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| MSFT > SEC Filings for MSFT > Form 8-K on 29-Nov-2012 | All Recent SEC Filings |
29-Nov-2012
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On November 28, 2012, Microsoft Corporation (the "Company") held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). There were 8,430,933,156 shares of common stock entitled to be voted. There were 7,247,154,348 shares voted in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting:
(1) The shareholders voted to elect each of the nine (9) nominees for director.
(2) The shareholders approved , on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
(3) The shareholders approved the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(4) The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2013.
(5) The shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal to adopt cumulative voting.
The Company's inspector of election certified the following vote tabulations:
Election of Directors
Vote Broker Non-
Results % Votes For For Against Abstain Votes
Steven A. Ballmer Re-elected 96.64 % 5,718,081,903 198,676,752 13,359,963 1,317,035,730
Dina Dublon Re-elected 98.92 % 5,855,205,068 63,854,126 11,059,424 1,317,035,730
William H. Gates III Re-elected 96.69 % 5,724,546,035 195,700,046 9,872,537 1,317,035,730
Maria Klawe Re-elected 98.92 % 5,855,097,008 63,903,476 11,118,134 1,317,035,730
Stephen J. Luczo Elected 99.16 % 5,868,022,164 49,475,620 12,620,834 1,317,035,730
David F. Marquardt Re-elected 98.56 % 5,833,630,148 84,985,727 11,502,743 1,317,035,730
Charles H. Noski Re-elected 98.99 % 5,858,968,641 59,834,908 11,315,069 1,317,035,730
Helmut Panke Re-elected 98.88 % 5,852,665,674 66,191,131 11,261,813 1,317,035,730
John W. Thompson Eelected 98.90 % 5,852,434,556 65,132,750 12,551,312 1,317,035,730
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
Vote Broker Non-
Results % Votes For For Against Abstain Votes
Approved 94.12 % 5,563,078,796 347,351,143 19,688,679 1,317,035,730
Approval of Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Vote Broker Non-
Results % Votes For For Against Abstain Votes
Approved 99.26 % 5,850,353,971 43,533,200 36,231,447 1,317,035,730
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Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors
Vote Broker Non-
Results % Votes For For Against Abstain Votes
Approved 98.66 % 7,132,273,496 96,626,756 18,254,096 0
Adopt Cumulative Voting
Vote Broker Non-
Results % Votes For For Against Abstain Votes
Not
Approved 26.20 % 1,548,061,749 4,360,871,122 21,185,747 1,317,035,730
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