Stockholder
Proposals


including proposals on company disclosure
about lobbying (political donations) and
'green' initiatives, especially initiatives
having to do with climate change and plastics.

(for more than 50 companies,
in order by company name)


(with some 'external' links to
info on the companies and their
financial data and proxy statements)


The Supreme Court --- in its 'Citizens United'
versus the Federal Election Commission case ---
decided that Corporations, like 'the people',
can make political donations to political parties,
PACs, and candidates.

The Court seems to have decided that
'Corporate Executives' are 'people' but
'Shareholders' are NOT 'people'.
The Court did not assure that shareholders
in 'public' companies have a voice in the process.

The 'Citizens United' seems to have been
a group of united CEO's.

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INTRODUCTION :

If a stockholder invests in many individual stocks, he/she will, annually, receive many 'proxy statements' --- along with proxy voting forms.

The proxy voting forms (for U.S. companies) typically include three kinds of items to vote on:

  • election or re-election of directors on the company board

  • approval of executive compensation (and, sometimes, a vote on compensation plans for directors and/or employees --- such as stock investment plans)

  • approval of the company providing auditing services to the company

IN ADDITION to these typical items on which to vote, from year to year, 'stockholder proposals' 'pop up' on the voting forms.

When there are 'stockholder proposals', the company typically recommends a vote 'AGAINST' the stockholder proposal.

The stockholder proposal is summarized by a brief statement on the voting form --- but there is a more detailed statement (word for word) of the stockholder proposal in the 'proxy booklet' --- along with the company executives' statement intended to explain why the executives (and board) urge stockholders to vote 'AGAINST' their fellow stockholder's proposal.

Sometimes the 'stockholder' making the proposal is a large organization such as an investment organization that is investing for a group of retirees --- such as a group of government or labor-union retirees --- such as CALPERS (the California Public Employees' Retirement System).

I often vote 'FOR' stockholder proposals when the company urges a vote 'AGAINST' --- in particular, when it comes to lobbying and political donations.

Discussions of some common stockholder proposals follow.

Company Political Contributions

I find it reprehensible that many PUBLIC companies --- which are propped up by the investment of their stockholders --- want to keep secret the donations that the companies make to political parties and candidates.

Since each stockholder is a 'part-owner' of the company (like Warren Buffet says), it seems only proper that those stockholders have a say in

  • to whom the company income is going (namely, political parties and candidates), and

  • how much is being dispersed into the hands of those political parties and candidates.

After all, those company funds are being drained away from company functions --- such as paying dividends to shareholders and investing in assets and revenue generating potential of the company.

The Supreme Court decision in the 'Citizens United' versus the Federal Election Commission case is at issue here.

In that case, the Supreme Court essentially said that 'a company is a citizen' and, like a citizen, a company then has a right to donate to political parties and 'action committees' and candidates.

The Supreme Court apparently decided to leave it up to a few executive officers of companies to decide on where to make donations --- WITHOUT ANY INPUT (i.e. VOTE --- i.e. PROPORTIONING OF DECISION MAKING) ACCORDING TO STOCKHOLDER ('part-owner') WISHES.

This is why --- whenever I see a 'lobbying discosure' or 'political contributions' stockholder proposal --- I vote 'FOR' the proposal --- in spite of the fact that the company executives, invariably, recommend a vote 'AGAINST'.

Shareholder Right to Act by WRITTEN CONSENT

The 'right to act by written consent' is a pretty common shareholder proposal. And corporate boards almost always recomment a vote AGAINST this proposal.

Shareholder action by written consent refers to corporate shareholders' right to act by written consent instead of a meeting.

Here are a few sites that give more information on the 'written consent' proposal.

Shareholder Right to PROXY ACCESS

'Shareholder proxy access' is about giving shareholders the ability to place a board candidate name directly on the proxy card that the company sends to all shareholders.

Here are a few sites that give more information on the 'proxy access' proposal.

Other Stockholder Proposals
(esp. requests for Reports)

Some stockholder proposals simply ask for a 'Report' --- which, in many cases, it seems to me will not result in much change --- and will just draw company resources away on useless paperwork. HOWEVER ...

There are some stockholder proposals that I typically vote 'FOR' --- when the company executives recommend a vote 'AGAINST'.

For example, because the 'heating up of Mother Earth' is a major and immediate crisis that is rapidly worsening on this planet, whenever there is a stockholder proposal related to 'climate change', I generally vote 'FOR' the proposal.

AND, because the seas and waterways and lands of Mother Earth are being swamped with discarded PLASTICS, whenever there is a stockholder proposal related to 'green initiatives' such as recycling and minimizing disposal and use of plastics, I generally vote 'FOR' the proposal.

The Grouping and Sort Order of the
following Stockholder Proposals List:

The following 'Companies List' (of stockholder proposals) is in order by company name --- with one or more stockholder proposals listed under the company name.

    I considered grouping the stockholder proposals by subject matter --- such as 'lobbying' or 'climate change' or 'diversity' --- but there are some subtle differences in many of the proposals that differentiate them even more --- or that make them 'overlap' with other proposals.

    So I decided to simply group the proposals with each company name.

    There is an advantage to this 'grouping of proposals by company name' approach --- in that the grouping gives a 'characterization' of the company --- when one sees the kinds of proposals that the company executives recommend 'AGAINST'.

You can scroll down 'the List' to get a quick overview of the kinds of issues that are of importance to stockholders.

One of the issues that comes up over and over is the right to act by written consent --- an alternative to 'special meetings' and 'annual meetings' of shareholders.

Some other issues that are frequently seen in stockholder proposals (besides political contributions and lobbying issues) are

  • having the Board Chairman be a different person from the CEO

  • having a representative on the board from among employees --- in particular, 'non-management' employees

  • reducing the threshold for calling 'special meetings'

  • stronger actions on gender and racial diversity

  • stronger actions on sexual harrassment

  • stronger actions on environmental issues --- such as fossil fuels usage and plastics (creation and disposal) and deforestation

Format of the data :

The 'Companies List' below shows the following elements:

  • company name (with a link to more information about the company --- typically a Wikipedia link --- or a 'web search' link if a Wikipedia link is not available)

  • company stock symbol
    (which is a link to a site with much more financial information about the company)

    You can click on the stock symbol to go to a site that has company information such as 'profit margin' and 'long-term debt' and 'cash flow' (such as 'net income' and EBITDA).

  • a list of stockholder proposals associated with the company (including the year of the 'proxy booklet' in which the proposal appeared)

      The stockholder proposals can have subtle aspects that are not easily encasuplated in a sentence or two.

      Therefore --- rather than trying to include enough verbiage to convey the essentials of a stockholder proposal, on this page --- the exact, abbreviated statement of the stockholder proposal, as it appeared on the proxy voting form, is presented.

      For more detail on a shareholder proposal, the proxy materials can be accessed at a site such as 'sec.gov' --- or docoh.com which provides SEC filings (such as 10-K annual reports and proxy statements, which include executive compensation data and shareholder proposals) in convenient lists of links to relevant documents.

      You can use the 'Search' field at the top of the docoh.com home page. Enter a stock symbol or company name. The '10-K' annual reports and 'DEF 14A' annual proxy statements are readily available.

Searching this page :

If you are looking for some particular information, you can use the text search function of your web browser.

For example, if you are looking for information on a specific company, you can enter a character-string such as 'veriz' or 'conoco' in the text search entry field of your web browser, to find info (on this page) on a company such as 'Verizon' or 'Conoco-Phillips'.

And, if you are looking for occurrences of stockholder proposals having to do with 'lobbying' or 'political contributions', you can enter a character-string such as 'lobby' or 'politic'.

Below the 'Companies List' on this page, there is a section of links to various sites that provide more links and information on how to get more information on any given company.

A Note on the Year of the Shareholder Proposals:

There may be some inconsistency in the year reported for the stockholder proposals.

The proxy statement that lists the stockholder proposals are usually sent out WITH the annual report on financials for the preceding year.

For example, the proxy items to be voted may be sent out in the spring of 2023 along with the annual report of financials for 2022.

Furthermore, the proxy statement in 2023 will show the executive compensation up to the year 2022. And approval of executive compensation is usually one of the items to be voted on.

In this case, although the proxy voting form is received in 2023, the year of the stockholder proposals listed below may the shown as 2022 (the year of the annual report and the year of the latest executive compensation info in the proxy statement) --- rather than the year (2023) in which the proxy materials were received and to be voted on.

In other words, the year shown below may be different (by a year) from what you may be expecting.

You can go to a site like 'sec.gov' to see past proxy statements if you are concerned about the year of the proxy statement in which the shareholder proposals were presented for voting.

Spoiler Alert : (on political contributions)

Here are some of the companies that do not want to be fully transparent about their political contributions and/or lobbying activities.

You can bet that these companies are giving lots of money to politicians who are getting money from the NRA to stifle legislation that could seriously reduce the number of school children killed in school shooting incidents (at least 33 in 2021) --- and about 700 'mass shootings' (4 or more killed) per year (at least 700 dead and 2,800 injured in 2021) --- with more than 20,000 homicides & 23,000 suicides in 2021 --- in the United States.

CEO's determine to which politicians the company money is going --- with no input from stockholders --- thanks to the horrible 'Citizens United' decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Activision Blizzard Inc.
  • Amazon.com Inc.
  • Chemed
  • CMS Energy Corp.
  • Delta Air Lines Inc.
  • Dominion Energy Inc.
  • DTE Energy Co.
  • Expedia Group Inc.
  • Honeywell International Inc.
  • Motorola Solutions Inc.
  • NextEra Energy Inc.
  • United Parcel Service Inc.
  • Verizon


More than 30 school shootings per year
in the United States --- more than
2 per month.


An average of more than 57 homicides per day
in 2021 in the United States.

Enough.

Here is the 'List of Stockholder Proposals' --- grouped by company --- and in order by Company Name.

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  1. A T & T     T     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Improve executive compensation program"

    2021 Proposal - "Independent board chairman"

    2021 Proposal - "Political congruency report"

    2021 Proposal - "Civil rights and non-discrimination audit"

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder Right to Act by Written Consent"

    2019 Proposal - "Independent Board Chairman"

    2019 Proposal - "Employee Representative Director"

    2019 Proposal - "Improve Guiding Principles of Executive Compensation"

  2. Activision Blizzard Inc.     ATVI     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal regarding political disclosures."

  3. Alarm.com Holdings Inc.     ALRM     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "To consider, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal ... requesting the Board of Directors to take each step necessary to amend the Company's certificate of incorporation and its bylaws to reorganize the Board of Directors into one class with each director subject to election each year for a one-year term."

  4. Alliant Energy Corp.     LNT     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding a report on the costs and benefits of Alliant Energy's voluntary climate-related activities."

  5. Amazon.com Inc.     AMZN     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on effects of food waste"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer use of certain technologies"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on potential customer misuse of certain technologies"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on efforts to restrict certain products"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a MANDATORY INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR POLICY"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting an alternative report on gender/racial pay"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on certain community impacts"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on viewpoint discrimination"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on PROMOTION DATA"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting an ADDITIONAL REDUCTION IN THRESHOLD FOR CALLING SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a specific supply chain report format"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON LOBBYING"

  6. American Water Works     AWK     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal on Climate Transition Plan Reporting as described in the proxy statement."

    2021 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal on Racial Justice Audit as described in the proxy statement."

  7. Amgen Inc.     AMGN     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chair."

  8. Amphenol Corporation     APH     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Make Shareholder Right to Call Special Meeting More Accessible."

  9. ANSYS     ANSS     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Stockholder Proposal Requesting the Annual Election of Directors, if Properly Presented."

  10. Badger Meter Inc.     BMI     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on board racial equity."

    2020 Proposal - "Employee representation on the Board of Directors."

  11. BCE Inc.     BCE     Chart     Trends     (Bell Canada) (Canadian telecom)

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal: Increase of gender diversity target."

  12. Becton Dickinson     BDX     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal seeking to lower the ownership threshold required to call a special shareholders meeting, if properly presentes at the meeting."
    (from 25% to 15%)

  13. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.     BRK/B     Chart     Trends

    2022 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding how the company manages physical and transitional climate-realted risks and opportunities."

    2022 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding how climate-realted risks are being governed by the Company."

    2022 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding how the Company intends to measure, discolose and reduce GHG [Green House Gas] emissions associated with its underwriting, insuring and investment activities."

    2022 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding the adoption of a policy requiring that two separate people hold the offices of the Chairman and the CEO."

    2022 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company avoid supporting or taking a public policy position on controversial social and political issues."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding diversity"

    2020 Proposal - Management proposal: "Non-binding resolution to determine the frequency (annual, biennial or triennial) with which shareholders of the Company shall be entitled to have an advisory vote on executive compensation"

      Most companies allow annual votes. "The Board recommends you vote 3 YEARS on this proposal." The options were '1 year', '2 years', '3 years' or 'Abstain'.

      The few companies that put this proposal on their proxy forms generally recommend '1 year'. This '3 year' recommendation is reprehensible and shows the arrogance of Buffet and Munger.

      In past years, Buffet has also shown some reprehensible behavior with regard to climate change and protecting his Nevada utility interests --- by trying to slow down use of solar energy.

  14. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company     BMY     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal on Separate Chair & CEO."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal on Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent."

  15. Cadence Design Systems Inc.     CDNS     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal regarding special meetings."

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal regarding special stockholder meetings."

  16. Canadian National Railway Company     CNI     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Safety-centered bonus system changes."

    2021 Proposal - "The role of CN Police Service in the investigation of railway fatalities and serious injuries."

  17. Canadian Pacific Railway Company     CP     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Board of Directore to present to shareholders, by 31 Dec 2021, a climate action plan disclosing the Corporation's greenhouse gas emission levels"

  18. Chemed Corp.     CHE     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal requesting a semi-annual report on (a) the Company's policies on political spending, and (b) political contributions made."

  19. CMS Energy Corp.     CMS     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal - Greenwashing Audit"
    (unidentified shareholder is concerned about retiring coal plants)

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal - Political Contributions Disclosure"

  20. Colgate-Palmolive Company     CL     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal on independent Board Chairman."

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to reduce the ownership threshold to call special stockholder meetings to 10%."

  21. Costco Wholesale Corp.     COST     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding a director skills matrix and disclosure of director ideological perspectives."

    2020 Proposal - Management Proposal: "An amendment to the articles of incorporation to permit removal of directors without cause" (???)

    "The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote FOR" this proposal.
    Is some sort of 'funny-business' going on here??? WITHOUT CAUSE???

  22. Cummins Inc.     CMI     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "The shareholder proposal regarding by-law amendments."

  23. Delta Air Lines Inc.     DAL     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal related to the right to act by written consent."

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal related to a climate lobbying report."

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal related to a political contributions report."

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal related to a sexual harrassment policy."

  24. Dollar General     DG     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting political spending disclosure."

  25. Dominion Energy Inc.     D     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Shareholder's Right to Call a Special Meeting, Requesting the Ownership Threshold to be Lowered to 10%"

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding Inclusion of Medium-Term Scope 3 Targets to the Company's Net Zero Goal"

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Report on the Risk of Natural Gas Stranded Assets"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Lobbying"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy to Require an Independent Chair"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding Proxy Access Shareholder Aggregation"

    2019 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy to Requre an Independent Chair"

    2019 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Right of Shareholders to Act by Written Consent"

  26. DTE Energy Company     DTE     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Vote on a shareholder proposal to amend our bylaws to allow shareholders with 10% outstanding company stock in the aggregate to call a special meeting"

    2021 Proposal - "Vote on a shareholder proposal to include Scope 3 emissions in our net zero goals"

    2020 Proposal - "Vote on a shareholder proposal relating to additional disclosure of political contributions"

  27. Eastman Chemical Company     EMN     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Advisory Vote on Stockholder Proposal Requesting that the Board of Directors Take Steps Necessary to Permit Stockholders to Act by Written Consent"

  28. Edwards Lifesciences Corp.     EW     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal for an Advisory Vote to Reduce the Share Ownership Threshold to Call a Special Meeting."

    2020 Proposal - "Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal regarding action by written consent."

  29. Elevance Health Inc.     ELV     Chart     Trends     (formerly Anthem Inc.)

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal to allow shareholders owning 10% or more of our common stock to call a special meeting of shareholders."

  30. Expedia Group Inc.     EXPE     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal regarding a report concerning political contributions and expenditures, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting."

  31. Fastenal Company     FAST     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal related to diversity reporting"

  32. General Electric Company     GE     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Require the Chairman of the Board to be Independent"

  33. Global Payments     GPN     Chart     Trends

    2022 Proposal - "Advisory shareholder proposal on shareholder ratification of termination pay."

  34. Home Depot Inc.     HD     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding Amendment of Shareholder Written Consent Right"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding EEO-1 Disclosure"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal Regarding Executive Ownership Guidelines"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal Regarding Electioneering Contributions Congruency Analysis"

  35. Honeywell International Inc.     HON     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Let Shareholders Vote on By-Law Amendments."

    2020 Proposal - "Report on Lobbying Activities and Expenditures."

  36. Illinois Tools Works Inc.     ITW     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "A non-binding stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, to permit stockholders to act by written consent."

  37. Intel Corp.     INTC     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal on whether to allow stockholders to act by written consent, if properly presented at the meeting."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting a report on the global median gender/racial pay gap, if properly presented at the meeting."

  38. International Paper Company     IP     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareowner Proposal to Reduce Special Shareowner Meeting Ownership Threshold to 10 Percent"

  39. Intuit Inc.     INTU     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to adopt a mandatory arbitration bylaw"

  40. IPG Photonics     IPGP     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "A stockholder proposal to prepare a report on management team diversity, if properly presented at the annual meeting."

  41. ITT Inc.     ITT     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal regarding special shareholder meetings"

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal regarding proxy access"

  42. Kansas City Southern Co.     KSU     Chart     Trends     (merged with Canadian Pacific, CP, circa 2021)

    2020 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to allow stockholder action by written consent"

  43. Lululemon Athletica Inc.     LULU     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "A stockholder proposal by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals that would strongly encourage the Board to 'enact a policy of ensuring that no products containing down are sold by lululemon athletica inc.' "

  44. L3Harris Technologies Inc.     LHX     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal to Permit the Ability of Shareholders to Act by Written Consent"

  45. Marriott International Inc.     MAR     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal recommending elimination of supermajority voting provisions."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal recommending increased diversity disclosure."

  46. McDonald's Corporation     MCD     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Advisory vote on a shareholder proposal requesting to change the thresholds to call special shareholder meetings, if properly presented."

    2020 Proposal - "Advisory vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the board issue a report on sugar and public health, if properly presented."

  47. Merck & Co. Inc.     MRK     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal concerning right to act by written consent."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding allocation of corporate tax savings."

  48. MGE Energy     MGEE     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal - 'Value of Solar' Study in MGE Territory"

  49. Moderna     MRNA     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "To vote on a shareholder proposal relating to the feasibility of transferring intellectual property."

  50. Motorola Solutions Inc.     MSI     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal re: Political Spending Disclosure"

  51. NextEra Energy Inc.     NEE     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "A proposal entitled 'Right to Act by Written Consent' to request action by written consent of shareholders"

    2020 Proposal - "A proposal entitled 'Political Contributions Disclosure' to request semiannual reports disclosing political contribution policies and expenditures"

    2020 Proposal - "A proposal entitled 'Right to Act by Written Consent' to request action by written consent of shareholders"

  52. Norfolk Southern Corp     NSC     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal regarding reducing the percentage of shareholders required to call a special meeting."

    2020 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal regarding the right to act by written consent, if properly presented at the meeting."

  53. Northrop Grumman Corp.     NOC     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal that the Company assess and report on potential human rights impacts that could result from governments' use of the Company's products and services, including in conflict-affected areas."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal to move to a 3% ownership threshold for shareholders to request action by written consent."

  54. Omega Flex Inc.     OFLX     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "to consider a shareholder proposal regarding a majority voting standard for election of directors, if properly presented at the meeting"

  55. Pinnacle West Capital Corp.     PNW     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "A shareholder proposal asking the Company to amend its governing documents to reduce the ownership threshold to 10% to call a special shareholder meeting, if properly presented at the meeting"

  56. PNM Resources Inc.     PNM     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Publish a report on costs and benefits of voluntary climate-related activities."

    2020 Proposal - "Publish a report on coal combustion residual matters at San Juan Generating Station."

  57. PPL Corp.     PPL     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal - Adopt policy to require independent chairman of the board"

  58. Republic Services Inc.     RSG     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal to amend the Company's clawback policy for senior executives"

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal to commission a third-party environmental justice audit"

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal to commission a third-party civil rights audit"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal to incorporate ESG metrics into executive compensation"

  59. Skyworks Solutions     SWKS     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "To approve a stockholder proposal regarding the Company's stockholder special meeting right."

  60. Stryker Corp.     SYK     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Non-management employee representation on the Board of Directors."

  61. Texas Instruments     TXN     Chart     Trends

    2022 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 10% of stockholders to call a special meeting."

    2022 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to report on due diligence efforts to trace end-user misuse of company products."

    2021 Proposal - "Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 10% of stockholders to call a special meeting."

  62. Timken Company     TKR     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to give holders in the aggregate of 10% of our outstanding common shares the power to call a special meeting of shareholders, if properly presented."

  63. Union Pacific Corporation     UNP     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting an EEO-1 Report Disclosure"
    (This has to do with hiring black employees.)

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting an Annual Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Report"

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal requesting an Annual Emissions Reduction Plan & annual advisory vote on Emissions Reduction Plan"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding Independent Chairman if properly presented at the Annual Meeting."

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarding Climate Assessment Report if properly presented at the Annual Meeting."

  64. UnitedHealth Group Inc.     UNH     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "If properly presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal set forth in the proxy statement requesting any material amendment to the Company's Bylaws be subject to a non-binding shareholder vote."

  65. United Parcel Service Inc.     UPS     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "To prepare an annual report on lobbying activities"

    2020 Proposal - "To reduce the voting power of class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share"

    2020 Proposal - "To prepare a report on reducing UPS's total contribution to climate change"

  66. Verizon     VZ     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Report on charitable contributions"

    2021 Proposal - "Amend clawback policy"

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder ratification of annual equity awards"

    2021 Proposal - "Business operations in China"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Action by Written Consent"

    2020 Proposal - "Amend Clawback Policy"

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Ratification of Annual Equity Awards"

    2019 Proposal - "Nonqualified Savings Plan Earnings"

    2019 Proposal - "Special Shareholder Meetings"

    2019 Proposal - "Lobbying Activities Report"

    2019 Proposal - "User Privacy Metric"

    2019 Proposal - "Amend Severance Approval Policy"

  67. Walmart Inc.     WMT     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Report on Impacts of Single-Use Plastic Bags"

    2020 Proposal - "Report on Supplier Antibiotics Use Standards"

    2020 Proposal - "Policy to Include Hourly Associates as Director Candidates"

    2020 Proposal - "Report on Strengthening Prevention of Workplace Sexual Harrasment"

  68. Waste Management     WM     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "A stockholder proposal regarding a civil rights audit, if properly presented at the meeting."

  69. Xcel Energy     XEL     Chart     Trends

    2021 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal regarging a report on the costs and benefits of Xcel Energy's voluntary climate-related activities."
    (Steven Milloy, Potomac, MD, is concerned about retiring coal plants)

  70. Yum! Brands Inc.     YUM     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder Proposal Regarding Issuance of Annual Reports on Efforts to Reduce Deforestation."

  71. 3M Company     MMM     Chart     Trends

    2020 Proposal - "Shareholder proposal on setting target amounts for CEO compensation."

Some LINKS for more information

Some more information on these companies may be available at their web sites --- and their 10-K reports may be available at the SEC web site at sec.gov, where SEC = Securities and Exchange Commission.

The site docoh.com provides SEC filings (such as 10-K annual reports and proxy statements, which include executive compensation data) in convenient lists of links to relevant documents.

    (You can use the 'Search' field at the top of the docoh.com home page. Enter a stock symbol or company name. The '10-K' annual reports and 'DEF 14A' annual proxy statements are readily available.)

The site macrotrends.net is a good source of revenues data for any given company --- for multiple years on one web page per company.

The site salary.com is a good source of executive compensation for any given company --- for multiple years on one web page per company.

You can do various web searches on various companies to get further information about shareholder proposals. For example, using Expedia Group Inc. and Delta Airlines as sample companies, here are some example queries.

Additionally, you can get further information on many companies at Wikipedia --- for example, Alliant Energy (Wikipedia link).

You can use these WEB SEARCH and Wikipedia links, and change the company name for info on other companies.

Furthermore, there are many more links to financial information and charts on the Stock Price Histories web page of this site.

By the way, you are welcome to take a copy of this page and add/change/correct data --- and/or re-organize the page as you wish --- and publish it on your own web site.

In conclusion:

VOTE THOSE PROXIES!

If you want to help put the brakes on the rapidly accelerating 'pay inequities' (accelerating executive compensation) --- and express yourself on various 'stockholder proposals', do not throw away those 'proxies' without voting them.

It is easy to vote via the internet. It just takes a small number of clicks or pokes at a 'proxy vote' web site.

In particular, almost every proxy includes a 'say on pay' item in the 'voting instruction form' --- worded something like this:

'Advisory vote to approve executive compensation.'

OR

'To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.'

Typically you are offered the options: 'For', 'Against', or 'Abstain'.

Or the options: 'For' or 'Withold'.

If you think pay increases of 100's of thousands of dollars (and millions) per year are unwarranted (especially after a mediocre or bad year or series of years), then vote 'Against' or 'Withold'.

And if you want to vote 'FOR' rather than 'AGAINST' on a stockholder proposal, JUST DO IT.

These votes are typically only 'advisory' --- but if enough people vote this way, mountains can be moved.


'Corporations' means the CEO's
--- with no proportional representation
allowed to the shareholders --- according to
their part-ownership (investment) in a company.

Bottom of this
Stockholder Proposals page
--- for more than 50 companies.

To return to a previously visited web page location, click on the Back button of your web browser, a sufficient number of times.

OR, use the History-list option of your web browser.

OR ...

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Page history:

Page was created 2020 Jun 09.

Page was changed 2020 Jun 15.
(Added a 2020 proposal for Cadence Design Systems.)

Page was changed 2022 May 23
(Added some 2021 proposals.
Added some info on 'written consent' & 'proxy access' proposals, in the Intro.)

Page was changed 2022 Jun 01
(Added more 2021 proposals.
Changed most links to open in a separate window or tab --- so that comparisons can be made and so that this window remains available.)

Page was changed 2022 Apr 19
(Added some 2021 & 2022 stockholder proposals.
Added the 'Chart' & 'Trends' links.
Added some horizontal separator lines.)


The simplest solution to this problem
is to go back to allowing only
individual citizens to make political
donations --- NOT corporations.