Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Appointment of Executive Officer On and effective as ofJanuary 11, 2021 , the Board of Directors ofSabra Health Care REIT, Inc. , aMaryland corporation (the "Company"), appointedMichael Costa to serve as Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Accounting Officer until his successor is duly elected and qualifies. In this position,Mr. Costa will serve as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer.Mr. Costa , age 42, currently serves as the Company's Executive Vice President - Finance, a position he has held sinceAugust 2017 . Previously,Mr. Costa held various leadership positions overseeing the Company's accounting and finance functions since Sabra's inception inNovember 2010 . In connection with his appointment as Chief Accounting Officer,Mr. Costa's annual base salary will be increased from$340,704 to$400,000 . There are no arrangements or understandings betweenMr. Costa and any other person pursuant to whichMr. Costa was appointed as Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, and there are no transactions in whichMr. Costa has an interest that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. No family relationship exists betweenMr. Costa and any director or other executive officer of the Company. Appointment of Director On and effective as ofJanuary 11, 2021 , the Company's Board of Directors increased the size of the Company's Board of Directors from ten to eleven directors and appointedKatie Cusack to serve as a member of the Board of Directors until the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualifies. As a non-employee director,Ms. Cusack will receive compensation in the same manner as the Company's other non-employee directors, in accordance with the Company's Directors' Compensation Policy, which is attached as Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedDecember 31, 2019 , filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onFebruary 24, 2020 , which exhibit is incorporated herein by this reference. There is no arrangement or understanding betweenMs. Cusack and any other persons pursuant to whichMs. Cusack was appointed as a director, andMs. Cusack has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
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(d) Exhibits. 99.1 Press Release datedJanuary 12, 2021 . 99.2 Press Release datedJanuary 12, 2021 . 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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