BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board publish a report, at reasonable expense, analyzing the misalignment of Mastercard’s political and electioneering expenditures during the preceding year against Mastercard’s publicly stated company values and policies, listing and explaining any instances of incongruent expenditures and stating whether the Company has made, or plans to make, changes in contributions as result of identified incongruencies.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board publish a report, at reasonable expense, analyzing the congruence of Chase’s political and electioneering expenditures during the preceding year against Chase’s publicly stated company values and policies; listing and explaining any instances of incongruent expenditures; and stating whether the company has made, or plans to make, changes in contributions or communications to candidates as a result of identified incongruencies.
Read MoreResolved: The stockholders of FedEx request the preparation of a report, updated annually, disclosing:
1. Company policy and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and lobbying communications.
2. Payments by FedEx used for (a) direct or indirect lobbying or (b) grassroots lobbying communications, in each case including the amount of the payment and the recipient.
3. FedEx’s membership in and payments to any tax-exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.
4. Description of management’s and the Board’s decision-making process and oversight for making payments described in section 2 and 3 above.
For purposes of this proposal, a “grassroots lobbying communication” is a communication directed to the general public that: (a) refers to specific legislation or regulation, (b) reflects a view on the legislation or regulation, and (c) encourages the recipient of the communication to take action with respect to the legislation or regulation. “Indirect lobbying” is lobbying engaged in by a trade association or other organization of which FedEx is a member.
Both “direct and indirect lobbying” and “grassroots lobbying communications” include efforts at the local, state and federal levels. The report shall be presented to the Nominating & Governance Committee and posted on FedEx’s website.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: The stockholders of FedEx request the preparation of a report updated annually, disclosing:
1) Company policy and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and grass roots lobbying communications.
2) Payments by FedEx used for (a) direct or indirect lobbying or (b) grassroots lobbying communications, in each case including the amount of the payment and the recipient.
3) FedEx’s membership in and payments to any tax-exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.
4) Description of management’s and the Board’s decision-making process and oversight for making payments described in section 2 and 3 above.
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