Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
The number of common shares present at the meeting was 3,463,344,629 or 83.65%
of the common shares outstanding on
(a) The following nominees were elected to serve on the Board of Directors:
Name of Nominee Votes Cast For Votes Cast Against Abstentions Non-Votes Shellye L. Archambeau 2,656,539,039 95,594,059 34,677,499 676,534,032 Roxanne S. Austin 2,672,674,363 99,492,592 14,643,642 676,534,032 Mark T. Bertolini 2,727,872,905 42,810,956 16,126,736 676,534,032 Melanie L. Healey 2,701,734,016 70,219,426 14,857,155 676,534,032 Clarence Otis, Jr. 2,582,729,153 188,252,982 15,828,462 676,534,032 Daniel H. Schulman 2,716,145,984 54,453,676 16,210,937 676,534,032 Rodney E. Slater 2,680,087,786 90,540,247 16,182,564 676,534,032 Hans E. Vestberg 2,553,119,986 205,462,740 28,227,871 676,534,032 Gregory G. Weaver 2,723,647,458 46,786,687 16,376,452 676,534,032
(b) The proposal regarding the Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
was approved with 2,556,473,582 votes for, 207,460,171 votes against, 22,876,844 abstentions and 676,534,032 broker non-votes.
(c) The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public
accounting firm for 2021 was ratified with 3,275,839,425 votes for, 170,659,086 votes against and 16,846,118 abstentions.
(d) The shareholder proposal regarding Shareholder Action by Written Consent was
defeated with 974,294,087 votes for, 1,782,735,591 votes against, 29,780,919
abstentions and 676,534,032 broker non-votes.
(e) The shareholder proposal regarding an Amendment to the Clawback Policy was
defeated with 1,014,822,176 votes for, 1,740,586,156 votes against, 31,402,265 abstentions and 676,534,032 broker non-votes.
(f) The shareholder proposal regarding Shareholder Ratification of Annual Equity
Awards was defeated with 1,051,634,546 votes for, 1,706,772,519 votes
against, 28,403,532 abstentions and 676,534,032 broker non-votes.
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