Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On May 2, 2017, Surgery Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) held its
2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
Summarized below are descriptions of the matters voted on at the
Annual Meeting and the final results of such voting:
Proposal 1: Election of Class II director nominees.>The
stockholders elected each of the director nominees to serve as a
Class II director until the Companys 2020 annual meeting of
stockholders and until his successor has been elected and
qualified. Each of the nominees was a current Class II director of
the Company who was re-elected. The voting for the directors at the
Annual Meeting was as follows:
Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Matthew Lozow
37,463,754
5,158,005
618,962
Brent Turner
37,889,408
4,732,351
618,962
Proposal 2: Advisory vote on executive compensation
(Say-on-Pay).>The stockholders approved on a non-binding,
advisory basis the compensation paid to the Companys named
executive officers, as disclosed in the Companys definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A filed with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2017 (the Proxy Statement).
The result of the vote taken at the Annual Meeting was as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
42,302,946
317,893
618,962
Proposal 3: Advisory vote on frequency of future executive
compensation votes.>The stockholders approved on a non-binding,
advisory basis that the non-binding, advisory vote on the
compensation paid to the Companys named executive officers shall
occur annually.The result of the vote taken at the Annual Meeting
was as follows:
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
42,061,609
1,223
558,327
618,962
In light of the results of the stockholders advisory vote on the
frequency of Say-on-Pay votes, the Board of Directors (the Board)
of the Company determined that the Company will include a
stockholder advisory Say-on-Pay vote annually. The Board will
reevaluate this determination after the next stockholder advisory
vote on the frequency of Say on Pay votes.
Proposal 4: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst Young, LLP as
the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for fiscal
2017.>The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst Young,
LLP as the Companys independent registered public accountants for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The result of the vote
taken at the Annual Meeting was as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
43,239,821


About Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY)

Surgery Partners, Inc. is a healthcare services company. The Company operates in three lines of business across the United States: Surgical Facility Services, Ancillary Services and Optical Services. The Company’s Surgical Facility Services segment consists of the operation of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and surgical hospitals, which include its anesthesia services. The Company’s Ancillary Services segment consists of a diagnostic laboratory, a specialty pharmacy and multi-specialty physician practices. The Company’s physician practices include its owned and operated physician practices pursuant to management service agreements. The Company’s optical services segment consists of an optical laboratory, an optical products group purchasing organization and a marketing business. The Company’s optical laboratory manufactures eyewear, while its optical product purchasing organization negotiates volume buying discounts with optical product manufacturers.

Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) Recent Trading Information

Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) closed its last trading session 00.00 at 17.75 with 260,584 shares trading hands.