(a) Amount beneficially owned:
Hercules Holding
II held 68,912,077 Shares as of December 31, 2023, or 25.7%, of the Shares of the Issuer based on 267,660,800 shares of voting common stock outstanding as of October 23, 2023 as reported in HCA Healthcare, Inc.s Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2023. The units of Hercules Holding II are held by a private investor group, including affiliates of Dr. Thomas F.
Frist, Jr. the founder of the Issuer, all of whom are parties to the partnership agreement of Hercules Holding II.
Each member of the investment
group and its affiliates may be deemed to be a member of a group exercising voting and investment control over the Shares held by Hercules Holding II. However, each such person disclaims membership in any such group and disclaims beneficial
ownership of such Shares. Affiliates of Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. collectively have the right under a stockholders agreement among the Issuer, Hercules Holding II, LLC and the investment group to nominate up to two directors of
the Issuer.
(b) Percent of class:
See
Item 11 of the cover page, and Item 4(a) above.
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
See
Item 5 of the cover page.
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote
See Item 6 of the cover page.
(iii) Sole
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
See Item 7 of the cover page.
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
See Item 8 of the cover page.
Item 5. |
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. |
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. |
Affiliates of Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. may be deemed to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the
proceeds from the sale of, the Shares pursuant to the partnership agreement of Hercules Holding II. See Item 4 above and Item 8 below.
Item 7. |
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the
Parent Holding Company. |
Not applicable.