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.
381 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor
Fall River, MA 02721
Agent for Service
Registered Agent, Inc.
769 Basque Way, Suite 300
Carson City, NV 09706
Fiscal Year end: February 28
Date of Reporting Period: July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
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 | 5/13/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Patrick E. Allen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Patricia L. Kampling | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Singleton B. McAllister | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Susan D. Whiting | 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 | 4/24/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Warner L. Baxter | 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 | ||||||||||||
Richard J. Harshman | 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 | Non-Binding Advisory Approval of compensation of the executives disclosed in the proxy statement | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AEE | Approval of the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AEE | Ratify Appt - PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Independent Registered Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AEE | Shareholder Proposal regarding having an independent board chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
AEE | Shareholder Proposal regaring a report on lobbying | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
AEE | Shareholder Proposal regarding a rerport on greenhouse gas emissions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
American Electric Power Company, Inc. | AEP | 25537101 | 4/22/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Nicholas K. Akins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
David J. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
J. Barnie Beasley, Jr. | 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 | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Sara Martinez Tucker | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
AEP | Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AEP | Advisory Approval of the Company's Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | AJG | 363576109 | 5/13/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Sherry S. Barrat | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
AJG | Ratify Appt- Independent Auditor for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AJG | Approval of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 2014 long-term incentive plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AJG | Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
AT&T Inc. | T | 00206R102 | 4/25/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Randall L. Stephenson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Reuben V. Anderson | 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 | ||||||||||||
Michael B. McCallister | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
John B. McCoy | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Beth E. Mooney | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Joyce M. Roché | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Matthew K. Rose | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Cynthia B. Taylor | 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 Severance Policy | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
T | Political Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
T | Lobbying Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
T | Written Consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | BMY | 110122108 | 5/6/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
T.J. Lynch, Jr., M.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
D.C. Paliwal | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
V. L. Sato, 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 Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
BMY | Advisory Vote on executive compensation of named executive officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
BMY | Simple Majority Vote | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Chevron Corporation | CVX | 166764100 | 5/28/2014 | 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, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
J.M. Huntsman, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
G. L. Kirkland | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
C.W. Moorman | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
K. W. Sharer | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
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 | Charitable Contributions Disclosure | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
CVX | Lobbying Disclosure | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
CVX | Shale Energy Operations | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
CVX | Independent Chairman | 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 | 11/21/2013 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Sandra C. Gray | Management | Yes | Withhold | Against | ||||||||||||
Edward J. Holmes | Management | Yes | Withhold | Against | ||||||||||||
DGAS | Ratify Appt - Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
DGAS | Non-Binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to named executive officers for fiscal 2013 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Dominion Resources, Inc. | D | 25746U109 | 5/7/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Mark J. Kington | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Pamela J. Royal, M.D. | 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 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
D | Advisory Vote on approval of executive compensation (Say on Pay) | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
D | Approval of 2014 Incentive Compensation Plan | Management | No | |||||||||||||
D | Executives to Retain Significant Stock | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
D | Report on Financial Risks to Dominion Posed by Climate Change | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
D | Report on Methane Emissions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
D | Report on Lobbying | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
D | Report on Environmental and Climate Change Impacts | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
D | Adopt Quantitave Goals for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
DTE Energy Company | DTE | 233331107 | 5/1/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Gerald M. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Lillian Bauder | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
David A. Brandon | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
W. Frank Fountain | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Charles G. McClure, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Gail J. McGovern | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Mark A. Murray | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
James B. Nicholson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Charles W. Pryor, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Josue Robles, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Ruth G. Shaw | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
David A. Thomas | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
James H. Vandenberghe | 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 | |||||||||||
Management Proposal to Amend and Restate the Long Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
DTE | Shareholding Proposal Regarding Political Contributions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Corporation | DUK | 26441C105 | 5/1/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Lynn J. Good | 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 | ||||||||||||
William E. Kennard | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Marie McKee | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
E. James Reinsch | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
James T. Rhodes | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Carlos A. Saladrigas | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
DUK | Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as Duke Energy Corporation's Independent Public Accountant for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
DUK | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
DUK | Approval of the Amendment to Duke Energy Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize shareholder action by less than unanimous written consent | Management | No | |||||||||||||
DUK | Shareholder Proposal regarding shareholder right to call a special shareholder meeting | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
DUK | Shareholder Proposal regarding political contribution disclosure | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Exelon Corporation | EXC | 30161N101 | 5/6/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
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 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
EXC | Advisory Vote to approve executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
EXC | Review the Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
EXC | Shareholder proposal to limit individual total compensation for each of the Named Executive Officers to 100 times the annual median compensation paid to all employees | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corporation | XOM | 30231G102 | 5/28/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
XOM | Ratification of Independent Auditors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
XOM | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
XOM | Majority Vote for Directors | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
XOM | Limit Directorships | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
XOM | Amendment of EEO Policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
XOM | Report on Lobbying | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
XOM | Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | FE | 337932107 | 5/20/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Paul T. Addison | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Anthony J. Alexander | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Michael J. Anderson | 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 | ||||||||||||
Luis A. Reyes | 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 | Adoption of a specific performance policy | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||||||||||
FE | Reitrement Benefits | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
FE | Vesting or equity award policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
FE | Director Election Majorty Vote Standard | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Great Plains Energy Incorporated | GXP | 391164100 | 5/6/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
GXP | To Approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
CXP | To approve, the amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
GXP | To Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | TEG | 45822P105 | 5/15/2014 | 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 | Approval of Integrys Energy Group 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
TEG | Ratification selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting firm for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 46625H100 | 5/20/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Linda B. Bammann | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
James A. Bell | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
Crandall C. Bowles | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
Stephen B. Burke | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
James S. Crown | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
James Dimon | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
Timothy P. Flynn | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
Laban P. Jackson, Jr. | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
Michael A. Neal | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
Lee R. Raymond | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
William C. Weldon | Management | Abstain | ||||||||||||||
JPM | Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation | Management | Abstain | |||||||||||||
JPM | Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm | Management | Abstain | |||||||||||||
JPM | Lobbying report - require annual report on lobbying | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||||||||||
JPM | Special shareholder meetings - reduce threshold to 15% rather than 20% and remove procedural provisions | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||||||||||
JPM | Cumulative voting - require cumulative voting for directors rather than one-share one-vote | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | KMB | 494368103 | 5/1/2014 | 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 | For | With | |||||||||||
KMB | Stockholder proposal regarding the right to act by written consent | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||||||||||
New Jersey Resources Corporation | NJR | 646025106 | 1/22/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Jane M. Kenny | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Sharon C. Taylor | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
David A. Trice | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
NJR | Non-Binding Advisory Resolution Approving the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
NJR | Amendment of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to make the provisions of Section 14A:3-6.1 to 14A:3-6.9 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act applicable to New Jersey Resources Corporation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
NJR | Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Nextera Energy, Inc. | NEE | 65339F101 | 5/22/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Kirk S. Hachigian | 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 | ||||||||||||
Hansel E. Tookes, II | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
NEE | Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
NEE | Approval, by Non-Binding Vote, of Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
NEE | Shareholding proposal - eliminate supermajority vote requirements in Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Northeast Utilities | NU | 664397106 | 5/1/2014 | 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. La Camera | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Kenneth R. Leibler | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Thomas J. May | 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 of 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 accounting firm for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Northwest Natural Gas Company | NWN | 667655104 | 5/22/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Martha L. Byorum | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
John D. Carter | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
C. Scott Gibson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Gregg S. Kantor | 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 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Pitney Bowes Inc. | PBI | 724479100 | 5/12/2014 | 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 | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Marc B. Lautenbach | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Eduardo R. Menasce | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Michael I. Roth | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
David L. Shedlarz | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
David B. Snow, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
PBI | Raification of the Audit Committee's Appointment of the Independent Accountants for 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PBI | Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PBI | Approval of the Pitney Bowes Directors' Stock Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PPL Corporation | PPL | 69351T106 | 5/21/2014 | 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 | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PPL | Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PPL | Shareowner proposal - Request for political spending report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
PPL | Shareowner proposal - Special shareowner meetings | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. | PEG | 744573106 | 4/15/2014 | 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 | For | With | ||||||||||||
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 | For | With | ||||||||||||
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 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements for certain business combinations | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PEG | Approval of Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation & By-Laws to eliminate supermajority voting requirements to remove a director without cause | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PEG | Approval of Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirement to make certain amendments to By-Laws | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PEG | Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditor for the Year 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Scana Corporation | SCG | 80589M102 | 4/24/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
John F.A.V. Cecil | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
D. Maybank Hagood | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Alfredo Trujillo | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
SCG | Approval of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
SCG | Approval of Board - Proposed amendments to Article 8 of Articles of Incorporation to declassify the board of directors and provide for the annual election of all directors | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
SCG | Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
Sempra Energy | SRE | 816851109 | 5/9/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Alan L. Boeckman | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
James G. Brocksmith, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Kathleen L. Brown | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Pablo A. Ferrero | 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 | |||||||||||
Spectra Energy Corp. | SE | 847560109 | 4/15/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
F. Anthony Comper | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Peter B. Hamilton | 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 2014 | 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 | |||||||||||
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | PNC | 693475105 | 4/22/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Andrew T. Feldstein | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Kay Coles James | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Richard B. Kelson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Anthony A. Massaro | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Jane G. Pepper | 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 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
PNC | Advisory vote to approve named executive officer 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 | With | |||||||||||
The Southern Company | SO | 842587107 | 5/28/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
J. P. Baranco | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
J. A. Boscia | Management | Yes | Against | Against | ||||||||||||
H. A. Clark, III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
T. A. Fanning | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
D.J. Grain | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
V. M. Hagen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
W. A. Hood, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
L.P. Hudson | 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 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
SO | Advisory Vote to approve named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
SO | Stockholder proposal on an independent board chair | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ | 92343V104 | 1/28/2014 | Approve the issuance of up to approximately 1.28 billion shares of Verizon common stock to Vodafone ordinary shareholders in connection with Verizon's acquisition of Vodafone's indirect 45% interest in Verizon Wireless | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||
VZ | Approve an amendment to Article 4(A) of Verizon's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase Verizon's authorized shares of common stock by 2 billion shares to an aggregate of 6.25 billion authorized shares of common stock | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
VZ | Approve the adjournment of the special meeting to solicit additional votes and proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the above proposals | Management | Yes | For | With | |||||||||||
VZ | 5/1/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||||||
Shellye L. Archambeau | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Richard L. Carrion | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Melanie L. Healey | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
M. Frances Keeth | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Robert W. Lane | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Lowell C. McAdam | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Donald T. Nicolaisen | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Clarence Otis, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Rodney E. Slater | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Kathryn A. Tesija | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
Gregory D. Wasson | Management | No | ||||||||||||||
VZ | Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation | Management | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Proposal to Implement Proxy Access | Management | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Network Neutrality | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Lobbying Activities | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Severance Approval Policy | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Shareholder Right to Call a Special Meeting | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
VZ | Proxy Voting Authority | Shareholder | No | |||||||||||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | WMT | 931142103 | 6/6/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Pamela J. Craig | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Douglas N. Daft | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Michael T. Duke | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Timothy P. Flynn | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Marissa A. Mayer | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
C. Douglas McMillon | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Gregory B. Penner | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Steven S. Reinemund | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
Jim C. Walton | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||||||||||
S. Robson Walton | 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 | Request for independent chairman policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
WMT | Request for Annual Report on Recoupment of Executive Pay | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
WMT | Request for Annual Report on Lobbying | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||||||||||
WGL Holdings, Inc. | WGL | 92924F106 | 3/6/2014 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Linda R. Gooden | 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 2014 | 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 27, 2014