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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-044116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IBM"
cik: "0000051143"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T23:16:38.887084+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IBM shareholders elect all 13 directors, ratify auditor, approve exec pay

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; lowest support was A.N. Liveris with 86.3% of votes for (492.1M shares).
- Appointment of independent auditor ratified with 93.6% of votes for (685.3M shares).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 92.0% support (518.9M shares for).
- Shareholder proposal on lobbying transparency received 18.9% support, not adopted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-044116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IBM
- cik: 0000051143
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465925044116/0001104659-25-044116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465925044116/tm2513847d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-044116
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-044116.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-044116.txt

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