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 3, 2014

 

 

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)

 

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On December 3, 2014, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 8,255,024,407 shares of common stock entitled to be voted. There were 7,005,292,367 shares voted in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting:

(1) The shareholders voted to elect each of the ten (10) 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 2015.

(4) The shareholders rejected a non-binding shareholder proposal for the adoption of proxy access.

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

Election of directors

 

     Vote Results    % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

William H. Gates III

   Re-elected      93.9     5,606,116,491         365,721,899         2,265,393         1,031,188,584   

Maria Klawe

   Re-elected      92.6     5,531,572,830         439,103,380         3,427,573         1,031,188,584   

Teri L. List-Stoll

   Elected      99.7     5,955,193,132         15,258,441         3,652,210         1,031,188,584   

G. Mason Morfit

   Elected      99.7     5,654,036,396         18,217,262         301,850,125         1,031,188,584   

Satya Nadella

   Elected      99.5     5,942,449,976         28,462,079         3,191,728         1,031,188,584   

Charles H. Noski

   Re-elected      99.4     5,935,196,762         35,098,514         3,808,507         1,031,188,584   

Helmut Panke

   Re-elected      97.7     5,834,406,180         135,861,949         3,835,654         1,031,188,584   

Charles W. Scharf

   Elected      99.7     5,954,552,546         15,704,412         3,846,825         1,031,188,584   

John W. Stanton

   Elected      99.1     5,914,329,420         56,041,826         3,732,537         1,031,188,584   

John W. Thompson

   Re-elected      92.1     5,497,993,411         472,460,503         3,649,869         1,031,188,584   
Advisory vote on executive compensation   
     Vote Results    % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 
   Approved      72.6     4,316,712,740         1,625,320,427         32,070,616         1,031,188,584   
Ratification of appointment of independent auditors   
     Vote Results    % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 
   Approved      98.9     6,919,256,043         77,642,108         8,394,216         0   
Shareholder proposal: adoption of proxy access   
     Vote Results    % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 
   Not approved      10.5     622,160,860         5,319,463,402         32,479,521         1,031,188,584   


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 4, 2014   /S/ JOHN A. SEETHOFF
  John A. Seethoff
  Assistant Secretary