Ardent Health, Inc.

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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 April 3, 2025, Ardent Health Partners, Inc. (the "Company") announced that, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, it has increased the size of the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board") to 11 members and has appointed Robert A. DeMichiei to fill the newly created seat on the Board, effective April 2, 2025. Mr. DeMichiei has been appointed to the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Mr. DeMichiei served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ("UPMC"), a large nonprofit health system and leading healthcare provider and insurer, from 2004 to 2020. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in driving UPMC’s financial growth and led numerous strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management, and revenue cycle improvements. Prior to joining UPMC, Mr. DeMichiei held various leadership roles with the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), an equipment, solutions, and services provider, from 1997 to 2004, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers, a network of professional services firms, from 1987 to 1997. Mr. DeMichiei has served as a board member of Waystar Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: WAY), a provider of leading healthcare payments software, since January 2020, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP), a manufacturer of forged and cast engineered products and air and liquid processing products, since May 2022, and the Auto Club Enterprises/AAA, a national insurer and member services organization and a part of the AAA federation of motor clubs, since October 2021. Mr. DeMichiei also currently serves as a strategic advisor for Health Catalyst, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, and Omega Healthcare Management Services, a leading provider of revenue cycle management and clinical services to healthcare organizations. He was a founder and former board member of Prodigo Solutions, Inc., a supply chain and data enablement technology company. He is the former chairman and a current board member of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the finance committee chair of the Seton Hill University Board of Trustees, and the treasurer and finance committee chair of the Advanced Leadership Institute, which are all charitable organizations. The Board believes that Mr. DeMichiei is well-qualified to serve on the Board due to his extensive experience in healthcare finance and operations combined with his extensive board experience.

There are no transactions and no proposed transactions in which Mr. DeMichiei (or any member of his immediate family) has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. DeMichiei and any other person or entity pursuant to which Mr. DeMichiei was appointed as a director of the Company.

Mr. DeMichiei will receive compensation for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company’s standard compensatory arrangements for non-employee directors. A description of the compensatory arrangements for non-employee directors is filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 8, 2024.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits: