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) December 2, 2015

 

 

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 December 2, 2015, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 7,986,669,912 shares of common stock entitled to be voted. There were 7,051,529,229 shares voted in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting:

(1) The shareholders voted to elect each of the eleven (11) nominees for director.

(2) The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

(3) The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016.

The Company’s inspector of election certified the following vote tabulations:

Election of directors

 

     Vote result    % Votes
For
    For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-votes
 

William H. Gates III

   Re-elected      93.9%        5,625,658,353         362,768,492         5,132,842         1,057,969,542   

Teri L. List-Stoll

   Re-elected      99.9%        5,977,498,068         6,997,871         9,063,748         1,057,969,542   

G. Mason Morfit

   Re-elected      99.5%        5,621,121,524         25,802,075         346,636,088         1,057,969,542   

Satya Nadella

   Re-elected      99.8%        5,974,741,688         14,113,043         4,704,956         1,057,969,542   

Charles H. Noski

   Re-elected      93.7%        5,608,255,166         379,746,283         5,558,238         1,057,969,542   

Helmut Panke

   Re-elected      97.9%        5,860,794,675         126,038,850         6,726,162         1,057,969,542   

Sandra E. Peterson

   Elected      99.9%        5,979,822,941         8,450,977         5,285,769         1,057,969,542   

Charles W. Scharf

   Re-elected      99.9%        5,981,567,340         6,487,251         5,505,096         1,057,969,542   

John W. Stanton

   Re-elected      98.6%        5,900,413,397         86,697,704         6,448,586         1,057,969,542   

John W. Thompson

   Re-elected      93.5%        5,598,159,878         389,959,400         5,440,409         1,057,969,542   

Padmasree Warrior

   Elected      94.2%        5,639,996,304         347,887,392         5,675,991         1,057,969,542   

 

Advisory vote on executive compensation

 

  

     
    

Vote result

   % Votes
For
    For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-votes
 
   Approved      72.7     4,337,449,090         1,632,398,240         23,712,357         1,057,969,542   

 

Ratification of appointment of independent auditors

 

  

     
    

Vote result

   % Votes
For
    For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-votes
 
   Approved      93.9     6,610,751,472         430,515,314         10,262,443         N/A   


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 3, 2015

      /S/ JOHN A. SEETHOFF
      John A. Seethoff
      Corporate Secretary