UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report: May 12, 2016

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada		1-7293		95-2557091
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400

Dallas, Texas 75202

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(469) 893-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The 2016 annual meeting of shareholders of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 12, 2016.

(b) The shareholders (1) elected all 12 of the nominees for director, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation, (3) approved the Sixth Amended and Restated Tenet Healthcare 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, (4) approved the Tenet Healthcare Corporation Eleventh Amended and Restated 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and (5) ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2016.

The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote are set forth below. Abstentions and broker non-votes were counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum was present but were not counted as votes cast on any matter other than item 3 below, where pursuant to New York Stock Exchange rules for shareholder approval of equity compensation plans, abstentions were counted as votes cast against the matter. The approval percentages below for each matter reflect all of the votes cast.

1. Election of directors:

 

		FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN				BROKER NON-VOTES				APPROVAL PERCENTAGE
Trevor Fetter			83,724,541				1,086,078				97,125				8,841,519			98.7%
Brenda J. Gaines			82,135,490				2,732,353				39,901				8,841,519			96.8%
Karen M. Garrison			84,657,829				209,852				40,063				8,841,519			99.8%
Edward A. Kangas			84,466,749				394,207				46,788				8,841,519			99.5%
J. Robert Kerrey			84,491,763				377,508				38,473				8,841,519			99.6%
Freda C. Lewis-Hall			84,704,287				162,047				41,410				8,841,519			99.8%
Richard R. Pettingill			82,139,496				2,727,114				41,134				8,841,519			96.8%
Matthew J. Ripperger			82,931,632				1,932,733				43,379				8,841,519			97.7%
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer			82,029,958				2,837,728				40,058				8,841,519			96.7%
Tammy Romo			84,714,121				150,472				43,151				8,841,519			99.8%
Randolph C. Simpson			84,700,063				164,513				43,168				8,841,519			99.8%
James A. Unruh			82,624,514				2,239,759				43,471				8,841,519			97.4%

2. Approval of an advisory resolution on the Company’s executive compensation:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES		APPROVAL PERCENTAGE
76,251,816		8,559,994		95,934		8,841,519		89.9%

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3. Approval of the Sixth Amended and Restated Tenet Healthcare 2008 Stock Incentive Plan:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES		APPROVAL PERCENTAGE
78,677,204		5,988,729		241,811		8,841,519		92.7%

4. Approval of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation Eleventh Amended and Restated 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES		APPROVAL PERCENTAGE
84,577,872		255,329		74,543		8,841,519		99.7%

5. Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2016:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES		APPROVAL PERCENTAGE
92,852,446		827,667		69,150		—		99.1%

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 13, 2016