Shareholder.Meeting.Results


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): April 24, 2014
   
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
Delaware 
   
000-30713 
   
77-0416458 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
   
(Commission File Number)
   
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

  
1020 Kifer Road 
Sunnyvale, California 94086 
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
    

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 523-2100 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 24, 2014 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following three proposals, each of which is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2014:

Proposal No. 1: To elect six members to the Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non Votes
Amal M. Johnson
30,837,305
334,130
2,977,280
Eric H. Halvorson
30,725,492
445,943
2,977,280
Alan J. Levy, Ph.D.
30,666,961
504,474
2,977,280
Craig H. Barratt, Ph.D.
30,827,506
343,929
2,977,280
Floyd D. Loop, M.D.
30,581,227
590,208
2,977,280
George Stalk Jr.
30,720,795
450,640
2,977,280

Each of the nominees recommended in Proposal No. 1 was elected.
    

Proposal No. 2: To approve, by an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non Votes
27,780,908
3,133,307
257,220
2,977,280

Proposal No. 2 was approved.
    

Proposal No. 3: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014:
For
Against
Abstain
33,879,941
29,290
239,484

Proposal No. 3 was approved.






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.
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
(Registrant)
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
Date: April 29, 2014
  
  
  
By
  
/s/ Marshall L. Mohr
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Name: Marshall L. Mohr
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Title: Senior Vice  President and  Chief Financial Officer