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accession: "0000097745-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMO"
cik: "0000097745"
company_name: "THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:00:41.543594+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Thermo Fisher annual meeting results: all directors elected, say-on-pay passes, simple majority proposal fails

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; highest votes for Debora L. Spar (318.2M for) and lowest for Marc N. Casper (291.6M for).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 280.8M for, 35.3M against, 3.0M abstain.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2024 passed with 300.7M for, 36.96M against.
- Shareholder proposal to implement simple majority voting rejected: 21.4M for, 296.8M against.
- Broker non-votes of 18.9M on director election and executive compensation proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097745-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMO
- cik: 0000097745
- company_name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774524000026/0000097745-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774524000026/tmo-20240522.htm

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