Current Report Filing (8-k)

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) June 13, 2017

Microsoft Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-37845		91-1144442
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington		98052-6399
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(425) 882-8080

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

(a) On June 13, 2017, the Board of Directors of Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) amended Sections 2.7 and 2.12(b) of the Company’s Bylaws, to change the quorum for meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees from a majority to fifty percent of members (and no fewer than two in the case of committees).

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 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	The following exhibit is being filed as part of this report:


3.2		Bylaws of Microsoft Corporation

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.