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: September 25, 2003

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Commission file number: 1-7293

 


 

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada

 

95-2557091

(State or Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

3820 State Street

Santa Barbara, California 93105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

(805) 563-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 



 

ITEM 9.                             Expected Superseding Indictment Received.

 

In its September 24, 2003, press release headed “Tenet Announces New Developments in San Diego Case,” Tenet stated that it expected a federal grand jury to issue a superseding indictment in the U.S. v. Weinbaum, et al. case, No. 03CR1587L, pending in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.  The expected second superseding indictment was filed on September 25.  A copy of the indictment is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

 

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Trevor Fetter

 

 

 

Trevor Fetter

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

Date:  September 25, 2003

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1                           Second Superseding Indictment in the U.S. v. Weinbaum, et al. case, No. 03CR1587L, pending in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.

 

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