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): May 5, 2022

COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(615) 771-3052

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On May 5, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (the “Company”), at the recommendation of the compensation committee of the Board, approved and adopted the Second Amended and Restated Alignment of Interest Program (the “Second Amended and Restated Alignment Program”). The prior Amended and Restated Alignment of Interest Program, adopted on November 1, 2016, authorized the Company to issue 500,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), to its employees, officers and directors in lieu of the employee’s, officer’s or director’s cash compensation (the “Program Pool”), at their election, of which 454,964 restricted shares of Common Stock had been issued as of May 5, 2022. The principal change in the Second Amended and Restated Alignment Program is to reserve an additional 500,000 restricted shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Program Pool.

The foregoing description of the Second Amended and Restated Alignment Program is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amended and Restated Alignment Program, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item. The foregoing description of the Second Amended and Restated Alignment Program does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

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.