Operator

Hello, and welcome to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Universal Health Services, Inc. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Marc D. Miller, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Universal Health Services. Mr. Miller, the floor is yours.

Marc Miller
CEO, President & Director

Welcome to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Universal Health Services, Inc. This year's annual meeting is being conducted completely virtually via a live audio webcast. I would like to introduce the other directors and officers of the company who are participating in today's meeting. The Board of Directors are Alan B. Miller, Executive Chairman of the Board; Nina Chen, Eileen McDonell, Warren Nimetz; Maria Singer; and Dr. Elliot Sussman. Officers of the company are Steve Filton and Chick Boyle.

In addition, Scott Hammond of PricewaterhouseCoopers, our independent auditors, is participating today and is available to respond to any questions. Harold Murphy of Computershare, our transfer agent, is participating today and will act as Inspector of Elections as to the Class B and Class D votes. In order to avoid any confusion, let me take a few moments to outline the format for today's data.

First, each company proposal will be made and seconded. The Board of Directors' position on each proposal is set forth in the proxy statement, which was made available to all stockholders eligible to vote. Next, we will tally the preliminary votes with regard to each proposal.

The polls on our virtual meeting website opened at approximately 9:50 a.m. Eastern Time