-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Mhxj6TunmhxHT6mwTUcLzkg5JKktPrLucnXM+bnBXpXHXdlerarywgF+iGYyb7z8 1Yb7oaOMVnmTa4UNj3gtgQ== 0001193125-10-265243.txt : 20101119 0001193125-10-265243.hdr.sgml : 20101119 20101119161359 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-265243 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101116 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20101119 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101119 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICROSOFT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000789019 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 911144442 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14278 FILM NUMBER: 101205726 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MICROSOFT WAY CITY: REDMOND STATE: WA ZIP: 98052-6399 BUSINESS PHONE: 425-882-8080 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MICROSOFT WAY CITY: REDMOND STATE: WA ZIP: 98052-6399 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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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