SHAREOWNER PROPOSALS

Power to the Shareowners!

These proposals based on Mark Latham's ideas were submitted to many firms since 1999. In cases where the original proposal is not linked below, a revised proposal linked in the 5th column has superseded it. Proposals that made it into the proxy can also be found in the "DEF 14-a" filings at www.sec.gov.

Only a representative sample of management arguments, proponent responses and SEC decisions are linked below. The full public record of this correspondence can be found (for a fee) at SECnet.

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Target Company Ticker Proposal Date Submitted Management Arguments; Proponent Responses; SEC Decision AGM Date; Result
MSFT
2006-05-26
Management did not try to omit.
Board arguments in proxy; proponent response
2006-11-14
2.0% yes
INFO
2004-11-26
Board & proponent arguments similar to those in Oregon Steel 2004
2005-06-16
11.4% yes
CPN
Voting Leverage
2003-12-11
2004-05-26
9.0% yes
USG
2003-11-26
SEC decision similar to prior case
Omitted
VC
Voting Leverage
2003-11-26
2004-05-12
7.1% yes
HRP
2003-11-24
SEC decision similar to USG case
Omitted
OS
Proxy Advisor
2003-11-18
2004-04-29
20% yes
USU
Proxy Advisor
2003-10-20
2004-04-29
8.0% yes
VC
2002-11-22
2003-05-14
Omitted
USG
2002-11-17
2003-04-28
Omitted
CLF
2002-11-15
2003-05-13
Omitted
OKWH
2002-09-03
Postponed
SHLM
2002-05-15
2002-12-05
2.9% yes
USU
2002-05-15
Excluded from proxy because of wording of broker letter.
2002-11-06
Omitted
FLE
2002-01-25
2002-09-10
Omitted
SBLU
2000-11-24
Omitted
EQS
Proxy Advisor
2000-11-16
2001-05-03
17.8% yes
G
Proxy Advisor
2000-11-06
2001-04-19
2.4% yes
KBH
2000-10-23
2001-04-05
4.0% yes
OTFC
2000-03-31
Omitted
CRUS
2000-02-17
Omitted
GM
1999-12-22
Omitted
EQS
1999-11-20
Omitted
WM
1999-11-17
2000-04-18
4.4% yes
BMY
1999-11-13
Omitted
PFE
1999-11-04
Omitted
C
1999-11-02
Omitted
GE
1999-11-02
Omitted
G
1999-11-02
Omitted
WLA
1999-11-02
Omitted
WFMI
1999-10-11
Management did not try to omit.
2000-02-05 Revised proposal
2000-03-27
8.9% yes