Form 8-K BrightSpring Health Serv For: Jun 11

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

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 11, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the number of directors serving on the Board from seven (7) to eight (8) members and appointed Dr. Nigam H. Shah to the Board as a Class III director to fill the resulting vacancy. Dr. Shah will serve until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. The Board also appointed Dr. Shah to serve as a member of the Quality and Compliance Committee of the Board.

Dr. Shah will be compensated for his service as a director in accordance with the Company’s policy on non-employee director compensation. In connection with Dr. Shah’s appointment to the Board, the Company intends to enter into an indemnification agreement with Dr. Shah in substantially the same form as the Company has entered into with each of the Company’s existing directors and as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Shah and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. There has been no transaction, nor is there any currently proposed transaction, between Dr. Shah and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

In connection with the appointment of Dr. Shah to the Board, the Company issued a press release on June 12, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.

The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated by specific reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.