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Universal Health Services Inc--Form 8-K

 

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) January 19, 2005

 

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   1-10765   23-2077891

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission File

Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

Universal Corporate Center

367 South Gulph Road

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

   19406
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 768-3300

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On January 19, 2005, the board of directors of Universal Health Services, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Marc D. Miller as vice president of the Company. Marc D. Miller is the son of Alan B. Miller, the Company’s chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president. A press release announcing the appointment of Marc D. Miller to the office of vice president, together with other developments, is annexed hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1    Press release dated January 19, 2005.

 

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.

 

        UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

Date: January 20, 2005

       By:   /s/ Alan B. Miller
           

Name: Alan B. Miller

Title: President and Chief

Executive Officer

 

        By:   /s/ Steve Filton
           

Name: Steve Filton

Title: Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

Press Release

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONTACT:    Steve Filton    January 19, 2005
     Chief Financial Officer     
     610-768-3300     

 

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

APPOINTS MARC D. MILLER VICE PRESIDENT AND

ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND

 

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) today announced the promotion of Marc D. Miller to Vice President effective immediately. In his position, Miller is responsible for operations at the Eastern Region Acute Care Hospitals and he will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Acute Care Operations. Prior to this promotion, he was Division Vice President-Acute Care, Eastern Region. His previous positions also include CEO/ Managing Director of Central Montgomery Medical Center; Chief Operating Officer of Wellington Regional Medical Center; Associate Administrator at the George Washington University Hospital and Director of Operations for UHS’ Radiation Oncology Division.

 

Miller holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Healthcare Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

UHS also announced today that its Board of Directors voted to pay a cash dividend of $0.08 per share on March 15, 2005 to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2005.

 

Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest hospital companies, operating acute care and behavioral health hospitals, ambulatory and radiation centers nationwide, in Puerto Rico and in France. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE: UHT).

 

Certain statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to various risks and uncertainties as discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not obligated to update these forward-looking statements even if the Company’s assessment of these risks and uncertainties changes.

 

For additional information on the Company, visit our website: http://www.uhsinc.com.

 

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