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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 20, 2022, Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the offering of $1,535.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) to be issued by its wholly owned subsidiary, CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. The Company is disclosing certain information in a preliminary offering circular, dated January 20, 2022 (the “Preliminary Offering Circular”), being provided to prospective investors of the Notes in connection with the offering. The Company is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K certain portions of the section captioned “Risk Factors” from the Preliminary Offering Circular to ensure compliance with Regulation FD.
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
| 99.1 | Excerpt from the Preliminary Offering Circular. | |
| 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: January 20, 2022 | COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. (Registrant) | |||||
| By: | /s/ Kevin J. Hammons | |||||
| Kevin J. Hammons | ||||||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| (principal financial officer) | ||||||