---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-024575"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHC"
cik: "0001520697"
company_name: "Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:57:27.015291+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia CEO Debbie Osteen extends employment to March 31, 2022 for transition; $900K bonus

## Summary
- CEO Debbie Osteen to step down as CEO on date set by Board, but remains a director until term ends.
- Side letter extends employment through March 31, 2022 for transition services.
- Osteen eligible for $900,000 cash retention bonus contingent on service through March 31, 2022.
- 2019 and 2020 equity awards time-vesting components accelerated to January 31, 2022; performance awards remain outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-024575
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHC
- cik: 0001520697
- company_name: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000119312522024575/0001193125-22-024575-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000119312522024575/d279825d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-024575
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-024575.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-024575.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Debbie Osteen departed as Chief Executive Officer at Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: announced that Debbie Osteen, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, will retire as Chief Executive Officer and that it was anticipated that Ms. Osteen’s retirement would be effective on January 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000119312522024575/0001193125-22-024575-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.