Ford Motor Company 2000 Annual Meeting Voting Results
12 May 2000
Ford Motor Company 2000 Annual Meeting Voting ResultsATLANTA, May 11 A total of 317 people attended the 45th annual meeting of Ford Motor Company shareholders today at Zoo Atlanta. Preliminary voting results indicate that a total of 943,674,303 shares of common stock and 70,655,390 shares of Class B stock were represented at the annual meeting in person or by proxy. These shares represent 89.78 percent of the votes that could be cast. Each director received at least 1,580,249,821 votes, or 93.058 percent of the votes cast at the meeting. Vote on Proposals: Proposal 2. Relating to the approval of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. as Ford Motor Company's independent public accountants for 2000. For 99.67% Against 0.33% Abstain 0.36% Proposal 3. Relating to disclosure of governmental affiliation of directors, officers and consultants. For 2.15% Against 97.85% Abstain 10.50% Proposal 4. Relating to independent directors on key board committees. For 15.47% Against 84.53% Abstain 9.48% Proposal 5. Relating to stockholder approved by-laws. For 3.61% Against 96.39% Abstain 10.03% Proposal 6. Relating to proposed study to add Ford Motor Company employee(s) to the Board of Directors. For 3.83% Against 96.17% Abstain 9.56% Proposal 7. Relating to requiring shareholder approval prior to initiating a share buyback program. For 2.51% Against 97.49% Abstain 9.41%