---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-380473"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHR"
cik: "0001632970"
company_name: "American Healthcare REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-02T21:22:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-02T21:26:08.927442+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Healthcare REIT names Aric Chang CFO; Brian Peay retires after 10 years

## Summary
- Aric Chang named CFO effective Oct 1, 2026; succeeds Brian Peay retiring Sept 30, 2026 after 10 years.
- Chang compensation: $500k base salary, 100% target bonus, $1M LTI from 2027, $310k signing cash.
- Peay transition: consulting through Apr 15 2027; gets 2026 salary as consulting fee, 150% of 2026 base STI, 18,159 shares accelerated, $45k COBRA.
- Chang joins from Public Storage (PSA) where he was CFO Real Estate, overseeing ~$16B capital deployment.
- Peay's retirement not due to disagreement; no family relationship or transactions with Chang.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-380473
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHR
- cik: 0001632970
- company_name: American Healthcare REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-02T21:22:39+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632970/000119312526380473/0001193125-26-380473-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632970/000119312526380473/ahr-20260902.htm

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