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, 2014 to June 30, 2015
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 | 5/7/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Ann K. Newhall | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Dean C. Oestreich | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Carol P. Sanders | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
LNT | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
LNT | Approve the Alliant Energy Corporation Amended and Restated 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan for Puposes of Section 162(m) fo the IRC | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
LNT | Ratify Appt - Deloitte & Touche LLP | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Ameren Corporation | AEE | 23608102 | 4/23/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Warner L. Baxter | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Catherine S. Brune | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. Edward Coleman | 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 | ||||
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 | Ratify Appt - PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Independent Registered Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 | 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 adiopting executive compensation incentives for carbon reduction | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
American Electric Power Company, Inc. | AEP | 25537101 | 4/21/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Nicholas K. Akins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
David J. Anderson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. Barnie Beasley, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
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, 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Advisory Approval of the Company's Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Approve the American Electric Power System 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate Article 7 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Amendment to the By-Laws to eliminate the supermajority provisions | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
AEP | Shareholder proposal for proxy access | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | AJG | 363576109 | 6/1/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Sherry S. Barrat | Management | No | ||||||
William L. Bax | Management | No | ||||||
D. John Coldman | Management | No | ||||||
Frank E. English, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
Elbert O. Hand | Management | No | ||||||
David S. Johnson | Management | No | ||||||
Kay W. McCurdy | Management | No | ||||||
Norman L. Rosenthal | Management | No | ||||||
AJG | Ratify Appt- Independent Auditor for 2015 | Management | No | |||||
AJG | Approval of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Management | No | |||||
AJG | Approval of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Senior Management Incentive Plan | Management | No | |||||
AJG | Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | No | |||||
AT&T Inc. | T | 00206R102 | 4/24/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Randall L. Stephenson | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Scott T. Ford | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Glenn H. Hutchins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
William E. Kennard | 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 | Political Spending Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
T | Lobbying Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
T | Special Meetings | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | BMY | 110122108 | 5/5/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
L. Andreotti | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
G. Caforio, M.D. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
L. B. Campbell | 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 | ||||
Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
BMY | Ratify Appt- Independent Public Accounting Firm | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
BMY | Approval of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation - Exclusive Forum Provision | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
BMY | Approval of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation - Supermajority Provisions - Preferred Stockholders | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
BMY | Sharholder Action by Written Consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Chevron Corporation | CVX | 166764100 | 5/27/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
A. B. Cummings, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
L. F. Deily | Management | No | ||||||
R. E. Denham | Management | No | ||||||
A.P. Gast | Management | No | ||||||
E. Hernandez, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
J.M. Huntsman, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
C.W. Moorman | Management | No | ||||||
K. W. Sharer | Management | No | ||||||
J. G. Stumpf | Management | No | ||||||
R. D. Sugar | Management | No | ||||||
C. Ware | Management | No | ||||||
J. S. Watson | Management | No | ||||||
CVX | Ratify Appt- Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | No | |||||
CVX | Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation | Management | No | |||||
CVX | Disclose Charitable Contributions of $5,000 or more | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Report on Lobbying | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Cease Using Corporate Funds for Political Purposes | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Adopt Dividend Policy | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Adopt Targets to Reduce GHG Emissions | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Report on Shale Energy Operations | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Adopt Proxy Access Bylaw | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Adopt Policy for Independent Chairman | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Recomment Independent Director with Environmental Expertise | Shareholder | No | |||||
CVX | Set Special Meetings Threshold at 10% | Shareholder | No | |||||
Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. | DGAS | 247748106 | 11/20/2014 | Election of Directors | ||||
Glenn R. Jennings | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Fred N. Barker | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Arthur E. Walker, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Jacob P. Cline, III | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
DGAS | Ratify Appt - Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DGAS | Non-Binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to named executive officers for fiscal 2014 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Dominion Resources, Inc. | D | 25746U109 | 5/6/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
William P. Barr | 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 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
D | Advisory Vote on approval of executive compensation (Say on Pay) | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
D | Approval of an amendment to Bylaws | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
D | Right to Action by Written Consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | New Nuclear Construction | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Report on Methane Emissions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Sustainability as a Performance Measure for Executive Compensation | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Report on the Financial Risks to Dominion Posed by Climate Change | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Adopt Quantitave Goals for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
D | Report on Bioenergy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DTE Energy Company | DTE | 233331107 | 5/7/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Gerald M. Anderson | 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 | Ratification of Independent Accounting Firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DTE | Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DTE | Management Proposal to Approve a New Executive Performance Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DTE | Shareholding Proposal Relating to Political Contribution Disclosure | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DTE | Shareholder Proposal Relating to Proxy Access | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DTE | Shareholder Proposal Relating to Distributed Generation | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DTE | Shareholder Proposal Relatingto an Independent Board Chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Duke Energy Corporation | DUK | 26441C105 | 5/7/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
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 | ||||
Richard A. Meserve | 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 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DUK | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DUK | Approval of the Duke Energy Corporaation 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
DUK | Shareholder proposal regarding limitation of accelerated executive pay | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DUK | Shareholder proposal regarding political contribution disclosure | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
DUK | Shareholder proposal regarding proxy access | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | ETP | 29273R109 | 11/20/2014 | Approval of the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With |
ETP | Approval of the Adjornment of the Special Meeting to a Later Date | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Exelon Corporation | EXC | 30161N101 | 4/28/2015 | 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 | ||||
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 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
EXC | Advisory Vote to approve executive compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
EXC | Approve performance measures in the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
EXC | Management Proposal regarding proxy access | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
EXC | Shareholder proposal regarding proxy access | Shareholder | Yes | For | Against | |||
Exxon Mobil Corporation | XOM | 30231G102 | 5/27/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
M. J. Boskin | Management | No | ||||||
P. Brabeck-Letmathe | Management | No | ||||||
U.M. Burns | Management | No | ||||||
L. R. Faulkner | Management | No | ||||||
J. S. Fishman | Management | No | ||||||
H. H. Fore | Management | No | ||||||
K. C. Frazier | Management | No | ||||||
D.R. Oberhelman | Management | No | ||||||
S. J. Palmisano | Management | No | ||||||
S. S. Reinemund | Management | No | ||||||
R. W. Tillerson | Management | No | ||||||
W.C. Weldon | Management | No | ||||||
XOM | Ratification of Independent Auditors | Management | No | |||||
XOM | Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation | Management | No | |||||
XOM | Independent Chairman | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Proxy Access Bylaw | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Climate Expert on Board | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Board Quota for Women | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Report on Compensation for Women | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Report on Lobbying | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals | Shareholder | No | |||||
XOM | Report on Hydraulic Fracturing | Shareholder | No | |||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | FE | 337932107 | 5/19/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Paul T. Addison | Management | No | ||||||
Michael J. Anderson | Management | No | ||||||
William T. Cottle | Management | No | ||||||
Robert B. Heisler, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
Julia L. Johnson | Management | No | ||||||
Charles E. Jones | No | |||||||
Ted J. Kleisner | Management | No | ||||||
Donald T. Misheff | Management | No | ||||||
Ernest J. Novak, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
Christopher D. Pappas | Management | No | ||||||
Luis A. Reyes | Management | No | ||||||
George M. Smart | Management | No | ||||||
Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton | Management | No | ||||||
FE | Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Management | No | |||||
FE | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | No | |||||
FE | Approve the FirstEnergy Corp. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan | Management | No | |||||
FE | Report on Lobbying Expenditures | Shareholder | No | |||||
FE | Report on Carbon Dioxide Goals | Shareholder | No | |||||
FE | Simple Majority Vote | Shareholder | No | |||||
FE | Proxy Access Regulation (By-Law) | Shareholder | No | |||||
Great Plains Energy Incorporated | GXP | 391164100 | 5/5/2015 | 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 | ||||
Scott D. Grimes | 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 2014 compensation of the company's named executive officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
GXP | To Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
GXP | Shareholder Proposal requesting adoption of emission reduction goals and a report on carbon reduction at the meeting by the proponents | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Halyard Health, Inc. | HYH | 40650V100 | 4/30/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Gary D. Blackford | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Patrick J. O'Leary | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
HYH | Ratification of the Selction of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to Audit the Corporation's 2015 Financial Statements | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
HYH | Advisory Vote to Approve the Named Executive Officer Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
HYH | Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation | Management | Yes | 2yr | Against | |||
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | TEG | 45822P105 | 11/21/2014 | Adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and Among Wisconsin Energy Corporation and Integrys Energy Group, Inc., date June 22, 2014, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Merger Proposal") | 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, on an advisory basis, the merger-related compensation arrangements of the named executive officers of Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
TEG | Approval on any motion to adjourn the special meeting of Integrys Energy Group, Inc., if necessary, to permit further soliciation of proxies | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 46625H100 | 5/19/2015 | 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 | |||||
SPM | Approval of Amendment to Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | Abstain | |||||
JPM | Independent board chairman - require an independent chair | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||
JPM | Lobbying - report on policies, procedures and expenditures | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||
JPM | Special shareholder meetings - reduce ownership threshold from 20% to 10% | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||
JPM | How votes are counted - count votes using only for and against | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||
JPM | Accelerated vesting provisions | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||
JPM | Clawback disclosure policy | Shareholder | Abstain | |||||
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | KMB | 494368103 | 4/30/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
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 | 1/21/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Donald L. Correll | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
M. William Howard, Jr. | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
J. Terry Strange | ||||||||
George R. Zoffinger | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
NJR | Non-Binding Advisory Resolution Approving the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | 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, 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Nextera Energy, Inc. | NEE | 65339F101 | 5/21/2015 | 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 | ||||
Naren K. Gursahaney | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Kirk S. Hachigian | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Toni Jennings | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Amy B. Lane | 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 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval, by Non-Binding Vote, of Compensation of Named Executive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval of amendment to Article IV of the Restated Aricles of Incorporation (the "Charter") to eliminate supermajority vote requirements for shareholder removal of a director | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval of amendment to eliminate Article VI of the Charter, which includes supermajority vote requirements regarding business combinations with interested shareholders | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval of amendment to Article VII of the Charter to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement, and provide that the vote required is a majority of outstanding shares for shareholder approval of certain amendments to the Charter, any amendments to the Bylaws or the adoption of any new bylaws and eliminate an exception to the required vote | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval of an amendment to Article VI of the Charter to eliminate the "for cause" requirement for shareholder removal of a director | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Approval of an amendment to Article V of the Charter to lower the minimum share ownership threshold for shareholders to call a special meeting of shareholders from a majority to 20% of outstanding shares | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NEE | Shareholder proposal - political contribution disclosure - require semiannual report disclosing political contribution policies and expenditures | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
NEE | Shareholding proposal - special shareholder meetings - reduce threshold to call a special meeting of shareholders to 10% of outstanding shares | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Northeast Utilities | NU | 664397106 | 4/29/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
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 | Approval of the proposed amendment to the Declaration of Trust to change the legal name of the Company from Northeast Utilities to Eversource Energy | Management | Yes | Against | Against | |||
NU | Advisory proposal approving the Compensation of Named Excutive Officers | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
NU | Ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Northwest Natural Gas Company | NWN | 667655104 | 5/28/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Timothy P. Boyle | Management | No | ||||||
Mark S. Dodson | Management | No | ||||||
Gregg S. Kantor | Management | No | ||||||
Malia H. Wassan | Management | No | ||||||
NWN | Advisory Vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | No | |||||
NWN | Ratification of Appointment of PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for the Fiscal Year 2015 | Management | No | |||||
Pitney Bowes Inc. | PBI | 724479100 | 5/11/2015 | 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 2015 | 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 | 5/20/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Rodney C. Adkins | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Armando Zagaio de Lima | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
PPL | Amendment of the company's articles of incorporation to permit shareowners to call special meetings | 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 - Proxy Access | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
PPL | Shareowner proposal - Independent Board Chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
PPL | Shareowner proposal - Climate Change and Greenhouse | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. | PEG | 744573106 | 4/21/2015 | 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 | Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditor for the Year 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
Scana Corporation | SCG | 80589M102 | 4/30/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
James A. Bennett | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lynne E. Miller | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
James W. Roquemore | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Maceo K. Sloan | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
SCG | Approval of a long-term equity compensation plan | 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 | |||
Sempra Energy | SRE | 816851109 | 5/13/2015 | 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 | |||
SRE | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chairman | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Spectra Energy Corp. | SE | 847560109 | 4/28/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Gregory L. Ebel | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
F. Anthony Comper | Management | No | ||||||
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 | ||||
Peter B. Hamilton | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Miranda C. Hubbs | 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 2015 | 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 disclosure of lobbying activities | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | PNC | 693475105 | 4/28/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Charles E. Bunch | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Paul W. Chellgren | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire | ||||||||
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 | ||||
PNC | Ratification of Audit Committee's selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC's independent registered public accounting firm for 2015 | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
PNC | Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
The Southern Company | SO | 842587107 | 5/27/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
J. P. Baranco | Management | No | ||||||
J. A. Boscia | Management | No | ||||||
H. A. Clark, III | Management | No | ||||||
T. A. Fanning | Management | No | ||||||
D.J. Grain | Management | No | ||||||
V. M. Hagen | Management | No | ||||||
W. A. Hood, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
L.P. Hudson | Management | No | ||||||
D. M. James | Management | No | ||||||
J.D. Johns | Management | No | ||||||
D. E. Klein | Management | No | ||||||
W. G. Smith, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
S. R. Specker | Management | No | ||||||
L.D. Thompson | No | |||||||
E. J. Wood III | Management | No | ||||||
SO | Approval of the Outside Directors Stock Plan | Management | No | |||||
SO | Approval of an amendment to the By-Laws related to the ability of stockholders to act by written consent to Amend the By-Laws | Management | No | |||||
S | Advisory Vote to approve named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | No | |||||
SO | Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2015 | Management | No | |||||
SO | Stockholder proposal on proxy access | Shareholder | No | |||||
SO | Stockholder proposal on greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals | Shareholder | No | |||||
Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ | 92343V104 | 5/7/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Shellye L. Archambeau | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Mark T. Bertolini | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Richard L. Carrion | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Melanie L. Healey | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
M. Frances Keeth | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Lowell C. McAdam | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Donald T. Nicolaisen | Management | Yes | For | With | ||||
Clarence Otis, Jr. | 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 to approve Executive Compensation | Management | Yes | For | With | |||
VZ | Network Neutrality Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Political Spending Report | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Severance Approval Policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Stock Retention Policy | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
VZ | Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent | Shareholder | Yes | Against | With | |||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | WMT | 931142103 | 6/5/2015 | Election of Directors | ||||
Aida M. Alvarez | Management | No | ||||||
James I. Cash, Jr. | Management | No | ||||||
Roger C. Corbett | Management | No | ||||||
Pamela J. Craig | Management | No | ||||||
Douglas N. Daft | Management | No | ||||||
Michael T. Duke | Management | No | ||||||
Timothy P. Flynn | Management | No | ||||||
Thomas W. Horton | Management | No | ||||||
Marissa A. Mayer | Management | No | ||||||
C. Douglas McMillon | Management | No | ||||||
Gregory B. Penner | Management | No | ||||||
Steven S. Reinemund | Management | No | ||||||
Jim C. Walton | Management | No | ||||||
S. Robson Walton | Management | No | ||||||
Linda S. Wolf | Management | No | ||||||
WMT | Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Accountants | Management | No | |||||
WMT | Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation | Management | No | |||||
WMT | Approval of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan of 2015 | Management | No | |||||
WMT | Request for Annual Report on Recoupment of Executive Pay | Shareholder | No | |||||
WMT | Proxy Access for Shareholders | Shareholder | No | |||||
WMT | Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Marine Shipping | Shareholder | No | |||||
WMT | Request for Annual Report Regarding Incentive Compensation Plans | Shareholder | No | |||||
WMT | Independent Chairman Policy | Shareholder | No | |||||
WGL Holdings, Inc. | WGL | 92924F106 | 3/3/2015 | 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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Dale S. Rosenthal | 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 2015 | 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 25, 2015