8 May 2008
, Wilmington, Del.
: A total of 56 people attended Ford Motor Company's [NYSE: F] 53rd Annual Meeting of Shareholders today at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware.
Preliminary voting results indicate that a total of 1,802,937,729 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 90.81 percent of the votes that could be cast.
Each director received at least 2,778,128,087 votes, or 86.22 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 2008.
| For: |
98.99 percent |
| Against: |
1.01 percent |
| Abstain: |
0.81 percent |
Proposal 3. Relating to approval of the terms of the Company's Annual Incentive Compensation Plan.
| For: |
94.89 percent |
| Against: |
5.11 percent |
| Abstain: |
1.22 percent |
Proposal 4. Relating to approval of the Company's 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
| For: |
79.13 percent |
| Against: |
20.87 percent |
| Abstain: |
1.16 percent |
Proposal 5. Relating to discontinuing granting stock options to senior executives.
| For: |
5.74 percent |
| Against: |
94.26 percent |
| Abstain: |
1.23 percent |
Proposal 6. Relating to permitting the minimum percent of holders of commons stock allowed by law to call special shareholder meetings.
| For: |
18.29 percent |
| Against: |
81.71 percent |
| Abstain: |
1.32 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: |
27.17 percent |
| Against: |
72.83 percent |
| Abstain: |
2.85 percent |
Proposal 8. Relating to the Company issuing a report disclosing policies and procedures related to political contributions.
| For: |
10.13 percent |
| Against: |
89.87 percent |
| Abstain: |
9.29 percent |
Proposal 9. Relating to the Company adopting comprehensive health care reform principles.
| For: |
4.61 percent |
| Against: |
95.39 percent |
| Abstain: |
7.82 percent |
Proposal 10. Relating to the Company issuing a report on the effect of the Company's actions to reduce its impact on global climate change.
| For: |
3.07 percent |
| Against: |
96.93 percent |
| Abstain: |
7.68 percent |
Proposal 11. Relating to limiting executive compensation until the Company achieves five consecutive years of profitability.
| For: |
6.58 percent |
| Against: |
93.42 percent |
| Abstain: |
1.15 percent |