secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (ACHC)
CIK:        0001520697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-25T20:12:41+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-031225
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.28
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000143774926031225/0001437749-26-031225-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000143774926031225/achc20260923_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-031225

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