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accession: "0001035267-21-000170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISRG"
cik: "0001035267"
company_name: "INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:41:25.753936+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Intuitive Surgical shareholders approve 3-for-1 stock split; authorized shares doubled to 600M

## Summary
- Special meeting held Sep 20, 2021; proposal approved 103,018,171 for, 1,034,443 against, 120,412 abstain.
- Authorized shares increased from 300M to 600M to effect the three-for-one stock split.
- Split intended to make common stock more accessible to a broader investor base.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001035267-21-000170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISRG
- cik: 0001035267
- company_name: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526721000170/0001035267-21-000170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526721000170/isrg-20210920.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-21-000170.txt

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