• Intuitive Surgical amended and restated its bylaws on July 23, 2026, tightening rules for shareholder director nominations and proposals.
• Permits the company to disregard votes for nominees if a shareholder fails to meet SEC universal proxy requirements, including soliciting holders of 67% of shares.
• Raises disclosure and procedural hurdles for nominations, including limits on nominee counts, more detailed ownership disclosures, and in-person meeting attendance.
• Requires dissident solicitors to use a non-white proxy card, a move that could reduce investor confusion during contested elections.
• Shifts the voting standard for non-election corporate actions to a majority of votes cast, excluding abstentions and broker non-votes.

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