UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): October 17, 2022

AlerisLife Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland		1-6817		04-3516029
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts

02458

(Address of principal executive
offices)

(Zip Code)

(617) 796-8387

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbols		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock		ALR		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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).

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Item 5.02.

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

The Board of Directors of AlerisLife Inc. (the “Company”) has appointed Philip Benjamson as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective October 17, 2022.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Benjamson, 55, served as Vice President-Senior Housing Operations at Trinity Health Senior Communities since May 2021. Prior to Trinity Health Senior Communities, Mr. Benjamson served as Chief Operating Officer at Resort Lifestyle Communities from July 2018 to May 2021 and at Blake Management Group from December 2016 to July 2018. Prior to those roles, Mr. Benjamson held several leadership roles in sales and marketing at senior living companies. Mr. Benjamson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Development from the University of California, Davis.

Mr. Benjamson has advised the Company that he has no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which he was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He also advised the Company that he has no family relationships with any director, executive officer or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company.

Mr. Benjamson’s annual base salary will be $300,000. He will be eligible for bonuses and future share awards in amounts to be determined in the Company’s discretion.

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.

		AlerisLife Inc.

Date: October 17, 2022	By:	/s/ Jeffrey C. Leer
		Jeffrey C. Leer
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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