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Vector Group shareholder proposals

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

20 August 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should the person who runs Vector Group 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.

“Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting the Company to amend its governing documents to require the Chairman of the Board of Directors to be an independent director.”

1 of 2 funds we track voted for it.

FundVoteShares voted
Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund AGAINST 1,523,576
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund FOR 344,271

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

20 August 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should the person who runs Vector Group 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.

“Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting the Company to amend its governing documents to require the Chairman of the Board of Directors to be an independent director.”

1 of 1 funds we track voted for it.

FundVoteShares voted
Small Cap Index Trust FOR 28,076

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

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