--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001104659-23-054706" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "ABT" cik: "0000001800" company_name: "ABBOTT LABORATORIES" filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T03:45:08.383981+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.35 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Abbott shareholders elect all 12 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, reject four shareholder proposals ## Summary - Director Nancy McKinstry received 329M against votes (24.6%); John Stratton received 373M against (27.9%). - Say-on-pay approved with 90.01% support; frequency vote set to annual with 97.86%. - Auditor Ernst & Young ratified with 98.9% support (1.505B votes for). - Four shareholder proposals all rejected; highest support was 30.46% for independent chair proposal. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001104659-23-054706 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: ABT - cik: 0000001800 - company_name: ABBOTT LABORATORIES - filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.35 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/tm2314308d1_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-054706 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-054706.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-054706.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal requesting that Abbott’s Board of Directors adopt a policy that the Board Chairman be an independent director at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that Abbott’s Board of Directors adopt a policy that the Board Chairman be an independent director, with 30.46 percent of the votes cast voting "For" the proposal. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal that Abbott’s Board of Directors adopt a policy that no financial performance metric shall be adjusted to exclude legal or compliance costs when evaluating performance for the purpose of senior executive compensation at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal that Abbott’s Board of Directors adopt a policy that no financial performance metric shall be adjusted to exclude legal or compliance costs when evaluating performance for the purpose of senior executive compensation, with 14.44 percent of the votes cast voting "For" the proposal. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders elected Abbott’s entire Board of Directors. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold for calling special meetings of shareholders at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold for calling special meetings of shareholders, with 4.26 percent of the votes cast voting "For" the proposal. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Abbott’s auditors at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Abbott’s auditors. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders voted to approve Abbott’s Board of Directors’ recommendation that Abbott present shareholders with the opportunity to vote on the compensation awarded to its named executive officers annually, with 97.86 percent of the votes cast voting "1 Year" for the proposal. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal that Abbott’s Board of Directors prepare a report, to be updated annually, disclosing Abbott’s lobbying policies, procedures, and expenditures at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal that Abbott’s Board of Directors prepare a report, to be updated annually, disclosing Abbott’s lobbying policies, procedures, and expenditures, with 22.97 percent of the votes cast voting "For" the proposal. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ABBOTT LABORATORIES shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of Abbott’s named executive officers at the 2023-04-28 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-28 source text: The shareholders approved the compensation of Abbott’s named executive officers listed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, with 90.01 percent of the votes cast voting "For" the proposal. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465923054706/0001104659-23-054706-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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