---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-000239"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBRA"
cik: "0001492298"
company_name: "Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:20:38.227840+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sabra appoints Michael Costa as CFO effective Jan 1, 2022; Harold Andrews retires

## Summary
- Michael Costa appointed EVP, CFO, and Secretary effective Jan 1, 2022; will continue as principal accounting officer.
- Harold Andrews retired Dec 31, 2021; enters two-year consulting agreement with $500k annual fee and continued equity vesting.
- Costa's employment agreement provides $450k base salary, annual bonus, and severance multiplier of 1.5x (or 2x on change in control).
- New form of indemnification agreement approved for directors and officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-000239
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBRA
- cik: 0001492298
- company_name: Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000119312522000239/0001193125-22-000239-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000119312522000239/d261076d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-000239
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-000239.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-000239.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Harold Andrews retired as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Secretary at Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Secretary
  source text: Harold Andrews, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Secretary, retired from Sabra effective December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000119312522000239/0001193125-22-000239-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Costa was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Secretary at Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Secretary
  source text: On December 30, 2021, Sabra’s Board of Directors appointed Michael Costa, Sabra’s Executive Vice President – Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), to succeed Mr. Andrews as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Secretary, in each case effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000119312522000239/0001193125-22-000239-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.