Shareholder proposals

2,290 proposals put to a vote by the owners of these companies, read from the filings the companies themselves made to the SEC. 187 of them won a majority of the votes cast.

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173 matching, showing 61 to 120.

YearCompanyWhat was asked forAsked for bySupportOutcome
2019TJX CompaniesA shareholder proposal for a report on compensation disparities based on race, gender, or ethnicity18.4%Failed
2019Southwest AirlinesProposal 5 – An advisory (non-binding) vote on a shareholder proposal to amend the Company’s proxy access bylaw provision21.6%Failed
2019Skyworks SolutionsA non-binding stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting96.3%Passed
2019Simon Property GroupProposal 5 — Shareholder Proposal Related to Political Contributions37.1%Failed
2019Royal Caribbean GroupShareholder Proposal Regarding Political Contributions DisclosureThe Comptroller of the State of New York34.5%Failed
2019Ross StoresThe holders of the Company's common stock voted against the stockholder proposal on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals40.9%Failed
2019Roper TechnologiesConsideration of a shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of political contributions43.1%Failed
2019Pinnacle West CapitalThe shareholder proposal asking the Company to amend its governing documents to reduce the ownership threshold to 10 percent to call special shareholder meetings46.4%Failed
2019PG&E CorporationShareholder proposal to improve shareholder proxy access (included as Item 6 in the proxy statement)34.9%Failed
2019PG&E CorporationShareholder proposal regarding PG&E Corporation structure reform (included as Item 5 in the proxy statement)13.5%Failed
2019PayPalStockholder Proposal Regarding Human and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights7.4%Failed
2019PayPalStockholder Proposal Regarding Political Disclosure8.4%Failed
2019Occidental PetroleumThe stockholder proposal requesting to lower the stock ownership threshold to call special stockholder meetingsWilliam Steiner99.5%Passed
2019NucorStockholder proposal regarding political spending report40.6%Failed
2019NucorStockholder proposal regarding lobbying report36.2%Failed
2019NRG Energy(d) Proposal 4 – Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of political expendituresThe Comptroller of the City of New York45.4%Failed
2019Northrop GrummanThe shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal to provide for an independent chair35.5%Failed
2019Northrop GrummanThe shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal to provide for a report on management systems and processes for implementing the Company's human rights policy31.1%Failed
2019NiSourceStockholder Proposal Reducing the Threshold Stock Ownership Requirement for Stockholders to Call a Special Stockholder Meeting from 25% to 10%. The number of votes cast for and against this matter, as well as the number of abstentions, were as follows37.2%Failed
2019Nasdaq, Inc.Consider the Stockholder Proposal Entitled “Right to Act by Written Consent”31.5%Failed
2019Motorola SolutionsA stockholder proposal on lobbying disclosure was defeated by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table belowMercy Investment Services37.6%Failed
2019Motorola SolutionsA stockholder proposal on an independent director with human rights expertise was defeated by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table belowThe Episcopal Church8.9%Failed
2019Microchip TechnologyStockholder proposal requesting our Board to report on our processes for identifying and analyzing human rights risks to workers in our operations and supply chain51.3%Passed
2019MastercardThe holders of Class A common stock did not approve the stockholder proposal on creation of a human rights committee4.3%Failed
2019MastercardThe holders of Class A common stock did not approve the stockholder proposal on gender pay gap25.8%Failed
2019Marathon PetroleumThe shareholder proposal seeking an independent chairman policyUnited Steelworkers25.7%Failed
2019Marathon PetroleumThe shareholder proposal seeking a shareholder right to action by written consent47.7%Failed
2019Lockheed MartinRejected a stockholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors amend the proxy access bylawJohn Chevedden26.2%Failed
2019LennarStockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal regarding having directors elected by a majority of the votes cast in uncontested elections44.1%Failed
2019Johnson & JohnsonShareholder Proposal - Executive Compensation and Drug Pricing Risks29.2%Failed
2019Johnson & JohnsonShareholder Proposal - Clawback Disclosure46.1%Failed
2019J.B. HuntA stockholder proposal requesting the Company to prepare and disclose a report of the Company's political contributions policy and political contributions made by the Company31.7%Failed
2019Intuitive SurgicalA stockholder proposal regarding elimination of supermajority voting provisions68.9%Passed
2019IntelStockholder Proposal Requesting an Annual Advisory Vote on Political Contributions6%Failed
2019IntelStockholder Proposal Requesting a Report on the Risks Associated with Emerging Public Policies Addressing the Gender Pay Gap30.3%Failed
2019IntelStockholder Proposal on Whether to Allow Stockholders to Act by Written Consent40.9%Failed
2019IncyteThe stockholder proposal on whether the chairman of the board should be an independent director33.5%Failed
2019Howmet AerospaceThe shareholder proposal regarding shareholding threshold to call a special shareowner meeting23.6%Failed
2019Home Depot (The)A shareholder proposal regarding a report on prison labor in the supply chainNorthStar Asset Management30.3%Failed
2019Home Depot (The)A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold for calling special shareholder meetingsJohn Chevedden44.7%Failed
2019Home Depot (The)A shareholder proposal regarding EEO-1 disclosureThe Congregation of Benedictine Sisters33.1%Failed
2019General MotorsGM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding lobbying communications and activities29.5%Failed
2019General MotorsGM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman37.1%Failed
2019Gen DigitalStockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman40.8%Failed
2019FirstEnergyThe non-binding shareholder proposal60%Passed
2019FastenalProposal #4 – Consideration of a shareholder proposal related to diversity reportingAs You Sow41.4%Failed
2019ExelonShareholder proposal from Burn More Coal1.6%Failed
2019Elevance HealthThe shareholder proposal to elect each director annually at such time when it would not interfere with the Company’s existing contractual obligations74.9%Passed
2019Edwards LifesciencesThe non-binding advisory stockholder proposal regarding independent chair policya) Long-Term Stock Program —22%Failed
2019EchoStarConsideration of a shareholder proposal regarding majority voting in director elections5.5%Failed
2019Duke EnergyShareholder proposal regarding providing an annual report on the costs and benefits of Duke Energy’s voluntary environment-related activities4.4%Failed
2019Duke EnergyShareholder proposal regarding a report on mitigating health and climate impacts of coal use41.7%Failed
2019Duke EnergyShareholder proposal regarding providing an annual report on Duke Energy’s lobbying expenses36.6%Failed
2019Duke EnergyShareholder proposal regarding providing a semiannual report on Duke Energy’s political contributions35.8%Failed
2019Dominion EnergyA shareholder proposal requesting the Company to adopt a policy to require an independent Board Chair39.7%Failed
2019Delta Air LinesThe shareholders did not approve the adoption of a shareholder proposal regarding the ability of shareholders to act by written consent requiring the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize an actionJohn Chevedden37.2%Failed
2019CumminsShareholder Proposal Regarding an Independent Board Chairman33.8%Failed
2019ComcastA shareholder proposal to provide a report on lobbying activities, as described in the proxy statementFriends Fiduciary Corporation18%Failed
2019ComcastA shareholder proposal to require an independent board chairman, as described in the proxy statementJohn Chevedden26.9%Failed
2019Colgate-PalmoliveA stockholder proposal regarding independent Board Chairman37.1%Failed

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Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it. A proposal shows who asked for it where we have been able to tie the vote to a campaign on record; blank means we have not, not that nobody filed it.