Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. It operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. Their annual meeting is coming up on January 26th, 2017. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of 3 fund families when I checked. I voted FOR proxy access and a report […]
Guidewire Software Inc ($GWRE), which provides software products for property and casualty insurers, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 12/4/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 12/1/2014. Sorry for the late post. Tomorrow is the last day to vote online. I voted […]
Microsoft Corporation ($MSFT), which develops, licenses, markets, and supports software, services, and devices worldwide, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 12/3/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of six funds when I checked and voted on 11/30/2014. Sorry for the late post. Tomorrow is the last day to vote online. I […]
Total shareholder return (TSR), is the most frequent metric used to pay CEOs for performance. The authors of this excellent study from IRRCi believe CEO pay should, instead, be linked to the cost and future value of capital. CEO Pay for ‘Performance” In 1993, Congress amended the tax code to tie executive pay to “performance” […]
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (BR), which provides investor communications and technology-driven solutions for the financial services industry, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 11/13/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked on 11/3/2014. I voted with management 80% of the time and assigned them a proxy […]
Symantec Corporation (NASD:SYMC), which provides security, backup, and availability solutions worldwide, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 10/28/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked on 10/22/2014. I voted with management 55% of the time and assigned them a proxy score of 55. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. […]
Procter & Gamble Company (PG), which manufactures and sells branded consumer packaged goods, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 10/14/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked on 9/20/2014. I voted with management 44% of the time and assigned them a proxy score of 44. View Proxy […]
FedEx $FDX, which provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 9/29/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked on 9/20/2014. I voted with management 42% of the time and assigned them a proxy score of […]
Medtronic $MDT, which manufactures and sells device-based medical therapies worldwide, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their next annual meeting is August 21, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked and voted on 8/17/2014. I voted with the Board’s recommendations 59% of the time and assigned them a proxy score of 59. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. […]
GMI Ratings, the leading provider of research, data and analytics on environmental, social, governance (ESG) and forensic accounting risks affecting the performance of public companies, is introducing Accounting and Governance Risk (AGR®) ratings on over 9,000 companies in nearly 60 emerging market countries. GMI’s AGR ratings capture a variety of accounting irregularities and corporate governance […]
Steris Corp $STE, which develops and markets surgical and critical care support products and services, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their next annual meeting is July 30, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds on Steris when I checked and voted on 6/17/2014. I voted with the Board’s recommendations 100% of the time. View Steris Proxy Statement. […]
Medivation $MDVN, a promising biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat serious diseases, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their next annual meeting is June 27, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 6/17/2014. I voted with the Board’s recommendations 91% of the time and assigned them a proxy score […]
Premiere Global Services, $PGI, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 17, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked and voted on 6/11/2014. I voted with the board’s recommendations 40% of the time, thus assigned a proxy score of 40. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my recommendations […]
DaVita HealthCare Partners $DVA, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 17, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked and voted on 6/10/2014. I voted with management 50% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my recommendations on how to vote the DVA proxy in order […]
SciClone Pharmaceuticals $SCLN, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 12, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 6/10/2014. I voted with management 37% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Would it kill them to include a hyperlinked table of contents? Read Warnings below. What follows are my […]
Biogen Idec, $BIIB, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 12, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 6/10/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org now has collected the votes of five funds. I voted with management 46% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my recommendations on how to […]
Caterpillar (CAT), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 11, 2014 (tomorrow). ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 6/10/2014. I see they now have three. I voted with management 42% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my recommendations on how to vote the CAT […]
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 […]
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is June 6, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/31/2014. I voted with management 58% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my recommendations on how to vote the WMT proxy in order to enhance […]
Genomic Health (GHDX), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on June 6, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/27/2014. I voted with management 92% of the time. View Proxy Statement. (Note: GHDX proxy Table of Contents is only for stock incentive plan… not the […]
SolarCity (SCTY), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on June 4, 2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds when I checked and voted on 5/26/2014. I voted with management 75% of the time but won’t next year if corporate governance reforms are not made. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows […]
GT Advanced Technologies $GTAT is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 6/5/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/26/2014. I voted with management 60% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my proxy voting recommendations for GTAT. (more…)
Tesla Motors (TSLA) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 6/3/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/25/2014. I voted with management 17% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my proxy voting recommendations for TSLA. (more…)
BlackRock $BLK is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/29/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/21/2014. I voted with management 65% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my proxy voting recommendations for BLK. (more…)
Illumina $ILMN is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/28/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/20/2014. I voted with management 86% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my proxy voting recommendations for ILMN. (more…)
DigitalGlobe $DGI is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/28/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds when I checked and voted on 5/19/2014. I voted with management 80% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. What follows are my proxy voting recommendations for DGI. (more…)
Facebook $FB, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/22/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 5/19/2014. I voted with management 0% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. (more…)
Solazyme $SZYM, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/22/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds when I checked and voted on 5/15/2014. I voted with management % of the time. View Proxy Statement. I sure would have liked a Table of Contents with links to facilitate my review. Read Warnings below. (more…)
The Home Depot (HD), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/22/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds when I checked and voted on 5/15/2014. I voted with management 47% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. (more…)
NextEra Energy (NEE), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/22/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 5/15/2014. I voted with management 79% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. (more…)
Amazon.com (AMZN), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/21/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 5/15/2014. I voted with management % of the time. View Proxy Statement. All that talent at AMZN and they didn’t even bother to provide a linked table of contents. […]
Ellie Mae (ELLI), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/21/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds when I checked and voted on 5/15/2014. I voted with management 50% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. My proxy voting recommendations for ELLI follow. (more…)
ITC Holdings $ITC, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/21/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of no funds when I checked and voted on 5/15/2014. I voted with management 50% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. My proxy voting recommendations follow. (more…)
Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/20/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the vote of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/14/2014. I voted with management 54% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below. (more…)
iRobot Corporation $IRBT, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/20/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked and voted on 5/13/2014. I voted with management % of the time. View Proxy Statement. Read Warnings below (more…)