UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):  November 1, 2018

SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION
SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4714 Gettysburg Road, P.O. Box 2034

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(717) 972-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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

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Indicate by check mark whether either 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 o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if either 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. o

Item 5.02      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 1, 2018, the Boards of Directors (the “Boards”) of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”) and Select Medical Corporation (“Select”) appointed Marilyn Tavenner as a director of each of Holdings and Select, effective on November 1, 2018. Her term will expire at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Holdings, at which time she will stand for election along with the other director nominees standing for election at that meeting. The Boards have not yet determined on which committees, if any, Ms. Tavenner will serve. Ms. Tavenner will be eligible for compensation as a non-employee director of Holdings as described under the heading “Director Compensation” in the Proxy Statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Holdings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2018. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Tavenner and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Tavenner was elected as a director of Holdings or Select. Ms. Tavenner has not entered into any related party transactions with Holdings or Select that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01      Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 and furnished for purposes of Regulation FD is a press release issued by Holdings on November 1, 2018, announcing the appointment of Ms. Tavenner to the Board of Directors of Holdings.

The information in this Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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