Apple's Annual Shareholder's Meeting will kick off on February 23

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What you need to know

  • Apple's 2021 Annual Shareholders Meeting will take place virtually on February 23, 2021.
  • The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

In a filing with the SEC Apple has announced that its 2021 Annual Shareholders Meeting will take place virtually on February 23, 2021. The meeting will kick off at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Most of the meeting will be of little excitement to the general public, as it includes things like electing the company's Board of Directors, voting on a resolution to approve changes to executive compensation, and ratified Apple's accounting firm.

  1. To elect to the Board of Directors the following eight nominees presented by the Board: James Bell, Tim Cook, Al Gore, Andrea Jung, Art Levinson, Monica Lozano, Ron Sugar, and Sue Wagner
  2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2021
  3. To vote on an advisory resolution to approve executive compensation
  4. To vote on the shareholder proposals set forth in the Proxy Statement, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting
  5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any postponements or adjournments thereof.

For shareholders who are interested in attending, you can do so by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AAPL2021 and entering the 16-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, voting instruction form, or proxy card. Apple says that all questions must be submitted before the meeting kicks off.

To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AAPL2021 and enter the 16-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, voting instruction form, or proxy card. Online access to the webcast will open approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the Annual Meeting. Attendance at the Annual Meeting is subject to capacity limits set by the virtual meeting platform provider. To submit questions in advance of the Annual Meeting, visit proxyvote.com before 8:59 P.M. Pacific Time on February 22, 2021 and enter the 16-digit control number.

One of the pieces of business at the meeting will be to approve changes to executive bonuses, which will shift to include environmental and social goals.

Joe Wituschek
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Joe Wituschek is a Contributor at iMore. With over ten years in the technology industry, one of them being at Apple, Joe now covers the company for the website. In addition to covering breaking news, Joe also writes editorials and reviews for a range of products. He fell in love with Apple products when he got an iPod nano for Christmas almost twenty years ago. Despite being considered a "heavy" user, he has always preferred the consumer-focused products like the MacBook Air, iPad mini, and iPhone 13 mini. He will fight to the death to keep a mini iPhone in the lineup. In his free time, Joe enjoys video games, movies, photography, running, and basically everything outdoors.