--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001035267-24-000171" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "ISRG" cik: "0001035267" company_name: "INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC" filed_at: "2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-03T03:53:35.777182+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.5 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Intuitive Surgical shareholders approve all board nominees, equity plans; committee chairs appointed ## Summary - Lewis Chew appointed Audit Committee Chair; Jami Dover Nachtsheim appointed Governance Committee Chair. - All 11 director nominees elected; advisory say-on-pay approved with ~93% support (269.5M for, 17.7M against). - Stockholders approved amended and restated 2010 Incentive Award Plan and 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. - Shareholder proposal requesting racial/gender pay gap report rejected: 191.7M against vs 94.8M for. - Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2024 approved (313.0M for, 1.7M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001035267-24-000171 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: ISRG - cik: 0001035267 - company_name: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC - filed_at: 2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.5 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/isrg-20240425.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-24-000171 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-24-000171.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-24-000171.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Lewis Chew was appointed as Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. - Action: appointed - Role: Director and Chair of the Audit Committee source text: On April 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Lewis Chew to succeed Mark J. Rubash as Chair of the Audit Committee. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Executive change Alan J. Levy departed as Director at INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. - Action: did not stand for re-election - Role: Director source text: Alan J. Levy, Ph.D., who did not stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Shareholder Votes INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC shareholders approved To elect eleven members to the Board to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 1 : To elect eleven members to the Board to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes Craig H. Barratt, Ph.D. 279,379,048 8,598,876 347,484 27,308,327 Joseph C. Beery 287,030,358 932,653 362,397 27,308,327 Lewis Chew 285,273,383 2,682,213 369,812 27,308,327 Gary S. Guthart, Ph.D. 286,871,239 1,103,400 350,769 27,308,327 Amal M. Johnson 273,231,380 14,723,004 371,024 27,308,327 Sreelakshmi Kolli 268,491,109 19,454,661 379,638 27,308,327 Amy L. Ladd, M.D. 284,914,158 3,055,772 355,478 27,308,327 Keith R. Leonard, Jr. 286,896,093 1,058,794 370,521 27,308,327 Jami Dover Nachtsheim 282,893,287 5,063,491 368,630 27,308,327 Monica P. Reed, M.D. 284,862,203 3,113,441 349,764 27,308,327 Mark J. Rubash 273,769,838 13,465,191 1,090,379 27,308,327 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Shareholder Votes INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC shareholders approved To consider and approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 2 : To consider and approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement: For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 269,468,985 17,718,629 1,137,794 27,308,327 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Shareholder Votes INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-12-31 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-12-31 source text: Proposal No. 3 : To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: For Against Abstain 313,018,376 1,740,078 875,281 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Shareholder Votes INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC shareholders rejected To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal requesting a racial and gender pay gap report. - Outcome: failed source text: Proposal No. 6 : To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal requesting a racial and gender pay gap report: For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 94,805,903 191,660,557 1,858,948 27,308,327 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Shareholder Votes INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC shareholders approved To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 5 : To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan: For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 286,625,794 1,238,852 460,762 27,308,327 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm - Shareholder Votes INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC shareholders approved To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2010 Plan. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 4 : To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2010 Plan: For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 256,685,860 30,150,286 1,489,262 27,308,327 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526724000171/0001035267-24-000171-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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