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Form10-K (Mark One) Commission File Number:001-42180Ardent Health Partners, Inc.(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered New York Stock Exchange Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorterperiod that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) duringthe preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company (each as defined inExchange Act Rule 12b-2). Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐ Accelerated filer☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standardsprovided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the Registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error topreviously issued financial statements.☐Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the Registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐☒ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes☐NoAuditor PCAOB ID Number:42Auditor Name:Ernst & Young LLP Auditor Location:Nashville, Tennessee, United States ofAmerica The Registrant was not a public company as of the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter and, therefore, cannot calculate the aggregate market value of its common equityheld by non-affiliates as of such date. The Registrant's common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 18, 2024.As of February27, 2025, the Registrant had142,750,013shares of common stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part III incorporates certain information by reference from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, which will be filed no later than 120 days after theRegistrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I Item 1.BusinessItem 1A.Risk FactorsItem 1B.Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 1C.CybersecurityItem 2.PropertiesItem 3.Legal ProceedingsItem 4.Mine Safety Disclosures Part II Item 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities63Item 6.Reserved64Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations65Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk86Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data86Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure87Item 9A.Controls and Procedures87Item 9B.Other Information87Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections87 Part III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance88Item 11.Executive Compensation88Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters88Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,and Director Independence88Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services88 Part IV Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules89Item 16.Form 10-K Summary92Signatures93 Item 1. Business Overview Ardent Health Partners, Inc. was initially formed in Delaware in 2015 as Ardent Health Partners, LLC. On July 17, 2024, Ardent HealthPartners, LLC converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation in connection with its initial public offeringand changed its name to Ardent