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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-031225"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHC"
cik: "0001520697"
company_name: "Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T20:12:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:22:38.277156+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.28
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.28
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia settles derivative suits: $12M paid to company by D&O insurers, $4.75M plaintiff legal fees

## Summary
- $12,000,000 cash payment to Acadia funded by Defendants' Side A-DIC insurance carriers under settlement of consolidated stockholder derivative actions.
- Acadia will pay Plaintiffs' Counsel $4,750,000 in fees and expenses, subject to Court approval; agreed via mediator's proposal on Feb. 25, 2026.
- Judge issued Preliminary Approval Order Sept. 1, 2026 for the Stipulation dated July 31, 2026; hearing notice filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.
- Defendants named include Deborah Jacobs (executor of Joey A. Jacobs' estate), Brent Turner, Ronald Fincher, David Duckworth and eight other current/former directors.
- Claims alleged Section 14(a) and 10(b) violations, fiduciary breaches, waste, unjust enrichment and insider selling; defendants deny all wrongdoing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-031225
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHC
- cik: 0001520697
- company_name: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T20:12:41+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.28
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.28
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000143774926031225/0001437749-26-031225-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000143774926031225/achc20260923_8k.htm

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