...A. There were approximately 2.5 billion shares outstanding on a pre-stock split basis on the record date, and Chris has informed me that proxies have been received for approximately 1.9 billion shares, or approximately 79% of the shares outstanding, which constitutes a quorum for today's meeting. B. This proposal topic won from 74% to 88% support at Weyerhaeuser, Alcoa, Waste Management, Goldman Sachs, FirstEnergy, and Macy's. C. These votes would have been higher than 74% to 88% if more shareholders had access to independent proxy voting advice. D. This proposal also received overwhelming 98% support at the 2023 annual meeting of American Airlines and The Carlyle Group. E. According to the Board of Directors' statement next to this proposal, the only reason to maintain the present seven-pronged 67% shareholder approval requirements is to avoid a situation that is highly unlikely to occur, that is, a large number of NVIDIA shareholders failing to vote at the annual meeting. F. And it will...
