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Danaher said it held its annual shareholder meeting on May 7, 2024 and elected 13 directors to terms expiring in 2025. Each director nominee was elected by shareholder vote.

8-KSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersFiled Period of report Summary published (UTC)

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  1. Danaher said it held its annual shareholder meeting on May 7, 2024 and elected 13 directors to terms expiring in 2025. Each director nominee was elected by shareholder vote.

  2. Danaher said Rainer M. Blair received 617,006,356 votes for and 13,153,236 votes against in the director election. John T. Schwieters received 465,914,759 votes for and 163,630,380 votes against, and broker non-votes were 33,025,986 for each nominee.

  3. The company said shareholders approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, with 626,995,788 votes for and 35,879,628 against. Shareholders also approved, on an advisory basis, executive officer compensation, with 586,649,118 votes for and 41,950,464 against.

  4. The company said a shareholder proposal to lower the percentage of shares required to call a special meeting of shareholders from 25% to 15% was rejected, with 271,920,031 votes for and 357,574,684 against. A shareholder proposal requesting a report on the effectiveness of the company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts was also rejected, with 88,078,310 votes for and 537,661,613 against.

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Danaher holds annual shareholder meeting on May 7, 2024, elects 13 directors

Danaher said it held its annual shareholder meeting on May 7, 2024 and elected 13 directors to terms expiring in 2025. Each director nominee was elected by shareholder vote.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Director election votes: Rainer M. Blair and John T. Schwieters

Danaher said Rainer M. Blair received 617,006,356 votes for and 13,153,236 votes against in the director election. John T. Schwieters received 465,914,759 votes for and 163,630,380 votes against, and broker non-votes were 33,025,986 for each nominee.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Shareholders approve auditor and advisory pay vote

The company said shareholders approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, with 626,995,788 votes for and 35,879,628 against. Shareholders also approved, on an advisory basis, executive officer compensation, with 586,649,118 votes for and 41,950,464 against.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Shareholders reject 2 proposals on special meeting threshold and DEI report

The company said a shareholder proposal to lower the percentage of shares required to call a special meeting of shareholders from 25% to 15% was rejected, with 271,920,031 votes for and 357,574,684 against. A shareholder proposal requesting a report on the effectiveness of the company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts was also rejected, with 88,078,310 votes for and 537,661,613 against.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

AI summarized the filing and translated the summary into English; it may differ from the original. For reference only, not investment advice. AI translated the published Korean report into English. Figures are copied as filed, not recalculated.

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Source: SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Item captions are the SEC's. The summary is for reference only and is not investment advice.