---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001561032-26-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHP"
cik: "0001561032"
company_name: "National Healthcare Properties, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:51:53.428059+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Healthcare Properties declassifies board, elects Scott Humphrey as director

## Summary
- Board declassified; all directors to stand for annual election starting 2026 annual meeting.
- Scott Humphrey elected independent director and appointed Audit Committee chair.
- Bylaws amended to include proxy access for 3%+ holders holding shares for 3 years.
- Rights Agreement expiration accelerated from May 18, 2026 to Jan 12, 2026.
- Compensation and NCG committees merged into Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001561032-26-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHP
- cik: 0001561032
- company_name: National Healthcare Properties, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 5.02, 8.01, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561032/000156103226000005/0001561032-26-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561032/000156103226000005/hct-20260109.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001561032-26-000005.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: cb7bf9e5579aa69da838e701a55b9f54b5b87438
  claim: National Healthcare Properties, Inc.: Board amended and restated bylaws to implement universal proxy rules, enhance stockholder nomination procedures, provide proxy access, and remove director qualification provision (effective 2026-01-09).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 9, 2026, the Board amended and restated the Company’s amended and restated bylaws, effective immediately (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), to, among other things: • address the “universal proxy rules” adopted by the SEC pursuant to Rule 14a-19
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561032/000156103226000005/0001561032-26-000005-index.htm
- claim_id: eb6b593ba7cf0a088095ba8ffa947b8c274bf095
  claim: National Healthcare Properties, Inc.: Company filed Articles Supplementary to effect declassification of the Board and prohibit election to be subject to MUTA Section 3-803 without stockholder approval (effective 2026-01-12).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 12, 2026, the Company filed one set of Articles Supplementary with the SDAT to document and effect the Declassification Election (the “Declassification Articles Supplementary”), and a separate set of Articles Supplementary to effect the Prohibition (the “Prohibition Articles Supplementary”), in each case effective immediately upon acceptance for record of such filings by the SDAT.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561032/000156103226000005/0001561032-26-000005-index.htm
- claim_id: fa7ccb678f93b95db1548aa0ffc9494fab234781
  claim: National Healthcare Properties, Inc. amended Rights Agreement Amendment with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (effective 2026-01-09).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 9, 2026, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Rights Agreement Amendment”) to its Rights Agreement solely to accelerate the expiration date of the Rights from May 18, 2026 to January 12, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561032/000156103226000005/0001561032-26-000005-index.htm

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