Form 8-K

 

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) – October 14, 2003

 

 


 

 

TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

DELAWARE   000-29816   75-2816101
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

   

5800 Tennyson Parkway

Plano, Texas

     

75024                    

(Zip Code)                    

    (Address of principal executive offices)        

 

 

(214) 473-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 


 

 



 

Item 7.

   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (c)  Exhibit.
     99.1    Press Release issued by Triad Hospitals, Inc. on October 14, 2003.

Item 12.

   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

 

On October 14, 2003, Triad Hospitals, Inc. issued a press release announcing expectations relating to its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2003. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Triad Hospitals, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.

By:

 

/S/    BURKE W. WHITMAN


    Burke W. Whitman
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
        Officer
     

 

Date: October 14, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description


99.1

   Press Release issued by Triad Hospitals, Inc. on October 14, 2003.

 

 

 

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