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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2025 (December 01, 2025) |
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware |
001-15925 |
13-3893191 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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4000 Meridian Boulevard |
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Franklin, Tennessee |
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37067 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (615) 465-7000 |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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:
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Title of each class
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Trading
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, $.01 par value |
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CYH |
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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 (§ 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 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On December 1, 2025, CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the transactions contemplated by that certain asset purchase agreement dated as of July 22, 2025, as amended (the “Purchase Agreement”), with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (the “Purchaser”), the entry into which Purchase Agreement was previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 22, 2025. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, at such closing, Purchaser acquired from certain subsidiaries of CHS the select assets and assumed certain leases of CHS’s ambulatory outreach business across 13 states, including certain patient service centers and in-office phlebotomy locations (the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the “Transaction”). The purchase price paid to the Company was approximately $194 million cash, before certain transaction expenses.
The Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 2.1 (which is incorporated by reference herein) in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made solely for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, may have been qualified in the Purchase Agreement by confidential disclosure schedules (which disclosure schedules may contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representation, warranties and covenants set forth in the Purchase Agreement), may be subject to limitations and contractual risk allocation mechanisms agreed upon by the parties to the Purchase Agreement, and may be subject to standards of materiality that differ from what an investor may view as material, and thus should not be relied upon as necessarily reflecting the actual state of facts or conditions.
The Transaction constituted a significant disposition for purposes of Item 2.01 of Form 8-K. Accordingly, the pro forma information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K as provided below.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On December 2, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Transaction, a copy of which press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b) Pro forma financial information
The following unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company in connection with the Transaction is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference:
•Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and Statement of Loss for the year ended December 31, 2024.
•Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2025.
•Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit Number |
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2.1 |
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Purchase Agreement dated as of July 22, 2025, as amended* |
99.1 |
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Community Health Systems, Inc. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
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Press Release of Community Health Systems, Inc. dated December 2, 2025 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
* Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of such omitted schedules and exhibits to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant) |
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Date: |
December 2, 2025 |
By: |
/s/ Kevin J. Hammons |
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Kevin J. Hammons
President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer) |
