Merck shareholders re-elect all 13 directors, defeat four shareholder proposals at 2025 annual meeting

Merck & Co., Inc.

All 13 director nominees elected; Patricia Russo received lowest support with 1.59B for and 250.6M against.
Non-binding say-on-pay passed with 1.67B votes for (84.8% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for 2025 approved with 2.02B votes for.
Shareholder proposals on human rights assessment, tax transparency, DEI in pay incentives, and civil liberties report all defeated by large margins.

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