| Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Merger Agreement
On November 4, 2025, CNL Healthcare Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“CNL Healthcare Properties” or the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Sonida Senior Living, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent” or “Sonida Senior Living”), CHP Merger Corp., a Maryland corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“CNL Merger Sub”), SSL Sparti LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“HoldCo”), and Sparti Merger Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“SNDA Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein and in accordance with applicable law, for the acquisition of the Company by Sonida Senior Living for a combination of Sonida Senior Living’s common stock and cash (the acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”). The Transactions will be accomplished through the following steps: (i) the Company will sell to SNDA Merger Sub equity interests in certain subsidiaries of the Company (the “Equity Purchase”) in exchange for shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Parent (“Parent Common Stock”), (ii) CNL Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity (the “First Merger”), (iii) the Company will adopt a plan of liquidation, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Plan of Liquidation”), substantially concurrently with the effective time of the First Merger (the “First Merger Effective Time”), and (iv) on the next business day, the Company will merge with and into SNDA Merger Sub (the “Second Merger”), with SNDA Merger Sub surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent after the Second Merger.
The Transactions were unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), acting upon the recommendation of a special transaction committee comprised of independent directors, and the Board resolved to recommend the approval of the Transactions by the Company stockholders.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, as a result of the Transactions, each share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time (other than shares held by Parent, HoldCo, SNDA Merger Sub, or any subsidiary of Parent or wholly owned subsidiary of the Company) will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Parent (“Parent Common Stock”) equal to the Exchange Ratio (such shares of Parent Common Stock, the “Per Share Stock Consideration”) and $2.32 in cash (the “Per Share Cash Consideration”). The “Exchange Ratio” will be determined based on the quotient obtained by dividing $4.58 by the volume-weighted average trading price of the Parent Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the ten trading days ending on the second business day before the date on which the closing of the First Merger occurs (the “Closing VWAP”), subject to an asymmetrical collar mechanism, applied as follows: (x) if the Closing VWAP is less than $22.73, which is 85% of the volume-weighted average trading price of the Parent Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the 30 trading days ending on the second business day before the date of signing the Merger Agreement (the “Signing VWAP”), the Exchange Ratio will be set at 0.2015, which is the quotient obtained by dividing $4.58 by $22.73, and (y) if the Closing VWAP is greater than $34.76, which is 130% of the Signing VWAP, the Exchange Ratio shall be set at 0.1318, which is the quotient obtained by dividing $4.58 by $34.76. The Per Share Stock Consideration and Per Share Cash Consideration are subject to adjustment as set forth in the Merger Agreement to the extent the Company makes any dividend or other distributions other than the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.02560 per share of Company Common Stock or pro rata dividend for any partial quarters before the First Merger.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time, the Company will take all actions necessary such that each restricted stock award in respect of shares of Company Common Stock granted under the Expense Support Agreement by and between the Company and CNL Healthcare Corp., dated April 1, 2023, which was terminated by the parties thereto on June 8, 2023 (the “Expense Support Agreement”), that is outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time will not vest and shall be forfeited, in accordance with the terms of the Expense Support Agreement.