INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (LON:IBM) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) International Business Machines Corporation (IBM or the
company) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April25,
2017. Below are the final voting results. For more information on
the following proposals, see IBMs proxy statement dated March13,
2017, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by
reference.
(b)
Election of Directors for a Term of One Year:
|
DIRECTOR |
|
FOR |
|
AGAINST |
|
ABSTAIN |
|
BROKER NON-VOTES |
|
|
K.I. Chenault |
543,308,501 |
64,238,389 |
4,198,962 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
M.L. Eskew |
551,532,516 |
55,972,073 |
4,259,828 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
D.N. Farr |
599,805,143 |
7,378,991 |
4,577,590 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
M. Fields |
599,657,008 |
7,708,115 |
4,399,936 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
A. Gorsky |
591,109,906 |
16,171,353 |
4,479,550 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
S.A. Jackson |
567,044,187 |
40,542,738 |
4,177,342 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
A.N. Liveris |
587,935,028 |
19,497,627 |
4,333,862 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
W.J. McNerney,Jr. |
591,430,249 |
16,016,010 |
4,318,776 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
H.S. Olayan |
598,092,837 |
9,037,764 |
4,634,693 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
J.W. Owens |
594,563,952 |
12,905,006 |
4,295,831 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
V.M. Rometty |
575,090,187 |
29,724,033 |
6,946,855 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
S. Taurel |
574,329,239 |
33,028,522 |
4,406,995 |
165,585,849 |
|||||
|
P.R. Voser |
598,872,070 |
8,247,483 |
4,643,367 |
165,585,849 |
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm:
|
For |
753,469,998 |
97.49 |
% |
||
|
Against |
19,413,183 |
2.51 |
% |
||
|
Abstain |
4,465,931 |
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:
|
For |
328,165,946 |
54.25 |
% |
||
|
Against |
276,704,419 |
45.75 |
% |
||
|
Abstain |
6,891,763 |
||||
|
Broker Non-Votes |
165,585,849 |
Advisory Vote Regarding Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive
Compensation:
|
1 Year |
543,653,471 |
89.73 |
% |
||
|
2 Years |
4,410,760 |
0.73 |
% |
||
|
3 Years |
57,777,992 |
9.54 |
% |
||
|
Abstain |
5,921,873 |
||||
|
Broker Non-Votes |
165,585,849 |
(d) Based on the results of the vote regarding Frequency of
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation, the company
will continue to provide an advisory vote on executive
compensation on an annual basis.
Stockholder Proposal on Lobbying Disclosure:
|
For |
156,939,956 |
26.54 |
% |
||
|
Against |
434,295,363 |
73.46 |
% |
||
|
Abstain |
20,528,721 |
||||
|
Broker Non-Votes |
165,585,849 |
Stockholder Proposal on Special Shareowner Meetings:
|
For |
227,085,496 |
37.66 |
% |
||
|
Against |
375,969,420 |
62.34 |
% |
||
|
Abstain |
8,709,367 |
||||
|
Broker Non-Votes |
165,585,849 |
Stockholder Proposal to Adopt a Proxy Access By-law:
|
For |
357,727,206 |
59.43 |
% |
||
|
Against |
244,249,954 |
40.57 |
% |
||
|
Abstain |
9,790,396 |
||||
|
Broker Non-Votes |
165,585,849 |
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