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 8, 2008 | ||
Morgan Stanley | ||
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) | ||
Delaware | 1-11758 | 36-3145972 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1585 Broadway, New York, New York | 10036 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 761-4000 | ||
Not Applicable | ||
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | ||
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
The annual meeting of stockholders of Morgan Stanley (the “Company”) was held on April 8, 2008.
The stockholders voted on proposals to elect directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor. The stockholders also voted on a Company proposal to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate all supermajority voting requirements and to remove certain provisions that are no longer in effect, and on a stockholder proposal regarding an executive compensation advisory vote.
A stockholder proposal on a human rights report, which was included in the Company’s proxy statement, was withdrawn by its proponent prior to the annual meeting after discussions with the Company. This proposal had received the affirmative vote of 8.7% of the shares represented and voting at the meeting.
All nominees for election to the Board were elected for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until the director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified (or the director’s earlier resignation, death or removal). The stockholders’ vote ratified the appointment of the independent auditor and approved the amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation. Copies of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein. The stockholder proposal regarding an executive compensation advisory vote was not approved by the stockholders.
The number of votes cast for or against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal is set forth below. The Company’s independent inspector of election reported the vote of the stockholders as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-vote | |||
Election of Directors (percentages shown are of the votes cast) | ||||||
Roy J. Bostock | 865,105,246 | 95,831,902 | * | * | ||
90.03% | 9.97% | |||||
Erskine B. Bowles | 935,641,363 | 28,978,505 | * | * | ||
97.00% | 3.00% | |||||
Howard J. Davies | 873,631,632 | 90,816,088 | * | * | ||
90.58% | 9.42% | |||||
C. Robert Kidder | 878,022,268 | 86,417,581 | * | * | ||
91.04% | 8.96% | |||||
John J. Mack | 913,275,372 | 52,231,347 | * | * | ||
94.59% | 5.41% | |||||
Donald T. Nicolaisen | 902,265,132 | 62,209,939 | * | * | ||
93.55% | 6.45% | |||||
Charles H. Noski | 903,265,060 | 61,155,985 | * | * | ||
93.66% | 6.34% | |||||
Hutham S. Olayan | 944,610,845 | 19,706,502 | * | * | ||
97.96% | 2.04% |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-vote | ||||||
Charles E. Phillips, Jr. | 902,192,589 | 62,599,219 | * | * | |||||
93.51% | 6.49% | ||||||||
O. Griffith Sexton | 941,354,982 | 22,825,648 | * | * | |||||
97.63% | 2.37% | ||||||||
Laura D. Tyson | 933,417,178 | 31,673,115 | * | * | |||||
96.72% | 3.28% | ||||||||
Ratification of Independent Auditors (percentages shown are of the shares represented and voting at the meeting) | 956,889,041 97.82% | 10,527,893 1.08% | 10,777,022 1.10% | * | |||||
Amend the Certificate of Incorporation to Eliminate Supermajority Voting Requirements (percentages shown are of the outstanding shares entitled to vote) | 951,384,074 86.13% | 14,122,772 1.28% | 12,687,083 1.15% | * | |||||
Shareholder Proposal Regarding Executive Compensation Advisory Vote (percentages shown are of the shares represented and voting at the meeting) | 304,400,289 36.71% | 500,859,121 60.41% | 23,875,166 2.88% | 149,059,692 |
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* Not applicable.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit | |||
Number | Description | ||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date. | ||
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended to date. |
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.
MORGAN STANLEY (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: | April 10, 2008 | By: | /s/ Martin M. Cohen | |||
Name: | Martin M. Cohen | |||||
Title: | Assistant Secretary |