secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)
CIK:        0000310158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-28T20:15:25+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-067509
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Merck shareholders elect all 13 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject three proposals
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- All 13 director nominees elected; Patricia Russo received 1.637B for (highest opposition at 217M votes against).
- Say-on-pay passed: 1.730B for, 109M against, 284M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2026 approved: 2.012B for, 126M against.
- Three shareholder proposals on DEI risks, healthcare gaps, political contributions all rejected; each received <5% support.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310158/000110465926067509/0001104659-26-067509-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310158/000110465926067509/tm2615833d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-067509

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