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accession: "0001193125-23-181341"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSFT"
cik: "0000789019"
company_name: "MICROSOFT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T13:33:54.983165+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Microsoft amends bylaws with new proxy card color requirements and director nomination procedures

## Summary
- Bylaw Section 1.2 now requires proxy solicitations to use a proxy card color other than white.
- Section 1.12 clarifies meeting Chair's authority to determine validity of nominations or submissions.
- Section 1.13 implements procedural requirements for director nominations, including Rule 14a-19 compliance.
- Section 6.1 clarifies requirements regarding stockholder lists; other technical changes made.
- Amendments effective July 1, 2023; full text filed as Exhibit 3.2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-181341
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSFT
- cik: 0000789019
- company_name: MICROSOFT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312523181341/0001193125-23-181341-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312523181341/d288670d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  MICROSOFT CORP: Amended bylaws to require white proxy card color, clarify meeting chair authority, implement director nomination procedural requirements, clarify stockholder list requirements, and make other non-substantive changes (effective 2023-07-01).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-07-01
  source text: The Board of Directors of Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Bylaws, effective July 1, 2023. The amendments (1) in Section 1.2, require any person soliciting proxies from stockholders to use a proxy card color other than white, (2) in Section 1.12, clarify a meeting Chair’s authority to determine the validity of nominations or submission of other matters, (3) in Section 1.13, implement procedural and other requirements for director nominations, including requiring compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (4) in Section 6.1, clarify requirements regarding stockholder lists, and (5) include certain other conforming, technical, and non-substantive changes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312523181341/0001193125-23-181341-index.htm

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