---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-005889"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRE"
cik: "0001590717"
company_name: "CareTrust REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:03:32.894277+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CareTrust REIT establishes new $1B ATM equity program; prior program terminated

## Summary
- New equity distribution agreement allows up to $1,000,000,000 in common stock sales at market prices.
- Prior January 2025 ATM program terminated with less than $10 million remaining unsold.
- Outstanding forward sale agreements of $367 million from prior program will remain in effect.
- Proceeds intended for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, debt repayment, and working capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-005889
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRE
- cik: 0001590717
- company_name: CareTrust REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000114036126005889/0001140361-26-005889-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000114036126005889/ny20065014x3_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CareTrust REIT, Inc. entered into Equity Distribution Agreement with BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Huntington Securities, Inc., Jeffries LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Wells F valued at up to $1,000,000,000 (effective 2026-02-17).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Huntington Securities, Inc., Jeffries LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Wells F
  - Value: up to $1,000,000,000
  - Effective: 2026-02-17
  source text: On February 17, 2026, CareTrust REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) and CTR Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) entered into a new equity distribution agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with (i) BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Huntington Securities, Inc., Jeffries LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, each as sales agent and/or principal and/or forward seller (in any such capacity, each a “Sales Agent” and collectively, the “Sales Agents”) and (ii) Bank of Montreal, Bank of America, N.A., Huntington Securities, Inc., Jeffries LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Regions Securities LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000114036126005889/0001140361-26-005889-index.htm

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