Annual meeting of stockholders

• Final stockholder voting results (21KB)

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