UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| ITEM 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
The 2024 Annual Meeting of the stockholders of AT&T Inc. was held virtually on May 16, 2024. Stockholders representing 5,235,636,194 shares, or 72.99%, of the 7,173,434,903 common shares outstanding as of the March 18, 2024 record date, attended the meeting, or were represented by proxy. Final voting results are shown below.
Each matter was determined by a majority of votes cast, except that the advisory approval of executive compensation was a non-binding proposal.
Election of Directors
The following Directors were elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast.
| Votes Cast For | Votes Cast Against | |||||||||||
| Nominee for Director | Number | % of Votes Cast |
Number | % of Votes Cast |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
| Scott T. Ford |
3,728,169,501 | 97.60% | 91,502,091 | 2.40% | 95,550,829 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Glenn H. Hutchins |
3,394,858,086 | 93.29% | 244,276,606 | 6.71% | 276,091,822 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| William E. Kennard |
3,695,292,840 | 97.42% | 97,905,438 | 2.58% | 122,022,569 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Stephen J. Luczo |
3,845,412,817 | 98.73% | 49,275,223 | 1.27% | 20,534,244 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Marissa A. Mayer |
3,843,909,354 | 98.59% | 54,982,428 | 1.41% | 16,330,382 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Michael B. McCallister |
3,726,936,257 | 97.59% | 91,862,344 | 2.41% | 96,427,621 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Beth E. Mooney |
3,663,490,372 | 96.68% | 125,928,624 | 3.32% | 125,803,425 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Matthew K. Rose |
3,724,846,213 | 97.69% | 87,949,381 | 2.31% | 102,430,978 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| John T. Stankey |
3,825,831,879 | 98.54% | 56,611,507 | 1.46% | 32,781,676 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Cynthia B. Taylor |
3,810,982,262 | 98.52% | 57,323,839 | 1.48% | 46,916,320 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
| Luis A. Ubiñas |
3,686,872,721 | 97.33% | 101,275,444 | 2.67% | 127,078,074 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||
Proposals Submitted by Board of Directors
The ratification of the appointment of Independent Auditors received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast and was passed. The advisory approval of executive compensation also received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in a non-binding vote.
| Votes Cast For | Votes Cast Against | |||||||||||||||
| Proposal | Number | % of Votes Cast |
Number | % of Votes Cast |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Ratification of appointment of Independent Auditors |
4,950,472,900 | 94.95% | 263,037,301 | 5.05% | 22,105,642 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Advisory approval of executive compensation |
3,502,972,766 | 90.27% | 377,425,911 | 9.73% | 34,824,006 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||||||
Proposals Submitted by Stockholders
The following proposals failed to receive the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast and were defeated.
| Votes Cast For | Votes Cast Against | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proposals | Number | % of Votes Cast |
Number | % of Votes Cast |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Independent Board Chairman |
746,399,709 | 19.20 | % | 3,141,669,686 | 80.80 | % | 27,156,812 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||||||||||||
| Improve Clawback Policy for Unearned Pay for Each NEO |
371,607,582 | 9.65 | % | 3,478,958,878 | 90.35 | % | 64,650,909 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||||||||||||
| Report on Respecting Workforce Civil Liberties |
90,119,198 | 2.36 | % | 3,735,548,745 | 97.64 | % | 89,558,685 | 1,320,409,493 | ||||||||||||||||
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.
| AT&T INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 21, 2024 | By: | /s/ Stacey Maris | ||||
| Stacey Maris | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Privacy Officer | ||||||