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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and (c)
Registration Number 333-46098
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(to prospectus dated November 2, 2000
and supplemented November 9, 2000
and November 21, 2000)
$586,992,000
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES DUE 2020
AND
CLASS B COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE
UPON CONVERSION OF THE DEBENTURES
This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated November 2,
2000 and supplemented November 9, 2000 and November 21, 2000 (the "prospectus")
of Universal Health Services, Inc. ("UHS" or "our") relating to the sale by
certain of our securityholders or by their transferees, pledgees, donees or
other successors (the "selling securityholders") of up to $586,992,000 principal
amount at maturity of UHS's convertible debentures due 2020 (the "debentures")
and the shares of our class B common stock issuable upon conversion of the
debentures. You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the
prospectus, and this prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the
prospectus except to the extent that the information in this prospectus
supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus.
SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
The following table provides certain information with respect to the
principal amount at maturity of debentures beneficially owned by entities who
were not identified in the prospectus as selling securityholders and entities
who were identified as selling securityholders in the prospectus for whom the
information set forth in the prospectus has changed, the percentage
of outstanding debentures held by each such entity, and the number of shares of
our class B common stock issuable upon conversion of such outstanding
debentures. All information concerning beneficial ownership of the debentures
has been furnished to UHS by the selling securityholders. The table of selling
securityholders in the prospectus is hereby amended to include the entities who
are named below as selling securityholders, and to amend the information
provided for "Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated", "Any other
holder of debentures or future transferee, pledgee, donee or successor of any
holder" and "Total" in the table of selling securityholders in the prospectus.
To our knowledge, none of the selling securityholders listed below has, or
within the past three years has had, any position, office or other material
relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates, except that
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS Warburg LLC were
initial purchasers of the debentures, and Robert H. Hotz, a managing director of
UBS Warburg LLC, is a member of the Board of Directors of UHS.
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Principal Amount at Maturity Percentage of Number of Shares of
of Debentures That May Be Debentures Class B Common Stock That
Name Sold Outstanding May Be Sold
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Arkansas Teachers Retirement System................ $ 9,681,000 1.65% 54,236
Bankers Trust Company, Trustee for
Daimler Chrysler Corp. Emp. #1
Pension Plan dtd 4/1/89........................... 6,460,000 1.1% 36,191
Baptist Health of South Florida.................... 499,000 * 2,795
Boston Museum of Fine Art.......................... 255,000 * 1,428
Engineers Joint Pension Fund....................... 1,045,000 * 5,854
Franklin and Marshall College...................... 435,000 * 2,437
Global Bermuda Limited Partnership................. 1,000,000 * 5,602
Lakeshore International Ltd........................ 2,000,000 * 11,204
Lumberman's Mutual Casualty........................ 1,083,000 * 6,067
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. 17,802,000 3.03% 99,733
Nicholas Applegate Convertible Fund................ 4,837,000 * 27,098
Penn Treaty Network America
Insurance Company................................. 525,000 * 2,941
Physicians Life.................................... 820,000 * 4,593
San Diego City Retirement.......................... 2,100,000 * 11,765
San Diego County Convertible....................... 5,483,000 * 30,717
Screen Actors Guild................................ 1,103,000 * 6,179
State Street Bank, Custodian for GE Pension
Trust............................................. 3,195,000 * 17,899
UBS Warburg LLC.................................... 5,050,000 * 28,292
Wake Forest University............................. 1,987,000 * 11,131
Writers Guild...................................... 648,000 * 3,630
Wyoming State Treasurer............................ 2,239,000 * 12,543
Any other holder of debentures or future
transferee, pledgee, donee or successor of any
holder........................................... 126,865,000 21.61% 710,748
Total........................................ $586,992,000 100.00% 3,288,500**
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* Less than 1%.
** Total differs from the amount registered due to the rounding down of
fractional shares of class B common stock issuable to each selling
securityholder upon conversion of the debentures.
The date of this prospectus supplement is November 29, 2000.