Form 8-K

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) – September 13, 2005

 


 

TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in 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)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Item 2.06. Material Impairments.

 

On September 14, 2005, Triad Hospitals, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, announcing that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Central Arkansas Hospital in Searcy, Arkansas and, as a result of the sale, expects to record an impairment charge during the third quarter ending September 30, 2005.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

99.1   Press Release issued by Triad Hospitals, Inc. on September 14, 2005.


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/ Rebecca Hurley


    Rebecca Hurley
    Senior Vice President
    and General Counsel

 

Date: September 15, 2005


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


99.1   Press Release issued by Triad Hospitals, Inc. on September 14, 2005.