INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (NASDAQ:ISRG) 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

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders on September 22, 2017 (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposal which is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2017:

Proposal No. 1: To further amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) that the Company may issue from 100,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares for the purpose of, among other things, effecting a three-for-one stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock as part of the amendment.

Proposal No. 1 was approved.

About INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (NASDAQ:ISRG)

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Intuitive) designs, manufactures and markets da Vinci Surgical Systems, and related instruments and accessories. The Company’s da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon’s console, a patient-side cart and a vision system. The da Vinci Surgical System translates a surgeon’s hand movements, which are performed on instrument controls at a console, into corresponding micro-movements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small incisions or ports. The da Vinci Surgical System provides its operating surgeons with control, range of motion, tissue manipulation solution and three-dimensional (3-D), high-definition vision. It allows surgeons to work through the small ports enabled by minimally invasive surgery procedures. Its da Vinci Surgery utilizes computational, robotic and imaging technologies. It focuses on five surgical specialties: gynecologic surgery, urologic surgery, general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and head and neck surgery.