SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) – November 6, 2003
TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 000-29816 | 75-2816101 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 5800 Tennyson Parkway Plano, Texas |
75024 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(214) 473-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
| Item 5. | Other Events. |
On November 6, 2003, Triad Hospitals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the pricing and increase in size of its private placement of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith and incorporated herein by reference.
On November 12, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had closed on the sale of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 7% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 and had repurchased approximately 99% of the $325 million outstanding principal amount of its 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 7. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. | |||
| (c) Exhibits. | ||||
| 99.1 | Press release issued by the Company on November 6, 2003, regarding the pricing and increase in size of its offering of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013. | |||
| 99.2 | Press release issued by the Company on November 12, 2003, regarding closing on the sale of 7% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 and the repurchase of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009. | |||
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Triad Hospitals, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC. | ||
| By: |
/S/ DONALD P. FAY | |
| Donald P. Fay | ||
| Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | ||
Date: November 12, 2003
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 |
Press release issued by the Company on November 6, 2003, regarding the pricing and increase in size of its offering of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013. | |
| 99.2 |
Press release issued by the Company on November 12, 2003, regarding closing on the sale of 7% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 and the repurchase of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009. | |
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