8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May 16, 2019

 

 

MEDNAX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida   001-12111   26-3667538

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission File

Number)

  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

1301 Concord Terrace

Sunrise, Florida 33323

(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (954) 384-0175

 

 

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share   MD   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company    ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As disclosed under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the 2019 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of MEDNAX, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), held on May 16, 2019, the shareholders of the Company approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), which, among other things, increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the Plan by 8,275,000 shares.

The Plan is described in greater detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2019, under the heading “Proposal 4: Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the MEDNAX, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended,” which description is incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing description of the amendment and restatement of the Plan is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 16, 2019, the Company, held the Annual Meeting. Of the 87,868,988 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, 74,536,435 shares were represented, constituting a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1: All of the Board’s nominees for Director were elected to serve until the Company’s 2020 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Name

  

For

  

Withheld

  

Broker

Non-Vote

Cesar L. Alvarez

   63,480,094    6,641,232    4,415,109

Karey D. Barker

   69,476,720    644,606    4,415,109

Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D.

   44,396,995    25,724,331    4,415,109

Michael B. Fernandez

   46,980,649    23,140,677    4,415,109

Paul G. Gabos

   67,942,006    2,179,320    4,415,109

Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.

   68,215,352    1,905,974    4,415,109

Manuel Kadre

   48,970,692    21,150,634    4,415,109

Roger J. Medel, M.D.

   68,912,479    1,208,847    4,415,109

Carlos A. Migoya

   69,858,994    262,332    4,415,109

Michael A. Rucker

   69,859,024    262,302    4,415,109

Enrique J. Sosa, Ph.D.

   67,357,314    2,764,012    4,415,109


Proposal 2: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstained

  

Broker

Non-Vote

72,593,872

   1,864,218    78,345    0

Proposal 3: The shareholders advised against the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstained

  

Broker

Non-Vote

8,797,895

   61,246,346    77,085    4,415,109

Proposal 4: The shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Plan:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstained

  

Broker

Non-Vote

64,695,384

   5,338,808    87,134    4,415,109

The Company regularly makes efforts to engage with its shareholders and intends to continue to conduct additional outreach to its shareholders in the coming months.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Index

10.1—MEDNAX, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2019).


SIGNATURES

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

 

    MEDNAX, INC.
Date: May 17, 2019     By:   /s/ Stephen D. Farber
       

Stephen D. Farber

Chief Financial Officer