Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On August 5, 2025, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Huntington Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (each an “Agent”, and collectively, the “Agents”) and Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Montreal, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Huntington Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Markets Americas LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Regions Securities LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Truist Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, each as forward purchaser (in such capacity, each a “Forward Purchaser”, and collectively, the “Forward Purchasers”) relating to (a) the issuance and sale by the Company to or through the Agents from time to time of shares (the “Issuance Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and (b) the sale by the Forward Sellers (as defined below), acting as agents for the Forward Purchasers or their affiliates, of Common Stock (the “Forward Shares,” and together with the Issuance Shares, the “Shares”), with the Shares to be sold under the Distribution Agreement having an aggregate gross offering price of up to $750.0 million (the “ATM Program”). The Agents, when acting in their capacity as agents for the Forward Purchasers, are referred to herein individually as a “Forward Seller” and, collectively, as the “Forward Sellers.”
Pursuant to the terms of the Distribution Agreement, the sales, if any, of the Issuance Shares will be made through the Agents acting as sales agent for the Company or directly to the Agents acting as principals. Further, pursuant to the terms of the Distribution Agreement, the Company may also enter into one or more forward sale agreements with one or more of the Forward Purchasers. In connection with any forward sale agreement, the applicable Forward Purchaser will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices for similar transactions and applicable law and regulation, to borrow from third parties and, through its affiliated Forward Seller acting as agent for the applicable Forward Purchaser, sell a number of Forward Shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock specified in such forward sale agreement.
The Shares may be sold by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including, without limitation, sales made directly on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, on any other primary trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a market maker (which may include block transactions). In addition, with the Company’s prior consent, the Agents may also sell the Shares in privately negotiated transactions.
The aggregate compensation to the Agents, acting as sales agents on our behalf, for sales of the Issuance Shares or otherwise under the Distribution Agreement will be up to $11.25 million. The Distribution Agreement also provides that a Forward Purchaser will be entitled to commissions at a mutually agreed rate that will not exceed 1.5% of the volume-weighted average price at which its affiliated Forward Seller sells Forward Shares during the forward hedge selling period applicable to a forward sale agreement.
The offering of Shares pursuant to the Distribution Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of the maximum aggregate gross proceeds of Common Stock authorized to be sold under the Distribution Agreement and (ii) the termination of the Distribution Agreement as permitted therein. The offering of Shares pursuant to the Distribution Agreement may also be suspended as permitted therein.
The Company intends to contribute the net proceeds (i) from sales of shares of its Common Stock to or through the Agents and (ii) upon settlement of any forward sale agreement, in each case, to Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which in turn intends to use the net proceeds to repay indebtedness, to fund possible future investments and/or for general corporate purposes.
The Company will not initially receive any proceeds from any sale of Forward Shares by a Forward Seller. The Company expects to physically settle any forward sale agreement into which it enters (by the delivery of shares of the Common Stock) and receive proceeds from the sale of those shares of Common Stock upon one or more