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3. Advisory Vote on the Bank’s approach to Executive Compensation
A ballot was conducted to vote on the advisory Resolution on the Bank’s approach to Executive Compensation and the outcome was as follows:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | | | | | |
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332,445,540 | | 94.26% | | 20,256,995 | | 5.74% | | | | | | |
4. In-Person Annual Shareholders’ Meetings
A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Bank’s annual shareholders’ meetings be held in person, and that virtual meetings be held in addition to, but not in replacement of, face-to-face meetings:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Votes Abstain* | | |
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178,163,305 | | 50.66% | | 173,489,986 | | 49.34% | | 1,048,965 | | |
5. Public Disclosure of Non-Confidential Information, Country-By-Country Reporting, Compensation Ratios and Tax Havens
A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Bank annually disclose to the general public the non-confidential information related to its Country-by-Country Reporting, for the purposes of detailed and meaningful calculations of compensation ratios, namely broken down by jurisdiction, and to contribute to combatting tax havens:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Votes Abstain* | | |
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38,374,748 | | 10.92% | | 312,894,255 | | 89.08% | | 1,434,063 | | |
6. Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies
A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Bank hold an annual advisory vote on its environmental and climate objectives and action plan:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Votes Abstain* | | |
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52,971,968 | | 15.26% | | 294,045,736 | | 84.74% | | 5,686,257 | | |
7. Report on Impact of Oil and Gas Divestment
A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Bank issue a report disclosing the Bank’s exposure to oil and gas divestment and to qualify and quantify the impacts of divestment from the Canadian oil and gas sector on shareholder value and other relevant economic analysis should BMO continue on the path toward currently established Net Zero objectives: