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Company

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Hospital and healthcare facility operator. Taken private in November 2006 by an investor group through Hercules Holding II, LLC, and returned to public markets in March 2011.

VERTICAL
Hospitals
RECORDED STATUS
Active
WEB
hcahealthcare.com
RECORD
Imported record

Who owns it?

No verified current owner published

We have not published a verified current-owner claim for this entity. Recorded ownership data appears below.

Ownership assessment

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Verified findings

Facts and causal attributions that have passed evidence review and remain backed by their reviewed sources.

Verified fact

Enforcement Action

Dec. 14, 2023

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsAttorney General Josh Stein Sues HCA HealthcareGovernment regulator · Dec. 14, 2023 · Press release, full text
SupportsNorth Carolina attorney general sues HCA over Mission HealthJournalism · Dec. 14, 2023 · Whole article
Verified fact

Distribution To Owners

$1.751 billion in the aggregate to stockholders and holders of vested stock options (USD)

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHCA Holdings, Inc., Form 424B4 (IPO prospectus)SEC / financial filing · March 11, 2011 · Dividend Policy / Capitalization discussion
Verified fact

Distribution To Owners

$500 million in the aggregate to stockholders and holders of vested stock options (USD)

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHCA Holdings, Inc., Form 424B4 (IPO prospectus)SEC / financial filing · March 11, 2011 · Dividend Policy / Capitalization discussion
Verified fact

Distribution To Owners

approximately $2.1 billion in the aggregate to stockholders and holders of stock options (USD)

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHCA Holdings, Inc., Form 424B4 (IPO prospectus)SEC / financial filing · March 11, 2011 · Dividend Policy / Capitalization discussion
Verified fact

Enforcement Action

July 24, 2025

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsAttorney General Bonta Secures $1.53 Million Settlement with One of the Nation's Largest Hospital ChainsGovernment regulator · July 24, 2025 · Full release

Recorded ownership

Database ownership records. These are not automatically verified current-owner claims.

OwnerHercules Holding II
Status
Former
Control
Control
Start
Nov. 17, 2006
End
No recorded end date
Deal
Hercules Holding II take-private of HCA Inc. (2006)

Native record

Verified fact

Ownership began

Nov. 17, 2006

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHCA Inc., Form 8-K (merger completion, event 2006-11-17)SEC / financial filing · Nov. 24, 2006 · Introductory paragraph and Item 1.01
OwnerHercules Holding II
Status
Unknown
Control
Unknown
Start
No recorded start date
End
No recorded end date
Deal
HCA Holdings, Inc. initial public offering (March 2011)

Native record

Verified fact

Ownership percentage

18.4

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsSchedule 13G/A Amendment No. 6, Hercules Holding II / HCA Holdings, Inc.SEC / financial filing · Feb. 14, 2017 · Cover page Items 5-11; Item 2(a); Item 4(a)
Verified fact

Ownership percentage

69.3

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHCA Holdings, Inc., Form 424B4 (IPO prospectus)SEC / financial filing · March 11, 2011 · Principal/Selling Stockholders and controlled-company discussion showing 69.3% if overallotment exercised in full.
SupportsHCA Holdings, Inc., Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011SEC / financial filing · May 11, 2011 · Note 10 / Use of Proceeds section confirming IPO completed 2011-03-15, including full exercise of underwriters' option.
OwnerBain Capital
Status
Unknown
Control
Unknown
Start
No recorded start date
End
No recorded end date

Imported record

Recorded deals

Deal records naming this entity. A recorded status is not an independently verified closing fact.

HCA Holdings, Inc. initial public offering (March 2011)

Other · Completed · Target

Hercules Holding II take-private of HCA Inc. (2006)

Take-private · Completed · Target

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