8-K

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): March 15, 2019

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	000-55775	47-2887436
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300 Irvine, California		92612
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 270-9200

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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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 x

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.    x

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 20, 2019, we issued our Fourth Quarter 2018 Investor Update Letter. A copy of the investor letter, which is hereby incorporated into this filing in its entirety, is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information furnished under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 15, 2019, our board of directors authorized a daily distribution to our Class T and Class I stockholders of record as of the close of business on each day of the period commencing on April 1, 2019 and ending on June 30, 2019. The daily distributions will be calculated based on 365 days in the calendar year and will be equal to $0.001643836 per share of our common stock, which is equal to an annualized distribution of $0.60 per share. These distributions will be aggregated and paid in cash or shares of our common stock pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan monthly in arrears. The distributions declared for each record date in the April 2019, May 2019 and June 2019 periods will be paid in May 2019, June 2019 and July 2019, respectively, only from legally available funds.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2018 Investor Update Letter, dated March 20, 2019

SIGNATURES

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.

	Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.
March 20, 2019
	By:/s/ Jeffrey T. Hanson
	Name: Jeffrey T. Hanson
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1