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, 2018 – June 30, 2019

Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.

Name of Fund:
CWA Income ETF
 
Period:
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
 
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
12/12/2018
17275R102
CSCO
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1A.  Elect Director M. Michele Burns
Issuer
For
For
1B.  Elect Director Michael D. Capellas
Issuer
For
For
1C.  Elect Director Mark Garrett
Issuer
For
For
1D.  Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson
Issuer
For
For
1E.  Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary
Issuer
For
For
1F.  Elect Director Charles H. Robbins
Issuer
For
For
1G.  Elect Director Arun Sarin
Issuer
For
For
1H.  Elect Director Brenton L. Saunders
Issuer
For
For
1I.  Elect Director Steven M. West
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
Against
Against
5.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
6.  Adjust Executive Compensation Metrics for Share Buybacks
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
PFIZER INC.
4/25/2019
717081103
PFE
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Ronald E. Blaylock
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Albert Bourla
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director W. Don Cornwell
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Joseph J. Echevarria
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Helen H. Hobbs
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director James M. Kilts
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Dan R. Littman
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Shantanu Narayen
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson
Issuer
For
For
1.1.  Elect Director Ian C. Read
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director James C. Smith
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditor
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Amend Omnibus Stock Plan
Issuer
       
Against
Against
5.  Provide Right to Act by Written Consent
Stockholder
       
For
Against
6.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
7.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
For
Against
8.  Report on Integrating Risks Related to Drug Pricing into Senior Executive Compensation
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
4/30/2019
459200101
IBM
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Michael L. Eskew
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director David N. Farr
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Alex Gorsky
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Michelle J. Howard
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 Martha E. Pollack
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Virginia M. Rometty
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Joseph R. Swedish
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Sidney Taurel
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Peter R. Voser
Issuer
For
For
1.12  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
For
4.  Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan
Issuer
       
For
Against
5.  Provide Right to Act by Written Consent
Stockholder
       
For
Against
6.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.
5/1/2019
718172109
PM
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.1  Elect Director Andre Calantzopoulos
Issuer
For
For
1.2  Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Massimo Ferragamo
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Werner Geissler
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Lisa A. Hook
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Jennifer Li
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Jun Makihara
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Kalpana Morparia
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Lucio A. Noto
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Frederik Paulsen
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Robert B. Polet
Issuer
For
For
1.12  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
 
 
 
 
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
5/2/2019
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 Annette K. Clayton
Issuer
For
For
1.3  Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Robert M. Davis
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco
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 William E. Kennard
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director E. Marie McKee
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Charles W. Moorman, IV
Issuer
For
For
1.11  Elect Director Marya M. Rose
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
Against
4.  Report on Political Contributions
Stockholder
       
For
Against
5.  Report on Benefits of Lobbying
Stockholder
       
For
Against
6.  Report on Mitigating Health and Climate Impacts of Duke Energy's Coal Use
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
7.  Report on Costs and Benefits of Voluntary Environment-Related Activities
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
5/2/2019
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 Vittorio Colao
Issuer
For
For
1.4  Elect Director Melanie L. Healey
Issuer
For
For
1.5  Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.6  Elect Director Daniel H. Schulman
Issuer
For
For
1.7  Elect Director Rodney E. Slater
Issuer
For
For
1.8  Elect Director Kathryn A. Tesija
Issuer
For
For
1.9  Elect Director Hans E. Vestberg
Issuer
For
For
1.10  Elect Director Gregory G. Weaver
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
Against
4.  Eliminate Above-Market Earnings in Executive Retirement Plans
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
5.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
For
Against
6.  Report on Online Child Exploitation
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
7.  Assess Feasibility of Cyber Security and Data Privacy as a Performance Measure for Senior Executive Compensation
Stockholder
       
For
Against
8.  Submit Severance Agreement (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder vote
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
5/16/2019
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 Auditor
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
Against
Against
4.  Reduce Nicotine Levels in Tobacco Products
Stockholder
       
For
Against
5.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
BP
5/21/2019
055622104
BP
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1. Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Approve Remuneration Report
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Re-elect Bob Dudley as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Re-elect Brian Gilvary as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
5.  Re-elect Nils Andersen as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
6.  Re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
7.  Elect Pamela Daley as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
8.  Re-elect Ian Davis as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
9.  Re-elect Dame Ann Dowling as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
10.  Elect Helge Lund as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
11.  Re-elect Melody Meyer as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
12.  Re-elect Brendan Nelson as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
13.  Re-elect Paula Reynolds as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
14.  Re-elect Sir John Sawers as Director
Issuer
       
For
For
15.  Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors and Authorize Their Remuneration
Issuer
       
For
For
16.  Authorize EU Political Donations and Expendutre
Issuer
       
For
For
17.  Authorize Issue of Equity
Issuer
       
For
For
18.  Authorize Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights
Issuer
       
For
For
19.  Authorize Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with an Acquisition or Other Capital Investment
Issuer
       
For
For
20.  Authorize Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Issuer
       
For
For
21.  Authorize the Company to Call General Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice
Issuer
       
For
For
22.  Approve the Climate Action 100+ Shareholder Resolution on Climate Change Disclosures
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
23.  Approve the Follow This Shareholder Resolution on Climate Change Targerts
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
5/22/2019
842587107
SO
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.A  Elect Director Janaki Akella
Issuer
For
For
1.B  Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco
Issuer
For
For
1.C  Elect Director Jon A. Boscia
Issuer
For
For
1.D  Elect Director Henry A. "Hal" Clark, III
  
For
For
1.E  Elect Director Anthony F. "Tony" Earley, Jr.
Issuer
For
For
1.F  Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning
Issuer
For
For
1.G  Elect Director David J. Grain
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
For
4.  Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement
Issuer
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
CHEVRON CORPORATION
5/29/2019
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 Debra Reed-Klages
Issuer
For
For
1.H  Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar
Issuer
For
For
1.I  Elect Director Inge G. Thulin
Issuer
For
For
1.J  Elect Director D. James Umpleby, III
Issuer
For
For
1.K  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 Human Right to Water
Stockholder
       
For
Against
5.  Report on Plans to Reduce Carbon Footprint Aligned with Paris Agreement Goals
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
6.  Establish Environmental Issue Board Committee
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
7.  Require Independent Board Chairman
Stockholder
       
For
Against
8.  Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
5/29/2019
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
Against
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
       
For
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
       
For
Against
6.  Disclose a Board Diversity and Qualifications Matrix
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
7.  Establish Environmental/Social Issue Board Committee
Stockholder
       
Against
Against
8.  Report on Risks of Petrochemical Operations in Flood Pone Areas
Stockholder
       
For
Against
9.  Report on Political Contributions
Stockholder
       
For
Against
10.  Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Stockholder
       
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
 
 
 
 
GARMIN LTD
6/7/2019
H2906T109
GRMN
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or
Security Holder
For
For
1.  Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and Statutory Reports
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends
Issuer
       
For
For
3.  Approve Dividends
Issuer
       
For
For
4.  Approve Discharge of Board and Senior Management
Issuer
       
For
For
5.1  Elect Director Min H. Kao
Issuer
For
For
5.2  Elect Director Jonathan C. Burrell
  
For
For
5.3  Elect Director Joseph J. Hartnett
Issuer
For
For
5.4  Elect Director Charles W. Peffer
Issuer
For
For
5.5  Elect Director Clifton A. Pemble
Issuer
For
For
5.6  Elect Director Rebecca R. Tilden
Issuer
       
For
For
6.  Elect Min H. Kao as Board Chairman
Issuer
       
For
For
7.1  Appoint Joseph J. Hartnett as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
For
For
7.2  Appoint Charles W. Peffer as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
For
For
7.3  Appoint Jonathan C. Burrell as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
For
For
7.4  Appoint Catherine A. Lewis as Member of the Compensation Committee
Issuer
       
For
For
8.  Designate Wuersch & Gering LLP as Independent Proxy
Issuer
       
For
For
9.  Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors
Issuer
       
For
For
10.  Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation
Issuer
       
For
For
11.  Approve Fiscal Year 2020 Maximum Aggregate Compensation for the Executive Management
Issuer
       
For
For
12.  Approve Maximum Aggregate Compensation for the Board of Directors for the Period Between the 2019 AGM and the 2020 AGM
Issuer
       
For
For
13.  Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Issuer
       
For
For
14.  Amend Omnibus Stock Plan
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 12, 2019                                                  
 

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