---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001492298-25-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBRA"
cik: "0001492298"
company_name: "Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T06:29:27.337463+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sabra CIO Talya Nevo-Hacohen to retire Dec 31, 2025; Darrin Smith to succeed Jan 1, 2026

## Summary
- Talya Nevo-Hacohen (EVP/CIO/Treasurer) retires Dec 31, 2025; Darrin Smith (EVP-Investments) becomes CIO Jan 1, 2026.
- Nevo-Hacohen enters 2-year consulting role Jan 1, 2026, earning $900K annual fee plus continued equity vesting.
- Consulting agreement includes expense reimbursements, medical premium payments, and change-in-control full equity acceleration.
- Under Nevo-Hacohen, Sabra grew from 86-property single-tenant REIT to $6.5B enterprise with 399 investments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001492298-25-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBRA
- cik: 0001492298
- company_name: Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000149229825000011/0001492298-25-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000149229825000011/sbra-20250320.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Talya Nevo-Hacohen retired as Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer at Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer
  source text: Talya Nevo-Hacohen, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer, has decided to retire from Sabra, effective December 31, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000149229825000011/0001492298-25-000011-index.htm
- Executive change
  Darrin Smith was appointed as Chief Investment Officer at Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Investment Officer
  source text: Darrin Smith, Sabra’s Executive Vice President – Investments, is expected to assume this position effective January 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492298/000149229825000011/0001492298-25-000011-index.htm

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