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Issuer:     TENET HEALTHCARE CORP (THC)
CIK:        0000070318
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-22T20:06:09+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-397901
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Tenet issues $2B of 6.25% senior notes due 2034 to refinance near-term debt
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- Issued $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal of 6.250% senior notes due 2034 on Sept 22, 2026.
- Proceeds to redeem all $1.5B of 5.125% senior secured notes due 2027 and $0.5B of 6.125% notes due 2028.
- Notes redeemable at make-whole before Sept 15, 2029; stated percentages thereafter.
- Indenture has limited covenants; no restrictions on dividends, additional debt, or affiliate transactions.
- Issued under 2001 base indenture with 43rd supplemental indenture, trustee BNY Mellon.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000119312526397901/0001193125-26-397901-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000119312526397901/d104323d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-397901

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