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Votermedia Shareowner Proposal Campaign

The goals and rationale for these proposals are explained in the article Proxy Voting Brand Competition.

Date Submitted Target Company Ticker Proposal Management Arguments; Proponent Responses; SEC Decision AGM date; Proxy link; Result
2013-12-15 Caterpillar CAT Proxy Advisor SEC correspondence archive 2014-06-11
Omitted
2013-05-18 Cisco CSCO Proxy Advisor AGM info & proxy; FT Agenda article; CorpGov.net post; SEC correspondence archive. 2013-11-19
1.3% yes
2012-11-29 Amazon AMZN Proxy Advisor SEC correspondence archive 2013-05-24
Omitted
2012-08-07 Costco COST Proxy Advisor SEC correspondence archive 2013-01-24
Omitted
2006-05-26 Microsoft MSFT Proxy Advisor Management did not try to omit. Board arguments in proxy; proponent response. 2006-11-14
2.0% yes
2004-11-26 Metro One Telecommunications INFO Proxy Advisor Board & proponent arguments similar to those in Oregon Steel 2004. 2005-06-16
11.4% yes
2003-12-11 Calpine CPN Voting Leverage Board arguments in proxy; proponent response. 2004-05-26
9.0% yes
2003-11-26 USG Corporation USG Auditor Independence 2004-04-26
Omitted
2003-11-26 Visteon VC Voting Leverage Board arguments in proxy; proponent response. 2004-05-12
7.1% yes
2003-11-24 HRPT Properties HRP Auditor Independence 2004-04-07
Omitted
2003-11-18 Oregon Steel OS Proxy Advisor 2004-02-27 Revised proposal. Board arguments in proxy; proponent response. 2004-04-29
20.0% yes
2003-10-20 USEC USU Proxy Advisor Board arguments in proxy; proponent response. 2004-04-29
8.0% yes
2002-11-22 Visteon VC Voting Leverage 2003-03-07 SEC 2003-05-14
Omitted
2002-11-17 USG Corporation USG Auditor Reputation 2003-04-28
Omitted
2002-11-15 Cleveland-Cliffs CLF Auditor Reputation 2003-03-04 SEC 2003-05-03
Omitted
2002-05-15 A. Schulman SHLM Proxy Advisor Board arguments in proxy; proponent response 2002-12-05
2.9% yes
2002-05-15 USEC USU Proxy Advisor Excluded from proxy because of wording of broker letter. 2002-11-06
Omitted
2002-01-25 Fleetwood Enterprises FLE Auditor Independence 2002-09-10
Omitted
2000-11-24 SONICblue SBLU Auditor Independence 2001-01-25 Management; 2001-02-07 Proponent; 2001-03-23 SEC
Omitted
2000-11-16 Equus II EQS Proxy Advisor 2001-03-11 Revised proposal 2001-05-03
17.8% yes
2000-11-06 Gillette G Proxy Advisor 2001-02-15 Revised proposal; Board arguments in proxy; proponent response 2001-04-19
2.4% yes
2000-10-23 KB Home KBH Proxy Advisor Board arguments in proxy; proponent response 2001-04-05
4.0% yes
2000-03-31 Oregon Trail Financial OTFC Proxy Advisor
Omitted
2000-02-17 Cirrus Logic CRUS Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-12-22 General Motors GM Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-11-20 Equus II EQS Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-11-17 Washington Mutual WM Proxy Advisor 1999-12-15 Management; 2000-01-10 Proponent; 2000-01-10 Revised proposal; 2000-02-22 SEC 2000-04-18
4.4% yes
1999-11-13 Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-11-04 Pfizer PFE Proxy Advisor 1999-12-21 Management; 2000-01-10 Proponent; 2000-01-10 revised proposal; 2000-02-22 SEC
Omitted
1999-11-02 Citigroup C Proxy Advisor 1999-12-22 Management; 2000-01-10 Proponent; 2000-01-10 Revised proposal; 2000-01-24 Management; 2000-01-31 Proponent; 2000-02-22 Management; 2000-02-24 SEC
Omitted
1999-11-02 General Electric GE Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-11-02 Gillette G Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-11-02 Warner-Lambert WLA Proxy Advisor
Omitted
1999-10-11 Whole Foods Market WFMI Proxy Advisor Management did not try to omit. 2000-02-05 Revised proposal 2000-03-27
8.9% yes

Only a representative sample of management arguments, proponent responses and SEC decisions are linked above. The full public record of this correspondence can be found (for a fee) at SECnet.

Proposals that made it into the proxy can also be found in the "DEF 14-a" filings at www.sec.gov, with Board arguments.