COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC false 0001108109 0001108109 2021-09-15 2021-09-15

 

 

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): September 15, 2021 (September 15, 2021)

 

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-15925   13-3893191

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4000 Meridian Boulevard

Franklin, Tennessee 37067

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 465-7000

 

 

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:

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value   CYH   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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

On September 15 2021, Joseph A. Hastings, D.M.D. was elected as a director to the board of directors of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) and accepted this appointment. His term will expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Prior to such appointment, the Company’s board of directors increased the number of directors of the Company from eleven to twelve. Dr. Hastings has not yet been appointed to any committees of the board of directors.

Dr. Hastings will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation program described in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2021. There is no arrangement or understanding pursuant to which Dr. Hastings was selected as a director, and the Company has no related party transactions with Dr. Hastings or any of his related persons that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On September 15, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Hastings. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)

Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

99.1    Community Health Systems, Inc. Press Release, dated September 15, 2021.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


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.

 

Date: September 15, 2021     COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
    (Registrant)
    By:  

/s/ Tim L. Hingtgen

           Tim L, Hingtgen
           Chief Executive Officer
           (principal executive officer)