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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-001486"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHC"
cik: "0001520697"
company_name: "Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:32:02.094100+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia Healthcare appoints former CEO Debra Osteen as CEO; Chris Hunter departs

## Summary
- Debra Osteen appointed CEO and Class I director effective January 20, 2026; previously served as CEO from 2018-2022.
- Chris Hunter departed as CEO and resigned from Board effective January 20, 2026; separation agreement terms to be disclosed later.
- Osteen receives base salary of $1,061,000, target bonus of 125% of salary, and option to purchase 1,125,000 shares with performance-based vesting.
- Company reaffirms FY 2025 guidance: revenue $3.28B-$3.30B, Adjusted EBITDA $601M-$611M, adjusted EPS $1.94-$2.04.
- Board will conduct a comprehensive search for a long-term successor while evaluating all paths to enhance shareholder value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-001486
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHC
- cik: 0001520697
- company_name: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-20T23:59:59+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/1520697/000143774926001486/0001437749-26-001486-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000143774926001486/achc20260119_8k.htm

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