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

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") in a virtual-only format on May 12, 2021. Of the 1,259,056,043 shares of the Company's common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 1,064,136,610 shares were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The voting results are presented below.





The Company's stockholders elected nine directors to serve for the next year and
until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal. The votes regarding the election of directors were as
follows:



Name                            Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
Jacqueline K. Barton, Ph.D.    899,474,996     31,224,961      3,967,655       129,468,998
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D.    925,720,753      4,796,871      4,149,988       129,468,998
Sandra J. Horning, M.D.        915,878,614     14,412,126      4,376,872       129,468,998
Kelly A. Kramer                899,847,805     30,745,638      4,074,169       129,468,998
Kevin E. Lofton                871,792,876     58,326,082      4,548,654       129,468,998
Harish Manwani                 856,683,091     73,867,377      4,117,144       129,468,998
Daniel P. O'Day                865,637,805     59,315,449      9,714,358       129,468,998
Javier J. Rodriguez            925,595,579      4,855,226      4,216,807       129,468,998
Anthony Welters                911,330,936     15,436,018      7,900,658       129,468,998

The Company's stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The proposal received the following votes:





Votes For         1,006,982,659
Votes Against        55,666,049
Abstentions           1,487,902

The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as presented in the Proxy Statement. The proposal received the following votes:





Votes For            811,920,486
Votes Against        120,448,188
Abstentions            2,298,938
Broker Non-Votes     129,468,998

The Company's stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal requesting that the Board adopt a policy that the Chairperson of the Board be an independent director. The proposal received the following votes:





Votes For            322,513,516
Votes Against        610,316,308
Abstentions            1,837,788
Broker Non-Votes     129,468,998

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