(2) | In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fees. Registration fees will be paid subsequently on a pay as you go basis, except as described below. CareTrust REIT, Inc. previously registered shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $500,000,000, offered by means of a prospectus supplement, dated March 10, 2020 (the “Prior Prospectus Supplement”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-237056) (the “Prior Registration Statement”) filed with the SEC on March 10, 2020. In connection with the filing of the Prior Prospectus Supplement, CareTrust REIT, Inc. made a contemporaneous fee payment in the amount of $25,960.00 with respect to shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of $200,000,000 offered by the Prior Prospectus Supplement and applied a fee of $36,360.00 previously paid in connection with shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of $300,000,000, which remained unsold under a prospectus supplement, dated March 4, 2019, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-217670) filed with the SEC on May 4, 2017 that were included in the Prior Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act. As of the date of this registration statement, shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of $428,394,713.90 were not sold under the Prior Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement includes the $428,394,713.90 in aggregate offering price of unsold shares of common stock covered by the Prior Registration Statement, and the registration fee that has already been paid and remains unused with respect to such shares of common stock will be applied to shares of common stock that may be registered pursuant to this registration statement. In accordance with Rule 415(a)(6), the offering of the unsold shares of common stock under the Prior Registration Statement will be terminated upon the filing of this registration statement. |