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

On June 22, 2023, the Company held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the close of business on April 24, 2023, the record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 717,648,391 common shares of the Company issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders elected eleven directors to serve until the annual meeting in 2024, or until their successors have been elected and qualified; approved the Company's executive compensation on an advisory basis; selected one year as the frequency of approval of executive compensation on an advisory basis; ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditor for fiscal year 2023; rejected a shareholder proposal regarding a report on the public health costs from sale of tobacco products; rejected a shareholder proposal regarding listing of charitable contributions of $10,000 or more; rejected a shareholder proposal regarding a report on the recyclability of packaging; approved a shareholder proposal regarding a report on racial and gender pay gaps; and rejected a shareholder proposal regarding a report on EEO policy risks.

The final results are as follows:







Director Election Proposal
                               For        Against     Broker Non-Votes
Nora A. Aufreiter          550,994,680   7,063,845       62,743,072
Kevin M. Brown             551,745,614   6,282,346       62,743,072
Elaine L. Chao             549,974,681   7,884,932       62,743,072
Anne Gates                 538,200,136   19,936,704      62,743,072
Karen M. Hoguet            551,774,892   6,255,720       62,743,072
W. Rodney McMullen         514,099,199   39,598,221      62,743,072
Clyde R. Moore             520,920,720   37,112,409      62,743,072
Ronald L. Sargent          520,272,177   37,846,932      62,743,072
J. Amanda Sourry Knox      550,062,046   8,004,869       62,743,072
Mark S. Sutton             549,854,432   8,254,131       62,743,072
Ashok Vemuri               551,601,263   6,348,221       62,743,072








Other Proposals                                                        Broker
                              For        Against        Abstain       Non-Votes
Advisory vote approving
executive compensation    508,396,319   48,062,521     2,821,010     62,743,072
                            One Year    Two Years     Three Years      Abstain
Advisory vote on
Frequency of Future Votes
on Executive Compensation 534,196,530   2,904,080     19,274,873      2,904,367

                                                                       Broker
                              For        Against        Abstain       Non-Votes
Ratification of
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as independent
auditor for fiscal year
2023                      567,205,899   53,449,710     1,367,313
Shareholder proposal
regarding the Report on
Public Health Costs from
the Sale of Tobacco
Products                   70,505,903  484,313,990     4,459,957     62,743,072










Shareholder proposal
regarding Listing of
Charitable Contributions
of $10,000 or More         36,872,645  516,894,975     5,512,230     62,743,072
Shareholder proposal
regarding a Report on
Recyclability of
Packaging                 176,509,674  379,352,202     3,417,974     62,743,072
Shareholder proposal
regarding a Report on
Racial and Gender Pay
Gaps                      288,358,833  267,381,681     3,539,336     62,743,072
Shareholder proposal
regarding EEO Policy
Risks                      10,458,817  544,893,409     3,927,624     62,743,072

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