Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On August 9, 2021, Tenet Healthcare Corporation (the "Company") announced that, in furtherance of the Company's long-term succession plan, Ronald A. Rittenmeyer will transition from Chief Executive Officer of the Company and continue as the Executive Chairman of the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company through 2022, and Saumya Sutaria, M.D., will be promoted from President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in each case effective as of September 1, 2021. Dr. Sutaria will continue to report to Mr. Rittenmeyer. The Board of Directors of the Company approved the transition on August 5, 2021.

The information required by Items 401(b), (d), (e) and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K with respect to Dr. Sutaria is included in the Company's annual proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021, and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the press release announcing the matters described above is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
  No.      Description

99.1         Press Release issued on August 9, 2021

104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document)




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