Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT) DEFA14A Additional proxy soliciting materials

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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SCHEDULE 14A

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Important Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting of COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST INCORPORATED To Be Held On: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time 3326 Aspen Grove Drive, Suite 150, Franklin, Tennessee 37067 This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. we encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy materials you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Unless you make a request for written proxy materials, you will not otherwise receive paper or e-mail copies of the proxy materials. To facilitate timely delivery please make the request as instructed below before May 15, 2017. Directions to the Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated Annual Meeting may be obtained by contacting w. Page Barnes via e-mail at investorrelations@chct.reit or by telephone at 615-771-3052. Please visit http://investors.chct.reit/, where the following materials are available for view: • Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders • Proxy Statement • Form of Electronic Proxy Card • Annual Report to our Stockholders TO REqUEST wRITTEN PROXY MATERIALS: TELEPHONE: 888-Proxy-NA (888-776-9962) 718-921-8562 (for international callers) E-MAIL: info@amstock.com wEBSITE: http://www.amstock.com/proxyservices/requestmaterials.asp ONLINE: To access your online proxy card, please visit www.voteproxy.com and follow the on-screen instructions or scan the QR code with your smartphone. You may enter your voting instructions at www.voteproxy.com up until 11:59 PM Eastern Time the day before the cut-off or meeting date. IN PERSON: You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting. MAIL: You may request a card by following the instructions above. TO vOTE: accountants for 2017. 1. To elect five(5) directors to the Board of Directors of the Company, each to serve a one-year term expiring in 2018. NOMINEES: Alan Gardner Robert Z. Hensley Alfred Lumsdaine R. Lawrence Van Horn Timothy G. Wallace Please note that you cannot use this notice to vote by mail. 2. To approve Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s 2014 Incentive Plan that will allow continuation of the significant participation in our Alignment of Interest Program by providing for automatic annual increases in the number of shares of common stock available for grant, award or issuance under the 2014 Incentive Plan. 3. To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public 4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A vOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, “FOR” PROPOSAL 2 AND "FOR" PROPOSAL 3. COMPANY NUMBER ACCOUNT NUMBER CONTROL NUMBER