HCA

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): December 19, 2022

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(615) 344-9551

(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:

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

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  ☐

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.  ☐

On December 19, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”), based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, adopted an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (as so amended, the “Third Amended Bylaws”), which became effective immediately upon adoption by the Board. The amendments (a) revise Article II, Section 11 with respect to the notification and other requirements related to nominations of directors and solicitations of proxies, including requiring compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) incorporate technical, ministerial, clarifying and conforming changes related to recent amendments in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

The foregoing description of the Third Amended Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amended Bylaws, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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.