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

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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: December 3, 2015						/S/ JOHN A. SEETHOFF
						John A. Seethoff
						Corporate Secretary