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 30, 2016

 

 

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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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On November 30, 2016, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 7,779,736,996 shares of common stock entitled to be voted, of which 6,894,716,318 were 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 2017.

(4) The shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation.

(5) The shareholders approved the French Sub Plan under the 2001 Stock Plan.

(6) The shareholders rejected a non-binding shareholder proposal to amend the Company’s proxy access bylaw.

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         99.6 %      5,575,617,586         23,161,409         3,630,178         1,292,307,145   

Teri L. List-Stoll

      Re-elected         99.9 %      5,591,273,174         6,357,894         4,778,105         1,292,307,145   

G. Mason Morfit

      Re-elected         99.4 %      5,566,392,994         31,052,658         4,963,521         1,292,307,145   

Satya Nadella

      Re-elected         99.8 %      5,584,792,413         13,408,811         4,207,949         1,292,307,145   

Charles H. Noski

      Re-elected         99.1 %      5,543,846,320         51,444,972         7,117,881         1,292,307,145   

Helmut Panke

      Re-elected         99.1 %      5,544,681,610         50,579,271         7,148,292         1,292,307,145   

Sandra E. Peterson

      Re-elected         99.9 %      5,591,547,972         5,862,005         4,999,196         1,292,307,145   

Charles W. Scharf

      Re-elected         99.5 %      5,571,794,442         25,647,798         4,966,933         1,292,307,145   

John W. Stanton

      Re-elected         99.4 %      5,565,591,947         31,906,388         4,910,838         1,292,307,145   

John W. Thompson

      Re-elected         99.8 %      5,589,164,855         8,503,166         4,741,152         1,292,307,145   

Padmasree Warrior

      Re-elected         99.5 %      5,572,072,762         25,266,874         5,069,537         1,292,307,145   

Advisory vote on executive compensation

 

     Vote result      % Votes
For		     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-votes		  
     Approved         96.1 %      5,361,963,742         218,233,286         22,212,145         1,292,307,145   

Ratification of appointment of independent auditors

 

     Vote result      % Votes
For		     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-votes		  
     Approved         98.8 %      6,798,905,732         85,344,033         10,466,553         0   

Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation

 

     Vote result      % Votes
For		     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-votes		  
     Approved         71.5 %      5,566,320,739         27,171,557         8,916,877         1,292,307,145   

Approval of the French Sub Plan under the 2001 Stock Plan

 

     Vote result      % Votes
For		     For      Against      Abstain     

Broker

Non-votes

  
     Approved         97.6 %      5,418,980,911         135,313,255         48,115,007         1,292,307,145   

Shareholder proposal to amend proxy access bylaw

 

     Vote result      % Votes
For		     For      Against      Abstain     

Broker

Non-votes

  
     Rejected         26.8 %      1,477,965,264         4,035,982,475         88,461,434         1,292,307,145   

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

 

    3.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Microsoft Corporation

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 1, 2016

  

  /S/ JOHN A. SEETHOFF

 

  John A. Seethoff

 

  Corporate Secretary

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

No.

   

Description

3.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Microsoft Corporation