Pettingill Richard Form 4 TENET HEALTHCARE / RICHARD PETTINGILL ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PETTINGILL RICHARD

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1445 ROSS AVENUE

SUITE 1400

(Street)

DALLAS TX 75202

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP [ THC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/08/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock(1)	05/08/2015		A		4,722(1)	A	$0.00	28,645	D
Common Stock(2)	05/11/2015		M(3)		8,383	A	$0.00	37,028	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
2012 May Directors Stock Units(2)(4)	(5)	05/11/2015		M			8,383	(6)	(6)	Common Stock	8,383	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents restricted stock units granted under the Company's Stock Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of the Company's common stock. All of these restricted stock units vested immediately on the grant date and will be settled in shares of common stock on the third anniversary of the date of grant (unless deferred settlement has been elected).

2. All historical share data in this Form 4 have been restated to reflect a one-for-four reverse stock split effective as of October 11, 2012.

3. Scheduled conversion of previously reported 2012 May Director Stock Units on the third anniversary of the date of grant in accordance with the terms of the Company's 2008 Stock Incentive Plan. The reporting person settled the Stock Units for shares of the Company's common stock.

4. These Stock Units were awarded under the Company's Stock Incentive Plan.

5. Each Stock Unit is the economic equivalent of one share of the Company's common stock.

6. The 2012 May Director Stock Units vested on the date of grant and were settled on the third anniversary of the date of grant in accordance with the terms of the Company's 2008 Stock Incentive Plan. The reporting person settled the Stock Units for shares of the Company's common stock.

Remarks:

	Anthony L. Shoemaker, as Attorney-in-Fact for Richard R. Pettingill	05/12/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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