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accession: "0001104659-25-054131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRK"
cik: "0000310158"
company_name: "Merck & Co., Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T06:56:38.747631+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-054131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRK
- cik: 0000310158
- company_name: Merck & Co., Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/310158/000110465925054131/0001104659-25-054131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310158/000110465925054131/tm2516491d1_8k.htm

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