The owners
Microsoft Corp. MSFT
What the owners of this business were asked, and how they answered — from the company’s own filings. The business itself is read on the record.
The annual meeting
Held December 5, 2025. The results, as filed (8-K, Item 5.07) →
The vote on executive pay
| Votes for | 4,744,731,533 |
|---|---|
| Votes against | 415,831,135 |
| Abstentions | 22,891,989 |
| Broker non-votes | 1,137,975,835 |
91.9% of the votes cast for and against were cast in favor.
The advisory vote on executive compensation (“say-on-pay”), required at most US public companies since 2011; the tally is the company’s own, from the 8-K it filed after the meeting. The vote is advisory: it binds nothing, and what a board does with it is part of its record. What management is paid sits beside the business record, on the company page.