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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SMITH WAYNE T (Last) (First) (Middle) 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD (Street) FRANKLIN TN 37067 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC [ CYH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/08/2019
	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	05/08/2019		P		6,551	A	$3.468(1)	2,636,482	D
Common Stock								206,842	I	by 2009 WTS Irrevocable Trust Dated 2/27/09
Common Stock								481,721	I	WAC LLC

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
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$30.32							02/24/2011	02/23/2020	Common Stock	50,000		50,000	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$34.38							02/23/2012	02/22/2021	Common Stock	50,000		50,000	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$17.49							02/16/2013	02/15/2022	Common Stock	40,000		40,000	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$4.99							03/01/2020	02/28/2029	Common Stock	78,750		78,750	D
Performance Based Restricted	$0.00							(2)	(2)	Common Stock	75,000		75,000	D
Performance Based Restricted	$0.00							(3)	(3)	Common Stock	105,000		105,000	D
Performance Based Restricted	$0.00							(4)	(4)	Common Stock	157,500		157,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions on 5/8/2019 at prices ranging from $3.36 to $3.575, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. Together with shares purchased by the reporting person on 5/3/2019, 5/6/2019 and 5/7/2019, which purchases were reported in the Form 4 filed for the reporting person on 5/7/2019, the reporting person has purchased a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock since 5/3/2019 at a weighted average purchase price for all such purchases of $3.368.

2. The vesting of these performance-based restricted shares is subject to the attainment of certain performance objectives between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/2019 (the "2017-2019 Performance Period"). The target number (100%) of the total performance-based restricted shares is reported in the table set forth above. Between 0% and 200% of the portion of the target number of performance-based restricted shares allocated to each applicable performance objective will ultimately vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the attainment of the applicable performance objective, with the vesting percentage to be determined based upon the level of achievement with respect to the applicable performance objective during the 2017-2019 Performance Period.

3. The vesting of these performance-based restricted shares is subject to the attainment of certain performance objectives between 1/1/2018 and 12/31/2020 (the "2018-2020 Performance Period"). The target number (100%) of the total performance-based restricted shares is reported in the table set forth above. Between 0% and 200% of the portion of the target number of performance-based restricted shares allocated to each applicable performance objective will ultimately vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the attainment of the applicable performance objective, with the vesting percentage to be determined based upon the level of achievement with respect to the applicable performance objective during the 2018-2020 Performance Period.

4. The vesting of these performance-based restricted shares is subject to the attainment of certain performance objectives between 1/1/2019 and 12/31/2021 (the "2019-2021 Performance Period"). The target number (100%) of the total performance-based restricted shares is reported in the table set forth above. Between 0% and 200% of the portion of the target number of performance-based restricted shares allocated to each applicable performance objective will ultimately vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the attainment of the applicable performance objective, with the vesting percentage to be determined based upon the level of achievement with respect to the applicable performance objective during the 2019-2021 Performance Period.

Remarks:

	Christopher G. Cobb, Attorney in Fact for Wayne T. Smith	05/08/2019
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