X0306 5 2018-12-31 0 0 0 0000860730 HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA 0000900596 FRIST THOMAS F JR 3100 WEST END AVENUE NASHVILLE TN 37203 0 0 1 0 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 389855 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 72561.6299 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 205471.4898 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II by Patricia C. Frist Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 72589.0649 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II by Thomas F. Frist GST Tax Exempt Trust Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 122388.9066 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II by Patricia Champion Frist 2017 GRAT Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 32620.3239 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II by Patricia Champion Frist May 2017 GRAT Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 184783.7695 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II by Patricia Champion Frist May 2018 GRAT Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 36629163.8593 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II by Frisco, Inc. Hercules Holding II ("Hercules") holds 68,912,077 shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. Hercules is held by a private investor group, including affiliates of HCA Inc. founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a group exercising voting and investment control over the shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. held by Hercules. However, the Reporting Person disclaims membership in any such group and disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The Reporting Person directly owns 72,561.6299 units of Hercules and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. by virtue of his ownership in Hercules. The Reporting Person may also be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership in respect of 205,471.4898 units of Hercules through an indirect pecuniary interest in such units held by his spouse, and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. The Reporting Person is trustee of (i) Thomas F. Frist GST Tax Exempt Trust, (ii) Patricia Champion Frist 2017 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust and (iii) Patricia Champion Frist May 2018 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the units of Hercules held by these trusts and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. The Reporting Person's spouse is trustee of Patricia Champion Frist May 2017 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust, and the Reporting Person may therefore be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the units of Hercules held by this trust and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. The Reporting Person may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to 36,629,163.8593 shares of HCA Healthcare, Inc. beneficially owned by Frisco, Inc., by virtue of his position as a director of Frisco, Inc. Frisco, Inc. has beneficial ownership of 36,629,163.8593 units of Hercules, and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Healthcare, Inc. /s/ Natalie Harrison Cline, Attorney-in-Fact 2019-02-14