---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-253567"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARDT"
cik: "0001756655"
company_name: "Ardent Health, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-02T20:23:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T20:26:24.729991+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ardent Health appoints Dave Caspers as CEO, reaffirms FY 2026 EBITDA guidance

## Summary
- Dave Caspers appointed President and CEO, effective June 2, 2026, succeeding Marty Bonick.
- Caspers receives $900k base salary, 105% target bonus, RSUs ($1.05M) and PRSUs ($1.95M target).
- Company reaffirms FY 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of $485M-$535M despite Q2 volume softness.
- CFO says Q2 volume softness observed; IMPACT program accelerated to improve margins.
- Caspers also appointed to Board of Directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-253567
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARDT
- cik: 0001756655
- company_name: Ardent Health, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-02T20:23:36+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000119312526253567/0001193125-26-253567-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000119312526253567/d854796d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 0c17ef1aad
  claim: Martin J. Bonick departed as Chief Executive Officer at Ardent Health, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Mr. Caspers succeeds Martin J. Bonick, who separated from the Company and stepped down from the Board effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000119312526253567/0001193125-26-253567-index.htm
- claim_id: 9edc684027
  claim: Dave Caspers was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Ardent Health, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On June 2, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ardent Health, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dave Caspers, who previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000119312526253567/0001193125-26-253567-index.htm

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