united states
securities and exchange commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-PX
Annual Report of Proxy Voting Record of
Copley Fund, Inc.
Investment Company Act File No.: 811-2815
Registrant
Copley Fund, Inc.
5348 Vegas Drive
Las Vegas NV 89108
Agent for Service
Fiscal Year end: February 28
Date of Reporting Period: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Name | Ticker | CUSIP | Meeting Date | Item Description | Proponent (Management/Shareholder) | Voted (Yes/No) | Vote Cast | With or Against Mgt Rec |
Alliant Energy Corporation | LNT | 18802108 | 5/9/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Michael L. Bennett | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Darryl N. Hazel | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David A. Perdue | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
LNT | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
LNT | Ratify Appt - Deloitte & Touche LLP | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Ameren Corporation | AEE | 23608102 | 4/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Stephen F. Brauer | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Catherine S. Brune | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ellen M. Fitzsimmons | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Walter J. Galvin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gayle P. W. Jackson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James C. Johnson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Steven H. Lipstein | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Patrick T. Stokes | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas R. Voss | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Stephen R. Wilson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jack D. Woodard | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
AEE | Advisory Approval of the compensation of the executives | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEE | Ratify Appt - PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Independent Registered Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEE | Shareholder Proposal relating to the report on reducing risk in energy portfolio through increased energy efficiency and renewable energy resources | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
American Electric Power Company, Inc. | AEP | 25537101 | 4/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Nicholas K. Akins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David J. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Linda A. Goodspeed | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas E. Hoaglin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Sandra Beach Lin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael G. Morris | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Richard C. Notebaert | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lionel L. Nowell III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Stephen S. Rasmussen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Oliver G. Richard III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Richard L. Sandor | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Sara Martinez Tucker | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John F. Turner | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
AEP | Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Advisory Approval of the Company's Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Shareholder Proposal for lobbying disclosure report | Management | Yes | Against | With | |||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | AJG | 363576109 | 5/13/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
William L. Bax | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Frank E. English, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Elbert O. Hand | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David S. Johnson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kay W. McCurdy | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Norman L. Rosenthal | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James R. Wimmer | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
AJG | Ratify Appt- Independent Auditor for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AJG | Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AT&T Inc. | T | 00206R102 | 2/27/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Randall L. Stephenson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gilbert F. Amelio | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Reuben V. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James H. Blanchard | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jaime Chico Pardo | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Scott T. Ford | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James P. Kelly | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jon C. Madonna | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John B. McCoy | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Joyce M. Roché | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Matthew K. Rose | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Laura D'Andrea Tyson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
T | Ratify Appt- Independent Auditors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
T | Advisory Approval on executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
T | Approve Stock Purchase and Deferral Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
T | Political Contributions Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
T | Lead Batteries Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
T | Compensation Packages | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
T | Independent Board Chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | BMY | 110122108 | 5/7/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
L. Andreotti | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
L. B. Campbell | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. M. Cornelius | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
L. H. Glimcher, M.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
�� | M. Grobstein | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
A. J. Lacy | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
V. L. Sato, Ph.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
E. Sigai, M.D., Ph.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
G. L. Storch | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
T. D. West, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
BMY | Ratify Appt- Independent Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
BMY | Advisory Vote on executive compensation of named executive officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Chevron Corporation | CVX | 166764100 | 5/29/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
L. F. Deily | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
R. E. Denham | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
A.P. Gast | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
E. Hernandez | Management | No | ||||||
G. L. Kirkland | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
C.W. Moorman | Yes | For | With | |||||
K. W. Sharer | Management | No | ||||||
J. G. Stumpf | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
R. D. Sugar | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
C. Ware | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. S. Watson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
CVX | Ratify Appt- Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | No | |||||
CVX | Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
CVX | Approval of Amendements to Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
CVX | Shale Energy Operations | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Offshore Oil Wells | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Climate Risk | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Lobbying Disclosure | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Cessation of Use of Corporate Funds for Political Purposes | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Cumulative Voting | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Special Meetings | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Independent Director with Environmental Expertise | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
CVX | Country Selection Guidelines | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. | DGAS | 247748106 | 11/15/2012 | Election of Directors | ||||
Michael J. Kistner | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael R. Whitley | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
DGAS | Ratify Appt - Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DGAS | Non-Binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to named executive officers for fiscal 2012 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Dominion Resources, Inc. | D | 25746U109 | 2/28/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
William P. Barr | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Peter W. Brown, M.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Helen E. Dragas | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James O. Ellis, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas F. Farrell II | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John W. Harris | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert S. Jepson, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Mark J. Kington | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Frank S. Royal | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert H. Spilman, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Micahel E. Szymanczyk | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David A. Wollard | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
D | Ratify Appointment of Independent Auditors for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
D | Advisory Vote on executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
D | Approval of Amendment to Bylaws to Allow Shareholders to Call Special Meetings | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
D | Report on Future Policy to End Use of Mountaintop Removal Coal | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Sustainabiity as a Performance Measure for Executive Compensation | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Policy Related to Minimizing Storage of Nuclear Waste in Spent Fuel Pools | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Report on the Financial Risks to Dominion posed by Climate Change | Shareholder | No | |||||
DTE Energy Company | DTE | 233331107 | 5/3/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Gerald M. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David A. Brandon | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Charles G. McClure, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gail J. McGovern | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James B. Nicholson | Management | No | ||||||
Charles W. Pryor, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ruth G. Shaw | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
DTE | Independent Accounting Firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DTE | Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DTE | Shareholding Proposal Regarding Political Contributions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Duke Energy Corporation | DUK | 26441C105 | 5/2/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
William Barnet. III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Alex Bernhardt, Sr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael G. Browning | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Harris E. Deloach, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Daniel R. Dimicco | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John H. Forsgren | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ann M. Gray | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James H. Hance, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John T. Herron | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James B. Hyler, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Marie McKee | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
E. James Reinsch | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James T. Rhodes | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James E. Rogers | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Carlos A. Saladrigas | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Philip R. Sharp | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
DUK | Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as Duke Energy Corporation's Independent Public Accountant for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DUK | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DUK | Approval of the Amended Duke Energy Corporation Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DUK | Shareholder action by written consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DUK | Amendment to organizational documents to require mandatory voting for the election of directors | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Exelon Corporation | EXC | 30161N101 | 4/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Anthony K. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ann C. Berzin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John A. Canning, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Christopher M. Crane | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Yves C. de Balmann | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Nicholas DeBenedictis | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Nelson A. Diaz | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Sue L. Gin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Paul L. Joskow | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert J. Lawless | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Richard W. Mies | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Willliam C. Richardson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas J. Ridge | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John W. Rogers, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Mayo A. Shattuck III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Stephen D. Steinour | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
EXC | Ratification of PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Exelon's Independent Accountant for the year 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
EXC | Advisory Vote on executive compensation | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
EXC | Approve Amended & Restated employee Stock Purchase Plan | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
Exxon Mobil Corporation | XOM | 30231G102 | 5/29/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
M. J. Boskin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
P. Brabeck-Letmathe | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
U.M. Burns | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
L. R. Faulkner | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. S. Fishman | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
H. H. Fore | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
K. C. Frazier | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
W. W. George | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
S. J. Palmisano | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
S. S. Reinemund | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
R. W. Tillerson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
W.C. Weldon | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
E. E. Whitacre, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
XOM | Ratification of Independent Auditors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
XOM | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
XOM | Independent Chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Majority Vote for Directors | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Limit Directorships | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Report on Lobbying | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Policical Contributions Policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Amendment of EEO Policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Report on Natural Gas Production | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
XOM | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
FirstEnergy Corp. | FE | 337932107 | 5/21/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Paul T. Addison | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Anthony J. Alexander | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael J. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Dr. Carol A. Cartwright | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William T. Cottle | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert B. Heisler, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Julia L. Johnson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ted J. Kleisner | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Donald T. Misheff | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ernest J. Novak, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Christopher D. Pappas | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Catherine A. Rein | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
George M. Smart | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Wes M. Taylor | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
FE | Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
FE | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
FE | CEO Compensation Benchmarking | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
FE | Reitrement Benefits | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
FE | Equity Retention | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
FE | Director Election Majorty Vote Standard | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||
FE | Act by Written Consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Frontier Communications Corp | FTR | 35906A108 | 5/8/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Leroy T. Barnes, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Peter C. B. Bynoe | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jeri B. Finard | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Edward Fraioli | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James S. Kahan | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Pamela D. A. Reeve | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Howard L. Schrott | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Larraine D. Segil | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Mark Shapiro | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Myron A. Wick, III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Mary Agnes Wilderotter | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
FTR | Advisory Proposal on Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
FTR | Proposal to Adopt the 2013 Frontier Bonus Plan | Management | No | |||||
FTR | Proposal to Adopt the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Management | No | |||||
FTR | To Consider and Vote Upon a Stockholder Proposal, if Presented at the Meeting | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
FTR | To Ratify the Selection of KPMG LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Great Plains Energy Incorporated | GXP | 391164100 | 5/7/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Terry Bassham | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David L. Bodde | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
R. C. Ferguson, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gary D. Forsee | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas D. Hyde | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James A. Mitchell | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ann D. Murtlow | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John J. Sherman | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Linda H. Talbott | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert H. West | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
GXP | To Approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
GXP | Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | TEG | 45822P105 | 5/16/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
William J. Brodsky | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Albert J. Budney, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ellen Carnahan | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michelle L. Collins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John W. Higgins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Paul W. Jones | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Holly K. Koeppel | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael E. Lavin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William F. Protz, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Charles A. Schrock | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
TEG | Approval of a Non-Binding Advisory Resolution on the Compensation of Named Excecutive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
TEG | Ratification selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting firm for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 46625H100 | 5/21/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
James A. Bell | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Crandall C. Bowles | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Stephen B. Burke | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David M. Cote | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James S. Crown | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James Dimon | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Timothy P. Flynn | ||||||||
Ellen V. Futter | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Laban P. Jackson, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lee R. Raymond | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William C. Weldon | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
JPM | Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
JPM | Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
JPM | Amendment to the Firm's restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorizie shareholder action by written consent | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
JPM | Reapproval of Key Executive Performance Plan | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
JPM | Require separation of chairman and CEO | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||
JPM | require executives to retain significant stock until reaching normal retirement age | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||
JPM | Adopt procedures to avoid holidng or recommending investments that contribute to human rights violations | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
JPM | Disclose Firm payments used directly or indirectly for lobbying, including specific amounts and recipients' names | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | KMB | 494368103 | 5/2/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
John R. Alm | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John F. Bergstrom | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Abelardo E. Bru | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert W. Decherd | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas J. Falk | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Fabian T. Garcia | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Mae C. Jemison, M.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James M. Jenness | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Nancy J. Karch | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ian C. Read | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Linda Johnson Rice | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Marc J. Shapiro | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
KMB | Raification of Auditors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
KMB | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
New Jersey Resources Corporation | NJR | 646025106 | 1/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Lawrence R. Codey | Management | No | ||||||
Laurence M Downes | Management | No | ||||||
Robert B. Evans | Management | No | ||||||
Alfred C. Koeppe | Management | No | ||||||
Sharon C. Taylor | Management | No | ||||||
NJR | Non-Binding Advisory Resolution Approving the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | No | |||||
NJR | Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2013 | Management | No | |||||
NJR | To re-approve the material terms of the performance goals under the company's 2007 stock award and incentive plan pursuant to section 162(M) fo the Internal Revenue Code | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Nextera Energy, Inc. | NEE | 65339F101 | 5/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Sherry S. Barrat | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert M. Beall, II | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James L. Camaren | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kenneth B. Dunn | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lewis Hay, III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Toni Jennings | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James L. Robo | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Rudy E. Schupp | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John L. Skolds | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William H. Swanson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael H. Thaman | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Hansel E. Tookes, II | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
NEE | Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval, as required by Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), of the material terms for payment of performance-based annual incentive compensation uner the NextEra Energy, Inc. 2013 Executive Annual Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval, by Non-Binding Vote, of Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Shareholding proposal - policy regarding storage of nuclear waste | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Northeast Utilities | NU | 664397106 | 5/1/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Richard H. Booth | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John S. Clarkeson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Cotton M. Cleveland | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Sanford Cloud, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James S. Distasio | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Francis A. Doyle | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Charles K. Gifford | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Paul A. LaCamera | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kenneth R. Leibler | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas J. May | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Charles W. Shivery | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William C. Van Faasen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Frederica M. Williams | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Dennis R. Wraase | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
NU | To consider and approve the following advisory (non-binding) proposal: "Resolved, that the compensation paid to the Company's named excutive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules fo the securities and exchange commission, including the compensation discussion and analysis, compensation tables and any related material is hereby approved" | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NU | Ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accountants for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Northwest Natural Gas Company | NWN | 667655104 | 5/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Tod R. Hamachek | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jane L. Peverett | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kenneth Thrasher | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
NWN | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NWN | Ratification of Appointment of PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for the Fiscal Year 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Pitney Bowes Inc. | PBI | 724479100 | 5/13/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Linda G. Alvarado | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Anne M. Busquet | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Roger Fradin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Anne Sutherland Fuchs | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
S. Douglas Hutcheson | ||||||||
Marc B. Lautenbach | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Eduardo R. Menasce | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael I. Roth | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David L. Shedlarz | ||||||||
David B. Snow, Jr. | ||||||||
PBI | Raification of the Audit Committee's Appointment of the Independent Accountants for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PBI | Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PBI | Approval of the 2013 Stock Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PPL Corporation | PPL | 69351T106 | 5/15/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Frederick M. Bernthal | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
John W. Conway | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Philip G. Cox | ||||||||
Steven G. Elliott | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Loiuse K. Goeser | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Stuart E. Graham | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Stuart Heydt | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Raja Rajamannar | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Craig A. Rogerson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William H. Spence | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Natica von Althann | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Keith W. Williamson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
PPL | Approval of Amendement to PPL Corporation's Articles of Incorporation to implement majority vote standard in uncontested elections of directors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PPL | Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PPL | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PPL | Request for political spending report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. | PEG | 744573106 | 4/16/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Albert R. Gamper, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William V. Hickey | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Ralph Izzo | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Shirley Ann Jackson | Management | Yes | Against | Against | ||||
David Lilley | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas A. Renyi | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Hak Cheol Shin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Richard J. Swift | Management | Yes | Against | Against | ||||
Susan Tomasky | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Alfred W. Zollar | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
PEG | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PEG | Approval of Amendment and Restatement of 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PEG | Approval of Amendment and Restatement of Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PEG | Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditor for the Year 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PEG | Stockholder Proposal on simple majority vote requirement | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Scana Corporation | SCG | 80589M102 | 4/25/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Kevin B. Marsh | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Joshua W. Martin, III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James M. Micali | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Harold C. Stowe | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
SCG | Approval of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SCG | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Repeal of the Classification of the Board of Directors | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Sempra Energy | SRE | 816851109 | 5/9/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Alan L. Boeckman | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James G. Brocksmith, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William D. Jones | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William G. Ouchi | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Debra L. Reed | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William C. Rusnack | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William P. Rutledge | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lynn Schenk | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jack T. Taylor | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Luis M. Tellez | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James C. Yardley | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
SRE | Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SRE | Advisory approval of executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SRE | Approval of 2013 long-term incentive plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SRE | Shareholder proposal regaring independent board chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Spectra Energy Corp. | SE | 847560109 | 4/30/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
William T. Esrey | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gregory L. Ebel | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Austin A. Adams | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Joseph Alvarado | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Pamela L. Carter | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
F. Anthony Comper | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Peter B. Hamilton | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Dennis R. Hendrix | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael McShane | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael G. Morris | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael E. J. Phelps | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
SE | Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Account Firm for Fiscal Year 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SE | Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SE | Shareholder proposal concerning disclosure of political contributions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
SE | Shareholder proposal concerning fugitive methane emissions report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Sunoco, Inc. | SUN | 86764P109 | 10/4/2012 | Approve and adopt Agreement & Plan of Merger, dated as of April 29, 2012, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of June 15, 2012, by and among Sunoco, Inc., ("Sunoco"), Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. ("ETP"), Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., , Sam Acquisition Corporation, and, for limited purposes set forth therein, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. | Management | Yes | For | With |
SUN | Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, specified compensation that may be received by Sunoco's named executive officers in connection with the merger | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SUN | Approv any ajournments of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the proposal to approve and adopt the Merger Agreement | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | PNC | 693475105 | 4/23/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Richard O. Berndt | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Charles E. Bunch | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Paul W. Chellgren | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William S. Demchak | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kay Coles James | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Richard B. Kelson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Bruce C. Lindsay | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Anthony A. Massaro | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jane G. Pepper | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James E. Rohr | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Donald J. Shepard | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lorene K. Steffes | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Dennis F. Strigl | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Thomas J. Usher | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
George H. Walls, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Helge H. Wehmeier | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
PNC | Ratification of Audit Committee's selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC's independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PNC | Approval of an Advisory Vote on executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PNC | Shareholder Proposal regarding a report on greehouse gas emissions of borrowers and exposure to climate change risk | Shareholder | Yes | Against | ||||
The Southern Company | SO | 842587107 | 5/22/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
J. P. Baranco | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. A. Boscia | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
H. A. Clark, III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
T. A. Fanning | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
D.J. Grain | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
H. W. Habermeyer, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
V. M. Hagen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
W. A. Hood, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
D. M. James | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
D. E. Klein | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
W. G. Smith, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
S. R. Specker | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
E. J. Wood III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
SO | Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SO | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SO | Ratification of Amendment to the Company's By-Laws removing the mandatory retirement age provision for the non-employee directors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SO | Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the two-thirds supermajority vote requirements in Article Eleventh to a majority vote | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
SO | Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the 75% supermajority vote requirements in Article Thirteenth to a two-thirds vote | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ | 92343V104 | 5/2/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Richard L. Carrion | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Melanie L. Healey | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
M. Frances Keeth | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Robert W. Lane | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lowell C. McAdam | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Sandra O. Moose | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Joseph Neubauer | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Donald T. Nicolaisen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Clarence Otis, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Hugh B. Price | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Rodney E. Slater | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kathryn A. Tesija | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gregory D. Wasson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
VZ | Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
VZ | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
VZ | Approval of Long Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
VZ | Network Neutrality | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Lobbying Activities | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Proxy Access Bylaw | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Severance Approval Policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Shareholder Right to Call a Special Meeting | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Sharehold Action by Written Consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | WMT | 931142103 | 6/7/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Aida M. Alvarez | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James I. Cash, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Roger C. Corbett | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Douglas N. Daft | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Michael T. Duke | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Timothy P. Flynn | ||||||||
Marissa A. Mayer | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Gregory B. Penner | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Steven S. Reinemund | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
H. Lee Scott, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jim C. Walton | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
S. Robson Walton | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Christopher J. Williams | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Linda S. Wolf | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
WMT | Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Accountants | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
WMT | Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
WMT | Approval of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, as amended | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
WMT | Special Sharehold Meeting Right | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
WMT | Equity Retention Requirement | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
WMT | Independent Chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
WMT | Request for Annual Report on Recoupment of Executive Pay | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
WGL Holdings, Inc. | WGL | 92924F106 | 3/7/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||
Michael D. Barnes | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
George P. Clancy, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James W. Dyke, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Melvyn J. Estrin | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Nancy C. Floyd | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James F. LaFond | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Debra L. Lee | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Terry D. McCallister | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
WGL | Approve, by Non-Binding Vote, Compensation Paid to Certain Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
WGL | Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal Year 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Copley Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Irving Levine
President
Date: August 22, 2013