AI-generated vote recommendations across the IWV universe, sorted by governance concern.
| Company | Year | Directors | Say on Pay | Auditor | Summary | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP(LKFN) | 2026 | 13 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 LKFN annual meeting ballot contains director elections, a say-on-pay vote, and auditor ratification. The single most important issue on this ballot is sustained stock underperformance: LKFN's shares have lagged the QABA community bank index by over 40 percentage points over the past three years, triggering AGAINST votes on all 13 director nominees under the policy's TSR accountability framework. | medium |
| DOW INC(DOW) | 2026 | 12 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Dow annual meeting ballot presents significant governance concerns driven by sustained stock underperformance: Dow's shares fell approximately 16% over the past 3 years while the median of its own compensation peer group rose roughly 39%, a 55-percentage-point gap that triggers an AGAINST vote for all 12 director nominees including CEO Jim Fitterling; the Say on Pay vote passes on structure given a strong pay-at-risk mix and 92% prior-year support, while the auditor ratification passes cleanly with non-audit fees at only 22% of core audit fees. | high |
| ABM INDUSTRIES INC(ABM) | 2026 | 2 FOR10 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 ABM annual meeting ballot presents three standard proposals: director elections, Say on Pay, and auditor ratification. The most significant governance concern is ABM's severe and sustained stock underperformance relative to its own disclosed peer group (-82pp over three years), which triggers AGAINST votes for ten of twelve director nominees under the TSR underperformance policy, while the Say on Pay receives a FOR determination because the pay program itself has functioned correctly by reducing incentive payouts in line with poor performance. | medium |
| PFIZER INC(PFE) | 2026 | 2 FOR10 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Pfizer ballot presents significant governance concerns driven primarily by severe, sustained stock price underperformance: Pfizer shares have lost 17.5% over three years while the company's own peer group gained a median of 68.1%, triggering AGAINST votes for 10 of 12 director nominees under the policy's TSR accountability framework, with only the two newest directors exempt; the Say on Pay vote is a close call given last year's 54.7% support, but Pfizer's concrete and meaningful program changes in response tip the determination to FOR, while the independent chair shareholder proposal is supported given the severity of the underperformance and the absence of a fully independent board leader. | medium |
| ADOBE INC(ADBE) | 2026 | 2 FOR9 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | Adobe's 2026 annual meeting ballot is dominated by one overriding concern: the stock has lost 21.6% over three years while the company's own peer group gained a median of 75%, a gap of nearly 97 percentage points that triggers AGAINST votes for nine of eleven director nominees and a AGAINST vote on executive compensation due to pay-for-performance misalignment. On the stockholder proposals, the golden parachute vote oversight proposal (Proposal 5) and the board diversity matrix proposal (Proposal 6) both receive FOR votes based on credible filers and genuine governance merit, while the civil liberties report (Proposal 7) and retirement plan climate risk report (Proposal 8) both receive AGAINST votes because their respective filers are ideologically motivated rather than acting as neutral fiduciaries. | medium |
| APTIV PLC(APTV) | 2026 | 2 FOR9 AGAINST | AGAINST | AGAINST | This ballot presents significant governance concerns at Aptiv: nine of eleven director nominees receive AGAINST votes due to the company's severe and sustained stock underperformance (-88.7 percentage points versus its own compensation peer group over three years), and the Say on Pay proposal also warrants an AGAINST vote because above-benchmark executive incentive pay was delivered during a period when shareholders lost roughly a third of their investment while peers gained over 50%. The auditor ratification also fails on independence grounds, as EY's non-audit fees equal approximately 60% of core audit fees, exceeding the 50% policy threshold. | high |
| BOEING(BA) | 2026 | 3 FOR9 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | This is a consequential ballot for Boeing shareholders: the company's stock has delivered only +3.7% over the past three years while its own peer group averaged +67.5% — a 63.8-point gap that triggers AGAINST votes for nine of twelve director nominees (all those with tenure exceeding 24 months), while the three newest directors receive FOR votes given their limited time on the board. The Say on Pay vote receives a FOR based on a well-structured variable pay program with genuine pay-for-performance outcomes, the auditor ratification is clean, and the written consent stockholder proposal merits support as a mainstream shareholder rights improvement. | medium |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A(CHTR) | 2026 | 4 FOR9 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | This ballot is dominated by a severe stock performance problem: Charter's shares have lost 34% over three years while the company's own disclosed peer group gained 70%, a gap so large that ten of thirteen director nominees trigger the policy's underperformance threshold, with only three newly appointed directors (Davis, Patterson, Wargo/Slaski) exempt due to joining within the past 24 months. The Say on Pay vote is a FOR because the CEO's reported pay is modest and the compensation structure is genuinely working as designed — executives lost substantial paper value alongside shareholders — while the political spending disclosure proposal from a credible pension fund earns support on the merits despite low prior-year votes, given Charter's outlier status among its own cable peers. | medium |
| CIGNA(CI) | 2026 | 3 FOR9 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Cigna ballot presents a mixed picture: ten of twelve director nominees face AGAINST votes because Cigna's stock has trailed its own compensation peer group by nearly 50 percentage points over three years with no five-year offset, while Say on Pay receives a FOR vote because the compensation program is genuinely performance-linked and the CEO's long-term incentive award paid out at only 73% of target reflecting actual underperformance. The written consent stockholder proposal from credible activist John Chevedden warrants support given prior 63% majority backing and Cigna's restrictive 25% special-meeting threshold. | medium |
| FLUENCE ENERGY INC CLASS A(FLNC) | 2026 | 3 FOR9 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Fluence Energy annual meeting ballot features four proposals. The most significant finding is that the vast majority of the director slate — nine of twelve nominees — draw AGAINST votes under the TSR underperformance trigger, as Fluence's stock lost 9% over three years while its own disclosed peer group gained nearly 79%, a gap of roughly 88 percentage points with no mitigating 5-year record. The auditor ratification and Say on Pay proposals both pass the relevant policy screens and receive FOR votes; the equity plan expansion (Proposal 4) is not evaluated under the current policy version. | medium |
| HUNTSMAN CORP(HUN) | 2026 | 9 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Huntsman ballot presents a company in a difficult position: shareholders have lost nearly half their investment over three and five years while peers broadly held their ground, making board accountability the central issue at this meeting. All nine director nominees are voted AGAINST on TSR underperformance grounds, the say-on-pay proposal receives a FOR because the incentive program functioned correctly by cutting actual pay dramatically below target in line with poor results, and the stockholder proposal for an independent board chair receives a FOR because the combined CEO-Chairman role lacks adequate counterbalance given sustained underperformance. | medium |
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC(PPG) | 2026 | 3 FOR9 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | PPG's 2026 annual meeting ballot is dominated by a clear pay-for-performance and board accountability concern: the company's stock has lost 11% over three years while its own compensation peer group gained a median of 45%, a 56-percentage-point gap that triggers AGAINST votes for eight of the twelve director nominees under the policy's TSR underperformance standard and an AGAINST vote on Say on Pay due to misalignment between executive incentive outcomes and shareholder experience. The independent board chair stockholder proposal from governance activist John Chevedden receives a FOR vote given the credible governance concern and the company's sustained underperformance under a combined Chairman/CEO structure; the auditor ratification receives a FOR vote as no disqualifying fee ratio or tenure data was available in the filing. | medium |
| QUALCOMM INC(QCOM) | 2026 | 2 FOR9 AGAINST | FOR | AGAINST | This ballot presents a challenging governance picture at Qualcomm: 9 of 11 director nominees receive AGAINST votes because the company's 3-year stock return of +23% — while positive in absolute terms — trails the company's own disclosed peer group median of +78% by 55 percentage points, exceeding the policy threshold with no 5-year relief; PricewaterhouseCoopers also receives an AGAINST on auditor ratification due to a 40-year tenure relationship with no credible rotation plan disclosed. The Say on Pay vote passes on a FOR because the pay structure is genuinely performance-linked and appropriately designed, the Chevedden special meeting proposal receives a FOR because it advances legitimate shareholder access rights even after the company's partial 25% threshold response, and the China risk report proposal receives an AGAINST because it is filed through Bowyer Research, an ideological conservative advocacy organization rather than a neutral fiduciary filer. | high |
| WALT DISNEY(DIS) | 2026 | 3 FOR8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | Disney's 2026 annual meeting ballot is dominated by director accountability concerns — nine of eleven nominees receive against votes under the policy's stock-performance trigger, as Disney's shares have trailed its own disclosed peer group by approximately 69 percentage points over 3 years (well past the 35-point threshold) with no relief from the 5-year record. The Say on Pay vote is supported because 97% of CEO pay is genuinely at risk, executives actually forfeited 100% of performance-based stock awards in fiscal years 2023–2025 due to poor TSR results, and the prior-year Say on Pay vote received 89% support; all four stockholder proposals are voted against, three due to ideological filer disqualification and one due to insufficient incremental value given existing company disclosure. | medium |
| HP INC(HPQ) | 2026 | 4 FOR8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | HP's 2026 annual meeting ballot is dominated by the company's severe multi-year stock underperformance — HP shares lost about 23% over three years while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 70%, triggering AGAINST votes for 8 of the 12 director nominees (with the 4 newest directors exempt as they joined within the past 24 months); the auditor ratification and say-on-pay proposals both pass their respective policy screens and receive FOR votes, while the independent chairman stockholder proposal receives an AGAINST vote because HP already has an independent chair in practice and prior shareholder support for this type of proposal has been very low. | high |
| HUMANA INC(HUM) | 2026 | 2 FOR8 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 Humana annual meeting is dominated by a governance accountability story: the stock has fallen 63% over three years while peers gained 49%, and eight of ten board nominees — all who served through this period — receive an AGAINST vote under the TSR underperformance policy, with two also triggering overboarding concerns. The Say on Pay vote also receives an AGAINST given the disconnect between above-benchmark incentive pay and shareholder outcomes, while the Chevedden golden parachute proposal receives a FOR given its mainstream governance merit and the company's active leadership transition environment. | medium |
| I3 VERTICALS INC CLASS A(IIIV) | 2026 | 8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | This is a three-proposal annual meeting ballot for i3 Verticals. The Say on Pay and auditor ratification proposals both pass policy screens and receive FOR votes; however, all eight director nominees are voted AGAINST due to severe and sustained stock underperformance — IIIV's share price trailed the technology sector ETF (XLK) by over 103 percentage points over three years, far exceeding the policy trigger, with the five-year record confirming no recovery. | high |
| JELD WEN HOLDING INC(JELD) | 2026 | 2 FOR8 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | This is a deeply troubled ballot for JELD-WEN shareholders: the stock has lost 88% of its value over three years and 95% over five years while the company's own peer group gained meaningfully, and eight of ten director nominees are recommended AGAINST on the basis of that sustained underperformance. The say-on-pay vote is also recommended AGAINST because the magnitude of shareholder value destruction is not consistent with the incentive pay levels delivered to executives, despite some positive structural features in the compensation program. | medium |
| JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC CLASS A(JOUT) | 2026 | 1 FOR8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Johnson Outdoors annual meeting features a challenging ballot driven primarily by severe stock underperformance: the stock has lost roughly 17% over three years while the company's own peer group gained about 49%, and the 5-year picture is even worse with the stock down 65%. As a result, eight of nine directors are recommended AGAINST under the TSR underperformance policy — only newly joined director Jeffrey Stutz is exempt. The say-on-pay vote receives a FOR because the compensation structure is genuinely performance-linked (the 2023 cycle equity awards paid out zero shares due to missed targets), the auditor receives a FOR on clean fee ratios, and equity plan amendments are noted but not evaluated as they fall outside the current policy scope. | high |
| KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE INC TRUST(KREF) | 2026 | 8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 KREF annual meeting presents three standard proposals: director elections, auditor ratification, and a say-on-pay vote. All eight director nominees are recommended AGAINST due to sustained stock price underperformance — KREF's shares fell 22.1% over three years while the equity REIT benchmark ^FNER (FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index) gained 17.3%, a gap that exceeds the policy trigger; the auditor ratification and say-on-pay proposals both clear the relevant policy thresholds and are recommended FOR. | high |
| ONEWATER MARINE CLASS A INC(ONEW) | 2026 | 1 FOR8 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 OneWater Marine annual meeting presents a ballot where shareholders should vote AGAINST on nearly every contested item: eight of nine director nominees are recommended AGAINST due to catastrophic stock underperformance (-66.1% over three years vs. XLY's +63.6%), and Say on Pay is recommended AGAINST due to a fundamental disconnect between above-target incentive payouts and prolonged shareholder losses; the only two FOR votes are for new director Daniel Englander (no prior board tenure, exempt from TSR trigger) and auditor Grant Thornton (clean fee structure, appropriate tenure, no independence concerns). | high |
| STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC(STRA) | 2026 | 4 FOR8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 STRA annual meeting presents three standard proposals. The most significant governance concern is severe stock price underperformance relative to peers — STRA's 3-year return of +4.6% trails the peer median by 92.7 percentage points — triggering AGAINST votes for eight of twelve director nominees, including the CEO-director and several long-tenured board members; Say on Pay passes on the strength of a well-structured, heavily performance-weighted compensation program with strong prior shareholder support. | medium |
| STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC(SWK) | 2026 | 3 FOR8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The most significant issue at this annual meeting is severe and sustained stock price underperformance — SWK's shares returned nearly nothing over three years while the company's own peer group gained a median of 45.5%, and the five-year record is even worse, with SWK down 57% versus peers up 57%. This triggers AGAINST votes for 8 of 11 director nominees (the three newest directors are exempt), while Say on Pay receives a FOR given that incentive payouts were substantially cut to reflect actual results and the prior year received 79% support. | medium |
| WHIRLPOOL CORP(WHR) | 2026 | 4 FOR8 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Whirlpool annual meeting features three standard proposals; the most significant governance concern is the company's severe and sustained stock underperformance — down 48% over three years versus a peer median gain of 33% — which triggers AGAINST votes for eight of the twelve director nominees under the TSR underperformance policy. The Say on Pay and auditor ratification proposals both pass the relevant policy screens and receive FOR determinations, as the pay program demonstrably reduced executive payouts in line with poor financial results and the auditor's non-audit fee ratio is well within acceptable bounds. | high |
| ADIENT PLC(ADNT) | 2026 | 1 FOR7 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 Adient annual meeting presents a heavily contested director slate and a problematic executive compensation program: six of eight director nominees receive against votes due to Adient's stock losing roughly 47.5% over three years while its own compensation peers gained about 71.3% on average — a nearly 119-percentage-point gap that far exceeds policy thresholds — and the say-on-pay vote also receives an against determination because the compensation committee repeatedly used positive discretion to increase payouts above formulaic results despite severe relative underperformance for shareholders. The auditor ratification and the routine Irish law share-issuance proposals are straightforward approvals with no policy concerns. | high |
| CONCENTRIX CORP(CNXC) | 2026 | 2 FOR7 AGAINST | AGAINST | AGAINST | This is a ballot with significant governance concerns: seven long-tenured directors receive AGAINST votes due to CNXC's catastrophic 3-year total return of -71.6%, which trails the company's own peer group median by 56.4 percentage points with no 5-year mitigant available, and the Say on Pay vote also receives an AGAINST due to above-threshold cash bonuses paid to executives during a period of severe shareholder value destruction. The auditor ratification also receives an AGAINST because EY's non-audit fees in its first year of engagement represent approximately 61% of audit fees, exceeding the policy's 50% independence threshold. | high |
| FMC CORP(FMC) | 2026 | 3 FOR7 AGAINST | AGAINST | AGAINST | FMC's 2026 annual meeting ballot is dominated by the consequences of one of the worst stock price collapses in the specialty chemicals sector — an 87% decline over three years against a peer group that was essentially flat — which drives Against votes on most long-tenured directors and the CEO's compensation package (which also failed to reach 70% support last year). On the positive side, the board is proposing a meaningful package of pro-shareholder governance reforms (eliminating supermajority voting requirements, reducing business combination vote thresholds, and granting shareholders the right to call special meetings for the first time), all of which merit support. | high |
| GENUINE PARTS(GPC) | 2026 | 4 FOR7 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | GPC's 2026 annual meeting presents a ballot dominated by a serious stock performance concern: the company's shares have fallen roughly 31% over three years while its own disclosed peer group rose about 25% on median, a 55.5-percentage-point gap that triggers AGAINST votes for eight of eleven director nominees and a AGAINST vote on executive compensation under the pay-for-performance alignment framework. The auditor ratification receives a default FOR vote as key fee and tenure data were not extractable from the filing text provided. | medium |
| LENNAR A CORP CLASS A(LEN) | 2026 | 2 FOR7 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | This ballot is dominated by a significant shareholder accountability concern: Lennar's stock has returned only about 6% over three years while its own disclosed homebuilder peers returned a median of 68%, a 62-percentage-point gap that triggers AGAINST votes for seven of nine director nominees and a failed pay-for-performance alignment check on Say on Pay. Both stockholder proposals — one seeking equal voting rights and one seeking transparency on how each share class voted — are recommended FOR, as they address real governance deficiencies created by the company's 10-to-1 dual-class voting structure that concentrates control in the hands of the CEO. | medium |
| LGI HOMES INC(LGIH) | 2026 | 7 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | This ballot presents three standard proposals and no stockholder proposals; all seven director nominees receive AGAINST votes due to LGIH's catastrophic 3-year stock underperformance (down 59.3% versus a peer median gain of 69.3%, a 128.6pp gap that far exceeds every applicable threshold), and Say on Pay also receives an AGAINST vote because full-target long-term equity grants continued despite sustained severe underperformance, undermining pay-for-performance alignment. Only the auditor ratification of Ernst & Young passes cleanly, as the firm charged zero non-audit fees and is a Big 4 firm appropriate for the company's size. | high |
| AGCO CORP(AGCO) | 2026 | 3 FOR6 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | This is a contested ballot for AGCO shareholders primarily because of the company's sustained stock underperformance: AGCO's 3-year return of +1.6% trails its own compensation peer group median by 35.1 percentage points, triggering AGAINST votes for six of nine director nominees under the voting policy's TSR accountability framework. The Say on Pay vote passes given strong structural features of the compensation program and 90% prior-year support, but shareholders should vote FOR the Chevedden special meeting proposal as a necessary governance accountability tool given the complete absence of any current shareholder right to call a special meeting. | high |
| BLOOMIN BRANDS INC(BLMN) | 2026 | 3 FOR6 AGAINST | FOR | AGAINST | The 2026 Bloomin' Brands annual meeting is dominated by a severe stock underperformance story: the company's shares have lost 73% over three years while peers gained 38%, triggering Against votes for seven of nine director nominees who had meaningful tenure during that period; the auditor also receives an Against vote due to a 28-year tenure relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers that exceeds the policy threshold. The Say on Pay vote passes because the incentive programs actually reduced payouts appropriately in line with poor results, and both stockholder proposals receive Against votes due to the ideological filer classification of their proponents. | high |
| BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC(BV) | 2026 | 3 FOR6 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 BrightView annual meeting ballot contains two straightforward FOR votes — auditor ratification (Deloitte, low non-audit fees) and Say on Pay (well-structured performance-based program with 98% prior support) — but the director election slate is significantly impaired by BrightView's severe underperformance versus its company-disclosed compensation peers over three years (+119.6% vs peer median +242.0%, a 122.4pp gap), which triggers AGAINST votes for the five longest-tenured directors while sparing the CEO and the two recently appointed One Rock designees whose tenure does not meaningfully overlap with the underperformance period. | high |
| COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST INC(CHCT) | 2026 | 6 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 CHCT annual ballot features four proposals; the most consequential finding is that all six director nominees receive an AGAINST vote because CHCT's stock has severely underperformed its own disclosed compensation peer group by approximately 62 percentage points over three years on an absolute negative return, with no 5-year mitigant available given an even larger long-term gap. The auditor ratification and say-on-pay proposals both pass their policy screens cleanly — BDO has no non-audit fees and moderate tenure, and CEO pay is reasonably sized with a genuinely performance-linked structure that the compensation committee has already tightened in response to the stock's poor performance. | high |
| GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER(GT) | 2026 | 6 FOR6 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 Goodyear annual meeting ballot presents three proposals: director elections, executive compensation (Say on Pay), and auditor ratification. The most significant governance concern is Goodyear's severe and sustained stock underperformance — the stock has lost 34.6% over three years while the company's own disclosed peers gained 36.1% at the median — which triggers AGAINST votes for six long-tenured directors and an AGAINST on Say on Pay due to pay-for-performance misalignment at the CEO level. | medium |
| SANMINA CORP(SANM) | 2026 | 2 FOR6 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | This ballot presents a challenging governance situation: seven of eight director nominees, including the long-tenured CEO/Chairman, warrant against votes due to Sanmina's severe underperformance versus its own compensation peer group (a ~169 percentage-point three-year gap that persists over five years as well), while the compensation program itself passes the say-on-pay screen due to its genuinely performance-linked structure and reasonable pay levels; the auditor ratification is straightforward, and the independent board chair proposal merits support precisely because stronger independent oversight could help address the multi-year underperformance that drives the director concerns. | medium |
| A O SMITH CORP(AOS) | 2026 | 5 FOR5 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 AOS annual meeting features three standard proposals: director elections, Say on Pay, and auditor ratification. The primary governance concern is severe stock underperformance — AOS returned only +5.5% over three years while the XLI sector benchmark returned +78.0%, a -72.5 percentage point gap — which triggers AGAINST votes for five of the ten director nominees (Holt, Kadri, Larsen, Wheeler, and Shafer) whose tenures meaningfully overlap the underperformance period, while Say on Pay and auditor ratification both pass policy screens and receive FOR votes. | high |
| CHEMOURS(CC) | 2026 | 6 FOR5 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | Chemours' 2026 annual meeting ballot features four management proposals. On director elections, although the company's 3-year stock return of -29.5% technically triggers the peer underperformance test for tenured directors, the 5-year TSR mitigant applies across the board — the longer-term peer gap of -1.3pp does not exceed the 20pp threshold — resulting in FOR votes for all eleven nominees. The Say on Pay vote receives a FOR determination given a well-structured compensation program with strong variable pay emphasis, a 95% average approval history, and CEO pay levels consistent with benchmark expectations for the role. | medium |
| CELANESE CORP(CE) | 2026 | 4 FOR5 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Celanese annual meeting presents three standard proposals; the most significant concern is the company's severe and sustained stock underperformance — a 3-year return of -40.4% trails the peer group median by 49 percentage points — which triggers Against votes for five of the nine director nominees who have served long enough to be accountable for that record, while the auditor ratification and say-on-pay proposals both pass their respective policy screens and receive For determinations. | high |
| COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC(CMP) | 2026 | 4 FOR5 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 Compass Minerals annual meeting ballot presents significant governance concerns centered on sustained, severe stock underperformance — CMP's shares lost 31% over three years while its own compensation peer group gained 27%, a 58-percentage-point deficit that triggers against votes for all five long-tenured directors and a no vote on executive compensation due to pay-for-performance misalignment; the four directors who joined in December 2025 and the auditor ratification pass without triggering any policy flags. | medium |
| NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD(NB) | 2026 | 1 FOR5 AGAINST | FOR | AGAINST | At NioCorp's 2026 annual meeting, the most significant votes are AGAINST five of six director nominees due to sustained three-year stock underperformance of approximately 70 percentage points versus the basic materials sector ETF (XLB) with no five-year mitigant, and AGAINST auditor ratification because non-audit fees paid to Deloitte are approximately 105% of core audit fees, well above the 50% independence threshold; the Say on Pay vote is FOR because the CEO's $451,000 total compensation is modest and does not appear to reflect above-benchmark incentive pay despite poor stock performance. | medium |
| QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORP(NX) | 2026 | 3 FOR5 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | This ballot contains three standard proposals: director elections, auditor ratification, and say-on-pay. Five of the eight director nominees are recommended AGAINST due to sustained stock underperformance — NX's shares declined 7.8% over three years while its own peers gained 37.2% on average, a gap that triggers the policy threshold, and the 5-year record offers no mitigating recovery. The say-on-pay vote is recommended FOR because incentive pay actually aligned with shareholder experience this year (bonuses below target, long-term performance awards paying zero), and the newly appointed auditor KPMG LLP is recommended FOR as a sound governance upgrade replacing the prior auditor under whose watch material control weaknesses were identified. | high |
| RMR GROUP INC CLASS A(RMR) | 2026 | 1 FOR5 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | This ballot presents significant governance concerns at RMR Group: five of six director nominees warrant an AGAINST vote due to catastrophic stock underperformance versus peers over three years, and the Say on Pay vote also warrants an AGAINST because the company's bonus structure lacks any pre-set performance targets, making incentive pay effectively discretionary fixed compensation during a period of severe shareholder value destruction. Only newly appointed director Matthew Jordan receives a FOR vote, shielded by the 24-month new-director exemption. | medium |
| WEIS MARKETS INC(WMK) | 2026 | 5 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 Weis Markets annual meeting presents a ballot where AGAINST votes are warranted on all five director nominees and on the executive compensation proposal. The unifying theme is severe, sustained underperformance: Weis Markets' stock has declined roughly 11% over three years while the company's own peer group gained a median of about 104%, a gap of nearly 115 percentage points that triggers AGAINST votes for every director under our policy; the same underperformance disqualifies the incentive pay program, which also suffers from a structural flaw — guaranteed retention cash payments that carry no performance conditions. The auditor ratification is the one straightforward FOR on the ballot, as RSM US LLP's fee structure and firm quality pass all policy screens. | high |
| XPERI INC(XPER) | 2026 | 2 FOR5 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 XPERI annual meeting presents two proposals: director elections and auditor ratification (no separate say-on-pay proposal appears on the ballot based on the filing, though the filing describes the compensation program in detail). Five of seven director nominees receive AGAINST votes due to sustained stock underperformance — XPERI's shares have fallen 43.8% over three years while the company-disclosed peer group median declined only 10.0%, a 33.8 percentage point gap that exceeds the policy trigger, with no 5-year mitigant available; newly appointed directors Gorman and Randall are exempt. Deloitte & Touche LLP's ratification is supported given its short tenure of approximately two years and a non-audit fee ratio well within acceptable limits. | medium |
| CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC(CASS) | 2026 | 3 FOR4 AGAINST | FOR | AGAINST | The 2026 CASS annual meeting presents a mixed ballot: the Say on Pay and new-director nominations receive support, but four of the seven director nominees — including the long-tenured Chairman, Lead Director, CEO-director, and a director since 2005 — receive AGAINST votes due to significant 3-year stock underperformance against the disclosed peer group (trailing by 51.3 percentage points, well above the 35pp trigger threshold); KPMG's 43-year auditor tenure, far exceeding the 25-year policy threshold without a compelling disclosed justification for continued engagement, also warrants an AGAINST vote on auditor ratification. | medium |
| COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC(CBSH) | 2026 | 4 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | The 2026 Commerce Bancshares annual meeting presents three proposals: all four director nominees are subject to AGAINST votes because the stock has significantly trailed the QABA community bank index over both one- and three-year periods, and the five-year record offers no relief; the auditor ratification defaults to FOR given a Big 4 firm and the absence of confirmed data to trigger a No vote; and the Say on Pay vote is FOR because pay levels are reasonable, the pay mix is heavily variable, underlying operating performance was genuinely strong, and the company has proactively redesigned its 2026 incentive plan to better align executive pay with shareholder returns. | medium |
| CLEARFIELD INC(CLFD) | 2026 | 4 FOR4 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | Clearfield's 2026 annual meeting presents a mixed ballot: the Say on Pay and auditor ratification proposals both warrant a FOR vote given reasonable CEO pay levels, a well-structured performance-based compensation program, and a Big Four auditor. However, four of the eight director nominees — Beranek, Jones, Roth, and Wirsbinski — warrant AGAINST votes because CLFD's stock has significantly trailed its own disclosed peer group over both 3-year and 5-year periods, with the underperformance gap exceeding the policy trigger threshold; an additional governance concern applies to Beranek due to a familial relationship with the COO. | medium |
| CERENCE INC(CRNC) | 2026 | 2 FOR4 AGAINST | AGAINST | FOR | The 2026 Cerence annual meeting ballot covers director elections, an advisory say-on-pay vote, and auditor ratification; four of the six director nominees receive AGAINST votes due to sustained stock underperformance relative to the company's own disclosed peer group over three and five years, and the say-on-pay vote receives an AGAINST determination driven by a very large new-hire CEO compensation package at a small-cap company combined with significant stock price underperformance versus peers. The auditor ratification receives a FOR vote as BDO USA PC is an appropriate firm for Cerence's size and neither tenure nor fee-ratio concerns can be confirmed from the available filing text. | medium |
| EXP WORLD HOLDINGS INC(EXPI) | 2026 | 2 FOR4 AGAINST | FOR | FOR | EXPI's 2026 annual meeting presents a four-proposal ballot; the most significant governance concern is the board's severe and sustained stock underperformance — shares have fallen 44.9% over three years against XLRE's 29.4% gain, triggering AGAINST votes for the four longest-serving directors. The redomestication proposal from Delaware to Texas also warrants an AGAINST vote given its timing during active shareholder derivative litigation and net reductions in shareholder rights under the proposed Texas structure. | medium |
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