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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-052975"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IBM"
cik: "0000051143"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:53:08.323717+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IBM shareholders elect 12 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject all stockholder proposals

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with 89-99% support; Andrew N. Liveris received lowest FOR vote at 77.1%.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor passed with 95.7% (677M FOR).
- Say-on-pay passed with 91.1% support; frequency vote set to annual (97.4% for 1 year).
- Stockholder proposal on independent chairman defeated with 74.1% AGAINST; lobbying report proposal narrowly rejected (51.9% AGAINST).
- Proposals on China ESG congruency and harassment report also defeated with 92.9% and 66.9% AGAINST respectively.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-052975
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IBM
- cik: 0000051143
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465923052975/0001104659-23-052975-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465923052975/tm2314052d1_8k.htm

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