- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in a virtual-only format. Preliminary results from the Annual Meeting indicate that the Company's 12 director nominees were re-elected to one-year terms and that shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Pfizer's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. In addition, shareholders supported the board-sponsored proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers and approved 'one year', on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation.
In other voting, shareholders did not support the five shareholder-sponsored proposals.
"We thank all shareholders for their engagement and participation today and for their ongoing support. 2022 was an outstanding year for our Company with our key growth drivers providing evidence of the depth and breadth of our portfolio. With the unprecedented wave of potential innovations expected to emerge from our scientific pipeline in the near term, potential business development activities, our increased investments in our R&D and commercial capabilities, and additional potential new products and indications expected to come in the second half of the decade, we believe we can build on the momentum we have created to deliver life-changing innovations to even more patients around the world," stated Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
The final results are subject to verification by the independent inspectors of election. The final results will be reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by Pfizer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the next few days.
