UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
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Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2022 (
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December 1, 2022, Wayne T. Smith, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company that he will retire as Executive Chairman, an officer of the Company, on January 1, 2023. Mr. Smith will continue to serve as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors following his retirement as Executive Chairman. A copy of the press release making this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.02.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
The following items are included as Exhibits to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference:
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| 99.1 | Community Health Systems, Inc. press release dated December 2, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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.
| Date: December 2, 2022 | COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. | |||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Tim L. Hingtgen | |||||
| Tim L. Hingtgen | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) | ||||||