secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)
CIK:        0000860730
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-103953
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

HCA stockholders OK 13.15M share increase for equity plan; officer exculpation amendment passed
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- Stockholders approved First Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, adding 13,150,000 shares (total reserve now 18,542,144).
- Amended charter to provide officer exculpation under Delaware law; 190.2M for, 22.1M against.
- All nine director nominees elected, including Samuel N. Hazen and Thomas F. Frist III, with >84% support.
- Non-management director compensation updated: $130K annual cash retainer, $220K annual equity award, plus committee chair retainers.
- Stockholder proposals on golden parachutes, patient safety committee charter, and acquisition strategy all rejected.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525103953/0001193125-25-103953-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525103953/d899829d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-103953

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