UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

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CARETRUST REIT, INC.

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on April 26, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARETRUST REIT, INC.

 

Meeting Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Meeting Type:

Annual Meeting

 

 

 

  For holders as of:

March 1, 2017

 

 

 

  Date: April 26, 2017             Time: 9:00 a.m., PDT

 








BROADRIDGE
P.O. BOX 1342

BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 

 

  Location:

The Offices of CareTrust REIT, Inc.
905 Calle Amanecer
Suite 300
San Clemente, California 92673

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT                2016 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

 

 

 

 

 

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Voting Items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Board of Directors of CareTrust REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) recommends you vote FOR ALL the following:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Election of two Class III director nominees to serve until the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01)

Gregory K. Stapley

 

 

 

02)

Spencer G. Plumb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposals 2 and 4, and 1 YEAR for Proposal 3:
 

2.

Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

 

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