0000894189-18-004275.txt : 20180809 0000894189-18-004275.hdr.sgml : 20180809 20180809164631 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000894189-18-004275 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180809 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180809 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180809 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: StrongVest ETF Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001684381 IRS NUMBER: 813624061 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23196 FILM NUMBER: 181005975 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 131 PLANTATION RIDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: MOORESVILLE STATE: NC ZIP: 28117 BUSINESS PHONE: 402-829-9405 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 131 PLANTATION RIDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: MOORESVILLE STATE: NC ZIP: 28117 0001684381 S000055942 CWA Income ETF C000176161 CWA Income ETF CWAI N-PX 1 strongvest_npx.htm ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 

 
 
FORM N-PX
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
 


Investment Company Act file number 811-23196


131 Plantation Ridge Drive, Suite 100
Mooresville, NC 28117
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Corporation Service Company
2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400
Wilmington, DE 19808
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 402-829-9405


Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
 


Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.

 
 
 
 
 
Name of Fund:
CWA Income ETF
 
Period:
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
 
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
12/11/2017
17275R102
CSCO
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1A.  Elect Director Carol A. Bartz
Issuer
For
For
1B.  Elect Director M. Michele Burns
Issuer
For
For
1C.  Elect Director Michael D. Capellas
Issuer
For
For
1D.  Elect Director Amy L. Chang
Issuer
For
For
1E.  Elect Director John L. Hennessy
Issuer
For
For
1F.  Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson
Issuer
For
For
1G.  Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary
Issuer
For
For
1H.  Elect Director Charles H. Robbins
Issuer
For
For
1I.  Elect Director Arun Sarin
Issuer
For
For
1J.  Elect Director Brenton L. Saunders
Issuer
For
For
1K.  Elect Director Steven M. West
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Amend Omnibus Stock Plan
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
One Year
One Year
5.  Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency
Issuer
       
For
For
6.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
Against
7.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
4/24/2018
459200101
IBM
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Michael L. Eskew
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director David N. Farr
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Alex Gorsky
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Hutham S. Olayan
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director James W. Owens
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Virginia M. Rometty
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Joseph R. Swedish
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Sidney Taurel
Issuer
For
For
1.12  Elect Director Peter R. Voser
Issuer
For
For
1.13  Elect Director Frederick H. Waddell
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
Against
4.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
For
Against
5.  Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Stockholder
       
For
Against
6.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
PFIZER INC.
4/26/2018
717081103
PFE
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Ronald E. Blaylock
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Albert Bourla
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director W. Don Cornwell
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Joseph J. Echevarria
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Helen H. Hobbs
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director James M. Kilts
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Dan R. Littman
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Shantanu Narayen
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Ian C. Read
Issuer
For
For
1.12  Elect Director James C. Smith
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Amend Omnibus Stock Plan
Issuer
       
For
Against
5.  Provide Right to Act by Written Consent
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
6.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
For
Against
7.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
5/3/2018
26441C204
DUK
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Michael G. Browning
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Robert M. Davis
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director John H. Forsgren
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Lynn J. Good
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director John T. Herron
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director James B. Hyler, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director William E. Kennard
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director E. Marie McKee
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Charles W. Moorman, IV
Issuer
For
For
1.12  Elect Director Carlos A. Saladrigas
Issuer
For
For
1.13  Elect Director Thomas E. Skains
Issuer
For
For
1.14  Elect Director William E. Webster, Jr.
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' CompensationAdvisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Eliminate Supermajority Vote Requirement
Issuer
       
For
Against
5.  Report on Benefits of Lobbying
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
5/3/2018
92343V104
VZ
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Shellye L. Archambeau
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Mark T. Bertolini
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Richard L. Carrión
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Melanie L. Healey
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director M. Frances Keeth
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Lowell C. McAdam
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Rodney E. Slater
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Kathryn A. Tesija
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Gregory D. Wasson
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Gregory G. Weaver
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify Ernst & Young as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
Against
4.  Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings
Stockholder
       
For
Against
5.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
For
Against
6.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
7.  Assess Feasibility of Cyber Security and Data Privacy as a Performance Measure for Senior Executive Compensation
Stockholder
       
For
Against
8.  Clawback of Incentive Payments
Stockholder
       
For
Against
9.  Eliminate Above-Market Earnings in Executive Retirement Plans
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.
5/9/2018
718172109
PM
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Harold Brown
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Andre Calantzopoulos
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Massimo Ferragamo
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Werner Geissler
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Lisa A. Hook
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Jennifer Li
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Jun Makihara
Issuer
Against
For
1.9  Elect Director Sergio Marchionne
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Kalpana Morparia
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Lucio A. Noto
Issuer
For
For
1.12  Elect Director Frederik Paulsen
Issuer
For
For
1.13  Elect Director Robert B. Polet
Issuer
For
For
1.14  Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers SA as Auditors
Issuer
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
CORECIVIC, INC.
5/10/2018
21871N101
CXW
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.A  Elect Director Donna M. Alvarado
Issuer
For
For
1.B  Elect Director Robert J. Dennis
Issuer
Against
For
1.C  Elect Director Mark A. Emkes
Issuer
For
For
1.D  Elect Director Damon T. Hininger
Issuer
Against
For
1.E  Elect Director Stacia A. Hylton
Issuer
For
For
1.F  Elect Director Harley G. Lappin
Issuer
For
For
1.G  Elect Director Anne L. Mariucci
Issuer
Against
For
1.H  Elect Director Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Issuer
Against
For
1.I  Elect Director Charles L. Overby
Issuer
For
For
1.J  Elect Director John R. Prann, Jr.
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
5/17/2018
02209S103
MO
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director John T. Casteen, III
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Dinyar S. Devitre
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Debra J. Kelly-Ennis
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director W. Leo Kiely, III
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Kathryn B. McQuade
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director George Munoz
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Mark E. Newman
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Nabil Y. Sakkab
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Virginia E. Shanks
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Howard A. Willard, III
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
Against
Against
4.  Reduce Nicotine Levels in Tobacco Products
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
5/23/2018
842587107
SO
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.A  Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco
Issuer
For
For
1.B  Elect Director Jon A. Boscia
Issuer
For
For
1.C  Elect Director Henry A. "Hal" Clark, III
Issuer
For
For
1.D  Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning
Issuer
For
For
1.E  Elect Director David J. Grain
Issuer
For
For
1.F  Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen
Issuer
For
For
1.G  Elect Director Linda P. Hudson
Issuer
For
For
1.H  Elect Director Donald M. James
Issuer
For
For
1.I  Elect Director John D. Johns
Issuer
For
For
1.J  Elect Director Dale E. Klein
Issuer
For
For
1.K  Elect Director Ernest J. Moniz
Issuer
For
For
1.L  Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.M  Elect Director Steven R. Specker
Issuer
For
For
1.N  Elect Director Larry D. Thompson
Issuer
For
For
1.O  Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, III
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
Against
4.  Amend Proxy Access Right
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
CHEVRON CORPORATION
5/30/2018
166764100
CVX
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.A  Elect Director Wanda M. Austin
Issuer
For
For
1.B  Elect Director John B. Frank
Issuer
For
For
1.C  Elect Director Alice P. Gast
Issuer
For
For
1.D  Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.E  Elect Director Charles W. Moorman, IV
Issuer
For
For
1.F  Elect Director Dambisa F. Moyo
Issuer
For
For
1.G  Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar
Issuer
For
For
1.H  Elect Director Inge G. Thulin
Issuer
For
For
1.I  Elect Director D. James Umpleby, III
Issuer
For
For
1.J  Elect Director Michael K. Wirth
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
Against
4.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
5.  Report on Risks of Doing Business in Conflict-Affected Areas
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
6.  Report on Transition to a Low Carbon Business Model
Stockholder
       
For
Against
7.  Report on Methane Emissions
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
8.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
For
Against
9.  Require Director Nominee with Environmental Experience
Stockholder
       
For
Against
10.  Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
5/30/2018
30231G102
XOM
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Susan K. Avery
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Angela F. Braly
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Ursula M. Burns
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Kenneth C. Frazier
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Steven A. Kandarian
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Douglas R. Oberhelman
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Steven S Reinemund
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director William C. Weldon
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Darren W. Woods
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
Against
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
Against
4.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
For
Against
5.  Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
6.  Disclose a Board Diversity and Qualifications Matrix
Stockholder
       
For
Against
7.  Report on lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
GARMIN LTD
6/8/2018
H2906T109
GRMN
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.  Elect Chairman of Meeting Andrew R. Etkind
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and Statutory Reports
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Approve Dividends
Issuer
       
For
For
5.  Approve Discharge of Board and Senior Management
Issuer
       
For
For
6.1  Elect Director Min H. Kao
Issuer
For
For
6.2  Elect Director Joseph J. Hartnett
Issuer
For
For
6.3  Elect Director Charles W. Peffer
Issuer
For
For
6.4  Elect Director Clifton A. Pemble
Issuer
For
For
6.5  Elect Director Rebecca R. Tilden
Issuer
For
For
6.6  Elect Director Jonathan C. Burrell
Issuer
       
For
For
7.  Elect Min H. Kao as Board Chairman
Issuer
       
For
For
8.1  Appoint Joseph J. Hartnett as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
For
For
8.2  Appoint Charles W. Peffer as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
For
For
8.3  Appoint Rebecca R. Tilden as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
For
For
8.4  Appoint Jonathan C. Burrell as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
       
For
For
9.  Designate Reiss + Preuss LLP as Independent Proxy
Issuer
       
For
For
10.  Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
11.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
12.  Approve Fiscal Year 2019 Maximum Aggregate Compensation for the Executive Management
Issuer
       
For
For
13.  Approve Maximum Aggregate Compensation for the Board of Directors for the Period Between the 2018 AGM and the 2019 AGM
Issuer
       
For
For
14.  Amend Articles of Association to Add Persons Who Can Act As Chairman of Shareholder Meetings
Issuer
       
For
For
15.  Approve CHF 3.96 Million Authorized Capital Increase without Preemptive Rights
Issuer
       
Against
For
16.  Transact Other Business (Voting)
Issuer
       



 
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) StrongVest ETF Trust                                 

 
By (Signature and Title)*  /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara           
                                               D. Kyle Cerminara
                                               Principal Executive Officer


Date:  August 9, 2018                                                         

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.