Gilead Sciences $GILD is one of the stocks in my portfolio. They are a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/6/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 4/28/2015. I voted with management 47% of the time […]
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY), which is engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of biopharmaceutical products on a global basis, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/5/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 4/30/2015. I voted with management 46% of […]
eBay Inc (EBAY), which enables commerce through three reportable segments: Marketplaces, Payments and Enterprise, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/1/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 4/26/2015. I voted with management 67% of the time and assigned eBay a proxy score of 67. […]
Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB), which manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and K-C professional products, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/30/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the vote of four funds when I checked and voted on 4/24/2015. I voted with management 57% of the time and assigned Kimberly Clark a proxy […]
IBM (International Business Machines Corp.), which provides information technology (IT) products and services worldwide, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/28/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the vote of four funds when I checked and voted on 4/21/2015. I voted with management 50% of the time and assigned IBM a proxy score of 50. […]
Boeing Co (BA), which designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/27/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the vote of one fund when I checked and voted on 4/21/2015. I voted with […]
General Electric Company (GE), which operates as an infrastructure and financial services company worldwide, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/22/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the vote of two funds when I checked and voted on 4/15/2015. I voted with management 57% of the time and assigned General Electric a proxy score […]
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Trillium Asset Management today announced that they have withdrawn the shareholder proposal they filed at eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) after the company agreed to revise its Governance Guidelines to include gender and racial diversity among the qualities its seeks in its board members. Several other issues remain on the […]
Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM), which designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital communications products and services in China, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 3/9/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 3/2/2015. I voted with management 89% of […]
Berry Plastics Group Inc. (BERY), which manufactures and distributes plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials in North America and internationally, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 3/4/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had the votes of only one fund when I checked and voted on 3/1/2015. However, I was able to find the votes […]
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 […]
3M $MMM, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/13/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 5/7/2014. I voted with management 50% of the time. View Proxy Statement. (more…)
eBay $EBAY, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/13/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 5/7/2014. I voted with management 50% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank are voted in favor […]
American Express Company $AXP is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is on 5/12/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked and voted on 5/4/2014. I voted with management 47% of the time. View AXP’s Proxy Statement, which is user friendly. My recommendations on how to vote the AXP proxy follows. Warning: […]
Gilead Sciences $GILD is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/7/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 4/28/2014. I voted with management 43% of the time. View GILD’s Proxy Statement, which has a linked Table of Contents. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the […]
FactSet Research Systems Inc. $FDS is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 12/17/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of two funds when I checked and voted on 12/10/2013. I voted with management 80% of the time. View Proxy Statement. (more…)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 6/4/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three funds when I checked on 5/23/2013. I voted with management 75% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank are voted in […]
Gilead Sciences, Inc. ($GILD) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/8/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of six funds when I checked on 4/30/2013. I voted with management 50% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank are voted in favor […]
Gilead Sciences ($GILD) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. I previously blogged about how I voted. Last week, I attended their annual meeting on 5/10/2012 to present John Chevedden’s proposal #4 to allow shareowners to act by written consent. This is an important governance feature allowing shareowners to take action in times of emergency between […]
Home Depot ($HD) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/17/2012. Voting ends 5/16 on Moxy Vote’s proxy voting platform, which listed 10 “good causes,” but four were consolidations, when I checked and voted on 5/14. ProxyDemocracy.org had only 1 fund voting. I voted with management 86% of the time. (more…)
Gilead Sciences (GILD) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/10/2012. Voting ends 5/9 on Moxy Vote’s proxy voting platform, which listed 8 “good causes,” but three were consolidations, when I checked and voted on 5/8. ProxyDemocracy.org had 4 funds voting.Gilead scores 44 out of 100, since I voted with management on […]
Dow Chemical (DOW) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 5/10/2012. Voting ends 5/9 on Moxy Vote’s proxy voting platform, which listed four “good causes,” including two consolidations, when I checked and voted on 5/7. ProxyDemocracy.org had two funds voting. DOW scores 44 out of 100, since I voted with management on only 44% […]