The company said shareholders elected 13 directors at its annual meeting held on May 27, 2025. Patricia F. Russo received 1,585,789,105 votes for and 250,618,066 votes against.

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   The company said shareholders elected 13 directors at its annual meeting held on May 27, 2025. Patricia F. Russo received 1,585,789,105 votes for and 250,618,066 votes against.

2. 02

   The company said shareholders cast 1,673,231,538 votes for, 156,312,968 votes against and 10,607,107 shares abstaining in the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers.

3. 03

   Merck said shareholders voted 2,018,948,298 for, 119,922,460 against and 3,668,167 shares abstaining on the ratification of the appointment of its independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.

4. 04

   The company said votes against exceeded votes for on 4 shareholder proposals. On the human rights impact assessment proposal, there were 279,462,163 votes for and 1,536,943,452 votes against. It said a majority of the votes cast was required for approval of all 7 proposals.

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