---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001360604-21-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HR"
cik: "0001360604"
company_name: "Healthcare Realty Trust Inc"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:12:27.963892+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Scott Peters resigns amid internal investigation; interim CEO Foss appointed

## Summary
- Scott D. Peters resigned as Chairman, President, and CEO, effective August 2, 2021.
- Independent director Peter N. Foss named interim President and CEO, effective August 2, 2021.
- Lead independent director W. Bradley Blair, II elected Chairman of the Board.
- Company disclosed internal investigation into whistleblower reports; early stages, no material adverse impact expected currently.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001360604-21-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HR
- cik: 0001360604
- company_name: Healthcare Realty Trust Inc
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000049/0001360604-21-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000049/hta-20210803.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001360604-21-000049
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001360604-21-000049.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001360604-21-000049.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter N. Foss was named as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 30, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (the “Company”) named Peter N. Foss as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of August 2, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000049/0001360604-21-000049-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott D. Peters resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Scott D. Peters resigned on July 29, 2021, effective August 2, 2021, as a director and Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000049/0001360604-21-000049-index.htm
- Executive change
  W. Bradley Blair, II was elected as Chairman of the Board at Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Effective August 2, 2021, the Lead Independent Director of the Board, W. Bradley Blair, II, was elected to be the Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000049/0001360604-21-000049-index.htm

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