CorpGov.net 2025 Proxy Season Results exceeded our historical average, likely because we filed only 20 proposals directly. As you can see, we failed at five companies but won at fifteen, mostly by reaching agreements. “Winning” by agreement required more careful deliberation and cooperation than winning by vote. Disproportionately, those won by vote may never be […]
I understand HB 4115 will be voted on the Texas House floor this week. SB 1057 has already passed the Senate. If the bill is signed into law, companies like Tesla, which have not yet filed their proxies, could opt into the bill’s provisions by amending their governing documents and including that information in their […]
Tesla 2024 Proxy Votes. James McRitchie’s Proposal for the annual election of all directors is one of several items to be voted on before or during the Tesla (TSLA) annual meeting on June 13, 2024, at 1:30 a.m. Pacific time. Attend the annual meeting online or in person. I suggest you vote in advance. However, you […]
AVAV 2023. Board Declassification is just one of several issues to be voted on before or during the AeroVironment (AVAV) annual meeting on September 29, 2023, at 9:00 am Pacific. Attend the annual meeting online. Vote in advance. To vote in person at the virtual annual meeting, you must first obtain a valid legal proxy […]
Redfin 2022 annual meeting is June 14, 2022, at 10:00 am Pacific. It is a virtual-only meeting on the Broadridge platform. Of course, I (James McRitchie) recommend voting in advance, especially since many companies cut off voting as soon as proposals have been presented. To enhance corporate governance and long-term value, vote Against Julie Bornstein, Selina Tobaccowala; […]
2U 2022 annual meeting is on June 8, 2022, at noon Pacific. It is a virtual-only meeting on the Broadridge platform. Of course, I recommend voting in advance, especially since many companies cut off voting as soon as proposals have been presented. To enhance corporate governance and long-term value, vote Against Coretha Rushing and Pay. Vote FOR […]
Invitae 2022 annual meeting is June 6, 2022, at 4:00 pm Pacific. It is a virtual-only meeting on the Broadridge platform. Of course, I recommend voting in advance, especially since many companies cut off voting as soon as proposals have been presented. To enhance corporate governance and long-term value, vote Against Eric Aguiar, Sean E. George, Pay: […]
Alarm.com Holdings 2022 annual meeting will be in-person only on June 2, 2022, at 9:00 am Eastern, 8281 Greensboro Drive, Suite 100, Tysons, Virginia. I recommend voting in advance, especially since many companies cut off voting as soon as proposals have been presented. To enhance corporate governance and long-term value, vote Against Clarke, Whall, auditor, pay; FOR #4 Proxy […]
IQVIA Holdings 2022 made the list. Our company is near the top for ‘overpaid’ healthcare CEOs, number 20 of the 100 most overpaid CEOs. IQVIA Holdings 2022 annual meeting is April 12, 2022, at 9:00 am EDT at the Hilton Garden Inn Danbury, 119 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, Connecticut. Although IQVA is a healthcare company and we […]
Spring 2021 CorpGov.net Proxy Proposal results are in, as reported below. New SEC rules will delay needed ESG reforms, so we worked in cooperation with more groups and filed more proposals than ever. We still averaged more than a 50% vote in favor. (more…)
Alarm.com Holdings 2021 annual meeting is June 9, 6 AM Pacific Time. To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit here. You will need the 16-digit control number provided on your proxy card or voting instruction form. Warning: You will need to obtain a legal proxy and upload it at least 2-3 […]
Charles Schwab 2021 annual meeting is May 13, 11:30 AM Pacific Time. To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit here. You must register in advance to attend and vote at the meeting. What could go wrong? (sarcasm) Of course, I recommend voting in advance. To enhance long-term value. Vote AGAINST Bettinger, […]
Bill Steiner Had Huge Impact Bill Steiner would have seen the 2020 proxy season as a busy and exciting one for individual shareholder activists. While the SEC considers changes (your comments can still have impact, even if submitted late) to reduce the influence of shareholders, so called “gadflies” continue to demonstrate leadership, effectiveness and ability […]
Kellogg 2020 annual meeting is 4/24/2020. To enhance long-term value: Vote AGAINST Steve Cahillane, Richard Dreiling, Exec Compensation, and Auditor. Vote FOR Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Declassify Board and Simply Majority Vote Standard. Warning: Don’t skip this vote. The affirmative vote of holders representing at least two-thirds of the voting power of outstanding common stock […]
United Therapeutics 2019 annual meeting is June 26th. To enhance long-term value: Vote AGAINST Causey, Giltner and Olian; pay, stock plan, auditor. Vote FOR Declassify the Board. (more…)
Axon 2019 annual meeting is May 31st. To enhance long-term value. Vote AGAINST both director nominees, Pay, & Auditor. Vote FOR Declassify the Board and Remove Supermajority Requirements. (more…)
Illumina 2019 annual meeting is May 29th. To enhance long-term value. Vote AGAINST Frances Arnold, Pay, & Auditor. Vote FOR Declassify the Board and Disclose Political Contributions. (more…)
The Paycom 2019 annual meeting is April 29th at 5300 Gaillardia Boulevard, Oklahoma City at 11:00 a.m. local time. Your last opportunity to vote online is April 28th. To increase corporate performance and shareholder value, WITHHOLD votes from Clark and Duques. Vote AGAINST pay; FOR auditor and FOR shareholder proposal to declassify the board. (more…)
Kellogg 2019 annual meeting is April 26th. Stock price fared poorly for the last five years, so the CEO should not be paid as if he had average performance. Vote AGAINST pay. The Compensation Committee should not be reelected, since they recommended average pay for below average performance. Vote AGAINST Laschinger and Tasted. Vote AGAINST […]
The Guidewire Software 2018 annual meeting is December 6th. Vote AGAINST ratifying the auditor and pay. Vote FOR our proposal to declassify the board to enhance long-term shareholder value. (more…)
For years, the “Chevedden group” (Chevedden, McRitchie/Young and Steiner) has focused almost exclusively on governance proposals. More democratic corporations are likely to listen to their shareholders on other issues as well. Democracies facilitate voice and the exchange of ideas. Fighting for environmental and social issues, while extremely important, felt like addressing symptoms, rather than root […]
EllieMae, Inc. (ELLI) provides on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry in the United States. EllieMae is one of the stocks in my portfolio. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund family when I checked and voted. Their annual meeting is coming up on May 17, 2017, so vote now. I voted FOR #4 to declassify […]
Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), an Internet television network, engages in the Internet delivery of TV shows and movies directly on TVs, computers, and mobile devices in the United States and internationally. It is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 6/9/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the vote of two funds when I checked and voted on 6/3/2015. […]
iRobot Corporation (NASD:IRBT), one of the stocks in my portfolio, offers consumer , defense and security products, remote presence products and handles contract research and development projects. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/20/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had no votes from funds when I checked and voted on 5/13/2015. I voted with the Board 33% of the time and assigned […]
The State Board of Administration of Florida (Florida SBA) is the fourth largest public pension fund in the US and was early to announce their votes in advance of annual meetings. Those announcements can be found on the Florida SBA site, as well as on Proxy Democracy. The following is from a press release that Florida […]
Netflix (NFLX), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 9, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked and voted on 6/4/2014. I voted with management 27% of the time. View Proxy Statement (why no linked Table of Contents?) Read Warnings below. What follows are my recommendations on how to vote the NFLX proxy in […]
The NCR Corporations $NCR, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/23/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 4/18/2014. I voted with management 40% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Why no index with no links? That seems so basic. Perhaps NCR doesn’t want to make reading […]
Netflix, Inc. ($NFLX) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 6/7/2013. I reported how I voted and why I am proposing proxy access in Netflix Needs Proxy Access – Proxy Score 10 Out of 100. I’ll just add that so far this year, insiders of NFLX have sold approximately 635M in shares […]
Kansas City Southern ($KSU) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/2/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked on 4/26/2013. I also checked OTPP, which voted the same as CalSTRS and Calvert. I voted with management 86% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each […]
Kellogg ($K) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/26/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had the wrong date for the meeting and hadn’t posted any votes when I checked on 4/23/2013. I voted with management 75% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank are voted […]
NCR ($NCR) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/24/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked on 4/21/2013. I voted with management 12.5% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank are voted in favor of […]
United Natural Foods ($UNFI) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 12/12/2012. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I voted on 12/5/2012. I voted with management only 17% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank will […]
The Shareholder Rights Project (SRP) and each of eight institutional investors it represents announced their collaboration for the 2013 proxy season to encourage 74 S&P 500 and Fortune 500 public companies to move to annual elections. (more…)