---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000070318-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THC"
cik: "0000070318"
company_name: "TENET HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T15:06:54.028109+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tenet Healthcare annual meeting: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay passes

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with majority FOR votes; highest was Saumya Sutaria with 85.7M FOR.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 81.5M FOR (93.9% of votes cast).
- Shareholders voted for annual advisory votes on exec compensation (84.5M for one year).
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor approved with 92.6M FOR.
- Shareholder proposal on abortion access failed with 77.4M AGAINST.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000070318-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THC
- cik: 0000070318
- company_name: TENET HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/0000070318-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/thc-20230525.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000070318-23-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000070318-23-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000070318-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal requesting a report on patients' right to access abortion in emergencies at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: 5. The shareholder proposal requesting a report on patients’ right to access abortion in emergencies did not pass
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/0000070318-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: 2. The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/0000070318-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: 3. Votes regarding the approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation were as follows: ONE YEAR TWO YEARS THREE YEARS ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 84,450,639 40,680 2,057,781 28,642 6,815,599
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/0000070318-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: 1. The Company’s shareholders elected the following directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected or qualified, whichever is later, or until the director’s earlier resignation or removal:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/0000070318-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: 4. The Company’s shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2023:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031823000026/0000070318-23-000026-index.htm

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