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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 17, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
000-19319
04-3039129
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
50 Northern Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 341-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share
VRTX
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The annual meeting of shareholders of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (the "Company") was held on May 17, 2023 (the "Annual Meeting"). Set forth below are the voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting:
Proposal No. 1: Based upon the following votes, the shareholders elected Sangeeta Bhatia, Lloyd Carney, Alan Garber, Terrence Kearney, Reshma Kewalramani, Jeffrey Leiden, Diana McKenzie, Bruce Sachs and Suketu Upadhyay to serve as members of the Company's Board of Directors until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2024:
ForAgainstAbstainNon-Votes
Sangeeta Bhatia222,080,6652,466,298116,8379,826,329
Lloyd Carney209,020,15615,522,060121,5849,826,329
Alan Garber222,238,5642,300,900124,3369,826,329
Terrence Kearney212,386,12312,155,694121,9839,826,329
Reshma Kewalramani222,944,9191,605,123113,7589,826,329
Jeffrey Leiden216,063,8817,824,259775,6609,826,329
Diana McKenzie222,081,2472,466,571115,9829,826,329
Bruce Sachs203,818,02720,714,176131,5979,826,329
Suketu Upadhyay222,991,7781,551,263120,7599,826,329
Proposal No. 2: Based upon the following votes, the shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023:
ForAgainstAbstainNon-Votes
226,512,2237,826,181151,7250
Proposal No. 3: Based upon the following votes, the shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2022 compensation program for the Company's named executive officers:
ForAgainstAbstainNon-Votes
200,867,11623,641,105155,5799,826,329
Proposal No. 4: Based upon the following votes, the shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, to hold future advisory votes to approve executive compensation on an annual basis:
1 Year2 Years3 YearsAbstainNon-Votes
222,845,689100,8721,607,838109,4019,826,329
Based upon the results above, and consistent with the Board of Directors' recommendation, the Board has determined that future advisory votes on executive compensation will be submitted to shareholders on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of such votes.




SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
Date: May 18, 2023
/s/ Jonathan Biller
Jonathan Biller
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer