<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000200406-24-000026.txt : 20240313
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000200406-24-000026
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240313
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240313

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHNSON & JOHNSON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000200406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	03 Life Sciences
		IRS NUMBER:				221024240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03215
		FILM NUMBER:		24744585

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ
		CITY:			NEW BRUNSWICK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08933
		BUSINESS PHONE:		732-524-2455

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ
		CITY:			NEW BRUNSWICK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08933
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="icfd3007b79bf41e48cb6ccda95e0e99d_1"></div><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SCHEDULE 14A</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&#160;14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by the Registrant&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#253;</font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font></div><div style="margin-top:8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check the appropriate box&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:23.830%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.556%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.244%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#168;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:61.842%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.391%"></td><td 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#168;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.277%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.523%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#253;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Additional Materials</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:30.263%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.078%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.722%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#168;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Soliciting Material under &#167; 240.14a-12</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#eb1700;font-family:'Johnson Display Medium',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Johnson &#38; Johnson</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than Registrant)</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply)&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.690%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.313%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:75.713%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.674%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#253;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">No fee required.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#168;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#168;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#eb1700;font-family:'Johnson Display Medium',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Johnson &#38; Johnson</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">One Johnson &#38; Johnson Plaza</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">New Brunswick, NJ 08933</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">SUPPLEMENT TO</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">2024 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">DATED MARCH 13, 2024</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">TO BE HELD ON APRIL 25, 2024</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">March 13, 2024</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Supplement provides updated information with respect to the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;) of Johnson &#38; Johnson to be held on April 25, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On March 13, 2024, Johnson &#38; Johnson commenced distribution of the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) for the Annual Meeting and notice of availability of the Proxy Statement.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Withdrawal of Shareholder Proposal</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The proponent of Item 5&#58; Shareholder proposal - impact of extended patent exclusivities on patient access (&#8220;Item 5&#8221;) has withdrawn the proposal.  Therefore, Item 5 will not be presented or voted upon at the Annual Meeting, nor will any votes cast in regard to Item 5 be tabulated or reported.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Voting Matters</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Notwithstanding the withdrawal of Item 5, the proxy card and voting instruction forms distributed or presented online with the Proxy Statement remain valid, and Johnson &#38; Johnson will not distribute new voting instructions or proxy cards.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">None of the other agenda items presented in the Proxy Statement are affected by this Supplement, and shares represented by proxy cards or voting instruction forms returned before the Annual Meeting will be voted with respect to all other matters properly brought before the Annual Meeting as instructed on the proxy card or voting instruction form.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If you have already returned your proxy card or voting instruction form, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If you have not yet returned your proxy card or voting instruction form, please complete the proxy card or voting instruction form, disregarding Item 5.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Johnson Text',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Information on how to vote your shares, or change or revoke your prior vote or voting instruction, is available in the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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