# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002046386
**File Stem:** 0002046386-26-000037
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 8208
**Document Hash:** 2bc54ddd52ee5e322a145c0eb837e482
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0002046386-26-000037.hdr.sgml**: 20260612

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0002046386-26-000037

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260611

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

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260612

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260612

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Medline Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002046386
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 331845288
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-43022
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261087013

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3 LAKES DRIVE
- **CITY:** NORTHFIELD
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60093
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 847-949-3000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3 LAKES DRIVE
- **CITY:** NORTHFIELD
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60093

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**___________________________________**

**FORM 8-K**

**___________________________________**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)**

**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)**: June 11, 2026

**___________________________________**

**Medline Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

**___________________________________**

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| **Delaware**<br>(State or other jurisdiction of <br>incorporation) | **001-43022**<br>(Commission File Number) | **33-1845288**<br>(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
| **3 Lakes Drive**<br>**Northfield, IL 60093** | **3 Lakes Drive**<br>**Northfield, IL 60093** | **3 Lakes Drive**<br>**Northfield, IL 60093** |
| (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) |
| **(847) 949-5500** | **(847) 949-5500** | **(847) 949-5500** |
| (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
| **Not Applicable** | **Not Applicable** | **Not Applicable** |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) | (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) | (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))

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| Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: |
| **<u>Title of each class</u>** | **<u>Trading Symbol</u>** | **<u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u>** |
| Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | MDLN | Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☐

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.**

On June 11, 2026, Medline Inc. (the "Company") held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") for the purposes of (i) electing the 12 director nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2026; (ii) approving, on an advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation; (iii) approving the frequency of holding advisory votes to approve the Company's executive compensation; and (iv) ratifying the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

Stockholders were entitled to one vote per share of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Common Stock") held and one vote per share of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class B Common Stock") held on the matters presented at the Annual Meeting. The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock voted as a single class on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. The final results of the stockholder vote are set forth below.

<u>Item 1. Election of Directors.</u> Stockholders elected each of the 12 nominees to serve as a director of the Company for a one-year term expiring at the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Director** | **Shares For** | **Shares Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Charles N. Mills | 1190578539 | 4959993 | 15907427 |
| Joseph P. Baratta | 1187349612 | 8188920 | 15907427 |
| Jacob D. Best | 1184283692 | 11254840 | 15907427 |
| Todd M. Bluedorn | 1191284106 | 4254426 | 15907427 |
| James M. Boyle | 1191290295 | 4248237 | 15907427 |
| Richard A. Galanti | 1187400373 | 8138159 | 15907427 |
| Patrick J. Healy | 1191257516 | 4281016 | 15907427 |
| Andrew J. Mills | 1190955225 | 4583307 | 15907427 |
| Robert R. Schmidt | 1151561782 | 43976750 | 15907427 |
| Anushka M. Sunder | 1188360787 | 7177745 | 15907427 |
| Thomas W. Sweet | 1187354719 | 8183813 | 15907427 |
| Stephen H. Wise | 1187346890 | 8191642 | 15907427 |

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<u>Item 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation.</u> Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation as follows:

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| **Shares For** | **Shares Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 1,189,280,399 | 6,203,145 | 54,988 | 15,907,427 |

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<u>Item 3. Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Votes on Executive Compensation.</u> Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of one year for future advisory votes on the Company's executive compensation as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **One Year** | **Two Years** | **Three Years** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 1,195,424,539 | 19,303 | 61,335 | 33,355 | 15,907,427 |

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<u>Item 4. Ratification of the Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Auditor for Fiscal Year 2026.</u> Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for fiscal year 2026 as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Shares For** | **Shares Against** | **Abstentions** |
| 1,211,242,117 | 156,205 | 47,637 |

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The Company has decided, going forward, to hold an advisory stockholder vote on the Company's executive compensation every year, consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company to stockholders.

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 12, 2026

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|:---|:---|
| **MEDLINE INC.** | **MEDLINE INC.** |
| By: | */s/ Alex M. Liberman* |
|  | Name: Alex M. Liberman |
|  | Title: Chief Legal Officer |

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