---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-024801"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRE"
cik: "0001590717"
company_name: "CareTrust REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:04:11.004005+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CareTrust REIT CEO Greg Stapley to resign Jan 1, 2022; David Sedgwick named successor

## Summary
- Greg Stapley steps down as CEO effective Jan 1, 2022, will serve as Executive Chairman for ~6 months.
- David Sedgwick, current President & COO, appointed CEO effective Jan 1, 2022, retaining President title.
- Sedgwick's 2022 base salary set at $700,000; target short-term bonus raised to $1,000,000 from $475,000.
- Diana M. Laing appointed Lead Independent Director; has served on board since 2019.
- Stapley leaving for a three-year full-time volunteer assignment with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-024801
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRE
- cik: 0001590717
- company_name: CareTrust REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828021024801/0001628280-21-024801-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828021024801/ctre-20211209.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-024801
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-024801.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-024801.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Diana M. Laing was appointed as Lead Independent Director at CareTrust REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: On December 9, 2021, the Board of Directors appointed Diana M. Laing as Lead Independent Director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828021024801/0001628280-21-024801-index.htm
- Executive change
  Greg Stapley resigned as Executive Chairman at CareTrust REIT, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On December 9, 2021, Greg Stapley notified CareTrust REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) of his resignation as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828021024801/0001628280-21-024801-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Sedgwick was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at CareTrust REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Also on December 9, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed David Sedgwick, the Company’s current President and Chief Operating Officer, as CEO, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828021024801/0001628280-21-024801-index.htm

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