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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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):
January 22, 2002 (January 22, 2002)
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 0-29818 52-2165845
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(State or Other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of Number) Identification
Incorporation) Number)
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(615) 372-8500
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Exhibit Index located on Page 4
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
None required
(b) Pro forma financial information.
None required
(c) Exhibits.
99 Copy of press release issued by the Company on
January 22, 2002.
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release on
January 22, 2002 announcing that it will provide an online Web
simulcast of its fourth quarter and year-end 2001 earnings conference
call on February 5, 2002 and that the Company will release its results
for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2001 after the close
of the market on Monday, February 4, 2002. See the press release
attached as Exhibit 99.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
By: /s/ William F. Carpenter III
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William F. Carpenter III
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Date: January 22, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
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99 Copy of press release issued by the Company on January 22, 2002.