Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The following is a brief description and the voting results of each proposal
voted upon at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on
Each of the twelve Directors proposed by the Company were re-elected for a one-year term beginning in May and continuing until the Company's 2022 Annual Shareholders' Meeting and until their successors have been elected and qualified. The votes on this proposal were as follows:
Broker Director Name For Against Abstain Non-Votes Lloyd Dean 479,411,242 20,283,555 884,844 104,585,676 Robert Eckert 438,925,416 60,730,521 923,704 104,585,676 Catherine Engelbert 497,573,708 2,213,615 792,318 104,585,676 Margaret Georgiadis 497,617,823 2,112,848 848,970 104,585,676 Enrique Hernandez, Jr. 350,725,528 148,927,252 926,861 104,585,676 Christopher Kempczinski 490,966,120 8,721,632 891,889 104,585,676 Richard Lenny 397,145,054 102,496,941 937,646 104,585,676 John Mulligan 495,615,097 4,026,665 937,879 104,585,676 Sheila Penrose 476,623,513 23,097,162 858,966 104,585,676 John Rogers, Jr. 461,685,686 37,999,108 894,847 104,585,676 Paul Walsh 454,817,289 44,784,659 977,693 104,585,676 Miles White 412,011,127 87,646,609 921,905 104,585,676
The proposal regarding an advisory vote to approve the compensation awarded to the Company's named executive officers for 2020 was approved. The votes on this proposal were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 466,532,516 30,771,468 3,275,657 104,585,676
The proposal regarding an advisory vote to ratify the appointment of
For Against Abstain 578,661,134 25,376,702 1,127,481
The proposal regarding an advisory vote on a shareholder proposal requesting a report on sugar and public health was not approved. The votes on this proposal were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 52,846,129 438,917,378 8,816,134 104,585,676
The proposal regarding an advisory vote on a shareholder proposal requesting a report on antibiotics and public health costs was not approved. The votes on this proposal were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 56,454,152 416,462,524 27,662,965 104,585,676
The proposal regarding an advisory vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent was not approved. The votes on this proposal were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 212,252,064 285,447,888 2,879,689 104,585,676
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