---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000062709-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRSH"
cik: "0000062709"
company_name: "MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:40:11.652507+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marsh & McLennan shareholders elect all 11 director nominees and ratify Deloitte as auditor at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Morton O. Schapiro received the most votes against (36.2M).
- Say-on-pay approved with 390.3M votes for and 29.6M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for FY2024: 415.7M for, 30.1M against.
- Stockholder proposal on action by written consent failed (200.1M for, 218.4M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000062709-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRSH
- cik: 0000062709
- company_name: MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62709/000006270924000044/0000062709-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62709/000006270924000044/mmc-20240516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000062709-24-000044.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 023020b8e7551fd809e0535f5c75306102e51c59
  claim: MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Nonbinding vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company’s stockholders approved, by nonbinding vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s 2024 Proxy Statement, with the following vote: Number of Shares Voted For Number of Shares Voted Against Number of Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 390,338,237 29,587,334 926,926 26,633,436
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62709/000006270924000044/0000062709-24-000044-index.htm
- claim_id: 16d32efdf4c092050677e9a425350e2db6272bad
  claim: MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Election of eleven director nominees to a one-year term at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company’s stockholders elected the eleven (11) director nominees named below to a one-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified, with each receiving the following votes
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62709/000006270924000044/0000062709-24-000044-index.htm
- claim_id: 468845cd5632272771f0f0f1088a781661916494
  claim: MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding action by written consent at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company’s stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding action by written consent, with the following vote: Number of Shares Voted For Number of Shares Voted Against Number of Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 200,067,525 218,449,092 2,335,880 26,633,436
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62709/000006270924000044/0000062709-24-000044-index.htm
- claim_id: d956fd1a9876d27650e6c95e5abf80bc64af33f7
  claim: MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, with the following vote: Number of Shares Voted For Number of Shares Voted Against Number of Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 415,721,470 30,135,463 1,629,000 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62709/000006270924000044/0000062709-24-000044-index.htm

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