Microsoft Corporation 2008 Final Proxy Voting Results
Our Annual Meeting of Shareholder was held on November 19, 2008. There were 9,005,478,726 shares of common stock entitled to be voted, and 7,843,194,527 shares voted in person or by proxy.
There were 15 items of business acted upon by shareholders, including three shareholder proposals. For more information on the proposals, see the Company’s Proxy Statement dated September 29, 2008, which you may view here.
| Vote Results | % Votes For (Based on Total Shares Voted*) | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |
| Directors | ||||||
William H. Gates III | Re-elected | 99.19% | 7,762,510,657 | 63,627,798 | 17,056,072 | 0 |
Steven A. Ballmer | Re-elected | 98.19% | 7,680,710,685 | 141,528,233 | 20,955,609 | 0 |
James I. Cash Jr. | Re-elected | 98.53% | 7,707,573,521 | 114,824,209 | 20,796,797 | 0 |
Dina Dublon | Re-elected | 99.27% | 7,769,908,917 | 57,237,210 | 16,048,400 | 0 |
Raymond V. Gilmartin | Re-elected | 99.12% | 7,754,063,821 | 68,824,373 | 20,306,333 | 0 |
Reed Hastings | Re-elected | 99.22% | 7,761,016,067 | 61,087,060 | 21,091,400 | 0 |
David F. Marquardt | Re-elected | 98.70% | 7,717,980,228 | 101,433,771 | 23,780,528 | 0 |
Charles H. Noski | Re-elected | 99.14% | 7,754,773,139 | 66,952,040 | 21,469,348 | 0 |
Helmut Panke | Re-elected | 98.58% | 7,711,097,585 | 111,431,646 | 20,665,296 | 0 |
| Management Proposals | ||||||
Approval of material terms of performance criteria under the Executive Officer Incentive Plan | Approved | 97.46% | 6,263,183,489 | 163,139,676 | 49,621,298 | 1,367,250,064 |
Amendments to the 1999 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors | Approved | 90.04% | 5,785,912,805 | 640,169,128 | 49,859,530 | 1,367,253,064 |
| Independent Auditor | ||||||
Ratification of independent auditor | Approved | 99.02% | 7,748,433,032 | 76,574,971 | 18,186,524 | 0 |
| Shareholder Proposals | ||||||
Adoption of Policies on Internet Censorship | Not Approved | 5.94% | 338,571,684 | 5,360,131,636 | 777,253,630 | 1,367,237,577 |
Establishment of Board Committee on Human Rights | Not Approved | 4.25% | 241,820,864 | 5,445,564,459 | 788,766,557 | 1,367,042,647 |
Disclosure of Charitable Contributions | Not Approved | 4.59% | 263,071,698 | 5,472,762,779 | 740,061,812 | 1,367,298,238 |
*Abstentions are not counted either in favor of or against the election of director nominees or the ratification of the independent auditor. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted either in favor of or against other proposals.
