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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000097745-23-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMO"
cik: "0000097745"
company_name: "THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:56:18.139587+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve Amended 2013 Stock Incentive Plan adding 7M shares and 2023 ESPP authorizing 12M shares

## Summary
- Shareholders approved Amended 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 7,000,000.
- Shareholders approved 2023 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan, authorizing up to 12,000,000 shares.
- All 11 director nominees were elected; advisory say-on-pay approved with ~79% of votes cast.
- Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor ratified; advisory vote favored 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay.
- All proposals passed at the Annual Meeting held on May 24, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097745-23-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMO
- cik: 0000097745
- company_name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/tmo-20230524.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-23-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. shareholders approved 2023 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: The 2023 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of “1 Year” for future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory proposal on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: A non-binding, advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. shareholders approved Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: The Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000042/0000097745-23-000042-index.htm

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