13D Filing: Glenview Capital and Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC)

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SCHEDULE 13D
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Item 1.
Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 6”) amends and supplements the information set forth in the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 19, 2016 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on February 1, 2016, Amendment No. 2 filed on August 18, 2017, Amendment No. 3 filed on September 13, 2017, Amendment No. 4 filed on January 22, 2018, and Amendment No. 5 filed on February 2, 2018  (collectively the “Schedule 13D”) relating to the Common Stock, par value $0.05 per share (the “Shares”), of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, (the “Issuer” or the “Company”), whose principal executive offices are located at 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas 75202.  All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.  Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 6 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D.
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On March 23, 2018, Glenview Capital Management and the Glenview Funds (collectively, the “Glenview Parties”) entered into a Support Agreement with the Company, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to amend its Bylaws as follows:  (1) revising the special meeting Bylaw so that it can be amended only by a vote from shareholders representing a majority of the outstanding Shares; (2) requiring the holding of its annual meeting at least every 13 months, consistent with the standard applicable under Delaware law, under a Bylaw that can be amended only by a vote from shareholders representing a majority of the outstanding Shares; and (3) adding a shareholder rights plan Bylaw with provisions including that approval from 75% of the members of the Board is required to adopt any future shareholder rights plan, and that the term of the rights plan must be limited to a maximum duration of one year plus a 90 day period to solicit shareholder approval of any longer duration, if applicable.  As part of the Support Agreement, the Glenview Parties agreed to: (1) withdraw the Notice of their intent to make the Proposal to the Issuer’s Bylaws at the 2018 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (the “Proposal); (2) not acquire beneficial ownership in excess of 20% until the first anniversary of the date of the Support Agreement (the “Standstill Period”); and (3) vote their Shares for all directors nominated by the Board for election at the 2018 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting, as listed in the draft Company Proxy Statement furnished to the Glenview Parties on behalf of the Company on March 19, 2018 (the “Draft Proxy Statement”), and in accordance with the recommendation of the Board on certain other proposals to be to be presented at the 2018 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting, as listed in the Draft Proxy Statement.  In addition, under the Support Agreement, the Company agreed to reimburse up to $500,000 in fees and expenses incurred by Glenview in connection with the Proposal and the negotiation, execution and performance of the Support Agreement.  This summary of the Support Agreement does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Support Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit I to the Schedule 13D.

 
Additionally, the Reporting Persons may take other action, either alone or in coordination with other shareholders of the Company or other parties. The Reporting Persons may acquire additional shares of the Company or may sell some or all of the shares of the Company currently beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. Except as described in the Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons have no plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive, of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

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