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): February 22, 2012

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 770-5600

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

(e) Adoption of Compensatory Plan. On February 22, 2012, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Capital Senior Living Corporation (the “Company”) approved the Company’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides performance bonus opportunities to the Company’s executive management, including certain eligible named executive officers (collectively, the “Participants”), based upon achievement of corporate and individual goals established by the Compensation Committee for the year ending December 31, 2012.

Pursuant to the Plan, the Participants are eligible to receive a target cash performance bonus equal to 24% (29% for our Chief Executive Officer) of their respective base salaries based upon the Company’s achievement of three corporate goals for the year ending December 31, 2012. First, of that target cash bonus percentage attributable to the achievement of corporate goals, 12% (13% for our Chief Executive Officer) is based on the Company’s achievement of a Cash Flow From Operations (“CFFO”) per outstanding share target. Second, of that target cash bonus percentage attributable to the achievement of corporate goals, 8% (11% for our Chief Executive Officer) is based on the Company’s achievement of an Adjusted EBITDAR target. Third, of that target cash bonus percentage attributable to the achievement of corporate goals, 4% (5% for our Chief Executive Officer) is based upon a target aggregate transaction value with respect to senior housing communities acquired by the Company during 2012. In addition, the Participants are eligible to receive a target cash performance bonus equal to 8% (10% for our Chief Executive Officer) of their respective base salaries based upon our achievement of certain objective individual goals for the year ending December 31, 2012, which are within such Participant’s sphere of influence. Also, the Participants are eligible to receive additional cash performance bonuses (up to 28% for our Chief Financial Officer, 38% for our Chief Operating Officer and 46% for our Chief Executive Officer of their respective base salaries) if the CFFO per outstanding share target for the year ending December 31, 2012 is exceeded by between 5% and 25%.

Under the Plan, each Participant agrees that in the event that it is determined that a Participant has committed fraud related to or willful misstatement of any of the measures or calculations used in determining a bonus or award under the Plan, the Participant involved in such fraud or willful misstatement will return to the Company upon its demand the bonuses and awards that were paid as a result of such fraud or willful misstatement. This “claw-back” feature of the Plan is separate from and in addition to any claw-back provisions under applicable law, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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.