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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-022438"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRE"
cik: "0001590717"
company_name: "CareTrust REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:01:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T20:04:59.424471+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CareTrust REIT closes full exercise of underwriters' option for additional 1.875M shares at $40.225/sh

## Summary
- Underwriters exercised option in full for additional 1,875,000 shares at $40.225 per share.
- Total offering includes 12,500,000 firm shares plus 1,875,000 optional shares; closed May 21, 2026.
- Company entered additional forward sale agreements with Wells Fargo and JPMorgan for the optional shares.
- Forward purchasers borrowed and sold the optional shares on May 21, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-022438
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRE
- cik: 0001590717
- company_name: CareTrust REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:01:38+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000114036126022438/0001140361-26-022438-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000114036126022438/ef20074571_8k.htm

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