# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001108109
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-221742
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 7787
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-221742.hdr.sgml**: 20260513

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-221742

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 9

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260513

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260513

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260513

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001108109
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 133893191
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-15925
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26973874

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD
- **CITY:** FRANKLIN
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37067
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 615-465-7000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD
- **CITY:** FRANKLIN
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37067

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000229

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549**

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** May 13, 2026 **(May 12, 2026)**<br>

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COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Delaware | 001-15925 | 13-3893191 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 4000 Meridian Boulevard |  |  |
| Franklin**,** Tennessee |  | 37067 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (615) 465-7000<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $.01 par value | CYH | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the "Company") held on May 12, 2026, the Company's stockholders voted on three proposals, each of which is described more fully in the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2026. The following describes the matters that were submitted to the vote of the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the result of the votes on these matters:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The stockholders elected each of the following persons as a director of the Company for a term that expires at the Company's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been elected and has qualified:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Name** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**For** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Against** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Abstain** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Broker Non-Votes** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Susan W. Brooks | &nbsp;&nbsp;81095873 | &nbsp;&nbsp;2891262 | &nbsp;&nbsp;68228 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. | &nbsp;&nbsp;83645103 | &nbsp;&nbsp;359126 | &nbsp;&nbsp;51134 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(c) John A. Clerico | &nbsp;&nbsp;83505387 | &nbsp;&nbsp;497636 | &nbsp;&nbsp;52340 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Michael Dinkins | &nbsp;&nbsp;83513832 | &nbsp;&nbsp;490398 | &nbsp;&nbsp;51133 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(e) James S. Ely III | &nbsp;&nbsp;83500803 | &nbsp;&nbsp;502207 | &nbsp;&nbsp;52353 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(f) John A. Fry | &nbsp;&nbsp;82997112 | &nbsp;&nbsp;1006438 | &nbsp;&nbsp;51813 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Kevin J. Hammons | &nbsp;&nbsp;83604879 | &nbsp;&nbsp;417857 | &nbsp;&nbsp;32627 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Joseph A. Hastings, D.M.D. | &nbsp;&nbsp;83653444 | &nbsp;&nbsp;358347 | &nbsp;&nbsp;43572 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Elizabeth T. Hirsch | &nbsp;&nbsp;83640131 | &nbsp;&nbsp;365264 | &nbsp;&nbsp;49968 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(j) William Norris Jennings, M.D. | &nbsp;&nbsp;83228046 | &nbsp;&nbsp;778850 | &nbsp;&nbsp;48467 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k) K. Ranga Krishnan, MBBS | &nbsp;&nbsp;83223787 | &nbsp;&nbsp;766268 | &nbsp;&nbsp;65308 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(l) Fawn D. Lopez | &nbsp;&nbsp;83268829 | &nbsp;&nbsp;717430 | &nbsp;&nbsp;69104 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(m) Wayne T. Smith | &nbsp;&nbsp;83441645 | &nbsp;&nbsp;574079 | &nbsp;&nbsp;39639 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(n) H. James Williams, Ph.D. | &nbsp;&nbsp;83599759 | &nbsp;&nbsp;404118 | &nbsp;&nbsp;51486 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27004521 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The stockholders approved the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**For** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Against** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Abstain** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Broker Non-Votes** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;81,701,049 | &nbsp;&nbsp;1,814,301 | &nbsp;&nbsp;540,013 | &nbsp;&nbsp;27,004,521 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**For** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Against** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Abstain** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Broker Non-Votes** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;110,561,632 | &nbsp;&nbsp;351,405 | &nbsp;&nbsp;146,847 | &nbsp;&nbsp;n/a |

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**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.

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|  |  |  | COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.<br>(Registrant) |
| Date: | May 13, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Christopher G. Cobb |
|  |  |  | Christopher G. Cobb<br>Vice President - Legal and Corporate Secretary |

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