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accession: "0001493152-26-004551"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCWC"
cik: "0001948864"
company_name: "HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP."
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:07:33.356247+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stockholders elect Gary Bodzin as Class I director and ratify UHY LLP as auditor at 2025 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Gary Bodzin elected Class I director: 9,381,169 votes for, 379,962 withheld, 4,447,866 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of UHY LLP as independent auditor: 12,618,087 for, 1,559,378 against, 30,832 abstentions.
- Meeting represented 10,409,200 shares of Class A common stock plus Series A Convertible Preferred on as-converted basis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-004551
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCWC
- cik: 0001948864
- company_name: HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948864/000149315226004551/0001493152-26-004551-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948864/000149315226004551/form8-k.htm

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