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Gilead Sciences shareholder proposals
What shareholders asked Gilead Sciences to do, and how the funds inside American retirement plans voted on it — with the filing behind every vote.
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Gilead Sciences assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due diligence process, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 1 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge & Cox Stock Fund | AGAINST | 24,346,812 |
The same proposal was put to Microsoft, Alphabet, Johnson & Johnson, Equinor Asa, Merck, Dollar General.
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should the gap between Gilead Sciences’s top executive pay and its typical worker’s pay count for something?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the ratio between its highest-paid executive and its median employee — and, in the versions filed as a “pay ratio factor”, to take that ratio into account when the board sets executive pay rather than treating it as a footnote.
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting the CEO pay ratio factor be included in the Company's executive compensation programs, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 3 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge & Cox Stock Fund | AGAINST | 24,346,812 |
| JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund | AGAINST | 2,752,261 |
| 500 Index Trust | AGAINST | 259,788 |
The same proposal was put to Berkshire Hathaway, Comcast, Comcast.
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Gilead Sciences 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.
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 1 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge & Cox Stock Fund | AGAINST | 24,346,812 |
The same proposal was put to Amazon.com, Comcast, Comcast, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Eastman Chemical, Starbucks.
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should the gap between Gilead Sciences’s top executive pay and its typical worker’s pay count for something?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the ratio between its highest-paid executive and its median employee — and, in the versions filed as a “pay ratio factor”, to take that ratio into account when the board sets executive pay rather than treating it as a footnote.
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting the CEO pay ratio factor be included in the Company's executive compensation programs, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 10 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| American Balanced Fund | AGAINST | 9,877,878 |
| Fidelity Contrafund | AGAINST | 3,847,345 |
| Vanguard Equity Income Fund | AGAINST | 2,472,500 |
| Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund | AGAINST | 2,210,100 |
| Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth Fund | AGAINST | 912,100 |
| Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund | AGAINST | 680,000 |
| Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund | AGAINST | 654,318 |
| T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research Fund | AGAINST | 530,536 |
| Nuveen Large Cap Value Index Fund | AGAINST | 525,842 |
| NVIT J.P. Morgan Large Cap Growth Fund | AGAINST | 587 |
The same proposal was put to Berkshire Hathaway, Comcast, Comcast.
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
A report on the risks of the Company's DEI practices for contractors
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a report on the risks of the Company's DEI practices for contractors, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 1 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund | AGAINST | 680,000 |
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Gilead Sciences assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due diligence process, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 1 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund | AGAINST | 680,000 |
The same proposal was put to Microsoft, Alphabet, Johnson & Johnson, Equinor Asa, Merck, Dollar General.
7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Gilead Sciences 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.
“To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
0 of 1 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund | AGAINST | 680,000 |
The same proposal was put to Amazon.com, Comcast, Comcast, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Eastman Chemical, Starbucks.
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