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, 2012

 

 

Microsoft Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-14278   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)

 

 

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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Item 5.07 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

Results

     % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
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

Results

     % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
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

Results

     % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
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
Results
     % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 
     Approved         98.66     7,132,273,496         96,626,756         18,254,096         0   
Adopt Cumulative Voting   
     Vote
Results
     % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 
    
 
Not
Approved
  
  
     26.20     1,548,061,749         4,360,871,122         21,185,747         1,317,035,730   

 

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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, 2012

   

/s/ John A. Seethoff    

    John A. Seethoff
    Assistant Secretary

 

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