8-K
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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) December 13, 2022

 

 

Microsoft Corporation

 

 

 

Washington   001-37845   91-1144442

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington   98052-6399

(425) 882-8080

www.microsoft.com/investor

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

  

Trading Symbol

  

Name of exchange on which registered

COMMON STOCK, $0.00000625 par value per share    MSFT    NASDAQ
3.125% Notes due 2028    MSFT    NASDAQ
2.625% Notes due 2033    MSFT    NASDAQ

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). Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has Re-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.

 

 


Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On December 13, 2022, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 7,456,502,484 shares of common stock entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting, of which 6,407,164,715 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 twelve (12) 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 2023.

(4) Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a cost/benefit analysis of diversity and inclusion.

(5) Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on hiring of persons with arrest or incarceration records.

(6) Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on investment of retirement funds in companies contributing to climate change

(7) Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on government use of Microsoft technology.

(8) Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on development of products for the military.

(9) Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on tax transparency.

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
 

Reid G. Hoffman

     Re-elected        99.36     5,160,882,524        33,174,425        7,489,821        1,205,617,945  

Hugh F. Johnston

     Re-elected        97.22     5,049,948,273        144,383,497        7,215,000        1,205,617,945  

Teri L. List

     Re-elected        98.11     5,096,798,624        97,765,350        6,982,796        1,205,617,945  

Satya Nadella

     Re-elected        94.81     4,910,653,831        268,298,408        22,594,531        1,205,617,945  

Sandra E. Peterson

     Re-elected        97.93     5,087,619,318        107,175,209        6,752,243        1,205,617,945  

Penny S. Pritzker

     Re-elected        99.62     5,175,115,956        19,592,685        6,838,129        1,205,617,945  

Carlos A. Rodriguez

     Re-elected        99.53     5,170,479,184        23,953,746        7,113,840        1,205,617,945  

Charles W. Scharf

     Re-elected        98.62     5,122,800,449        71,604,817        7,141,504        1,205,617,945  

John W. Stanton

     Re-elected        99.50     5,168,492,930        25,964,121        7,089,719        1,205,617,945  

John W. Thompson

     Re-elected        98.77     5,099,883,372        63,367,837        38,295,561        1,205,617,945  

Emma N. Walmsley

     Re-elected        98.65     5,125,070,256        69,672,875        6,803,639        1,205,617,945  

Padmasree Warrior

     Re-elected        98.64     5,124,164,692        70,387,897        6,994,181        1,205,617,945  


Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Approved

     88.84     4,592,889,815        576,592,671        32,064,284        1,205,617,945  

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor for Fisal Year 2023

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Approved

     95.37     6,090,828,328        295,468,078        20,868,309        N/A  

Shareholder Proposal: Cost/Benefit Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Not approved

     1.26     65,452,580        5,096,572,869        39,521,321        1,205,617,945  

Shareholder Proposal: Report on Hiring of Persons with Arrest or Incarceration Records

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Not approved

     10.93     561,881,321        4,575,515,870        64,149,579        1,205,617,945  

Shareholder Proposal: Report on Investment of Retirement Funds in Companies Contributing to Climate Change

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Not approved

     11.21     558,833,392        4,423,581,196        219,132,182        1,205,617,945  

Shareholder Proposal: Report on Government Use of Microsoft Technology

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Not approved

     20.43     1,052,632,888        4,099,222,359        49,691,523        1,205,617,945  

Shareholder Proposal: Report on Development of Products for Military

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Not approved

     10.52     538,430,806        4,575,935,372        87,180,592        1,205,617,945  

Shareholder Proposal: Report on Tax Transparency

 

Vote result

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Not approved

     22.97     1,188,222,206        3,982,547,802        30,776,762        1,205,617,945  


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: December 16, 2022

  

/s/ Keith R. Dolliver

   Keith R. Dolliver
   Assistant Secretary