IBM 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
IBM's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in the Von Braun Center, 700 Monroe Street, Huntsville, Alabama.
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International Business Machines Corporation held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 30, 2013. For more information on the following proposals, see the company's proxy statement dated March 11, 2013. Below are the final voting results.
IBM stockholders elected each of the thirteen nominees to the Board of Directors for a one-year term by a majority of the votes cast.
IBM stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the company:
| For | 868,992,213 | 98.27% |
| Against | 15,287,662 | 1.73% |
| Abstain | 4,691,566 |
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:
| For | 679,001,894 | 95.36% |
| Against | 33,052,438 | 4.64% |
| Abstain | 9,261,371 | |
| Broker Non-Votes | 167,599,455 |
Four stockholder proposals were presented at the meeting.
Stockholder Proposal for Disclosure of Lobbying Policies and Practices:
| For | 169,409,395 | 24.45% |
| Against | 523,357,852 | 75.55% |
| Abstain | 28,581,707 | |
| Broker Non-Votes | 167,615,894 |
Stockholder Proposal on the Right to Act by Written Consent:
| For | 267,698,218 | 37.72% |
| Against | 442,022,604 | 62.28% |
| Abstain | 11,637,250 | |
| Broker Non-Votes | 167,615,894 |
Stockholder Proposal on Independent Board Chair:
| For | 310,947,441 | 43.68% |
| Against | 400,857,038 | 56.32% |
| Abstain | 9,549,463 | |
| Broker Non-Votes | 167,628,545 |
Stockholder Proposal for Executives to Retain Significant Stock:
| For | 191,437,793 | 26.94% |
| Against | 519,170,701 | 73.86% |
| Abstain | 10,742,398 | |
| Broker Non-Votes | 167,629,094 |
