NVIDIA Corporation Announces 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Results
At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of NVIDIA Corporation, held on June 25, 2025, the following proposals were voted on and the results were as follows. The company's thirteen (13) director nominees were elected to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, with the majority of the shares voting in favor of each nominee. The election results were as follows:
a. Robert K. Burgess: 15,376,382,668 shares For, 797,228,237 shares Against, and 19,476,750 shares Abstaining.
b. Tench Coxe: 15,134,235,302 shares For, 1,035,844,234 shares Against, and 23,008,119 shares Abstaining.
c. John O. Dabiri: 16,025,518,593 shares For, 146,347,846 shares Against, and 21,221,216 shares Abstaining.
d. Persis S. Drell: 16,014,366,254 shares For, 159,022,874 shares Against, and 19,698,527 shares Abstaining.
In addition to the election of directors, the stockholders also approved the following proposals on an advisory basis:
- The compensation of NVIDIA's named executive officers was approved with 14,806,756,684 shares For, 1,320,594,290 shares Against, and 65,736,681 shares Abstaining.
- The ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 25, 2026, was approved with 18,450,994,715 shares For and 925,798,285 shares Against.
Two non-binding stockholder proposals were not approved:
- The proposal to eliminate the holding period requirement to call a special stockholder meeting was rejected with 1,097,803,015 shares For and 15,054,650,161 shares Against.
- The proposal to request the adoption of a new director election resignation governance policy was also rejected with 2,866,965,630 shares For and 13,251,838,014 shares Against.
Key Takeaways:
- The company's 13 director nominees were elected to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- The stockholders approved the compensation of NVIDIA's named executive officers.
- The stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered accounting firm.
- Two non-binding stockholder proposals were rejected.
Statistics:
- Total shares voted in favor of director nominees: 15,376,382,668 - 16,025,518,593 = 35,642,841,621
- Total shares voted against director nominees: 797,228,237 - 146,347,846 = 652,880,391
- Total shares abstaining from director nominees: 19,476,750 - 21,221,216 = 1,744,466
- Total shares voting in favor of named executive officers' compensation: 14,806,756,684
- Total shares voting against named executive officers' compensation: 1,320,594,290
- Total shares abstaining from named executive officers' compensation: 65,736,681
- Total shares voting in favor of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP selection: 18,450,994,715
- Total shares voting against PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP selection: 925,798,285
- Total shares abstaining from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP selection: 22,915,873
Sources:
- NVIDIA Corporation, Form 8-K, dated June 25, 2025.
- Securities and Exchange Commission, File No. 1-15249, dated June 25, 2025.