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 16, 2010

 

 

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 16, 2010, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 8,602,554,500 shares of common stock entitled to be voted. 7,400,374,953 shares were 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 voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011.

(3) The shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal to amend the Company’s Bylaws to establish a board committee on environmental sustainability.

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

 

Board of Directors

             

Nominee

   % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker  Non-
Vote
 

Steven A. Ballmer

     94.74     5,680,928,036         315,715,610         120,044,200         1,283,687,108   

Dina Dublon

     99.12     6,048,464,472         53,642,403         14,580,751         1,283,687,328   

William H. Gates III

     98.43     6,010,035,432         96,154,478         10,497,946         1,283,687,097   

Raymond V. Gilmartin

     99.10     6,047,084,696         55,001,160         14,601,769         1,283,687,329   

Reed Hastings

     99.14     6,049,717,314         52,555,198         14,415,119         1,283,687,323   

Maria Klawe

     99.14     6,049,744,049         52,421,309         14,522,274         1,283,687,321   

David F. Marquardt

     98.37     6,003,308,065         99,453,602         13,926,177         1,283,687,109   

Charles H. Noski

     99.06     6,044,303,608         57,590,795         14,793,223         1,283,687,328   

Helmut Panke

     99.10     6,046,551,178         55,071,407         15,065,040         1,283,687,329   

Independent Auditor

             
      % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Vote
 

Ratification of independent auditor

     98.91     7,302,762,891         80,752,943         16,859,120         0   

Shareholder Proposal

             
      % Votes For     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Vote
 

Establish Board Committee on Environmental Sustainability

     3.61     194,555,704         5,193,428,670         728,704,691         1,283,685,888   

 

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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 19, 2010

   

/s/    John A. Seethoff        

    John A. Seethoff
    Assistant Secretary

 

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