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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
	FORM	8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2025

ARDENT HEALTH PARTNERS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-42180	61-1764793
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

340 Seven Springs Way, Suite 100, Brentwood, Tennessee		37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(615) 296-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

___________________

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under

any of the following provisions:

o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share		ARDT		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act

of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition

period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the

Exchange Act.  o

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 26, 2025, Ardent Health Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results

for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this

Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be

deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),

or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. This information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing

under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent specifically provided in any such

filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits:

Exhibit No.	Exhibit Description
Exhibit 99.1	Press Release, dated February 26, 2025
Exhibit 104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed

on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 26, 2025	ARDENT HEALTH PARTNERS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Alfred Lumsdaine
	Name:	Alfred Lumsdaine
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer