N-PX 1 brdJ7C_0000102756_2018.txt BRDJ7C_0000102756_2018 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER: 811-02265 NAME OF REGISTRANT: The Value Line Mid Cap Focused Fund, Inc ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 7 Times Square 21st Floor New York, NY 10036 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: The Value Line Fund, inc. 7 Times Square 21st Floor New York, NY 10036 REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 212-907-1900 DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 12/31 DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018 Value Line Mid Cap Focused Fund, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. Agenda Number: 934794911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 00751Y106 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 16-May-2018 Ticker: AAP ISIN: US00751Y1064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR John F. Bergstrom Mgmt For For Brad W. Buss Mgmt For For Fiona P. Dias Mgmt For For John F. Ferraro Mgmt For For Thomas R. Greco Mgmt For For Adriana Karaboutis Mgmt For For Eugene I. Lee, Jr. Mgmt For For Douglas A. Pertz Mgmt For For Reuben E. Slone Mgmt For For Jeffrey C. Smith Mgmt For For 2. Approve, by advisory vote, the compensation Mgmt Against Against of our named executive officers. 3. Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche Mgmt For For LLP (Deloitte) as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. 4. Advisory vote on the stockholder proposal Shr For Against on the ability of stockholders to act by written consent if presented at the annual meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Agenda Number: 934764374 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 025932104 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 22-May-2018 Ticker: AFG ISIN: US0259321042 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Carl H. Lindner III Mgmt For For S. Craig Lindner Mgmt For For Kenneth C. Ambrecht Mgmt For For John B. Berding Mgmt For For Joseph E. Consolino Mgmt For For Virginia C. Drosos Mgmt For For James E. Evans Mgmt For For Terry S. Jacobs Mgmt For For Gregory G. Joseph Mgmt For For William W. Verity Mgmt For For John I. Von Lehman Mgmt For For 2. Proposal to ratify the Audit Committee's Mgmt For For appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2018. 3. Advisory vote on compensation of named Mgmt For For executive officers. 4. Shareholder proposal regarding Shr For Against sustainability report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMETEK INC. Agenda Number: 934769766 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 031100100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 08-May-2018 Ticker: AME ISIN: US0311001004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Elizabeth R. Varet Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Dennis K. Williams Mgmt For For 2. Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of Mgmt For For AMETEK, Inc. named executive officer compensation. 3. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMPHENOL CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934793161 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 032095101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 17-May-2018 Ticker: APH ISIN: US0320951017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Ronald P. Badie Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Stanley L. Clark Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: John D. Craig Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: David P. Falck Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Edward G. Jepsen Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: Martin H. Loeffler Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: John R. Lord Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: R. Adam Norwitt Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: Diana G. Reardon Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: Anne Clarke Wolff Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Mgmt For For independent accountants of the Company. 3. Advisory vote to approve compensation of Mgmt For For named executive officers. 4. Stockholder Proposal - Special Shareholder Shr For Against Meeting Improvement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSYS, INC. Agenda Number: 934762065 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 03662Q105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 18-May-2018 Ticker: ANSS ISIN: US03662Q1058 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Guy E. Dubois Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Alec D. Gallimore Mgmt For For 2. The ratification of the selection of Mgmt For For Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. 3. The compensation of our named executive Mgmt For For officers, to be voted on a non-binding, advisory basis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD. Agenda Number: 934754450 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G0450A105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-May-2018 Ticker: ACGL ISIN: BMG0450A1053 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a To elect the nominees listed as Class II Mgmt For For Directors of the Company for a term of three years: Eric W. Doppstadt 1b To elect the nominees listed as Class II Mgmt For For Directors of the Company for a term of three years: Laurie S. Goodman 1c To elect the nominees listed as Class II Mgmt For For Directors of the Company for a term of three years: Constantine Iordanou 1d To elect the nominees listed as Class II Mgmt For For Directors of the Company for a term of three years: John M. Pasquesi 2 Advisory vote to approve named executive Mgmt For For officer compensation. 3 To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Mgmt For For the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018. 4 Approve the Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2018 Mgmt For For Long-Term Incentive and Share Award Plan. 5 Approve a three-for-one common share split. Mgmt For For 6a To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Robert Appleby 6b To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Anthony Asquith 6c To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Stephen Bashford 6d To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Dennis R. Brand 6e To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Ian Britchfield 6f To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Pierre-Andre Camps 6g To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Chung Foo Choy 6h To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Paul Cole 6i To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Graham B.R. Collis 6j To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Michael Constantinides 6k To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Stephen J. Curley 6l To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Nick Denniston 6m To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Christopher A. Edwards 6n To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Seamus Fearon 6o To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Michael Feetham 6p To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Beau H. Franklin 6q To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Giuliano Giovannetti 6r To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Michael Hammer 6s To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: W. Preston Hutchings 6t To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Constantine Iordanou 6u To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Jason Kittinger 6v To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Gerald Konig 6w To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Jean-Philippe Latour 6x To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Lino Leoni 6y To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Mark D. Lyons 6z To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Patrick Mailloux 6aa To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Paul Martin 6ab To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Robert McDowell 6ac To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: David H. McElroy 6ad To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Francois Morin 6ae To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: David J. Mulholland 6af To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Mark Nolan 6ag To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Nicolas Papadopoulo 6ah To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Michael Price 6ai To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Elisabeth Quinn 6aj To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Maamoun Rajeh 6ak To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Andrew T. Rippert 6al To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Arthur Scace 6am To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Soren Scheuer 6an To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Matthew Shulman 6ao To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: William A. Soares 6ap To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Patrick Storey 6aq To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Hugh Sturgess 6ar To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Ross Totten 6as To elect the nominees listed as Designated Mgmt For For Company Directors so that they may be elected directors of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries: Gerald Wolfe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALL CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934737872 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 058498106 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 25-Apr-2018 Ticker: BLL ISIN: US0584981064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Robert W. Alspaugh Mgmt For For Michael J. Cave Mgmt For For Pedro Henrique Mariani Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Corporation for 2018. 3. To approve, by non-binding vote, the Mgmt For For compensation paid to the named executive officers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. R. BARD, INC. Agenda Number: 934656363 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 067383109 Meeting Type: Special Meeting Date: 08-Aug-2017 Ticker: BCR ISIN: US0673831097 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF Mgmt For For MERGER, DATED AS OF APRIL 23, 2017, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "MERGER AGREEMENT"), BY AND AMONG C. R. BARD, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY"), BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, AND LAMBDA CORP., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION AND WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY. 2. TO APPROVE BY ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE, Mgmt For For CERTAIN COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER CONTEMPLATED BY THE MERGER AGREEMENT. 3. TO APPROVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL Mgmt For For MEETING, IF NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER AGREEMENT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED Agenda Number: 934743306 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 142339100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 02-May-2018 Ticker: CSL ISIN: US1423391002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: James D. Frias Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Corrine D. Ricard Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Lawrence A. Sala Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Mgmt For For Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018. 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the Mgmt For For Company's named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2017. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CGI GROUP INC. Agenda Number: 934715357 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 39945C109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 31-Jan-2018 Ticker: GIB ISIN: CA39945C1095 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR Alain Bouchard Mgmt For For Bernard Bourigeaud Mgmt For For Dominic D'Alessandro Mgmt For For Paule Dore Mgmt For For Richard B. Evans Mgmt For For Julie Godin Mgmt For For Serge Godin Mgmt For For Timothy J. Hearn Mgmt For For Andre Imbeau Mgmt For For Gilles Labbe Mgmt For For Heather Munroe-Blum Mgmt For For Michael B. Pedersen Mgmt For For Michael E. Roach Mgmt For For George D. Schindler Mgmt For For Joakim Westh Mgmt For For 2 Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For auditors and authorization to the Audit and Risk Management Committee to fix their remuneration 3 Shareholder Proposal Number Two Disclosure Shr For Against of Voting Results by Classes of Shares -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. Agenda Number: 934744257 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 171340102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 03-May-2018 Ticker: CHD ISIN: US1713401024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Matthew T. Farrell Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Ravichandra K. Mgmt For For Saligram 1c. Election of Director: Robert K. Shearer Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Laurie J. Yoler Mgmt For For 2. Advisory vote to approve compensation of Mgmt For For our named executive officers. 3. Proposal to amend and restate our Amended Mgmt For For and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of all directors and eliminate or update certain outdated provisions. 4. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte Mgmt For For & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DANAHER CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934749877 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 235851102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 08-May-2018 Ticker: DHR ISIN: US2358511028 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Donald J. Ehrlich Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Linda Hefner Filler Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Thomas P. Joyce, Jr. Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Teri List-Stoll Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Walter G. Lohr, Jr. Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Mitchell P. Rales Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Steven M. Rales Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: John T. Schwieters Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: Alan G. Spoon Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Raymond C. Stevens, Mgmt For For Ph.D. 1K. Election of Director: Elias A. Zerhouni, Mgmt For For M.D. 2. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young Mgmt For For LLP as Danaher's independent registered public accounting firm. 3. To approve on an advisory basis the Mgmt For For Company's named executive officer compensation. 4. To act upon a shareholder proposal Shr For Against requesting that Danaher reduce shareholder special meeting threshold from 25% to 10%. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECOLAB INC. Agenda Number: 934742378 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 278865100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 03-May-2018 Ticker: ECL ISIN: US2788651006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Douglas M. Baker, Jr. Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Barbara J. Beck Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Leslie S. Biller Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Carl M. Casale Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Stephen I. Chazen Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: Jeffrey M. Ettinger Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: Arthur J. Higgins Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: Michael Larson Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: David W. MacLennan Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: Tracy B. McKibben Mgmt For For 1k. Election of Director: Victoria J. Reich Mgmt For For 1l. Election of Director: Suzanne M. Vautrinot Mgmt For For 1m. Election of Director: John J. Zillmer Mgmt For For 2. Ratify the appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the current year ending December 31, 2018. 3. Advisory vote to approve the compensation Mgmt For For of executives disclosed in the Proxy Statement. 4. Stockholder proposal regarding the Shr Against For threshold to call special stockholder meetings, if properly presented. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISERV, INC. Agenda Number: 934770137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 337738108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 23-May-2018 Ticker: FISV ISIN: US3377381088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Alison Davis Mgmt For For Harry F. DiSimone Mgmt For For John Y. Kim Mgmt For For Dennis F. Lynch Mgmt For For Denis J. O'Leary Mgmt For For Glenn M. Renwick Mgmt For For Kim M. Robak Mgmt For For JD Sherman Mgmt For For Doyle R. Simons Mgmt For For Jeffery W. Yabuki Mgmt For For 2. To approve the material terms of the Mgmt For For performance goals under the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan. 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the Mgmt For For compensation of the named executive officers of Fiserv, Inc. 4. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Mgmt For For Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Fiserv, Inc. for 2018. 5. A shareholder proposal requesting the board Shr Against For of directors to adopt a by-law to provide for executive pay confidential voting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GARTNER, INC. Agenda Number: 934777028 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 366651107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 24-May-2018 Ticker: IT ISIN: US3666511072 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Michael J. Bingle Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Peter E. Bisson Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Richard J. Bressler Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Raul E. Cesan Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Karen E. Dykstra Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: Anne Sutherland Fuchs Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: William O. Grabe Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: Eugene A. Hall Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: Stephen G. Pagliuca Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: Eileen Serra Mgmt For For 1k. Election of Director: James C. Smith Mgmt For For 2. Approve, on an advisory basis, the Mgmt Against Against compensation of our named executive officers. 3. Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Mgmt For For Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEICO CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934729801 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 422806109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 16-Mar-2018 Ticker: HEI ISIN: US4228061093 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Thomas M. Culligan Mgmt For For Adolfo Henriques Mgmt For For Mark H. Hildebrandt Mgmt For For Wolfgang Mayrhuber Mgmt For For Eric A. Mendelson Mgmt For For Laurans A. Mendelson Mgmt For For Victor H. Mendelson Mgmt For For Julie Neitzel Mgmt For For Dr. Alan Schriesheim Mgmt For For Frank J. Schwitter Mgmt For For 2. RE-APPROVAL OF THE PERFORMANCE GOALS Mgmt For For INCLUDED IN THE HEICO CORPORATION 2012 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN (THE "2012 PLAN") AND RATIFICATION OF AWARDS MADE UNDER THE 2012 PLAN, WHICH AWARDS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RE-APPROVAL OF THE PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDED IN THE 2012 PLAN 3. APPROVAL OF THE HEICO CORPORATION 2018 Mgmt For For INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 4. APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III OF Mgmt Against Against HEICO'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF HEICO CORPORATION COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, FROM 75,000,000 SHARES TO 150,000,000 SHARES 5. APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III OF Mgmt Against Against HEICO'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF HEICO CORPORATION CLASS A COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, FROM 75,000,000 SHARES TO 150,000,000 SHARES 6. ADVISORY APPROVAL OF THE COMPANY'S Mgmt For For EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 7. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE Mgmt For For & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 31, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. Agenda Number: 934755870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 45168D104 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-May-2018 Ticker: IDXX ISIN: US45168D1046 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Bruce L. Claflin Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Daniel M. Junius Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Mgmt For For Registered Public Accounting Firm. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year. 3. Approval of the Adoption of the IDEXX Mgmt For For Laboratories, Inc. 2018 Incentive Plan. To approve the Company's 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. 4. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. To Mgmt For For approve a nonbinding advisory resolution on the Company's executive compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. Agenda Number: 934715559 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 466032109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-Feb-2018 Ticker: JJSF ISIN: US4660321096 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Sidney R. Brown Mgmt For For 2. Advisory vote on Approval of the Company's Mgmt Against Against Executive Compensation Programs. 3. Vote on the approval of the 2017 Stock Mgmt For For Option Plan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC. Agenda Number: 934686924 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 426281101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-Nov-2017 Ticker: JKHY ISIN: US4262811015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR M. FLANIGAN Mgmt For For J. PRIM Mgmt For For T. WILSON Mgmt For For J. FIEGEL Mgmt For For T. WIMSETT Mgmt For For L. KELLY Mgmt For For S. MIYASHIRO Mgmt For For W. BROWN Mgmt For For D. FOSS Mgmt For For 2. TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE Mgmt For For COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. 3. TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE Mgmt 1 Year For FREQUENCY OF THE ADVISORY APPROVAL OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 4. TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF Mgmt For For THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN. 5. TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF THE COMPANY'S Mgmt For For INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LKQ CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934743065 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 501889208 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 07-May-2018 Ticker: LKQ ISIN: US5018892084 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Sukhpal Singh Mgmt For For Ahluwalia 1b. Election of Director: A. Clinton Allen Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Robert M. Hanser Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Joseph M. Holsten Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Blythe J. McGarvie Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: John F. O'Brien Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: Guhan Subramanian Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: William M. Webster, Mgmt For For IV 1i. Election of Director: Dominick Zarcone Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte Mgmt For For & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Mgmt For For compensation of our named executive officers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- METTLER-TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC. Agenda Number: 934746061 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 592688105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 03-May-2018 Ticker: MTD ISIN: US5926881054 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1.1 Election of Director: Robert F. Spoerry Mgmt For For 1.2 Election of Director: Wah-Hui Chu Mgmt For For 1.3 Election of Director: Olivier A. Filliol Mgmt For For 1.4 Election of Director: Elisha W. Finney Mgmt For For 1.5 Election of Director: Richard Francis Mgmt For For 1.6 Election of Director: Constance L. Harvey Mgmt For For 1.7 Election of Director: Michael A. Kelly Mgmt For For 1.8 Election of Director: Hans Ulrich Maerki Mgmt For For 1.9 Election of Director: Thomas P. Salice Mgmt For For 2. RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED Mgmt For For PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 3. ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE Mgmt For For COMPENSATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPEN TEXT CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934674006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 683715106 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 21-Sep-2017 Ticker: OTEX ISIN: CA6837151068 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR P. THOMAS JENKINS Mgmt For For MARK BARRENECHEA Mgmt For For RANDY FOWLIE Mgmt For For GAIL E. HAMILTON Mgmt For For BRIAN J. JACKMAN Mgmt For For STEPHEN J. SADLER Mgmt For For MICHAEL SLAUNWHITE Mgmt For For KATHARINE B. STEVENSON Mgmt For For C. JURGEN TINGGREN Mgmt For For DEBORAH WEINSTEIN Mgmt For For 02 RE-APPOINT KPMG LLP, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, Mgmt For For AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR THE COMPANY. 03 THE NON-BINDING SAY-ON-PAY RESOLUTION, THE Mgmt For For FULL TEXT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AS SCHEDULE "A" TO THE CIRCULAR, WITH OR WITHOUT VARIATION, ON THE COMPANY'S APPROACH TO EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE CIRCULAR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROLLINS, INC. Agenda Number: 934755325 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 775711104 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 24-Apr-2018 Ticker: ROL ISIN: US7757111049 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Gary W. Rollins Mgmt For For Larry L. Prince Mgmt For For Pamela R. Rollins Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton Mgmt For For LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. 3. To approve the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. Mgmt Against Against -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Agenda Number: 934812391 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 776696106 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 04-Jun-2018 Ticker: ROP ISIN: US7766961061 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Shellye L. Archambeau Mgmt For For Amy Woods Brinkley Mgmt For For John F. Fort, III Mgmt For For Brian D. Jellison Mgmt For For Robert D. Johnson Mgmt For For Robert E. Knowling, Jr. Mgmt For For Wilbur J. Prezzano Mgmt For For Laura G. Thatcher Mgmt For For Richard F. Wallman Mgmt For For Christopher Wright Mgmt For For 2. To consider, on a non-binding advisory Mgmt For For basis, a resolution approving the compensation of our named executive officers. 3. To ratify of the appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED Agenda Number: 934737074 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 879360105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 25-Apr-2018 Ticker: TDY ISIN: US8793601050 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Simon M. Lorne Mgmt For For Paul D. Miller Mgmt For For Wesley W. von Schack Mgmt For For 2. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE Mgmt For For & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. 3. APPROVAL OF NON-BINDING ADVISORY RESOLUTION Mgmt For For ON THE COMPANY'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TORO COMPANY Agenda Number: 934725992 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 891092108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 20-Mar-2018 Ticker: TTC ISIN: US8910921084 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Janet K. Cooper Mgmt For For Gary L. Ellis Mgmt For For Gregg W. Steinhafel Mgmt For For Michael G. Vale, Ph.D. Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP Mgmt For For as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending October 31, 2018. 3. Approval of, on an advisory basis, our Mgmt For For executive compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. Agenda Number: 934753787 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 90385D107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 14-May-2018 Ticker: ULTI ISIN: US90385D1072 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Marc D. Scherr Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: James A. FitzPatrick, Mgmt For For Jr. 1c. Election of Director: Rick A. Wilber Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Mgmt For For Ultimate's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. 3. To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, Mgmt Against Against compensation paid to Ultimate's named executive officers. 4. To approve the Amended and Restated 2005 Mgmt For For Equity Incentive Plan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Agenda Number: 934772802 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 902252105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-May-2018 Ticker: TYL ISIN: US9022521051 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Donald R. Brattain Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Glenn A. Carter Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Brenda A. Cline Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: J. Luther King Jr. Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: John S. Marr Jr. Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: H. Lynn Moore Jr. Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Daniel M. Pope Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Dustin R. Womble Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For independent auditors. 3. Approval of an advisory resolution on Mgmt For For executive compensation. 4. Adoption of the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Mgmt Against Against 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. 5. In their discretion, the proxies are Mgmt Against Against authorized to vote upon such other business- as may properly come before the meeting or adjournments thereof. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. Agenda Number: 934782954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 94106B101 Meeting Type: Annual and Special Meeting Date: 24-May-2018 Ticker: WCN ISIN: CA94106B1013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR Ronald J. Mittelstaedt Mgmt For For Robert H. Davis Mgmt For For Edward E. Guillet Mgmt For For Michael W. Harlan Mgmt For For Larry S. Hughes Mgmt For For Susan Lee Mgmt For For William J. Razzouk Mgmt For For 2 Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our Mgmt For For independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and authorization of our Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the independent registered public accounting firm. 3 Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, Mgmt For For of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement ("say on pay"). 4 Shareholder proposal to urge the adoption Mgmt Against For of a senior executive equity compensation retention requirement until retirement. * Management position unknown
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. (Registrant) The Value Line Mid Cap Focused Fund, Inc By (Signature) /s/ Mitchell E. Appel Name Mitchell E. Appel Title President Date 08/24/2018