---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-010201"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MD"
cik: "0000893949"
company_name: "Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:08:04.061612+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mednax appoints James D. Swift as COO; shareholders reject say-on-pay

## Summary
- James D. Swift, MD promoted from EVP/Chief Development Officer to EVP/COO, effective May 12, 2022.
- Say-on-pay vote failed: 45.2 million against vs 34.6 million for (56.6% against).
- All director nominees elected; Weiss and Starcher each received over 9 million against votes.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2022 passed with 78.3 million votes for.
- Shareholders approved Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-010201
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MD
- cik: 0000893949
- company_name: Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017022010201/0000950170-22-010201-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017022010201/md-20220512.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-010201.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James D. Swift was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 12, 2022, Mednax, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), appointed James D. Swift, M.D. as an Executive Vice President and the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017022010201/0000950170-22-010201-index.htm

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