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Two kinds of vote are listed: a board-sponsored proposal PRINCIPAL VARIABLE CONTRACTS FUNDS INC voted AGAINST or withheld on, and a shareholder proposal it voted FOR, with the board’s recommendation on it where the filings show one. A FOR vote on a proposal the board supported, or took no position on, is listed and labelled, but it is not a vote against the board. One row is one proposal at one meeting; “funds” is how many of the manager’s funds or accounts voted that way.
Everything Only shareholder proposals it backed
1,019 proposals.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal | Category | On the ballot from | Board recommended | PRINCIPAL VARIABLE CONTRACTS FUNDS INC voted | Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of ten Directors: Frances H. Arnold | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 | |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of ten Directors: John L. Hennessy | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 | |
| AMERICAN TOWER CORP. | May 22, 2024 | To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented, regarding disclosure of racial and gender pay gaps. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 5 |
| EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC. | May 7, 2024 | Shareholder Proposal: Regarding Report on Effectiveness of DEI Efforts | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 5 |
| HERSHEY CO. | May 6, 2024 | Election of Directors: Anthony J. Palmer | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 5 | |
| HERSHEY CO. | May 6, 2024 | Election of Directors: Juan R. Perez | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 5 | |
| HERSHEY CO. | May 6, 2024 | Election of Directors: M. Diane Koken | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 5 | |
| HERSHEY CO. | May 6, 2024 | Election of Directors: Robert M. Dutkowsky | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 5 | |
| HERSHEY CO. | May 6, 2024 | Election of Directors: Robert M. Malcolm | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 5 | |
| HERSHEY CO. | May 6, 2024 | Stockholder Proposal titled "Public Report on Packaging Reuse & Recycling." | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 5 |
| MICROSOFT CORP. | December 7, 2023 | Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 5 |
| NIKE INC. | September 12, 2023 | Class B director nominees: To elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year: John Rogers, Jr. | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 5 | |
| NIKE INC. | September 12, 2023 | To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Supplemental Pay Equity Disclosure, if properly presented at the meeting. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 5 |
| SALESFORCE INC. | June 27, 2024 | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the fiscal 2024 compensation of our named executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 5 | |
| AIRBNB INC. | June 5, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding political disclosure, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of ten Directors: K. Ram Shriram | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of ten Directors: L. John Doerr | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of ten Directors: Robin L. Washington | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding a human rights assessment of Al-driven targeted ad policies | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding a lobbying report | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on generative Al misinformation and disinformation risks | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| ALPHABET INC. | June 7, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on online safety for children | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| APPLE INC. | February 28, 2024 | A shareholder proposal entitled "Racial and Gender Pay Gaps" | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| APPLE INC. | February 28, 2024 | A shareholder proposal requesting a report on the use of Al | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| BLACKROCK INC. | May 15, 2024 | Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation for named executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| BROADCOM INC. | April 22, 2024 | Advisory vote to approve the named executive officer compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT INC. | June 11, 2024 | COMPANY PROPOSAL: APPROVE THE CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT INC. | June 11, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL: A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING ADOPTION OF A SMOKEFREE POLICY FOR CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| CATERPILLAR INC. | June 12, 2024 | Shareholder Proposal - Lobbying Disclosure | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Approval of the amendment increasing the number of shares in the Company's 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Election of Directors: Eric L. Zinterhofer | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Election of Directors: Gregory B. Maffei | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Election of Directors: Mauricio Ramos | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Election of Directors: Steven A. Miron | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Election of Directors: W. Lance Conn | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding lobbying activities. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. | April 23, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| CHEVRON CORP. | May 29, 2024 | Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Practices | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| COCA-COLA CO. | May 1, 2024 | Election of Directors: Thomas S.Gayner | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| COMCAST CORP. | June 10, 2024 | Election of Directors: Jeffrey A. Honickman | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| COMCAST CORP. | June 10, 2024 | Election of Directors: Kenneth J. Bacon | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| COMCAST CORP. | June 10, 2024 | Election of Directors: Madeline S. Bell | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| COMCAST CORP. | June 10, 2024 | Report on political expenditures misalignment with company values | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| DEXCOM INC. | May 22, 2024 | To provide a non-binding, advisory vote on pay equity disclosure. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| DEXCOM INC. | May 22, 2024 | To provide a non-binding, advisory vote on transparency in lobbying. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| ELI LILLY AND CO. | May 6, 2024 | Shareholder proposal to publish an annual report disclosing lobbying activities. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| ELI LILLY AND CO. | May 6, 2024 | Shareholder proposal to report on effectiveness of the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| HOME DEPOT INC. | May 16, 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Biodiversity Impact and Dependency Assessment | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | May 21, 2024 | Indigenous peoples' rights indicators | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | May 29, 2024 | A shareholder proposal regarding report on child safety impacts and actual harm reduction to children. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | May 29, 2024 | Election of Directors: Andrew W. Houston | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | May 29, 2024 | Election of Directors: Marc L. Andreessen | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | May 29, 2024 | Election of Directors: Peggy Alford | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | May 29, 2024 | Election of Directors: Tony Xu | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | May 29, 2024 | To amend Meta Platforms, Inc.'s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| MORGAN STANLEY | May 23, 2024 | Shareholder proposal regarding transparency in lobbying | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| MORGAN STANLEY | May 23, 2024 | Shareholder proposal requesting a clean energy supply financing ratio | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| MORGAN STANLEY | May 23, 2024 | To approve the compensation of executives as disclosed in the proxy statement (non-binding advisory vote) | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| NETFLIX INC. | June 6, 2024 | Stockholder proposal entitled, "Report on Netflix's Use of Artificial Intelligence," if properly presented at the meeting. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC. | May 23, 2024 | A proposal entitled "Board Matrix" requesting a chart of individual Director self-identified gender, race/ethnicity and skills | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC. | May 23, 2024 | A proposal entitled "Climate Lobbying Report" requesting a report on the Company's lobbying and trade association memberships in relation to the Company's emissions goal | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| PACCAR INC. | April 30, 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on climate-related policy engagement | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | June 14, 2024 | Election of Directors: Arthur F. Ryan | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC. | May 8, 2024 | Election of Directors: Allan Hubbard | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC. | May 8, 2024 | Election of Directors: Gary M. Rodkin | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC. | May 8, 2024 | Election of Directors: Glyn F. Aeppel | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC. | May 8, 2024 | Election of Directors: Larry C. Glasscock | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC. | May 8, 2024 | Election of Directors: Peggy Fang Roe | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Andre Almeida | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Christian P. Illek | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Dominique Leroy | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: G. Michael Sievert | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Marcelo Claure | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Raphael Kubler | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Srinivasan Gopalan | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Thorsten Langheim | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | June 12, 2024 | Election of Directors: Timotheus Hottges | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 4 | |
| TESLA INC. | June 13, 2024 | A Tesla proposal to approve executive compensation on a non-binding advisory basis. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| TESLA INC. | June 13, 2024 | A Tesla proposal to ratify the 100% performance-based stock option award to Elon Musk that was proposed to and approved by our stockholders in 2018. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 | |
| TESLA INC. | June 13, 2024 | A stockholder proposal regarding adoption of a freedom of association and collective bargaining policy, if properly presented. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| TESLA INC. | June 13, 2024 | A stockholder proposal regarding annual reporting on anti-harassment and discrimination efforts, if properly presented. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC. | June 3, 2024 | If properly presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requiring a political contributions congruency report. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | May 15, 2024 | Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding a report on racial and gender pay gaps. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 4 |
| A. O. SMITH CORP. | April 9, 2024 | Election of directors: Dr. Ilham Kadri | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 3 | |
| A. O. SMITH CORP. | April 9, 2024 | Election of directors: Victoria M. Holt | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 3 | |
| ABBVIE INC. | May 3, 2024 | Stockholder Proposal - to Issue Annual Report on Lobbying | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| ABBVIE INC. | May 3, 2024 | Stockholder Proposal - to Issue a Report on Patent Process | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. | January 25, 2024 | Advisory vote approving the compensation of the Company's executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 3 | |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 3 | |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON PACKAGING MATERIALS | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON WAREHOUSE WORKING CONDITIONS | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON GENDER/RACIAL PAY | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON LOBBYING | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | May 22, 2024 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON STAKEHOLDER IMPACTS | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. | June 5, 2024 | Advisory vote to approve executive compensation (Say-on-Pay) | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 3 | |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. | May 6, 2024 | Shareholder proposal relating to climate lobbying. | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 3 |
| APA CORP. | May 23, 2024 | Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of APA's Named Executive Officers | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 3 | |
| ARISTA NETWORKS INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of Directors: Jayshree Ullal | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 3 | |
| ARISTA NETWORKS INC. | June 7, 2024 | Election of Directors: Kelly Battles | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 3 |
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