8-K

Medtronic plc (MDT)

8-K 2022-12-13 For: 2022-12-08
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2022

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Medtronic plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Ireland 1-36820 98-1183488
(State or other jurisdiction<br><br>of incorporation) (Commission<br><br>File Number) (IRS Employer<br><br>Identification No.)

20 On Hatch, Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

+353 1 438-1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value per share MDT New York Stock Exchange
0.375% Senior Notes due 2023 MDT/23B New York Stock Exchange
0.000% Senior Notes due 2023 MDT/23C New York Stock Exchange
0.25% Senior Notes due 2025 MDT/25 New York Stock Exchange
0.000% Senior Notes due 2025 MDT/25A New York Stock Exchange
2.625% Senior Notes due 2025 MDT/25B New York Stock Exchange
1.125% Senior Notes due 2027 MDT/27 New York Stock Exchange
0.375% Senior Notes due 2028 MDT/28 New York Stock Exchange
3.000% Senior Notes due 2028 MDT/28A New York Stock Exchange
1.625% Senior Notes due 2031 MDT/31 New York Stock Exchange
1.00% Senior Notes due 2031 MDT/31A New York Stock Exchange
3.125% Senior Notes due 2031 MDT/31B New York Stock Exchange
0.750% Senior Notes due 2032 MDT/32 New York Stock Exchange
3.375% Senior Notes due 2034 MDT/34 New York Stock Exchange
2.250% Senior Notes due 2039 MDT/39A New York Stock Exchange
1.50% Senior Notes due 2039 MDT/39B New York Stock Exchange
1.375% Senior Notes due 2040 MDT/40A New York Stock Exchange
1.75% Senior Notes due 2049 MDT/49 New York Stock Exchange
1.625% Senior Notes due 2050 MDT/50 New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On December 8, 2022, Medtronic plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (the “Company”), held its 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in order to: (1) elect, by separate resolutions, eleven directors, each to hold office until the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Company and until his or her successor is elected; (2) ratify, in a non-binding vote, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 and authorize, in a binding vote, the Company’s Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor’s remuneration; (3) approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, named executive officer compensation; (4) renew the Board’s authority to issue shares; (5) renew the Board’s authority to opt out of pre-emption rights; and (6) authorize the Company and any subsidiary of the Company to make overseas market purchases of Medtronic ordinary shares.

At the close of business on October 11, 2022, the record date of the Annual General Meeting, 1,330,070,251 Company ordinary shares were outstanding and entitled to vote. The holders of a total of 1,160,421,233 ordinary shares were present at the Annual General Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total was not less than a majority of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote and thus constituted a quorum.

The final voting results and the votes used to determine the results for each proposal are set forth below:

1.The shareholders elected each of the eleven nominees to the Board of Directors, to hold office until the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Company and until his or her successor is elected, as follows:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE
Richard H. Anderson 982,165,958 61,475,254 831,052 115,948,969
Craig Arnold 1,006,424,719 28,982,687 9,064,858 115,948,969
Scott C. Donnelly 1,023,458,233 20,095,049 918,982 115,948,969
Lidia L. Fonseca 1,027,825,711 15,881,098 765,455 115,948,969
Andrea J. Goldsmith, Ph.D. 1,040,386,088 3,158,654 927,522 115,948,969
Randall J. Hogan, III 1,034,757,456 8,853,730 861,078 115,948,969
Kevin E. Lofton 1,040,312,283 3,322,096 837,885 115,948,969
Geoffrey S. Martha 966,120,676 71,626,975 6,724,613 115,948,969
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. 910,568,825 133,144,537 758,902 115,948,969
Denise M. O’Leary 953,636,260 89,936,614 899,390 115,948,969
Kendall J. Powell 939,339,071 104,313,760 819,433 115,948,969
  1. The shareholders ratified, in a non-binding vote, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 and authorized, in a binding vote, the Company’s Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor’s remuneration.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
1,069,480,945 89,379,651 1,560,637
  1. The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation awarded to the Company’s named executive officers.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE
972,415,707 69,940,489 2,116,068 115,948,969
  1. The shareholders approved renewal of the Board’s authority to issue shares.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
1,146,144,000 11,969,471 2,307,762
  1. The shareholders approved renewal of the Board’s authority to opt out of pre-emption rights.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
1,136,000,204 21,877,612 2,543,417
  1. The shareholders approved authorization of the Company and any subsidiary of the Company to make overseas market purchases of Medtronic ordinary shares.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
1,129,189,149 27,068,953 4,163,131

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.

Medtronic plc
Date: December 12, 2022 By /s/ Ivan K. Fong
Ivan K. Fong
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary