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Article

20 May 2003

Author:
William Baue, SocialFunds.com

Increasing Shareowner Action Fuels Record Proxy Season [USA]

Shareowners are increasingly recognizing and practicing their right to influence corporate practices and policies by filing and voting on shareowner resolutions...26.9 percent of voting American Electric Power shareowners supported a global warming resolution there, a record vote for the utilities industry...identical sexual orientation nondiscrimination resolutions that received just 9.9 percent of the shares voted at Emerson Electric and a robust 42.8 percent at Dover.