Company: UHS
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-049925
Chunk: 94

Company: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 94
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 Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Stockholder Communications

Stockholders who wish to send communications to the Board of Directors or an individual director should address such communications to Universal Health Services, Inc., c/o Secretary, Universal Corporate Center, 367 South Gulph Road, P.O. Box 61558, King of Prussia, PA 19406. The Secretary will forward such communications to the Board of Directors or the specified individual director to whom the communication is directed unless such communication is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly inappropriate, in which case the Secretary has the authority to discard the communication or take appropriate legal action regarding such communication.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee, the Nominating & Governance Committee, the Quality and Compliance Committee, the Executive Committee and the Finance Committee are the standing committees of the Board of Directors. The Special Litigation

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| Universal Health Services, Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement |

| Corporate Governance |

Committee was formed during 2023 and dissolved during 2024, as discussed below. A current copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Corporate Standards, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Compensation Committee Charter, Nominating & Governance Committee Charter and Audit Committee Charter are available free of charge on our website at http://uhs.com. Copies of these documents also are available in print free of charge to any stockholder who requests them. We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K relating to amendments to or waivers of any provision of our Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers by promptly posting the information on our website.

Audit Committee:Current members of the Audit Committee are Eileen C. McDonnell (Chairperson), Maria R. Singer and Elliot J. Sussman, M.D. No such member serves on the audit committee of more than three public companies. The Audit Committee met ten times during 2024.

The Board of Directors has determined, in its business judgment, that each member of the Audit Committee qualifies as an “independent” director under the regulations adopted by the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange and is financially literate and that Eileen C. McDonnell qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC regulations and has accounting or related financial management expertise.

The Audit Committee provides assistance to the Board of Directors in fulfilling its financial, compliance and quality oversight responsibility to the stockholders