SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-02-22

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 <a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10(k)</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">FOURTH</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;"> AMENDMENT TO STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;">This </font><font style="display:inline;">Fourth</font><font style="display:inline;"> Amendment to Stock Pledge Agreement (this &#x201C;Amendment&#x201D;) is entered into as of </font><font style="display:inline;">March</font><font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;">23</font><font style="display:inline;">, 201</font><font style="display:inline;">5</font><font style="display:inline;">, among Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;), each of the other entities listed on the signature pages hereof as Pledgors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral trustee for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the &#x201C;Collateral Trustee&#x201D;).</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;">WHEREAS, </font><font style="display:inline;">reference is made to that certain Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2009, by the Company and the other Pledgors in favor of the Collateral Trustee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2009, among the Company, the other Pledgors and the Collateral Trustee</font><font style="display:inline;">, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2009, among the Company, the other Pledgors and the Collateral Trustee</font><font style="display:inline;">, as amended by that certain Joinder Agreement to the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2013</font><font style="display:inline;"> and</font><font style="display:inline;"> executed by the pledgors party thereto</font><font style="display:inline;">, as amended</font><font style="display:inline;"> by that certain Pledge Amendment to the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2013, between the Company and the Collateral Trustee, </font><font style="display:inline;">as</font><font style="display:inline;"> amended by that certain Joinder Agreement to the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2013</font><font style="display:inline;"> and</font><font style="display:inline;"> executed by the pledgors party thereto</font><font style="display:inline;">, as amended</font><font style="display:inline;"> by that certain Pledge Amendment to the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2013, by the Company and the Collateral Trustee</font><font style="display:inline;">,</font><font style="display:inline;"> as amended by that certain Third Amendment to Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2014</font><font style="display:inline;">,&nbsp;&nbsp;as amended by that certain Joinder Agreement to the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of March </font><font style="display:inline;">23</font><font style="display:inline;">, 2015 and executed by the pledgors party thereto, </font><font style="display:inline;">and </font><font style="display:inline;">as amended by that certain Pledge Amendment to the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of March </font><font style="display:inline;">23</font><font style="display:inline;">, 2015, by the Company and the Collateral Trustee</font><font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;">(as so amended, the &#x201C;Stock Pledge Agreement&#x201D;</font><font style="display:inline;">)</font><font style="display:inline;">;</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;">WHEREAS, </font><font style="display:inline;">pursuant to </font><font style="display:inline;">that </font><font style="display:inline;">that certain </font><font style="display:inline;">Interim Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among</font><font style="display:inline;"> the Company</font><font style="display:inline;">, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the &#x201C;Administrative Agent&#x201D;) and each Person from time to time party thereto as a lender (collectively, the &#x201C;Lenders&#x201D; and individually, a &#x201C;Lender&#x201D;) (as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#x201C;Interim Loan Agreement&#x201D;)</font><font style="display:inline;">,</font><font style="display:inline;"> the </font><font style="display:inline;">Lenders</font><font style="display:inline;"> have agreed to </font><font style="display:inline;">provide a term loan credit facility to the Company</f