| | Published: November 16, 2010 We held our Annual Meeting of Shareholder on November 16, 2010. There were 8,602,554,500 shares of common stock entitled to be voted. 7,400,374,953 shares were voted in person or by proxy. There were 11 items of business acted upon by shareholders, including one shareholder proposal. For more information on the proposals, see the Company’s Proxy Statement dated September 30, 2010, which you may view here. The following table summarizes the vote threshold required for passage of each proposal and the effect of abstentions and uninstructed shares held by brokers. Untitled Page  | Item | Votes Required for Approval | Abstentions | Uninstructed Shares |  | Election of Directors | Majority of shares cast | Not counted | Not voted | | Ratification of Independent Auditor | Majority of shares cast | Not counted | Discretionary vote | | Shareholder Proposal | Majority of shares cast | Not counted | Not voted | The final voting results for the proposals were as follows: Untitled Page | | Vote Results | % Votes For | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | | Steven A. Ballmer | Re-elected | 94.74% | 5,680,928,036 | 315,715,610 | 120,044,200 | 1,283,687,108 | | Dina Dublon | Re-elected | 99.12% | 6,048,464,472 | 53,642,403 | 14,580,751 | 1,283,687,328 | | William H. Gates III | Re-elected | 98.43% | 6,010,035,432 | 96,154,478 | 10,497,946 | 1,283,687,097 | | Raymond V. Gilmartin | Re-elected | 99.10% | 6,047,084,696 | 55,001,160 | 14,601,769 | 1,283,687,329 | | Reed Hastings | Re-elected | 99.14% | 6,049,717,314 | 52,555,198 | 14,415,119 | 1,283,687,323 | | Maria Klawe | Re-elected | 99.14% | 6,049,744,049 | 52,421,309 | 14,522,274 | 1,283,687,321 | | David F. Marquardt | Re-elected | 98.37% | 6,003,308,065 | 99,453,602 | 13,926,177 | 1,283,687,109 | | Charles H. Noski | Re-elected | 99.06% | 6,044,303,608 | 57,590,795 | 14,793,223 | 1,283,687,328 | | Helmut Panke | Re-elected | 99.10% | 6,046,551,178 | 55,071,407 | 15,065,040 | 1,283,687,329 | | Ratification of independent auditor | Approved | 98.91% | 7,302,762,891 | 80,752,943 | 16,859,120 | 0 | | Board Committee on Environmental Sustainability | Not Approved | 3.61% | 194,555,704 | 5,193,428,670 | 728,704,691 | 1,283,685,888 | | | |
