GRAH Griffin American Healthcare REIT III Inc (CE)

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Streiff Mathieu B.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, Inc. [ NONE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) EVP, General Counsel
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT, III, INC., 18191 VON KARMAN AVE, STE 300	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/1/2021
(Street) IRVINE, CA 92612 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	10/1/2021		D		200528	D	(1)	0	I	By Streiff Family Trust, UA DTD 3/26/13 (2)
Common Stock	10/1/2021		D		22222	D	(1)	0	I	By Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Advisor, LLC (3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Reflects the disposition of shares of the Issuer's common stock in connection with the merger (the "Merger") of the Issuer with and into Continental Merger Sub, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Healthcare REIT, Inc. ("AHR"). In the Merger, each share of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.9266 shares of AHR Class I common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("AHR Class I Common Stock"). There is no established market for shares of AHR Class I Common Stock. On March 18, 2021, the board of directors of AHR approved an estimated value per share of AHR Class I Common Stock of $9.22.
(2)	The reported shares of common stock were held directly by Streiff Family Trust, UA DTD 3/26/2013, and indirectly by Mathieu Streiff, Trustee.
(3)	The reported shares of common stock are owned by Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Advisor, LLC ("GAHRIII Advisor"), which is 75% owned and managed by wholly owned subsidiaries of AmericanHealthcare Investors, LLC ("American Healthcare Investors"). Mr. Streiff serves as a managing director of American Healthcare Investors, and as such, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of suchcommon stock. Mr. Streiff disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Streiff Mathieu B. C/O GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT III, INC., 18191 VON KARMAN AVE, STE 300 IRVINE, CA 92612			EVP, General Counsel

Signatures
/s/ MATHIEU B. STREIFF		10/4/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date