Company: USPH
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013467
Chunk: 11

Company: U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC /NV
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 Swanson brings to the Board of Directors his insight into the healthcare industry generally, and outpatient physical therapy business specifically as a result of his decades of leadership experience as a physical therapist and as chief executive at the Company’s largest clinic partnership, STAR Physical Therapy in Tennessee. Mr. Swanson 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS has been a lifelong business leader and entrepreneur in healthcare and other ventures and, based on his strong passion to serve his community, he has helped to build not-for-profit facilities for housing, education and vocation for adults with special needs. Mr. Swanson uses this experience to advise the Board of Directors on industry and clinical related issues as well as compliance related matters which he applies to his service as Chair of the Compliance Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Trier has extensive experience in managing publicly-traded companies in services industries. He brings to the Board of Directors an in-depth knowledge of the regulatory and competitive environment of the healthcare industry, having served for many years as a director of St. Luke’s Health System, an operator of several hospitals in the greater Houston area, and the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center joint venture. Mr. Trier’s past service on the boards of directors of many other companies provides him with experience in corporate governance, audit, accounting and internal controls, and risk oversight, which he applies in his service on the Board of Directors. Also, Mr. Trier has two decades of experience with the Company, providing him with comprehensive knowledge of the Company and its structure, policies and management team. In addition, his previous experience as a certified public accountant and partner in a national accounting firm gives him insight and experience on accounting and financial matters, which he utilizes in his role as chair of the Audit Committee. The persons named on the proxy card will vote FOR all the nominees for director listed above unless you withhold authority to vote for one or more of the nominees. Under current regulations, a broker is prohibited from voting for directors without receiving instructions from you. As required by Nevada law, nominees will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be treated as a vote for or against any particular nominee and will not affect the outcome of the election of directors. However, pursuant to the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, in any uncontested election of directors, a nominee who receives more “withhold” votes than FOR votes shall tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of