NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held, on behalf of the County of Montgomery, Tennessee, on November 10, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. (CST) in the Montgomery County Historic Courthouse, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 1 Millenium Plaza, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040. This hearing is regarding a proposed issuance of qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, as defined in Section 145 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Tax Code"), by The Health and Educational Facilities Board of Rutherford County, Tennessee (the "TN Issuer") in one or more series (the "TN Issuer Bonds") for hospitals or other healthcare facilities as further described below in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($365,000,000). A portion of the proceeds of the TN Issuer Bonds in the maximum principal amount set forth below will be loaned to Ascension Health Alliance d/b/a Ascension ("Ascension"), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Tax Code, and used to finance and/or refinance projects to be owned and/or principally used by Saint Thomas Clarksville Hospital, LLC ("Saint Thomas Clarksville") at the campus of Ascension Saint Thomas Clarksville Hospital, to be generally located at approximately 1425 TN-76, Clarksville, TN, and generally bounded by Tennessee Highway 76, Hornbuckle Road, Hawthorn Drive, and Little Hope Church Road, in Montgomery County ($100,000,000). The above facilities are to be owned and/or principally used by Saint Thomas Clarksville, a nonprofit corporation and a limited liability company directly or indirectly owned by an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Tax Code. The TN Issuer Bonds will be special and limited obligations of the TN Issuer payable solely from revenues pledged thereto to be received by or on behalf of Ascension. The TN Issuer Bonds do not constitute an obligation of the City of Clarksville, Tennessee, or Montgomery County, Tennessee, and none of the City of Clarksville, Tennessee, Montgomery County, Tennessee, or any other political subdivision of the State of Tennessee whatsoever, shall have any liability in respect to payment of the amounts due with respect to the TN Issuer Bonds, other than the special and limited obligations of the TN Issuer, all of such payments shall be made by or on behalf of Ascension. This notice is published, and this public hearing is being held, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Tax Code. All interested persons are invited to comment on any of the matters herein noted. Questions or requests for additional information may be directed to G. Sumner R. Bouldin, Jr., Bouldin & Bouldin, PLC, 119 E Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37130 (615-893-9033; email: sumner.bouldin@bouldinplc.com). Any interested persons unable to attend the hearing wanting to comment with respect to any of the matters herein noted may submit written comments to the TN Issuer through G. Sumner R. Bouldin, Jr., prior to the date of the public hearing. Notice dated November 2, 2025. November 2 2025 LOKR0397906