8-K

Date: June 7, 2024

Sonida Senior Living, Inc.

/s/ David R. Brickman

David R. Brickman

Senior Vice President, Secretary and

General Counsel

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 4, 2024

Sonida Senior Living, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-13445

75-2678809

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


14755 Preston Road,
Suite 810
Dallas, Texas		75254
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(972) 770-5600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock

SNDA

New York Stock Exchange

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Approval of Amendment No. 4 to 2019 Plan

On June 4, 2024, the stockholders of Sonida Senior Living, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment (“Amendment No. 4”) to the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2019 Plan”), at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 4, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”). Amendment No. 4 increases the number of shares of common stock that the Company may issue under the 2019 Plan from 1,297,600 shares to 1,797,600 shares of common stock. A copy of Amendment No. 4 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Appointment of Robert Grove as a Director

On June 4, 2024, following the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Robert Grove to the Board as a Class III director, effective immediately, for a term scheduled to expire, along with the Company’s other Class III directors, at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Grove’s appointment was made to fill a vacancy on the Class III directors of the Board. Additionally, Mr. Grove was appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee.

Mr. Grove serves as a designee of certain affiliates of Conversant Capital LLC (“Conversant”), stockholders of the Company, pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, dated November 3, 2021, by and among the Company, Conversant and Silk Partners, LP. The Board has determined that Mr. Grove qualifies as an independent director under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the Company’s Director Independence Policy. Additionally, there are no transactions involving Mr. Grove that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, Proposals 1, 2 and 3 (as described below) were approved by the Company’s stockholders and no other business was properly brought before the Annual Meeting. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 26, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”), as supplemented by the Company’s Supplement to the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on May 13, 2024 and the Company’s Supplement to the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on June 3, 2024.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – The Company’s stockholders elected Jill M. Krueger and Elliot R. Zibel to each serve as a director of the Company for three-year terms expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027. The voting results for each of these individuals were as follows:


Director	Votes “FOR”	Votes “AGAINST”	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Jill M. Krueger	12,322,959	656,190	77	291,771
Elliot R. Zibel	12,576,176	400,960	2,090	291,771

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation – The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC. The voting results were 12,942,816 shares “FOR,” 36,237 shares “AGAINST,” 173 abstentions, and 291,771 broker non-votes.

Proposal 3 – Amendment to the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan – The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s the 2019 Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock that the Company may issue under such plan from 1,297,600 shares to 1,797,600 shares. The voting results were 12,933,940 shares “FOR,” 44,356 shares “AGAINST,” 930 abstentions, and 291,771 broker non-votes.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


10.1		Amendment No. 4 to Sonida Senior Living, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File-formatted as Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.