CareTrust REIT (CTRE) DEFA14A Additional proxy soliciting materials

UNITED STATES

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 25, 2016.

CARETRUST REIT, INC.

BROADRIDGE

P.O.BOX1342

BRENTWOOD,NY11717

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:            Annual Meeting
For holders as of:      April 1, 2016
Date:  May 25, 2016           Time:  9:00 a.m., PDT
Location:	The Offices of CareTrust REIT, Inc.  905 Calle Amanecer  Suite 300  San Clemente, California 92673

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Proxy Materials Available to VIEW or RECEIVE:
NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT         2015 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 II director nominees to serve until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.        Nominees: 01)  Jon D. Kline 02)  David G. Lindahl
	The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
	2.    Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.
	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.