Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

Stockholders of Encompass Health Corporation, I'm Don Correll, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and I now call this meeting to order. Each of the members of the Board of Directors is here with us today. The other members of the Board are Greg Carmichael, just raise your hand when I call your name, John Chidsey, Joan Herman, Leslye Katz, Patricia Ireland (sic) [ Maryland ], Kevin O'Connor, Chris Reidy, Nancy Schlichting, Mark Tarr and Terrance Williams. We'll now proceed with the business of the meeting. As you entered the room, you should have received an agenda and the rules of conduct for the meeting, and I'll preside at today's meeting, and Patrick Darby will act as our secretary. Mr. Secretary, will you please report on the procedural formalities?

Mr. Chairman, I have an affidavit from the firm responsible for mailing our proxy material confirming that the notice of annual meeting and proxy materials were duly mailed to stockholders of record as of March 9, 2003 (sic) [ 2023 ]. A list of those stockholders is present at this meeting and available for inspection. The list has been available for a period in excess of 10 days. The company has appointed Debra Baker as the inspector of election for this meeting. Ms. Baker has taken and signed an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector of election. I also report that the preliminary vote count indicates that a quorum is present at this meeting. The 4 items to be voted on at this meeting are listed in the agenda. These items are more fully described in the proxy statement previously made available to stockholders. There are no stockholder nominations or proposals for consideration at this meeting. There will be a period for questions and comments about these agenda items before voting. Later in the meeting, there will be another period for general questions and comments from stockholders. Questions and comments must comply with our rules for this meeting.

Thank you. The first item of business to be voted on today is the election of 11 directors to serve until our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board of Directors nominees are the only persons standing for election, so I declare the nominations are closed.

I second, the nominations.

The ratification of the appointment by the Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm is the second item of business to be voted. I move for approval of this proposal.

I second the proposal.

And the third item of business to be voted on today is the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. I move for approval of the proposal.

I second.