0001193125-19-146558.txt : 20190514 0001193125-19-146558.hdr.sgml : 20190514 20190514161557 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-19-146558 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190514 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20190514 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190514 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001108109 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062] IRS NUMBER: 133893191 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15925 FILM NUMBER: 19822910 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 BUSINESS PHONE: 615-465-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000229 8-K 1 d740963d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2019

 

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware    001-15925    13-3893191

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

   

(Commission

File Number)

   

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4000 Meridian Boulevard

Franklin, Tennessee 37067

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 465-7000

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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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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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the 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.  ☐

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, $0.01 par value   CYH   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its annual meeting of its stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 14, 2019. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on three proposals, each of which is described more fully in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The following describes the matters that were submitted to the vote of the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the result of the votes on these matters:

(1) The stockholders elected each of the following persons as directors of the Company for terms that expire at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until their respective successors have been elected and have qualified:

 

Name

    For      Against        Abstain        Broker
Non-Votes

(a) John A. Clerico

    83,778,721        1,347,006          38,273        17,732,931

(b) Michael Dinkins

    84,721,479        404,144          38,377        17,732,931

(c) James S. Ely III

    84,631,003        494,770          38,227        17,732,931

(d) John A. Fry

    83,974,812        1,150,558          38,630        17,732,931

(e) Tim L. Hingtgen

    83,692,758        1,432,679          38,563        17,732,931

(f) Elizabeth T. Hirsch

    84,373,357        758,960          31,683        17,732,931

(g) William Norris Jennings, M.D.

    84,102,896        1,026,626          34,478        17,732,931

(h) K. Ranga Krishnan, MBBS

    84,608,462        516,111          39,427        17,732,931

(i) Julia B. North

    83,224,121        1,906,615          33,264        17,732,931

(j) Wayne T. Smith

    83,571,607        1,217,417          374,976        17,732,931

(k) H. James Williams, Ph.D.

    84,610,265        478,695          75,040        17,732,931

(2) The stockholders approved the advisory resolution regarding the Company’s executive compensation:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker
Non-Votes
83,353,400   1,720,703   89,897   17,732,931

(3) The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2019:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker
  Non-Votes  
100,764,035   1,831,770   301,126   n/a

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 14, 2019    

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC

(Registrant)

    By:   /s/ Wayne T. Smith
      Wayne T. Smith
     

Chairman of the Board and Chief

Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

 

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