On May 23, 2023, AT&T Inc announced that at its 2023 annual meeting of shareholders held on May 18, 2023, a shareholder proposal to independent board chairman was not approved and the voting results are vote for: 1,306,037,115; vote against: 2,494,156,952; vote abstain: 30,259,813 and broker non-votes: 1,501,831,298.