X0303 4 2010-02-24 0 0000860730 HCA INC/TN NONE 0001216830 BRACKEN RICHARD M ONE PARK PLAZA NASHVILLE TN 37203 1 1 0 0 President and CEO Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 51.00 2010-02-24 4 A 0 23310 51.00 A 2010-02-24 2017-01-30 Common Stock 23310 23310 D On January 30, 2007, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 116,551 shares of common stock. The option vests in equal increments of 20% at the end of fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 if certain annual EBITDA performance targets are achieved, subject to "catch up" vesting, such that, options that were eligible to vest but failed to vest at the end of any year noted above will vest if at the end of any subsequent year or at the end of fiscal year 2012, the cumulative total EBITDA earned in all prior years exceeds the cumulative EBITDA target at the end of such fiscal year. The EBITDA performance criteria for 2009 was met, resulting in vesting of the option as to 23,310 shares. /s/ Natalie Harrison Cline, Attorney-in-Fact 2010-02-26