---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-125204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCA"
cik: "0000860730"
company_name: "HCA Healthcare, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:10:35.423641+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HCA Healthcare CFO William Rutherford to retire May 1; Christopher Wyatt named principal accounting officer

## Summary
- William B. Rutherford retires as EVP/CFO effective May 1, 2024; Christopher Wyatt succeeds as principal accounting officer.
- Annual meeting elects all 10 director nominees and ratifies Ernst & Young as auditor for 2024.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with 217M votes for and 13.5M against; one-year frequency adopted.
- Stockholder proposals on abortion risk, patient feedback, and maternal health outcomes all defeated by wide margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-125204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCA
- cik: 0000860730
- company_name: HCA Healthcare, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/860730/000119312524125204/0001193125-24-125204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312524125204/d823649d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-125204
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-125204.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William B. Rutherford departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer at HCA Healthcare, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: As previously announced, William B. Rutherford, HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s (the “Company’s”) Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer notified the Company of his intent to retire, effective May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312524125204/0001193125-24-125204-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher F. Wyatt was appointed as Senior Vice President and Controller at HCA Healthcare, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Controller
  source text: In conjunction with Mr. Rutherford’s retirement, Christopher F. Wyatt, age 47, will succeed Mr. Rutherford as principal accounting officer, effective May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312524125204/0001193125-24-125204-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.