8-K filed April 14, 2025, 7:59 PM ET ticker BKD CIK 0001332349

leadership confidence high sentiment positive materiality 0.85

Brookdale CEO Baier steps down; Q1 preliminary Adj. EBITDA, FCF exceed expectations

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

CEO Lucinda Baier stepped down effective April 13, 2025; Denise W. Warren appointed Interim CEO.
Interim Office of the CEO includes CFO Dawn Kussow and GC Chad White; CEO search initiated with Spencer Stuart.
Q1 2025 preliminary Adjusted EBITDA and RevPAR expected to exceed company and consensus expectations.
Company expects positive Adjusted Free Cash Flow in Q1, historically a negative FCF quarter; occupancy above 80%.
Mark Fioravanti (CEO of Ryman Hospitality) appointed to Board; director Frank Bumstead will not stand for reelection.

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Appointed (interim)

Denise W. Warren

Interim Chief Executive Officer

BKD · Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Effective: 2025-04-13
Filed: April 14, 2025, 7:59 PM ET

the Board appointed Denise W. Warren, current Chairman of the Board, as Interim Chief Executive Officer, to serve until the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Appointed

Chad C. White

Member, Office of the Chief Executive Officer

BKD · Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Effective: 2025-04-13
Filed: April 14, 2025, 7:59 PM ET

The Board appointed Ms. Warren, Dawn L. Kussow, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Chad C. White, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, to serve as members of the Office of the CEO (and designated each of Ms. Warren, Ms. Kussow and Mr. White as a principal executive officer of the Company), in each case, effective as of April 13, 2025.

Appointed

Dawn L. Kussow

Member, Office of the Chief Executive Officer

BKD · Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Effective: 2025-04-13
Filed: April 14, 2025, 7:59 PM ET

The Board appointed Ms. Warren, Dawn L. Kussow, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Chad C. White, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, to serve as members of the Office of the CEO (and designated each of Ms. Warren, Ms. Kussow and Mr. White as a principal executive officer of the Company), in each case, effective as of April 13, 2025.

Departed

Lucinda M. Baier

President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board

BKD · Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Effective: 2025-04-13
Successor: Denise W. Warren
Filed: April 14, 2025, 7:59 PM ET

On April 14, 2025, the Company announced that the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and Lucinda M. Baier, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board, mutually agreed that Ms. Baier’s role serving as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board would cease, effective as of April 13, 2025.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Denise W. Warren was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..

Action: appointed
Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer

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the Board appointed Denise W. Warren, current Chairman of the Board, as Interim Chief Executive Officer, to serve until the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Chad C. White was appointed as Member, Office of the Chief Executive Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..

Action: appointed
Role: Member, Office of the Chief Executive Officer

Exact text from the filing

The Board appointed Ms. Warren, Dawn L. Kussow, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Chad C. White, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, to serve as members of the Office of the CEO (and designated each of Ms. Warren, Ms. Kussow and Mr. White as a principal executive officer of the Company), in each case, effective as of April 13, 2025.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Dawn L. Kussow was appointed as Member, Office of the Chief Executive Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..

Action: appointed
Role: Member, Office of the Chief Executive Officer

Exact text from the filing

The Board appointed Ms. Warren, Dawn L. Kussow, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Chad C. White, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, to serve as members of the Office of the CEO (and designated each of Ms. Warren, Ms. Kussow and Mr. White as a principal executive officer of the Company), in each case, effective as of April 13, 2025.

View on SEC.gov

Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Lucinda M. Baier departed as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..

Action: ceased
Role: President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board

Exact text from the filing

On April 14, 2025, the Company announced that the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and Lucinda M. Baier, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board, mutually agreed that Ms. Baier’s role serving as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board would cease, effective as of April 13, 2025.

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