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) November 15, 2011 (November 10, 2011)
VANGUARD HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | | 001-35204 | | 62-1698183 | |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) | |
20 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee
| |
37215
|
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (615) 665-6000
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07 | | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
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| | (a) Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on November 10, 2011. (b) At the annual meeting, the stockholders (1) elected all of the Company’s Board of Director’s nominees for director, (2) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, (3) approved an advisory resolution on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers and (4) indicated a preference that future advisory votes on executive compensation be held every three years. The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote are as follows: |
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| | 1. Election of directors. |
| | | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER
NON-VOTES |
| | | | | | |
| | Carol J. Burt | 70,272,218 | 27,500 | - | 828,720 |
| | Stephen R. D’Arcy | 70,036,374 | 263,344 | - | 828,720 |
| | Robert S. Galvin, M.D. | 63,686,168 | 6,613,550 | - | 828,720 |
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| | 2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012. |
| | | | | | |
| | | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER
NON-VOTES |
| | | 70,981,394 | 147,044 | - | N/A |
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| | 3. Advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. |
| | | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER
NON-VOTES |
| | | 70,067,035 | 228,983 | 3,700 | 828,720 |
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| | 4. Advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. |
| | 1 YEAR | 2 YEARS | 3 YEARS | ABSTAIN | BROKER
NON-VOTES |
| | 20,237,388 | 1,908,712 | 48,153,328 | 290 | 828,720 |
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| | Although a majority of the votes cast by the Company’s stockholders were in favor of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years, if the votes cast by the Company’s employees and affiliates were excluded, then the majority of the votes cast were in favor of holding an advisory vote every year. The Company has decided to accept the advisory vote cast by the Company’s independent stockholders. Therefore, an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers will be held on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers is held, which is currently required to occur no later than the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2017. |
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.
VANGUARD HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant)
DATE: November 15, 2011 By: /s/ James H. Spalding
James H. Spalding
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
