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 28, 2018
Microsoft Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Washington
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
| 001-37845 | 91-1144442 | |
| (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington | 98052-6399 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(425) 882-8080
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On November 28, 2018, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 7,677,511,729 shares of common stock entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting, of which 6,722,310,265 were voted in person or by proxy. The results for each item submitted for a vote of shareholders are as follows. The shareholders:
(1) Voted to elect each of the fourteen (14) nominees for director.
(2) Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
(3) Voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2019.
The Company’s inspector of election certified the following vote tabulations:
Election of directors
| Director |
Vote Results | % Votes For |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| William H. Gates III |
Re-elected | 99.7 | % | 5,420,788,454 | 14,437,836 | 6,396,127 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reid G. Hoffman |
Re-elected | 99.9 | % | 5,428,821,253 | 5,317,396 | 7,483,768 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh F. Johnston |
Re-elected | 99.9 | % | 5,428,132,288 | 5,684,761 | 7,805,368 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Teri L. List-Stoll |
Re-elected | 99.9 | % | 5,424,106,654 | 7,550,989 | 9,964,774 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Satya Nadella |
Re-elected | 99.9 | % | 5,429,446,686 | 5,546,845 | 6,628,886 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles H. Noski |
Re-elected | 97.4 | % | 5,291,719,736 | 141,903,621 | 7,999,060 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Helmut Panke, Ph.D. |
Re-elected | 98.4 | % | 5,344,902,932 | 88,704,328 | 8,015,157 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sandra E. Peterson |
Re-elected | 99.9 | % | 5,427,428,604 | 6,899,048 | 7,294,765 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penny S. Pritzker |
Re-elected | 99.8 | % | 5,424,043,927 | 10,202,721 | 7,375,769 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles W. Scharf |
Re-elected | 99.7 | % | 5,418,618,228 | 15,136,958 | 7,867,231 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arne M. Sorenson |
Re-elected | 99.9 | % | 5,426,949,982 | 6,806,654 | 7,865,781 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| John W. Stanton |
Re-elected | 99.7 | % | 5,417,171,652 | 16,704,483 | 7,746,282 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| John W. Thompson |
Re-elected | 99.8 | % | 5,423,270,169 | 10,737,594 | 7,614,654 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Padmasree Warrior |
Re-elected | 99.8 | % | 5,421,206,575 | 10,104,934 | 10,310,908 | 1,280,687,848 | |||||||||||||||||
Advisory vote on executive compensation
| Vote result |
% Votes For | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Approved |
96.0 | % | 5,191,052,670 | 218,681,803 | 31,887,944 | 1,280,687,848 | ||||||||||||||
| Ratification of appointment of independent auditor |
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| Vote result |
% Votes For | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Approved |
97.6 | % | 6,548,647,443 | 160,911,618 | 12,751,204 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: November 29, 2018 | /s/ Carolyn Frantz | |||
| Carolyn Frantz | ||||
| Corporate Secretary | ||||