Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) The
1. The nominees for election to the Company's Board of Directors set forth in Item 1 to the Company's Proxy Statement filed with theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission onMarch 12, 2021 were elected to hold office until the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, based upon the following votes: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker non-vote Ronald E. Blaylock 3,552,128,581 75,310,205 17,769,916 872,247,240 Albert Bourla 3,403,798,711 212,217,144 29,192,847 872,247,240 Susan Desmond-Hellmann 3,602,587,186 27,007,655 15,613,861 872,247,240 Joseph J. Echevarria 3,067,343,922 551,543,052 26,321,728 872,247,240 Scott Gottlieb 3,604,408,886 24,247,147 16,552,669 872,247,240 Helen H. Hobbs 3,591,164,311 38,498,000 15,546,391 872,247,240 Susan Hockfield 3,606,052,119 24,001,809 15,154,774 872,247,240 Dan R. Littman 3,598,774,848 28,603,952 17,829,902 872,247,240 Shantanu Narayen 3,590,073,401 38,138,233 16,997,068 872,247,240 Suzanne Nora Johnson 3,477,324,059 151,820,880 16,063,763 872,247,240 James Quincey 3,588,511,169 40,095,580 16,601,953 872,247,240 James C. Smith 3,575,587,764 53,048,897 16,572,041 872,247,240 2. The proposal to ratify the selection ofKPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year was approved based upon the following votes: Votes for approval 4,291,626,166 Votes against 208,758,238 Abstentions 17,071,538 Broker non-votes n/a
3. The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers was approved based upon the following votes:
Votes for approval 3,355,194,651 Votes against 258,664,414 Abstentions 31,349,637 Broker non-votes 872,247,240
4. The shareholder proposal regarding independent chair policy was not approved based upon the following votes:
Votes for approval 1,347,236,928 Votes against 2,260,655,067 Abstentions 37,316,707 Broker non-votes 872,247,240
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5. The shareholder proposal regarding political spending report was not approved based upon the following votes: Votes for approval 1,636,845,263 Votes against 1,829,127,739 Abstentions 179,235,700 Broker non-votes 872,247,240 6. The shareholder proposal regarding report on access to COVID-19 products was not approved based upon the following votes: Votes for approval 1,011,019,874 Votes against 2,562,817,160 Abstentions 71,371,668 Broker non-votes 872,247,240
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