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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-212117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MD"
cik: "0000893949"
company_name: "Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:22:34.691734+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pediatrix shareholders approve 8M share increase in incentive plan; director Starcher faces 36% withhold vote

## Summary
- Shareholders approved the Second Amended and Restated 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, increasing authorized shares by 8,000,000.
- Director John M. Starcher, Jr. received 46,296,745 votes for (55%) and 25,909,618 against (36% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for 2026 with 75,519,473 for (97.6% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation for 2025 approved with 70,257,832 for (97.3% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- All other director nominees received over 98% support from votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-212117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MD
- cik: 0000893949
- company_name: Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000119312526212117/0001193125-26-212117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000119312526212117/md-20260507.htm

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