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text: 144
  0001005547
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000927066
  DAVITA INC.
  001-14106
  2000 16TH STREET
  DENVER
  CO
  80202
  310-536-2668
  NEHRA JOHN M
  former board member
  Common
  William and Blair company
  150 N riverside Plaza
  Chicago
  IL
  60606
  30000
  4616967.00
  93418000
  08/26/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  03/15/2022
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  429
  03/15/2022
  n/a
  Common
  11/15/2021
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  446
  11/15/2021
  n/a
  Common
  05/15/2023
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  516
  05/15/2023
  n/a
  Common
  05/10/2023
  SARS Exercise
  Issuer
  N
  2449
  05/10/2023
  n/a
  Common
  04/01/2019
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  11
  04/01/2019
  n/a
  Common
  03/15/2021
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  436
  03/15/2021
  n/a
  Common
  05/16/2022
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  475
  05/16/2022
  n/a
  Common
  05/17/2021
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  379
  05/17/2021
  n/a
  Common
  03/15/2023
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  658
  03/15/2023
  n/a
  Common
  06/07/2010
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  Issuer
  N
  16663
  06/07/2010
  n/a
  Common
  05/05/2021
  SARS Exercise
  Issuer
  N
  1934
  05/05/2021
  N/A
  Common
  08/16/2021
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  365
  08/16/2021
  N/A
  Common
  08/15/2022
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
  514
  08/15/2022
  N/A
  Common
  05/16/2019
  Compensation RSU
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  N
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  N/A
  Common
  08/15/2023
  Compensation RSU
  Issuer
  N
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  08/15/2023
  N/A
  Common
  11/16/2022
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  Issuer
  N
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  11/16/2022
  N/A
  Common
  05/10/2022
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  N
  2627
  05/10/2022
  N/A
  Y
  shares are being sold from JOHN NEHRA REV TR 09/23/09  U/A 9/23/09
  08/26/2024
  /s/ Audrey Skillern as a duly authorized representative of National Financial Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for John Nehra