# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001756655
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-030552
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 5901
**Document Hash:** 4b6fc0510c5b2b64673580cc4f239cc3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-26-030552.hdr.sgml**: 20260505

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-030552

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260505

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Results of Operations and Financial Condition

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260505

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260505

**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:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42180
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26943392

**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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| **UNITED STATES**<br>**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**<br>**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** | **UNITED STATES**<br>**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**<br>**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** | **UNITED STATES**<br>**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**<br>**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** |
|  | **FORM** | **8-K** |
| **CURRENT REPORT**<br>**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** | **CURRENT REPORT**<br>**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** | **CURRENT REPORT**<br>**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** |

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**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2026**

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| **Ardent Health, Inc.** |
| **(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)** |

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| **Delaware** | **001-42180** | **61-1764793** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)<br>| (Commission<br>File Number)<br>| (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)<br>|

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| **340 Seven Springs Way, Suite 100,** <br>**Brentwood, Tennessee**<br>| **37027** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**(615) 296-3000**

(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

**Not Applicable**

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under

any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each Class** | **Trading**<br>**Symbol(s)**<br>| **Name of each exchange**<br>**on which registered**<br>|
| Common Stock, $.01 par value per <br>share<br>| ARDT | New York Stock Exchange |

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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 ☐

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. □

**Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.** 

On May 5, 2026, Ardent Health, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended

March 31, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is

incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be

deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),

or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. This information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing

under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent specifically provided in any such

filing.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d)Exhibits:

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Exhibit Description** |
| Exhibit 99.1 | <u>[Press Release, dated May 5, 2026](ardt-q126x8xkxex991.htm)</u> |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURE**

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.

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| Dated: May 5, 2026 | **ARDENT HEALTH, INC.** | **ARDENT HEALTH, INC.** |
|  | By: | /s/ Alfred Lumsdaine |
|  | Name: | Alfred Lumsdaine |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |

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