Company: UHS
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-049925
Chunk: 71

Company: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 71
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 DEFERRED COMPENSATION Plan

Our Deferred Compensation Plan, which is subject to the applicable provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A provides that eligible employees may elect to defer a portion of their base salary and bonus award into investment options in lieu of receiving cash. Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, an employee is deemed eligible if their base compensation for 2024 was $155,000 or higher and they are performing duties in a qualified position. The base compensation threshold is adjusted annually for cost-of-living increases.

Pursuant to the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, the minimum annual amount that can be deferred is 1% of an employee’s base salary. No more than 50% of an employee’s base salary or 95% of an employee’s annual bonus may be deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan in any calendar year. Employees may allocate a portion of their deferred compensation to be distributed in a lump sum or installments to begin at retirement or a scheduled distribution date. The available investment options consist of certain mutual funds which include: (i) conservative (e.g. money markets or bonds); (ii) moderately conservative (e.g. balanced funds), and; (iii) aggressive (e.g. domestic and international equity). Our obligation to make payments of amounts credited to participants’ deferred compensation accounts is a general unsecured obligation. In addition, under the Deferred Compensation Plan, we may make discretionary contributions on behalf of an eligible employee. Since inception of the Deferred Compensation Plan, we have not made any discretionary contributions on behalf of employees.

Our obligations under the Deferred Compensation Plan in connection with an employee’s retirement account are payable, beginning at retirement at age 55 and 10 years of service for deferrals made prior to January 1, 2016, and age 55 and 5 years of service for deferrals made on or after January 1, 2016, in equal installments over a ten year period; except that an employee may make a distribution election to receive the balance of the participant’s retirement account in either a single lump sum or equal annual or less frequent installments over a period not to exceed ten years. For deferrals made on or after January 1, 2016, an employee may elect to defer the retirement distribution to begin one year following retirement. An employee or designated beneficiary will receive a lump sum as a result of death, disability, or termination, other than for retirement. An employee may change his distribution elections by making new distribution elections at least 12 months prior to the