On March 15, 2024, HCA Healthcare, Inc announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from Michael Frerichs, as Trustee of the Bright Start College Savings Trust, requesting the Company?s Board of Directors to publish a report (at reasonable expense and omitting proprietary and personally protected information) describing feedback the Company receives from patients regarding quality of care, such as information from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Survey on Patient Safety Culture, and what actions the Board has taken in response to that feedback. In addition, the Company urged the shareholders to vote against the shareholder proposal at its annual general meeting of the Company scheduled to be held on April 25, 2024.