Company: EHC
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: S-8 POS
Source: 0000785161-25-000046
Chunk: 1

Company: Encompass Health Corp
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: S-8 POS
Chunk 1
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 whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer |     | ☒ |     | Accelerated filer         |     | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer   |     | ☐ |     | Smaller reporting company |     | ☐ |
|                         |     |   |     | 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. |     | ☐ |

### EXPLANATORY NOTE
On May 1, 2025, at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of Encompass Health Corporation (the “Company” or “Registrant”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Encompass Health Corporation 2025 Omnibus Performance Incentive Plan (the “2025 Equity Plan”), which the Board of Directors of the Company had previously adopted. The 2025 Equity Plan provides, among other things, for a reservation of a total of 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), for issuance under the 2025 Equity Plan (subject to certain adjustments, including equitable adjustment in the event of a change in the Company’s capitalization). Under the 2025 Equity Plan, shares reserved for issuance in connection with grants or awards under the Company’s prior plans and still outstanding as of May 2, 2025 (the “Prior Plan Shares”) may be added to the number of authorized shares of Stock available for issuance under the 2025 Equity Plan, to the extent cancelled, forfeited or otherwise added back in the future pursuant to Section 5.3 of the 2025 Equity Plan.

In accordance with Item 512(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation S-K, this (i) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-157445, (ii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No