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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001638833-23-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SGRY"
cik: "0001638833"
company_name: "Surgery Partners, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:52:39.947851+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Surgery Partners annual meeting re-elects Class II directors, approves say-on-pay, ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Class II directors Maryland, O'Reilly, Turner re-elected with >105M votes each; broker non-votes ~1.5M.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 118.1M for, 3.3M against.
- Annual say-on-pay frequency chosen: 120.9M votes for one year; board adopts annual frequency.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2023: 122.9M for, 40k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001638833-23-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SGRY
- cik: 0001638833
- company_name: Surgery Partners, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1638833/000163883323000074/0001638833-23-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638833/000163883323000074/sgry-20230601.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Surgery Partners, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory vote on executive compensation. The stockholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2023. The results of the vote were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 118,127,561 3,307,178 7,989 1,463,498
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638833/000163883323000074/0001638833-23-000074-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surgery Partners, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future executive compensation votes at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory vote on frequency of future executive compensation votes. The stockholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis that a non-binding, advisory stockholder vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers shall occur annually. The results of the vote were as follows: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 120,851,075 6,631 575,732 9,290 1,463,498
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638833/000163883323000074/0001638833-23-000074-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surgery Partners, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 4: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The results of the vote were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 122,861,637 40,051 4,538
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638833/000163883323000074/0001638833-23-000074-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surgery Partners, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Class II directors. The stockholders elected each of the director nominees to serve as a Class II director until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until each such successor has been elected and qualified. Each of the nominees was a current Class II director of the Company who was re-elected. The results of the vote were as follows: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH 107,534,448 13,894,991 1,476,787 T. Devin O'Reilly 105,594,699 15,834,740 1,476,787 Brent Turner 114,973,075 6,469,653 1,463,498
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638833/000163883323000074/0001638833-23-000074-index.htm

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