UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): May 30, 2013 (May 28, 2013)
MERCK & CO., INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New Jersey | 1-6571 | 22-1918501 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| One Merck Drive, P.O. Box 100, Whitehouse Station, NJ |
08889 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 423-1000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The following matters were voted upon at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 2013, and received the votes set forth below:
| 1. | All of the following persons nominated were elected to serve as directors and received the number of votes set forth opposite their respective names: |
| Names | For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Leslie A. Brun |
2,121,769,746 | 40,272,396 | 6,801,927 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas R. Cech |
2,133,328,662 | 28,782,957 | 6,732,450 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Kenneth C. Frazier |
2,096,967,321 | 57,398,361 | 14,478,387 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas H. Glocer |
2,144,413,867 | 17,497,550 | 6,932,652 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| William B. Harrison, Jr. |
2,131,539,439 | 30,426,888 | 6,877,742 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| C. Robert Kidder |
2,131,960,710 | 29,941,986 | 6,941,373 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Rochelle B. Lazarus |
2,151,878,488 | 10,278,578 | 6,687,003 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Carlos E. Represas |
2,119,814,165 | 42,201,519 | 6,828,385 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Patricia F. Russo |
1,925,742,542 | 236,445,900 | 6,655,627 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Craig B. Thompson |
2,153,137,742 | 8,917,225 | 6,789,102 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Wendell P. Weeks |
2,152,256,255 | 9,762,628 | 6,825,186 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| Peter C. Wendell |
2,144,313,677 | 17,618,701 | 6,911,691 | 377,182,887 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | A proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 received 2,469,372,916 votes FOR and 65,799,656 votes AGAINST, 10,854,384 abstentions. |
| 3. | A proposal to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, executive compensation of our Named Executive Officers received 1,911,814,045 votes FOR and 242,082,334 votes AGAINST, with 14,947,690 abstentions and 377,182,887 broker non-votes. |
| 4. | A shareholder proposal concerning shareholders’ right to act by written consent received 893,291,879 votes FOR and 1,261,180,790 votes AGAINST, with 14,371,400 abstentions and 377,182,887 broker non-votes. |
| 5. | A shareholder proposal concerning special shareowner meetings received 736,831,355 votes FOR and 1,418,569,297 votes AGAINST, with 13,443,417 abstentions and 377,182,887 broker non-votes. |
| 6. | A shareholder proposal concerning a report on charitable and political contributions received 74,570,602 votes FOR and 1,946,308,130 votes AGAINST, with 147,965,337 abstentions and 377,182,887 broker non-votes. |
| 7. | A shareholder proposal concerning a report on lobbying activities received 83,857,390 votes FOR and 1,938,131,812 votes AGAINST, with 146,854,867 abstentions and 377,182,887 broker non-votes. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 30, 2013
| Merck & Co., Inc. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Katie E. Fedosz | |||||
| Name: Katie E. Fedosz | ||||||
| Title: Senior Assistant Secretary | ||||||