VOTING RESULTS FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
WILMINGTON, Del., May 14, 2009 – A total of 98 people attended Ford Motor Company's [NYSE: F] 54th Annual Meeting of Shareholders today at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware.
Preliminary voting results indicate that a total of 1,945,535,622 shares of common stock and 70,852,076 shares of Class B stock were represented at the annual meeting in person or by proxy. These shares represent 90.03% percent of the votes that could be cast.
Each director received at least 3,266,703,051 votes, or 93.3 percent of the votes cast at the meeting. (Proposal 1 in the proxy statement).
Votes on other Proposals:
Proposal 2. Relating to the ratification of the
selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ford's independent registered
public accounting firm for 2009.
For: 98.5 percent
Against: 1.5 percent
Abstain: 0.7 percent
Proposal 3. Relating to approval to issue common stock
in excess of 20% of amount outstanding.
For: 95.6 percent
Against: 4.4 percent
Abstain: 0.9 percent
Proposal 4. Relating to approval to issue common stock
in excess of 1% of amount outstanding to an affiliate.
For: 95.9 percent
Against: 4.1 percent
Abstain: 0.9 percent
Proposal 5. Relating to disclosing any prior
government affiliation of directors, officers, and consultants.
For: 6.0 percent
Against: 94.0 percent
Abstain: 1.1 percent
Proposal 6. Relating to permitting holders of 10% of
common stock to call special shareholder meetings.
For: 9.7 percent
Against: 90.3 percent
Abstain: 1.1 percent
Proposal 7. Relating to consideration of a
recapitalization plan to provide that all of the Company's outstanding
stock have one vote per share.
For: 19.5 percent
Against: 80.5 percent
Abstain: 0.9 percent
Proposal 8. Relating to the Company issuing a report
disclosing policies and procedures related to political contributions.
For: 10.5 percent
Against: 89.5 percent
Abstain: 2.5 percent
Proposal 9. Relating to providing shareholders the
opportunity to cast an advisory vote to ratify the compensation of the
Named Executives.
For: 1 2.6 percent
Against: 87.4 percent
Abstain: 0.9 percent
Proposal 10. Relating to disclosing in the Proxy
Statement certain matters related to voting on shareholder proposals.
For: 6.7 percent
Against: 93.3 percent
Abstain: 1.2 percent
Proposal 11. Relating to the Company adopting
comprehensive health care reform principles.
For: 5.5 percent
Against: 94.5 percent
Abstain: 2.9 percent
Proposal 12. Relating to limiting executive
compensation until the Company achieves two consecutive years of
profitability.
For: 9.3 percent
Against: 90.7 percent
Abstain: 0.8 percent