---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-045695"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDT"
cik: "0001613103"
company_name: "Medtronic plc"
filed_at: "2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:01:59.725555+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Medtronic shareholders approve all proposals at 2025 AGM including director elections and bylaw amendments

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; Craig Arnold received lowest support at 86.7% of votes cast.
- Say-on-pay approved with 93.5% of votes cast in favor; ratification of PwC as auditor passed.
- Shareholders approved amendment to Article 177 to capitalize non-distributable reserves and capital reduction to create distributable reserves.
- Authority renewed to issue shares, opt out of pre-emption rights, and make overseas share purchases.
- Advance notice provisions updated to strengthen shareholder proposal procedural requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-045695
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDT
- cik: 0001613103
- company_name: Medtronic plc
- filed_at: 2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1613103/000162828025045695/0001628280-25-045695-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1613103/000162828025045695/mdt-20251016.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Medtronic plc: Amendments to Articles of Association to authorize capitalization of non-distributable reserves and update advance notice provisions (effective 2025-10-16).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-10-16
  source text: The amendments (i) make certain clarificatory modifications to Article 177 to authorize the Board of Directors to capitalize certain of the Company’s non-distributable reserves to facilitate the creation of additional distributable reserves (Proposal 7); and (ii) update the Company’s advance notice provisions (Proposal 9).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1613103/000162828025045695/0001628280-25-045695-index.htm

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