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Flowers Foods shareholder proposals

What shareholders asked Flowers Foods to do, and how the funds inside American retirement plans voted on it — with the filing behind every vote.

22 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should the person who runs Flowers Foods also chair the board that supervises them?

Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.

“Shareholder Proposal to Adopt a Policy for an Independent Board Chair, if Properly Presented.”

0 of 2 funds we track voted for it.

FundVoteShares voted
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. AGAINST 4,672,298
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio AGAINST 771,950

The same proposal was put to Amazon.com, Comcast, Gilead Sciences, Comcast, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Eastman Chemical.

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