UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

current report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 24, 2025

SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-34465		20-1764048
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4714 Gettysburg Road, P.O. Box 2034

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(717) 972-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	SEM	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Indicate by check mark whether either registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if either registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 24, 2025, Select Medical Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) regarding the non-binding indication of interest submitted to the Board of Directors of the Company by Robert A. Ortenzio, the Company’s Executive Chairman, Co-Founder and Director, as publicly disclosed in a Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Mr. Ortenzio, the Estate of Rocco A. Ortenzio, and Mr. Jackson, as a group, on November 24, 2025. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description

99.1	Press Release, dated November 24, 2025, acknowledging Executive Chairman’s Take-Private Proposal.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.

	SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION


Date: November 25, 2025	By:	/s/ John F. Duggan
		John F. Duggan
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP 8-K