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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>Form 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 23,
2008 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>DAVITA INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>601 Hawaii Street </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>El Segundo, California 90245 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices
including Zip Code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(310) 536-2400 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Not applicable </B></FONT></P> <P
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Effective December&nbsp;31, 2008, Joseph C. Mello will retire as Chief Operating Officer of DaVita Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;). Mr.&nbsp;Mello will
continue with the Company on a full-time basis through May 2009 and on a part-time basis thereafter. A copy of the press release announcing Mr.&nbsp;Mello&#146;s retirement is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dennis Kogod, the Company&#146;s President-West, will become the Company&#146;s Chief Operating Officer effective January&nbsp;1, 2009. Mr.&nbsp;Kogod,
age 49, has served as the Company&#146;s President-West since October 2005. From January 2004 until joining us, Mr.&nbsp;Kogod served as President and Chief Operating Officer-West of Gambro Healthcare, Inc., which the Company acquired in October
2005. From July 2000 to January 2004, Mr.&nbsp;Kogod served as President, West Division of Gambro Healthcare, Inc. From June 1999 to July 2000, Mr.&nbsp;Kogod was President of Teleflex Medical Group, a medical OEM manufacturer of medical delivery
systems. From January 1996 to June 1999, Mr.&nbsp;Kogod was Corporate Vice President of Teleflex Surgical Group, a surgical device and service organization. Mr.&nbsp;Kogod serves on the board of directors of Arbios Systems, Inc., a medical device
and cell-based therapy company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The material terms of Mr.&nbsp;Kogod&#146;s employment agreement dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2005,
effective October&nbsp;24, 2005, were described in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;4, 2005 and are incorporated herein by reference. There are no family relationships
between Mr.&nbsp;Kogod and any other director or executive officer of the Company, or with any person selected to become an officer or a director of the Company. The Company has had no transactions since the beginning of its last fiscal year, and
has no transactions proposed, in which Mr.&nbsp;Kogod, or any member of his immediate family, has a direct or indirect material interest. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Employment Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2005, effective October&nbsp;24, 2005, by and between DaVita Inc. and Dennis Kogod.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>(</SUP>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated October&nbsp;23, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: October 28, 2008 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph Schohl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Joseph Schohl</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Employment Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2005, effective October 24, 2005, by and between DaVita Inc. and Dennis Kogod.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated October 23, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LeAnne Zumwalt</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EL SEGUNDO, CA, October&nbsp;23, 2008, DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), today announced that Joe Mello will retire as the company&#146;s Chief Operating Officer on
December&nbsp;31, 2008. Dennis L. Kogod has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer effective January&nbsp;1, 2009. Dennis currently serves as DaVita&#146;s President &#150; West, a role he has occupied since October 2005. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Joe Mello, who served as Chief Operating Officer since June 2000, will continue with the company on a full-time basis through May 2009 and on a part-time basis
thereafter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dennis joined DaVita in 2005, following DaVita&#146;s acquisition of Gambro Healthcare, Inc. From January 2004 until joining DaVita,
Mr.&nbsp;Kogod served as Gambro&#146;s president and chief operating officer-west. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kent Thiry, Chief Executive Officer of DaVita, commented: &#147;This
planned succession is yet another in the long list of wonderful contributions Joe Mello has made to the DaVita community. Our immense gratitude for Joe&#146;s historical contributions is matched by our confident anticipation of the future
contributions Dennis will make. When we acquired Gambro a few years ago we added many new assets to our enterprise &#150; the leadership of Dennis was among the most valuable. In addition, both Dennis and I are thrilled that we will still benefit
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dialysis services and education for patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. DaVita manages over 1,300 outpatient facilities and acute units in over 700 hospitals located in 43 states and the District of Columbia, serving
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