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Table of Contents ( Mark One ) ☐ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number : 000-55775 GRIFFIN - AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV , INC . ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Maryland ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 18191 Von Karman Avenue , Suite 300 Irvine , California ( Address of principal executive offices ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 949 ) 270-9200 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class None Trading Symbol ( s ) None 47-2887436 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 92612 ( Zip Code ) Name of each exchange on which registered None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : Common stock , $ 0.01 par value per share > No □ Yes > No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . ☑Yes □ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( $ 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . × Yes □ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer ☐ ☑ Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company 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 . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . □ Yes < No There is no established market for the registrant's common stock . On April 2 , 2020 , the registrant's board of directors established an updated estimated per share net asset value , or NAV , of the registrant's common stock of $ 9.54 as of December 31 , 2019. As of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , there were approximately 74,707,789 shares of Class T common stock and 5,353,734 shares of Class I common stock held by non - affiliates , excluding shares owned by officers of American Healthcare Investors , LLC , the registrant's affiliated co - sponsor , for an aggregate market value of $ 712,712,000 and $ 51,075,000 , respectively , assuming a market value as of that date of $ 9.54 per share . As of March 12 , 2021 , there were 76,041,549 shares of Class T common stock and 5,655,798 shares of Class I common stock of Griffin - American Healthcare REIT IV , Inc. outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None .