Microsoft shareholders re-elect 12 directors and reject all eight shareholder proposals
At its December 5, 2025 annual meeting, Microsoft shareholders elected all 12 director nominees and approved the 2026 Stock Plan, which replaces the 2017 Stock Plan. They also approved executive pay on an advisory basis, ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for fiscal 2026, and rejected all eight shareholder proposals. The votes confirm board, pay, and plan approvals, and no shareholder proposal received majority support.
Key points
- Annual meeting held December 5, 2025; 6,321,402,487 of 7,433,087,554 eligible shares were voted.
- 2026 Stock Plan approved with 97.07% of votes cast in favor.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 91.94%; Deloitte & Touche ratified with 93.53% for fiscal 2026.
- All eight shareholder proposals were not approved; the highest support was 27.48%, on a report on data operations in human rights hotspots.
The filing
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