---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-054704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABT"
cik: "0000001800"
company_name: "ABBOTT LABORATORIES"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:10:01.158763+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abbott shareholders elect all 12 directors, reject 5 shareholder proposals at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 board nominees elected; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor with 99.3% votes for.
- Say-on-pay approved with 91.27% of votes cast in favor.
- Shareholder proposal to lower special-meeting threshold rejected (47.15% for).
- Proposal for independent board chairman rejected (27.75% for).
- Proposals on 10b5-1 plan restrictions (48.76% for), lobbying report (34.52% for), and antimicrobial resistance report (11.51% for) all rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-054704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABT
- cik: 0000001800
- company_name: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465922054704/0001104659-22-054704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465922054704/tm2214206d1_8k.htm

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