---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001360604-21-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HR"
cik: "0001360604"
company_name: "Healthcare Realty Trust Inc"
filed_at: "2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:54:44.920967+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HTA appoints Peter N. Foss as interim CEO; discloses compensation terms and board chair grant

## Summary
- Employment agreement with interim CEO Peter N. Foss effective Aug 2, 2021; base salary $835,000.
- Eligible for target bonus of $1.237M and max bonus of $1.875M for period ending Aug 30, 2022.
- Restricted stock award of 105,660 shares vesting one year from effective date; $100,000 signing bonus (repaid if resigns or for cause).
- Board Chair W. Bradley Blair, II granted 17,593 restricted shares vesting on first anniversary of election.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001360604-21-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HR
- cik: 0001360604
- company_name: Healthcare Realty Trust Inc
- filed_at: 2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000057/0001360604-21-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000057/hta-20210917.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001360604-21-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter N. Foss was appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 16, 2021, Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (NYSE: HTA) (“HTA”) entered into an employment agreement (the "Employment Agreement"), effective as of August 2, 2021, with Peter N. Foss, who was appointed by HTA's Board of Directors as the Company's interim President and Chief Executive Officer on August, 2, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360604/000136060421000057/0001360604-21-000057-index.htm

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