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    SEC Form 8-K filed by Microsoft Corporation

    12/8/25 4:00:35 PM ET
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    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, D.C. 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) December 5, 2025

     

     

    Microsoft Corporation

     

     

     

    Washington   001-37845   91-1144442

    (State or Other Jurisdiction

    of Incorporation)

     

    (Commission

    File Number)

     

    (IRS Employer

    Identification No.)

    One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399

    (425) 882-8080

    www.microsoft.com/investor

     

     

    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))

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     

    Title of each class

     

    Trading

    Symbol

     

    Name of exchange

    on which registered

    Common stock, $0.00000625 par value per share   MSFT   NASDAQ
    3.125% Notes due 2028   MSFT   NASDAQ
    2.625% Notes due 2033   MSFT   NASDAQ

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

     

     
     


    Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

    On December 5, 2025, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company” or “Microsoft”) held its 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”).

    At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s 2026 Stock Plan (the “2026 Stock Plan”). The 2026 Stock Plan replaces the Microsoft Corporation 2017 Stock Plan in its entirety. The material terms of the 2026 Stock Plan are described in “Proposal 4: Approval of the Microsoft Corporation 2026 Stock Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2025, which is incorporated by reference herein.

    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

    There were 7,433,087,554 shares of common stock entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting, of which 6,321,402,487 were voted in person or by proxy. The results for each item submitted for a vote of shareholders are as follows. The shareholders:

     

    (1)

    Voted to elect each of the 12 nominees for director.

     

    (2)

    Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

     

    (3)

    Voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026.

     

    (4)

    Voted to approve the Microsoft Corporation 2026 Stock Plan.

     

    (5)

    Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a European Security Program Censorship risk audit.

     

    (6)

    Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on risks of censorship in generative artificial intelligence (“AI”).

     

    (7)

    Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on AI data usage oversight.

     

    (8)

    Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on data operations in human rights hotspots.

     

    (9)

    Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on human rights due diligence.

     

    (10)

    Did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning a report on AI and machine learning tools for oil and gas development and production.

    The Company’s inspector of election certified the following vote tabulations:

    Election of directors

     

    Director

       Vote Results      % Votes
    For
         For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     

    Reid G. Hoffman

         Re-elected        99.07        5,120,225,979        48,294,508        14,934,170        1,137,975,835  

    Hugh F. Johnston

         Re-elected        91.53        4,733,430,707        437,820,499        12,203,451        1,137,975,835  

    Teri L. List

         Re-elected        96.61        4,999,681,887        175,326,264        8,446,506        1,137,975,835  

    Catherine MacGregor

         Re-elected        99.49        5,148,368,340        26,590,734        8,495,583        1,137,975,835  

    Mark A. L. Mason

         Re-elected        98.99        5,122,450,020        52,291,857        8,712,780        1,137,975,835  

    Satya Nadella

         Re-elected        93.46        4,815,433,908        337,016,790        31,003,959        1,137,975,835  

    Sandra E. Peterson

         Re-elected        96.78        5,004,804,899        166,778,650        11,871,108        1,137,975,835  

    Penny S. Pritzker

         Re-elected        99.47        5,147,754,253        27,334,798        8,365,606        1,137,975,835  

    John David Rainey

         Elected        99.72        5,159,803,411        14,709,088        8,942,158        1,137,975,835  

    Charles W. Scharf

         Re-elected        95.61        4,947,789,084        227,012,006        8,653,567        1,137,975,835  

    John W. Stanton

         Re-elected        97.71        5,056,509,391        118,267,836        8,677,430        1,137,975,835  

    Emma N. Walmsley

         Re-elected        99.46        5,147,102,809        27,909,382        8,442,466        1,137,975,835  


    Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Approved      91.94        4,744,731,533        415,831,135        22,891,989        1,137,975,835  

    Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor for Fisal Year 2026

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Approved      93.53        5,897,883,259        408,304,657        15,242,576        0  

    Approval of the Microsoft Corporation 2026 Stock Plan

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Approved      97.07        5,016,063,751        151,618,873        15,772,033        1,137,975,835  

    Shareholder Proposal: European Security Program Censorship Risk Audit

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Not approved      0.79        40,404,047        5,102,931,493        40,119,117        1,137,975,835  

    Shareholder Proposal: Report on Risks of Censorship in Generative Artificial Intelligence

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Not approved      0.69        35,508,084        5,104,188,603        43,757,970        1,137,975,835  

    Shareholder Proposal: Report on AI Data Usage Oversight

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     

    Not approved

         13.36        683,895,858        4,435,809,588        63,749,211        1,137,975,835  

    Shareholder Proposal: Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Not approved      27.48        1,406,735,187        3,712,753,371        63,966,099        1,137,975,835  

    Shareholder Proposal: Report on Human Rights Due Diligence

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Not approved      26.34        1,336,945,255        3,738,252,211        108,257,191        1,137,975,835  

    Shareholder Proposal: Report on AI and Machine Learning Tools for Oil and Gas Development and Production

     

    Vote result

       % Votes For      For      Against      Abstain      Broker
    Non-Votes
     
    Not approved      8.75        448,005,682        4,671,182,894        64,266,081        1,137,975,835  


    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
    Date: December 8, 2025      

    /s/ Keith R. Dolliver

          Keith R. Dolliver
          Corporate Secretary
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