CareTrust REIT, Inc

Item 8.01 Other Events As previously disclosed, on May 18, 2026, CareTrust REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) and its operating partnership, CTR Partnership, L.P., entered into an underwriting agreement with each of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”) and as the forward sellers (together, in such capacity, the “Forward Sellers”) and each of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as the forward purchasers (together, in such capacity, the “Forward Purchasers”), relating to (i) the offer and sale of 12,500,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) the sale of up to an additional 1,875,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Option” and such shares, the “Optional Shares”), at a price to the Underwriters of $40.225 per share (the “Offering”). The closing of the Option Offering occurred on May 21, 2026. On May 20, 2026, the Underwriters notified the Company that they had elected to exercise the Option in full. In connection with the exercise of the Option, on May 20, 2026, the Company entered into separate additional forward sale agreements (the “Additional Forward Sale Agreements”) with each of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (or their respective affiliates), with respect to the Optional Shares. In connection with the Additional Forward Sale Agreements, the Forward Purchasers (or their respective affiliates) are expected to borrow from third parties and to sell to the Underwriters the Optional Shares that will be sold in the Offering. Pursuant to the terms of the Additional Forward Sale Agreements, on May 21, 2026, the Forward Sellers borrowed and sold an aggregate of 1,875,000 shares of Common Stock. The foregoing description of the Additional Forward Sale Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Additional Forward Sale Agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 1.1, and 1.2 and are incorporated by reference herein. The Company is also filing, as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, an opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US) regarding certain matters of Maryland law, including the validity of the Optional Shares issued and sold in the Offering.