Current Report Filing (8-k)
September 22 2016 - 1:10PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 20, 2016
Microsoft Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Washington
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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0-14278
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91-1144442
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington
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98052-6399
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(425) 882-8080
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
(a) On September 20, 2016, the Board of Directors of Microsoft Corporation (the Company) amended Section 1.14 of the Companys
Bylaws, our proxy access bylaw, to (1) clarify when groups of funds count as a single shareholder for purposes of meeting the 3% ownership threshold (Section 1.14(b)); (2) count loaned shares recallable within five business days (increased from
three days) as being owned for purposes of satisfying the 3% ownership threshold, and eliminate the requirement that loaned shares be recalled at the time a nominating shareholder provides notice to the Company (Section 1.14(c)); (3) clarify
certain indemnification provisions (Section 1.14(f)); and (4) reduce from 25% to 15% the level of voting support needed to re-nominate a proxy access candidate in one of the following two years (Section 1.14(l)).
This description of the amendments to the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this
Report.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 20, 2016 the Company
announced the date for the 2016 Annual Shareholders Meeting, to be held on November 30, 2016. Shareholders at the close of business on September 30, 2016, the record date, will be entitled to vote at the Annual Shareholders Meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
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The following exhibit is being filed as part of this report:
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3.2
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Bylaws of Microsoft Corporation
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION
(Registrant)
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Date: September 22, 2016
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/s/ John A.
Seethoff
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John A. Seethoff
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Secretary
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Description
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3.2
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Bylaws of Microsoft Corporation
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