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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8 - A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO
SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Nevada 95-2557091
(State of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
Organization) Identification no.)
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2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 998-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number
of principal executive offices)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of debt registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon securities and is to become
filing pursuant to General effective simultaneously with the
Instruction A(c)(1) please check the effectiveness of a concurrent
following box. [ ] registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
General Instruction A(c)(2) please
check the following box. [X]
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of Each Exchange on Which
Title of Each Class to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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____% Senior Notes due 2003 New York Stock Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM 8-A
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
This Registration Statement relates to the registration with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of $300,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of ____% Senior Notes due 2003 (the "Notes") of Tenet
Healthcare Corporation, a Nevada corporation ("Tenet"), which Notes are being
issued by Tenet in connection with an underwritten offering. The description of
the Notes to be registered hereunder is set forth under the caption "DESCRIPTION
OF NOTES" included on pages 42 through 61 in the Registrant's Registration
Statement Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 (No. 33-62591) filed with the Commission
on September 26, 1995, (the "Registration Statement"), and is hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
Said description of the Registrant's securities has not previously been
filed with the New York Stock Exchange on which the Registrant's securities are
to be registered and, therefore, shall be filed with copies of the application
filed with such exchange, in accordance with the instructions in Item 1 of Form
8-A.
Item 2. Exhibits
The securities described are to be registered on the New York Stock
Exchange on which other securities of the Registrant are currently registered.
Accordingly, the following copies of all constituent instruments defining the
rights of the holders of each class of such securities, including any contracts
or other documents which limit or qualify the rights of such holders, will be
filed as exhibits with each copy of the registration statement filed with the
Commission or with an exchange subject to Rule 12b-32 regarding incorporation of
exhibits by reference.
4.1 Form of Indenture for the Registrant's Convertible Floating Rate
Debentures, dated as of February 1, 1992, among NME PIP Funding I, Inc.,
the Registrant and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registration Statement on Form S-3,
Registration No. 33-45689, dated February 14, 1992)
4.2 Form of Convertible Floating Rate Debenture due April 3, 1996
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e) to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 33-45689, dated February 14, 1992)
4.3 Agreement Providing for First Amendment to Convertible Floating Rate
Debentures due April 3, 1996, dated as of December 11, 1991, between the
Registrant and NME PIP Funding I, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (f) to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3,
Registration No. 33-45689, dated February 14, 1992)
4.4 Certificate of Designation, Preference and Rights of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h)
to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated August 30, 1993)
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4.5 Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K dated August 23, 1991)
4.6 Form of Investment Option Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4(f) to Registrant's Annual Report or Form 10-K dated August 25, 1995)
4.7 Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1991, between the Registrant and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, relating to Medium Term Notes (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated
August 23, 1991)
4.8 Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1995, between Tenet and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, relating to 9-5/8% Senior Notes due 2002 (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
dated April 14, 1995)
4.9 Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1995, between Tenet and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, relating to 10-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q dated April 14, 1995)
4.10 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 22, 1995, by and
between the Registrant and the Selling Shareholders (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-3, Registration No. 33-57801, dated February 22, 1995)
4.11 Form of Indenture, dated as of October ____, 1995, by and between the
Registrant and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, relating to ____% Senior
Notes due 2003 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 33-62591, dated
September 26, 1995)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Date: October 5, 1995 By: /s/ Richard B. Silver
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Name: Richard B. Silver
Title: Vice President
