Official Business
Represented at the annual meeting of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on May 21, 2009, were 448,484,945 shares, or approximately 87 percent, of MMC's 516,617,743 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Stockholders took the following actions:
1. Election of Directors
The following nominees were elected to serve as directors for a one-year term ending in 2010:
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wachovia Corporation
Gwendolyn S. King
President, Podium Prose
Former Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Marc D. Oken
Managing Partner, Falfurrias Capital Partners
Former Chief Financial Officer, Bank of America Corporation
David A. Olsen
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Higgins
2. Appointment of Independent Public Accountants
Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as MMC's independent registered public accounting firm
for the year ended December 31, 2009.
3. Stockholder Proposal: Reincorporate in North Dakota
The proposal requesting MMC to initiate the appropriate process to change MMC's jurisdiction of incorporation to North Dakota did not receive a majority of the votes present or represented and therefore was not approved.
4. Stockholder Proposal: Special Meetings
The proposal requesting MMC to amend its governing documents to give holders of 10% of outstanding common stock the power to call special shareowner meetings did not receive a majority of the votes present or represented and therefore was not approved.
5. Stockholder Proposal: Political Contributions
The proposal requesting MMC to provide reports about political contributions made with corporate funds did not receive a majority of the votes present or represented and therefore was not approved.
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