates of Five Oaks Healthcare, LLC. The aggregate purchase price for the three transactions was approximately $95.8 million, inclusive of transaction costs and the $29.9 million previously paid on the first stage of the Idaho transaction. The investments are expected to generate additional annual cash rent of approximately $8.6 million, and were funded using CareTrust REIT's $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About CareTrust REIT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">TM </sup>&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT, Inc. is a self-administered, publicly-traded real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, acquisition and leasing of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties. With 181 net-leased healthcare properties and three operated seniors housing properties in 23 states, CareTrust REIT is pursuing opportunities nationwide to acquire additional properties that will be leased to a diverse group of local, regional and national seniors housing operators, healthcare services providers, and other healthcare-related businesses. More information about CareTrust REIT is available at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">www.caretrustreit.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(949) 542-3130</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">ir@caretrustreit.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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<div><a name="s5db3dc2ae68646539b1664cf4ff9fa21"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;"><img src="image1.gif" alt="image1.gif" style="height:120px;width:130px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">10/03/17</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CareTrust REIT Expands its Washington Portfolio</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareTrust REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRE) announced today that it acquired three skilled nursing facilities in Washington. The purchase was part of a series of acquisitions involving 13 skilled nursing facilities in Washington, Texas and Idaho that were formerly operated by affiliates of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. The Washington facilities were added to CareTrust REIT's existing master lease with affiliates of Five Oaks Healthcare, LLC. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;We are pleased to have had the chance to prove our value as a trusted partner in this complex, multi-state, multi-party series of transactions,&#8221; said Mark Lamb, CareTrust REIT&#8217;s Director of Investments. The deals were part of a larger set of transactions involving 89 former Kindred skilled nursing facilities. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The three-facility, 268-bed Washington portfolio includes </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Arden, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Lakewood and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in Vancouver.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Brian Newberry, Five Oaks&#8217; co-founder and president, remarked, &#8220;We are excited to grow in these wonderful communities, and look forward to serving our new patients and their families.&#8221; He noted that Five Oaks' relationship with CareTrust REIT now covers five properties in Washington. The amended Five Oaks master lease has a remaining initial term of approximately 13 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT also announced today that it acquired four former Kindred facilities in Idaho in the second step of a previously announced two-stage, seven-facility transaction, and added them to CareTrust REIT&#8217;s existing master lease with affiliates of Cascadia Healthcare, LLC, as well as three seniors housing communities in Virginia which were added to CareTrust REIT&#8217;s existing master lease with affiliates of Twenty/20 Management, Inc. The aggregate purchase price for the three transactions was approximately $95.8 million, inclusive of transaction costs and the $29.9 million previously paid on the first stage of the Idaho transaction. The investments are expected to generate additional annual cash rent of approximately $8.6 million, and were funded using CareTrust REIT's $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About CareTrust REIT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">TM </sup>&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT, Inc. is a self-administered, publicly-traded real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, acquisition and leasing of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties. With 181 net-leased healthcare properties and three operated seniors housing properties in 23 states, CareTrust REIT is pursuing opportunities nationwide to acquire additional properties that will be leased to a diverse group of local, regional and national seniors housing operators, healthcare services providers, and other healthcare-related businesses. More information about CareTrust REIT is available at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">www.caretrustreit.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CareTrust REIT, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(949) 542-3130</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">ir@caretrustreit.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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