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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-K filed Jan 29, 2010.

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted for a vote of our shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2009.

 

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Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “AMZN.” The following table sets forth the high and low per share sale prices for our common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

     High    Low

Year ended December 31, 2008

     

First Quarter

   $ 97.43    $ 61.20

Second Quarter

     84.88      70.65

Third Quarter

     91.75      61.32

Fourth Quarter

     71.99      34.68

Year ended December 31, 2009

     

First Quarter

   $ 75.61    $ 47.63

Second Quarter

     88.56      71.71

Third Quarter

     94.50      75.41

Fourth Quarter

     145.91      88.27

Holders

As of January 22, 2010, there were 3,544 shareholders of record of our common stock, although there are a much larger number of beneficial owners.

Dividends

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. See Item 7 of Part II, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

None.

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-Q filed Jul 25, 2008.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Our annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 29, 2008. The following nominees were elected as directors, each to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, by the vote set forth below:

 

Nominee

   For    Against    Abstain

Jeffrey P. Bezos

   379,396,765    1,875,451    2,586,001

Tom A. Alberg

   387,302,405    2,880,084    2,675,728

John Seely Brown

   379,990,175    1,277,247    2,590,795

L. John Doerr

   374,151,653    6,972,726    2,733,838

William B. Gordon

   380,826,024    436,250    2,595,943

Myrtle S. Potter

   380,486,819    679,215    2,692,183

Thomas O. Ryder

   369,283,292    11,946,886    2,628,039

Patricia Q. Stonesifer

   378,374,653    2,816,625    2,666,939

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor was ratified by the vote set forth below:

 

     Votes

For

   377,182,445

Against

   4,111,954

Abstain

   2,563,818

Broker Non-Votes

   —  
These excerpts taken from the AMZN 10-K filed Feb 11, 2008.

Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted for a vote of our shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2007.

 

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Item 4.    
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted for a vote of our
shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2007.

 


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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:-8%">Item 5.    
Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Market Information

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol
“AMZN.” The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices for our common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> 


































































































   High  Low

Year ended December 31, 2006

    

First Quarter

  $47.87  $35.25

Second Quarter

   38.68   31.61

Third Quarter

   38.61   26.07

Fourth Quarter

   42.96   30.87

Year ended December 31, 2007

    

First Quarter

  $41.51  $36.43

Second Quarter

   73.65   40.42

Third Quarter

   93.48   68.73

Fourth Quarter

   100.82   77.00

Holders

FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As of February 1, 2008, there were 3,587 shareholders of record of our common stock, although there are a much larger number of beneficial owners.

STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%">Dividends

We have never declared or
paid cash dividends on our common stock. See Item 7 of Part II, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%">Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

SIZE="2">None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">None.

 


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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-Q filed Jul 26, 2007.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Our annual meeting of stockholders was held on June 14, 2007. The following nominees were elected as directors, each to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, by the vote set forth below:

 

Nominee

   For    Withheld

Jeffrey P. Bezos

   370,271,605    5,894,897

Tom A. Alberg

   370,507,630    5,658,872

John Seely Brown

   369,823,281    6,343,221

L. John Doerr

   366,637,871    9,528,631

William B. Gordon

   371,253,924    4,912,578

Myrtle S. Potter

   371,286,734    4,879,768

Thomas O. Ryder

   371,253,653    4,912,849

Patricia Q. Stonesifer

   371,250,948    4,915,554

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor was ratified by the vote set forth below:

 

     Votes

For

   373,577,158

Against

   1,152,335

Abstain

   1,437,009

Broker Non-Votes

   —  

The material terms of the performance goals in our 1997 Stock Incentive Plan were re-approved by the vote set forth below:

 

     Votes

For

   371,668,730

Against

   2,926,006

Abstain

   1,571,766

Broker Non-Votes

   —  

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-K filed Feb 16, 2007.

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted for a vote of our shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-Q filed Jul 27, 2006.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Our annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 23, 2006. The following nominees were elected as directors, each to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, by the vote set forth below:

 

Nominee

   For    Withheld

Jeffrey P. Bezos

   372,907,783    5,841,318

Tom A. Alberg

   374,414,724    4,334,377

John Seely Brown

   374,445,729    4,303,372

L. John Doerr

   368,309,057    10,440,044

William B. Gordon

   374,463,422    4,285,679

Myrtle S. Potter

   374,492,224    4,256,877

Thomas O. Ryder

   374,457,579    4,291,522

Patricia Q. Stonesifer

   374,484,379    4,264,722

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor was ratified by the vote set forth below:

 

     Votes

For

   375,250,549

Against

   1,922,303

Abstain

   1,576,249

Broker Non-Votes

   0
This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-K filed Feb 17, 2006.

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

No matters were submitted for a vote of our shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-Q filed Jul 28, 2005.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Our annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 17, 2005. The following nominees were elected as directors, each to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, by the vote set forth below:

 

Nominee


   For

   Withheld

Jeffrey P. Bezos

   373,536,299    5,372,965

Tom A. Alberg

   374,581,183    4,328,081

John Seely Brown

   374,262,454    4,646,810

L. John Doerr

   370,764,481    8,144,783

William B. Gordon

   374,595,336    4,313,928

Myrtle S. Potter

   374,222,857    4,686,407

Thomas O. Ryder

   374,364,087    4,545,177

Patricia Q. Stonesifer

   374,603,217    4,306,047

 

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor was ratified by the vote set forth below:

 

     Votes

For

   376,509,858

Against

   321,691

Abstain

   2,077,715

Broker Non-Votes

   -0-

 

A shareholder proposal regarding the voting standard for election of directors was not adopted by the vote set forth below:

 

     Votes

For

   62,370,567

Against

   253,204,613

Abstain

   2,267,768

Broker Non-Votes

   61,066,316

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN 10-K filed Mar 11, 2005.

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

No matters were submitted for a vote of our shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2004.

 

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