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Ardent ERISA Class Action Settlement

McCool v. AHS Management Co., Inc.
No. 3:19-cv-1158 (M.D. Tennessee)

If you were a participant in the Ardent Health Services Retirement Savings Plan at any time between December 24, 2013 and April 15, 2025, you may benefit from this class action settlement.

The Court still must decide whether to give its Final Approval to the Settlement. Payments under the Settlement will be made only if the Court finally approves the Settlement and that Final Approval is upheld in the event of any appeal.

This website is provided as a service to potential class members. The information provided is in summary form and is not intended as a complete explanation of your rights. For full and complete information, you are directed to review carefully the Notice of Pendency of Class Action and Proposed Settlement.

What Are My Options?

Do Nothing

Settlement Class Members who have money in their Plan account at the time of the distribution will receive any distribution through a deposit into their Plan account. To the extent feasible, that money will be invested in accordance with each Settlement Class Member’s instructions for investment of new contributions at the time the distribution is made, or, if no such instructions are in effect, to the applicable qualified default investment option.

Settlement Class Members who do not have money in their Plan account as of the date of distribution (“Former Participants”) will receive a check from the Settlement Administrator.

Object

— Deadline: July 14, 2025

Settlement Class Members can object to the Settlement and give reasons why they believe that the Court should not approve it. To object, you must send your objection to U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, 719 Church Street, Suite 1300, Nashville, TN 37203.

Objections must be filed with the Court Clerk on or before July 14, 2025. Objections filed after that date will not be considered. Any Settlement Class Member who fails to submit a timely objection will be deemed to have waived any objection, and any untimely objection will be barred absent an order from the Court. Objections must include: (1) the case name and number; (2) your full name, current address, telephone number, and signature; (3) a statement that you are a Settlement Class Member and an explanation of why you claim to be a Settlement Class Member; (4) all grounds for the objection, accompanied by any legal support known to you or your counsel; (5) a statement as to whether you or your counsel intends to personally appear at the Final Approval Hearing; and (6) a list of anyone you or your counsel may call to testify at the Final Approval Hearing.

Attend Hearing

— Scheduled: August 13, 2025 at 10 a.m.

Anyone can attend the Final Approval Hearing. But the Court will only allow those who file a timely written objection to speak at the Final Approval Hearing either in person or through counsel retained at his or her own expense. Anyone intending to speak at the Final Approval Hearing must file their notice of intention to do so with the Court Clerk by no later than August 6, 2025. The notice must include: (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the Settlement Class Member, and (2) if applicable, the name, address, and telephone number of that Settlement Class Member’s attorney. Anyone who does not timely file a notice of intention to appear will not be permitted to speak at the Final Approval Hearing, except by Order of the Court. Any objection that is timely filed will be considered by the Court even without a personal appearance by the Settlement Class Member or that Settlement Class Member’s counsel.