2008 Annual Shareholders Meeting
Location: Plano, Texas, USADate: 15 Apr 2008
Plano, Texas, USA – EDS broadcasted its Annual Shareholders Meeting live on the Internet, beginning at 1 p.m. Central time (2 p.m. Eastern) Tuesday, 15 Apr 2008. The meeting was held at EDS headquarters: 5400 Legacy Drive, Plano, Texas.
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- 2008 Shareholders Meeting Notice and Proxy Statement PDF, 297K
- 2008 Shareholders Meeting Agenda PDF, 49K
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- 2008 Shareholders Meeting Transcript PDF, 58K
Agenda:
- Opening Remarks by Ronald A. Rittenmeyer, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Introduction of Directors
- Announcement of Quorum
- EDS Business Review
- Voting
- Proposal 1. Election of Directors.
- Proposal 2. Ratification of appointment of auditors.
- Proposal 3. Board of Directors proposal to re-approve the 2003 Amended and Restated Incentive Plan.
- Proposal 4. Board of Directors proposal to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to allow 25% of shareholders to call a special shareholder meeting.
- Proposal 5. Shareholder proposal regarding an advisory vote on executive compensation.
- Shareholder Questions and Comments
- Voting Results
- Adjournment
Voting Results – FINAL
- For Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – not less than 426,957,121 shares, representing approximately 95.58% of the votes cast, were voted For the election of each of the nominated directors. Not greater than 19,729,791 shares, representing approximately 4.42% of the votes cast, were voted Against or Abstained from voting for any of the nominated directors.
- For Proposal 2 – Ratification of Auditors – 441,965,459 shares, representing approximately 98.16% of the votes cast, were voted For this proposal, and 8,268,488 shares, representing approximately 1.84% of the votes cast, were voted Against this proposal or Abstained from voting.
- For Proposal 3 – Board of Directors proposal to re-approve the 2003 Amended and Restated Incentive Plan – 421,060,866 shares, representing approximately 93.52% of the votes cast, were voted For this proposal, and 29,173,081 shares, representing approximately 6.48% of the votes cast, were voted Against this proposal or Abstained from voting.
- For Proposal 4 – Board of Directors proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to allow 25% of shareholders to call a special shareholder meeting – 385,358,555 shares, representing approximately 75.66% of the outstanding shares, were voted For this proposal, and 64,875,392 shares, representing approximately 12.74% of the outstanding shares, were voted Against this proposal or Abstained from voting.
- For Proposal 5 – Shareholder proposal regarding an advisory vote on executive compensation – 171,230,286 shares, representing approximately 41.38% of the votes cast, were voted For this proposal, and 242,562,188 shares, representing approximately 58.62% of the votes cast, were voted Against this proposal or Abstained from voting.
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