---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-060793"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UHS"
cik: "0000352915"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:54:54.009910+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Health Services shareholders reelect three directors, approve equity plans at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Class I directors Eileen McDonnell, Marc Miller, and Elliot Sussman each elected with 7,238,788 votes for by Class A and C stockholders.
- Amended and Restated 2020 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan approved with 60,356,836 for, 3,253,520 against.
- Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved with 63,333,458 for, 277,615 against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY 2024 passed with 63,800,008 for, 64,720 against.
- Stockholder proposal to elect directors annually rejected: 59,143,166 against, 4,467,895 for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-060793
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UHS
- cik: 0000352915
- company_name: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+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/352915/000095017024060793/0000950170-24-060793-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024060793/uhs-20240515.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC shareholders approved Amended and Restated 2020 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal No. 2: Amended and Restated 2020 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan: Votes cast in favor 60,356,836 Votes cast against 3,253,520 Votes abstained 4,877 Non-votes 252,689 Uncast 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024060793/0000950170-24-060793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC shareholders approved Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Votes cast in favor 63,333,458 Votes cast against 277,615 Votes abstained 4,160 Non-votes 252,689 Uncast 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024060793/0000950170-24-060793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal to elect each Director annually at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal No. 5: Stockholder Proposal to elect each Director annually: Votes cast in favor 4,467,895 Votes cast against 59,143,166 Votes abstained 4,171 Non-votes 252,689 Uncast 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024060793/0000950170-24-060793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal No. 4: Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: Votes cast in favor 63,800,008 Votes cast against 64,720 Votes abstained 3,194 Non-votes 0 Uncast 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024060793/0000950170-24-060793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors: Eileen C. McDonnell – elected by the Class A and Class C Stockholders: Votes cast in favor 7,238,788 Votes withheld 0 Non-votes 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024060793/0000950170-24-060793-index.htm

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