Tenet Reports Third Quarter EPS of $1.68

Tenet Healthcare Corporation THC today reported adjusted EBITDA of $203 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, a decrease of $37 million, or 15.4 percent, compared to $240 million for the third quarter of 2009. Net income attributable to common shareholders for the third quarter of 2010 was $932 million, or $1.68 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2009. Net income in the third quarter of 2010 included the recognition of $981 million, or $1.75 per diluted share, of tax benefits primarily as a result of the reversal of the previously established valuation allowance against deferred tax benefits associated with the Company's net operating loss carryforward. The contribution from these deferred tax benefits was partially offset by a loss from early extinguishment of debt of $55 million pre-tax, $35 million after-tax, or $0.06 per diluted share.