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Baltimore.","Advisory vote on executive compensation received 54.16% for and 45.83% against, a relatively close result.","Shareholders voted to hold say-on-pay annually; next frequency vote no later than 2029 annual meeting.","Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2023 passed with 98.44% for.","Two shareholder proposals on termination pay and abortion data privacy both failed with 35% and 12% support, 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privacy at the 2023-05-02 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Votes on a shareholder proposal relating to abortion and consumer data privacy were as follows: VOTES FOR % FOR VOTES AGAINST % AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 68,349,001 11.53% 524,377,673 88.46% 13,287,253 53,817,537","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496223000018/0000004962-23-000018-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Outcome","value":"failed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-02"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"ca950c26cfea199c86640987776a2c080397bfc5","claim":"AMERICAN EXPRESS CO shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal relating to shareholder ratification of termination pay at the 2023-05-02 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Votes on a shareholder proposal relating to shareholder ratification of termination pay were as follows: VOTES FOR % FOR VOTES AGAINST % AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER 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VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES Thomas J. Baltimore 479,624,564 121,453,271 4,936,092 53,817,537 John J. Brennan 581,119,549 20,043,204 4,851,174 53,817,537 Peter Chernin 549,384,864 51,753,000 4,876,063 53,817,537 Walter J. Clayton III 598,270,950 2,843,190 4,899,787 53,817,537 Ralph de la Vega 589,228,406 11,840,979 4,944,542 53,817,537 Theodore J. Leonsis 574,975,457 26,091,499 4,946,971 53,817,537 Deborah P. Majoras 596,446,897 4,772,145 4,794,885 53,817,537 Karen L. Parkhill 599,094,484 2,135,544 4,783,899 53,817,537 Charles E. Phillips 591,439,373 9,639,026 4,935,528 53,817,537 Lynn A. Pike 592,731,380 8,475,509 4,807,038 53,817,537 Stephen J. Squeri 576,197,797 24,250,274 5,565,856 53,817,537 Daniel L. Vasella 579,248,198 21,852,716 4,913,013 53,817,537 Lisa W. Wardell 595,914,508 5,285,626 4,813,793 53,817,537 Christopher D. Young 585,833,546 15,300,262 4,880,119 53,817,537","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496223000018/0000004962-23-000018-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-02"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}