Form 8-K

 

 

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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Indicate by check mark whether the 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).

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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
 

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
 

Approved

     96.0     5,191,052,670        218,681,803        31,887,944        1,280,687,848  
Ratification of appointment of independent auditor

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

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