# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001756655
**File Stem:** 0000950123-25-007855
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 2921
**Document Hash:** 09a13f3f294a38e21e97dd39b5e935ec
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950123-25-007855.hdr.sgml**: 20250923

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950123-25-007855

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DRSLTR

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250813

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Ardent Health, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001756655
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 611764793
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DRSLTR

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 340 SEVEN SPRINGS WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** BRENTWOOD
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37027
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6152963000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 340 SEVEN SPRINGS WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** BRENTWOOD
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37027

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Ardent Health Partners, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20240717

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Ardent Health Partners, LLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20181022

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AMERICA • ASIA PACIFIC • EUROPE

August 13, 2025

**CONFIDENTIAL SUBMISSION VIA EDGAR** 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: <u>Ardent Health, Inc.</u>

<u>Draft Registration Statement on Form</u> <u>S-3</u>

<u>Confidentially Submitted August 13, 2025</u>

<u>CIK No.</u> <u>0001756655</u> 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of our client, Ardent Health, Inc. (the "**Company**"), we hereby confidentially submit a draft Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "**Registration Statement**") for non-public review by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**Commission**") prior to the public filing of the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement submitted herewith relates to the Company's shelf registration statement for the sale of the Company's securities in one or more offerings. The Company will publicly file the Registration Statement and non-public draft submission such that they are publicly available on the EDGAR system at least two business days prior to the requested effective time and date of the Registration Statement.

Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (212) 839-5444 (or by email at <u>mheinz@sidley.com</u>) or Sam Gandhi at (212) 839-5684 (or by email at <u>sgandhi@sidley.com</u>) with any questions you may have regarding this confidential submission.

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| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Michael P. Heinz |
| Michael P. Heinz |

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cc: Stephen Petrovich, Ardent Health, Inc. <br> Sam Gandhi, Sidley Austin LLP