N-PX 1 BRDSAT_0000825202_2020.txt BRDSAT_0000825202_2020 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: 811-05379 NAME OF REGISTRANT: SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC. ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: SPROTT ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 200 BAY ST., RBC PLZ.,SO TOWER, SUITE 2600 TORONTO, ON 11111 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: THE PRENCIE-HALL CORP. SYSTEM, MA 7 ST. PAUL STREET SUITE 820 BALTIMORE, MD 21202 REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 4169434071 DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 12/31 DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020 Sprott Focus Trust -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED Agenda Number: 935169462 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 008474108 Meeting Type: Annual and Special Meeting Date: 01-May-2020 Ticker: AEM ISIN: CA0084741085 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR Dr. Leanne M. Baker Mgmt For For Sean Boyd Mgmt For For Martine A. Celej Mgmt For For Robert J. Gemmell Mgmt For For Mel Leiderman Mgmt For For Deborah McCombe Mgmt For For James D. Nasso Mgmt For For Dr. Sean Riley Mgmt For For J. Merfyn Roberts Mgmt For For Jamie C. Sokalsky Mgmt For For 2 Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For Auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorizing the Directors to fix their remuneration. 3 Consideration of and, if deemed advisable, Mgmt For For the passing of a non- binding, advisory resolution accepting the Company's approach to executive compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMGEN INC. Agenda Number: 935172419 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 031162100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 19-May-2020 Ticker: AMGN ISIN: US0311621009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Dr. Wanda M. Austin Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Mr. Robert A. Bradway Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Dr. Brian J. Druker Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Mr. Robert A. Eckert Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Mr. Greg C. Garland Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Mr. Fred Hassan Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Mr. Charles M. Mgmt For For Holley, Jr. 1H. Election of Director: Dr. Tyler Jacks Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: Ms. Ellen J. Kullman Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Dr. Ronald D. Sugar Mgmt For For 1K. Election of Director: Dr. R. Sanders Mgmt For For Williams 2. Advisory vote to approve our executive Mgmt For For compensation. 3. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young Mgmt For For LLP as our independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. 4. Stockholder proposal to require an Shr For Against independent board chair. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLE INC. Agenda Number: 935121563 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 037833100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 26-Feb-2020 Ticker: AAPL ISIN: US0378331005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: James Bell Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Tim Cook Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Al Gore Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Andrea Jung Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Art Levinson Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Ron Sugar Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Sue Wagner Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Mgmt For For Young LLP as Apple's independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 3. Advisory vote to approve executive Mgmt For For compensation 4. A shareholder proposal entitled Shr Against For "Shareholder Proxy Access Amendments" 5. A shareholder proposal relating to Shr Against For sustainability and executive compensation 6. A shareholder proposal relating to policies Shr For Against on freedom of expression -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARCOSA, INC. Agenda Number: 935148951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 039653100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-May-2020 Ticker: ACA ISIN: US0396531008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Class II Director: Joseph Mgmt For For Alvarado 1B. Election of Class II Director: Jeffrey A. Mgmt For For Craig 1C. Election of Class II Director: John W. Mgmt For For Lindsay 2. Approve, on an Advisory Basis, Named Mgmt For For Executive Officer Compensation. 3. Ratify the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP Mgmt For For as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTISAN PARTNERS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC Agenda Number: 935187535 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 04316A108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 02-Jun-2020 Ticker: APAM ISIN: US04316A1088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Matthew R. Barger Mgmt For For Eric R. Colson Mgmt For For Tench Coxe Mgmt For For Stephanie G. DiMarco Mgmt For For Jeffrey A. Joerres Mgmt For For Andrew A. Ziegler Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the Appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2020. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASHMORE GROUP PLC Agenda Number: 711572708 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G0609C101 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 18-Oct-2019 Ticker: ISIN: GB00B132NW22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 TO RECEIVE AND ADOPT THE FINANCIAL Mgmt For For STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS THEREON 2 TO DECLARE A FINAL DIVIDEND FOR THE YEAR Mgmt For For ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 OF 12.1 PENCE PER ORDINARY SHARE 3 TO RE-ELECT MARK COOMBS AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 4 TO RE-ELECT TOM SHIPPEY AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 5 TO RE-ELECT CLIVE ADAMSON AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 6 TO RE-ELECT DAVID BENNETT AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 7 TO RE-ELECT JENNIFER BINGHAM AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 8 TO RE-ELECT DAME ANNE PRINGLE AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 9 TO APPROVE THE REMUNERATION REPORT SET OUT Mgmt For For IN THE REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 10 TO RE-APPOINT KPMG LLP AS AUDITORS Mgmt For For 11 TO AUTHORISE THE AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE Mgmt For For TO AGREE THE REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITORS 12 TO AUTHORISE POLITICAL DONATIONS AND Mgmt For For POLITICAL EXPENDITURE 13 TO AUTHORISE THE DIRECTORS TO ALLOT SHARES Mgmt For For 14 TO AUTHORISE THE DIS-APPLICATION OF Mgmt For For PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS UP TO 35,637,040 SHARES 15 TO AUTHORISE THE DIS-APPLICATION OF Mgmt For For PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS UP TO A FURTHER 35,637,040 SHARES 16 TO AUTHORISE MARKET PURCHASES OF SHARES Mgmt For For 17 TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF THE WAIVER OF THE Mgmt For For OBLIGATION UNDER RULE 9 OF THE TAKEOVER CODE 18 TO REDUCE THE NOTICE PERIOD FOR GENERAL Mgmt For For MEETINGS OTHER THAN AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935171897 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 067901108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-May-2020 Ticker: GOLD ISIN: CA0679011084 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR D. M. Bristow Mgmt For For G. A. Cisneros Mgmt For For C. L. Coleman Mgmt For For J. M. Evans Mgmt For For B. L. Greenspun Mgmt For For J. B. Harvey Mgmt For For A. J. Quinn Mgmt For For M. L. Silva Mgmt For For J. L. Thornton Mgmt For For 2 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF Mgmt For For PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP as the auditor of Barrick and authorizing the directors to fix its remuneration. 3 ADVISORY RESOLUTION ON APPROACH TO Mgmt For For EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Agenda Number: 935144105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 084670702 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 02-May-2020 Ticker: BRKB ISIN: US0846707026 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Warren E. Buffett Mgmt For For Charles T. Munger Mgmt For For Gregory E. Abel Mgmt For For Howard G. Buffett Mgmt For For Stephen B. Burke Mgmt For For Kenneth I. Chenault Mgmt For For Susan L. Decker Mgmt For For David S. Gottesman Mgmt For For Charlotte Guyman Mgmt For For Ajit Jain Mgmt For For Thomas S. Murphy Mgmt For For Ronald L. Olson Mgmt For For Walter Scott, Jr. Mgmt For For Meryl B. Witmer Mgmt For For 2. Non-binding resolution to approve the Mgmt For For compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers, as described in the 2020 Proxy Statement. 3. Non-binding resolution to determine the Mgmt 1 Year Against frequency (whether annual, biennial or triennial) with which shareholders of the Company shall be entitled to have an advisory vote on executive compensation. 4. Shareholder proposal regarding diversity. Shr For Against -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOGEN INC. Agenda Number: 935182484 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 09062X103 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 03-Jun-2020 Ticker: BIIB ISIN: US09062X1037 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Alexander J. Denner 1B. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Caroline D. Dorsa 1C. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: William A. Hawkins 1D. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Nancy L. Leaming 1E. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Jesus B. Mantas 1F. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Richard C. Mulligan 1G. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Robert W. Pangia 1H. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Stelios Papadopoulos 1I. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Brian S. Posner 1J. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Eric K. Rowinsky 1K. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Stephen A. Sherwin 1L. Election of Director for a one year term Mgmt For For extending until the 2021 annual meeting: Michel Vounatsos 2. To ratify the selection of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Biogen Inc.'s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. 3. Say on Pay - To approve an advisory vote on Mgmt For For executive compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY LTD. Agenda Number: 935170009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 090697103 Meeting Type: Annual and Special Meeting Date: 14-May-2020 Ticker: BIREF ISIN: CA0906971035 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 To fix the number of directors of the Mgmt For For Corporation to be elected at the Meeting at five. 2 DIRECTOR Dennis A. Dawson Mgmt For For Debra A. Gerlach Mgmt For For Stacey E. McDonald Mgmt For For James W. Surbey Mgmt For For A. Jeffery Tonken Mgmt For For 3 To appoint KPMG LLP, Chartered Professional Mgmt For For Accountants, as the auditors of the Corporation, to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, and to authorize the board of directors to fix their remuneration as such. 4 To pass an ordinary resolution, the full Mgmt Against Against text of which is set forth in the information circular of the Corporation dated March 25, 2020, approving all unallocated stock options under the Corporation's stock option plan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. Agenda Number: 935077429 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 128030202 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 04-Oct-2019 Ticker: CALM ISIN: US1280302027 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Adolphus B. Baker Mgmt For For Max P. Bowman Mgmt For For Letitia C. Hughes Mgmt For For Sherman L. Miller Mgmt For For James E. Poole Mgmt For For Steve W. Sanders Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of Frost, PLLC as the Mgmt For For Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2020. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTAMIN PLC Agenda Number: 712741847 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G2055Q105 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 29-Jun-2020 Ticker: ISIN: JE00B5TT1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 TO RECEIVE AND ADOPT THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL Mgmt For For ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 TOGETHER WITH THE STRATEGIC AND GOVERNANCE REPORTS AND THE AUDITOR'S REPORT ON THOSE ACCOUNTS 2 TO RECEIVE AND APPROVE THE DIRECTORS' Mgmt For For REMUNERATION REPORT (OTHER THAN THE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 AS DETAILED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT 3.A TO ELECT JAMES RUTHERFORD, WHO RETIRES IN Mgmt For For ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 29 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HIMSELF FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.2 TO ELECT MARTIN HORGAN, WHO RETIRES IN Mgmt For For ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 29 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HIMSELF FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.3 TO ELECT DR. SALLY EYRE, WHO RETIRES IN Mgmt For For ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 29 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HERSELF FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.4 TO ELECT DR. CATHERINE FARROW, WHO RETIRES Mgmt For For IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 29 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HERSELF FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.5 TO ELECT MARNA CLOETE, WHO RETIRES IN Mgmt For For ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 29 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HERSELF FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.6 TO RE-ELECT ROSS JERRARD, WHO RETIRES IN Mgmt For For ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 33 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HIMSELF FOR RE-ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.7 TO RE-ELECT MARK BANKES, WHO RETIRES IN Mgmt For For ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 33 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HIMSELF FOR RE-ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 3.8 TO RE-ELECT DR. IBRAHIM FAWZY, WHO RETIRES Mgmt For For IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 33 OF THE COMPANY'S ARTICLES AND, BEING ELIGIBLE, OFFERS HIMSELF FOR RE-ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR 4.1 TO APPOINT PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS Mgmt For For THE COMPANY'S AUDITOR TO HOLD OFFICE FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AT WHICH THE ACCOUNTS ARE LAID BEFORE THE MEETING 4.2 TO AUTHORISE THE DIRECTORS TO AGREE THE Mgmt For For REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITOR 5 ALLOTMENT OF RELEVANT SECURITIES Mgmt For For 6 DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS Mgmt For For 7 MARKET PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES Mgmt For For -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. Agenda Number: 935050687 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 172755100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 02-Aug-2019 Ticker: CRUS ISIN: US1727551004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR John C. Carter Mgmt For For Alexander M. Davern Mgmt For For Timothy R. Dehne Mgmt For For Deirdre Hanford Mgmt For For Jason P. Rhode Mgmt For For Alan R. Schuele Mgmt For For David J. Tupman Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Mgmt For For Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 28, 2020. 3. Advisory vote to approve executive Mgmt For For compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLARKSON PLC Agenda Number: 712340544 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G21840106 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 06-May-2020 Ticker: ISIN: GB0002018363 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 RECEIVE THE ANNUAL REPORT Mgmt For For 2 APPROVE THE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION REPORT Mgmt For For (EXCLUDING THE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY) 3 APPROVE THE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY Mgmt For For 4 RE-ELECT SIR BILL THOMAS AS A DIRECTOR OF Mgmt For For THE COMPANY 5 RE-ELECT ANDI CASE AS A DIRECTOR OF THE Mgmt For For COMPANY 6 RE-ELECT JEFF WOYDA AS A DIRECTOR OF THE Mgmt For For COMPANY 7 RE-ELECT PETER BACKHOUSE AS A DIRECTOR OF Mgmt For For THE COMPANY 8 RE-ELECT MARIE-LOUISE CLAYTON AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For OF THE COMPANY 9 RE-ELECT DR TIM MILLER AS A DIRECTOR OF THE Mgmt For For COMPANY 10 RE-ELECT BIRGER NERGAARD AS A DIRECTOR OF Mgmt For For THE COMPANY 11 ELECT HEIKE TRUOL AS A DIRECTOR OF THE Mgmt For For COMPANY 12 REAPPOINT PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS Mgmt For For AUDITOR OF THE COMPANY 13 AUTHORISE THE BOARD TO DETERMINE THE Mgmt For For REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITOR OF THE COMPANY 14 AUTHORISE THE DIRECTORS TO ALLOT SHARES IN Mgmt For For THE COMPANY 15 AUTHORISE THE COMPANY AND ANY SUBSIDIARY OF Mgmt For For THE COMPANY TO MAKE POLITICAL DONATIONS 16 THE RULES OF THE CLARKSON PLC SHARESAVE Mgmt For For PLAN 17 AUTHORISE THE DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION Mgmt For For RIGHTS 18 AUTHORISE THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS OWN Mgmt For For SHARES 19 APPROVE GENERAL MEETINGS, OTHER THAN AN Mgmt For For ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, BEING CALLED ON NOT LESS THAN 14 CLEAR DAYS' NOTICE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DETOUR GOLD CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935119796 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 250669108 Meeting Type: Special Meeting Date: 28-Jan-2020 Ticker: DRGDF ISIN: CA2506691088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 Arrangement Resolution To consider, and if Mgmt Against Against deemed advisable, approve the special resolution (included as Appendix A in the accompanying Management Information Circular dated December 20, 2019 (the "Information Circular")) approving the arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act involving the Corporation and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd., all as more particularly described and set forth in the Information Circular. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935176443 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 30231G102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 27-May-2020 Ticker: XOM ISIN: US30231G1022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Susan K. Avery Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Angela F. Braly Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Ursula M. Burns Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Kenneth C. Frazier Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Joseph L. Hooley Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Steven A. Kandarian Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Douglas R. Oberhelman Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Samuel J. Palmisano Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: William C. Weldon Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Darren W. Woods Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of Independent Auditors (page Mgmt For For 29) 3. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Mgmt For For Compensation (page 30) 4. Independent Chairman (page 59) Shr For Against 5. Special Shareholder Meetings (page 61) Shr Against For 6. Report on Environmental Expenditures (page Shr Against For 62) 7. Report on Risks of Petrochemical Shr For Against Investments (page 64) 8. Report on Political Contributions (page 66) Shr Against For 9. Report on Lobbying (page 67) Shr For Against -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. Agenda Number: 935116827 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 354613101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 11-Feb-2020 Ticker: BEN ISIN: US3546131018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Peter K. Barker Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Mariann Byerwalter Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Gregory E. Johnson Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Jennifer M. Johnson Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Rupert H. Johnson, Mgmt For For Jr. 1F. Election of Director: Anthony J. Noto Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Mark C. Pigott Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Laura Stein Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: Seth H. Waugh Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Geoffrey Y. Yang Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. 3. To approve the amendment and restatement of Mgmt For For our 1998 Employee Stock Investment Plan, which includes increasing the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 5,000,000 shares. 4. To approve, on an advisory basis, the Mgmt For For compensation of our named executive officers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRESNILLO PLC Agenda Number: 712554612 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G371E2108 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 29-May-2020 Ticker: ISIN: GB00B2QPKJ12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 RECEIVING THE 2019 REPORT AND ACCOUNTS Mgmt For For 2 APPROVAL OF THE FINAL DIVIDEND Mgmt For For 3 APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT ON Mgmt For For REMUNERATION 4 RE-ELECTION OF MR ALBERTO BAILLERES AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 5 RE-ELECTION OF MR ALEJANDRO BAILLERES AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 6 RE-ELECTION OF MR JUAN BORDES AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 7 RE-ELECTION OF MR ARTURO FERNANDEZ AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 8 RE-ELECTION OF MR FERNANADO RUIZ AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 9 RE-ELECTION OF MR CHARLES JACOBS AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 10 RE-ELECTION OF MS BARBARA GARZA LAGUERA AS Mgmt For For A DIRECTOR 11 RE-ELECTION OF MR ALBERTO TIBURCIO AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 12 RE-ELECTION OF DAME JUDITH MACGREGOR AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 13 RE-ELECTION OF MS GEORGINA KESSEL AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 14 RE-ELECTION OF MR LUIS ROBLES AS A DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 15 ELECTION OF MS GUADALUPE DE LA VEGA AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR 16 RE-APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS Mgmt For For AUDITORS 17 AUTHORITY TO SET THE REMUNERATION OF THE Mgmt For For AUDITORS 18 DIRECTORS' AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES Mgmt For For 19 AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS Mgmt For For FOR SHARES ISSUED WHOLLY FOR CASH 20 AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS Mgmt For For FOR SHARES ISSUED WHOLLY FOR CASH AND USED ONLY FOR FINANCING ACQUISITIONS OR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 21 AUTHORITY FOR THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS Mgmt For For OWN SHARES 22 NOTICE PERIOD OF 14 DEAR DAYS FOR A GENERAL Mgmt For For MEETING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRP HOLDINGS, INC. Agenda Number: 935155499 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 30292L107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 06-May-2020 Ticker: FRPH ISIN: US30292L1070 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR John D. Baker II Mgmt For For Charles E Commander III Mgmt For For H. W. Shad III Mgmt For For Martin E. Stein, Jr. Mgmt For For William H. Walton III Mgmt For For Margaret B. Wetherbee Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the audit committee's Mgmt For For selection of FRP's independent independent registered public accounting firm, Hancock Askew & Co., LLP (the "Auditor Proposal"). 3. Approval of, on an advisory basis, the Mgmt For For compensation of FRP's named executive officers (the "Compensation Proposal"). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GARMIN LTD Agenda Number: 935192384 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: H2906T109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-Jun-2020 Ticker: GRMN ISIN: CH0114405324 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. Approval of Garmin's 2019 Annual Report, Mgmt For For including the consolidated financial statements of Garmin for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 and the statutory financial statements of Garmin for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 2. Approval of the appropriation of available Mgmt For For earnings 3. Approval of the payment of a cash dividend Mgmt For For in the aggregate amount of U.S. $2.44 per outstanding share out of Garmin's reserve from capital contribution in four equal installments 4. Discharge of the members of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors and the Executive Management from liability for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 5A. Re-election of Director: Jonathan C. Mgmt For For Burrell 5B. Re-election of Director: Joseph J. Hartnett Mgmt For For 5C. Re-election of Director: Min H. Kao Mgmt For For 5D. Re-election of Director: Catherine A. Lewis Mgmt For For 5E. Re-election of Director: Charles W. Peffer Mgmt For For 5F. Re-election of Director: Clifton A. Pemble Mgmt For For 6. Re-election of Min H. Kao as Executive Mgmt For For Chairman of the Board of Directors 7A. Re-election of Compensation Committee Mgmt For For member: Jonathan C. Burrell 7B. Re-election of Compensation Committee Mgmt For For member: Joseph J. Hartnett 7C. Re-election of Compensation Committee Mgmt For For member: Catherine A. Lewis 7D. Re-election of Compensation Committee Mgmt For For member: Charles W. Peffer 8. Re-election of the law firm Wuersch & Mgmt For For Gering LLP as independent voting rights representative 9. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Mgmt For For Young LLP as Garmin's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2020 and re-election of Ernst & Young Ltd as Garmin's statutory auditor for another one-year term 10. Advisory vote on executive compensation Mgmt For For 11. Binding vote to approve Fiscal Year 2021 Mgmt For For maximum aggregate compensation for the Executive Management 12. Binding vote to approve maximum aggregate Mgmt For For compensation for the Board of Directors for the period between the 2020 Annual General Meeting and the 2021 Annual General Meeting 13. Renewal of authorized share capital Mgmt For For -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED Agenda Number: 711745426 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G37751107 Meeting Type: EGM Meeting Date: 04-Dec-2019 Ticker: ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE (REPURCHASE) Mgmt For For ORDINARY SHARES 2 GENERAL AUTHORITY TO CANCEL SHARES: ARTICLE Mgmt For For 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED Agenda Number: 712518185 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G37751107 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 24-Jun-2020 Ticker: ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 ACCEPT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND STATUTORY Mgmt For For REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 2 RE-ELECT MARTIN TOLCHER AS DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 3 RE-ELECT LUMKILE MONDI AS DIRECTOR Mgmt For For 4 RE-ELECT CAREL MALAN, MARTIN TOLCHER AND Mgmt For For LUMKILE MONDI AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE 5 REAPPOINT BDO LLP AS AUDITORS AND AUTHORISE Mgmt For For THEIR REMUNERATION 6 AUTHORISE BOARD TO ISSUE SHARES FOR CASH Mgmt For For 7 AUTHORISE MARKET PURCHASE OF ORDINARY Mgmt For For SHARES 8 AUTHORISE COMPANY TO CANCEL SHARES Mgmt For For 9 AMEND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Mgmt For For 10 APPROVE REMUNERATION POLICY Mgmt For For 11 APPROVE REMUNERATION IMPLEMENTATION REPORT Mgmt For For CMMT 01 MAY 2020: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A Non-Voting REVISION DUE TO RECEIPT OF RECORD DATE. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN YOUR VOTES, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE AGAIN UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO AMEND YOUR ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS. THANK YOU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTEX CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935172318 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 371901109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 21-May-2020 Ticker: GNTX ISIN: US3719011096 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Ms. Leslie Brown Mgmt For For Mr. Steve Downing Mgmt For For Mr. Gary Goode Mgmt For For Mr. James Hollars Mgmt For For Mr. John Mulder Mgmt For For Mr. Richard Schaum Mgmt For For Ms. Kathleen Starkoff Mgmt For For Mr. Brian Walker Mgmt For For Mr. James Wallace Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young Mgmt For For LLP as the Company's auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, Mgmt For For compensation of the Company's named executive officers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC. Agenda Number: 935123327 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 423452101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 03-Mar-2020 Ticker: HP ISIN: US4234521015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Delaney M. Bellinger Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Kevin G. Cramton Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Randy A. Foutch Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Hans Helmerich Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: John W. Lindsay Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Jose R. Mas Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Thomas A. Petrie Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Donald F. Robillard, Mgmt For For Jr. 1I. Election of Director: Edward B. Rust, Jr. Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Mary M. VanDeWeghe Mgmt For For 1K. Election of Director: John D. Zeglis Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For auditors for 2020. 3. Advisory vote on executive compensation. Mgmt For For 4. Approval of a new LTI plan ("The 2020 Mgmt For For Omnibus Incentive Plan"). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOCHSCHILD MINING PLC Agenda Number: 712478709 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G4611M107 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 21-May-2020 Ticker: ISIN: GB00B1FW5029 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 THAT, THE AUDITED ACCOUNTS OF THE COMPANY Mgmt For For FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019, TOGETHER WITH THE DIRECTORS' REPORT AND THE AUDITORS' REPORT THEREON BE RECEIVED 2 THAT, THE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION REPORT Mgmt For For FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 BE APPROVED 3 THAT, GRAHAM BIRCH BE RE-ELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 4 THAT, JORGE BORN JR BE RE-ELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 5 THAT, IGNACIO BUSTAMANTE BE RE-ELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 6 THAT, EDUARDO HOCHSCHILD BE RE-ELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 7 THAT, EILEEN KAMERICK BE RE-ELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 8 THAT, DIONISIO ROMERO PAOLETTI BE Mgmt For For RE-ELECTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 9 THAT, MICHAEL RAWLINSON BE REELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 10 THAT, SANJAY SARMA BE RE-ELECTED AS A Mgmt For For DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 11 THAT, ERNST & YOUNG LLP BE REAPPOINTED AS Mgmt For For AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY (THE 'AUDITORS') UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING AT WHICH ACCOUNTS ARE LAID BEFORE THE COMPANY 12 THAT, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE COMPANY BE Mgmt For For AUTHORISED TO SET THE REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITORS 13 THAT, THE DIRECTORS BE AND ARE HEREBY Mgmt For For GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AUTHORISED PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 (THE '2006 ACT') TO EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS OF THE COMPANY TO ALLOT SHARES OR GRANT RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR TO CONVERT ANY SECURITY INTO SHARES: 13.1 UP TO AN AGGREGATE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF GBP 42,818,681 13.2 COMPRISING EQUITY SECURITIES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 560(1) OF THE 2006 ACT) UP TO A FURTHER AGGREGATE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF GBP 42,818,681 IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFER BY WAY OF A RIGHTS ISSUE, SUCH AUTHORITIES TO APPLY IN SUBSTITUTION FOR ALL PREVIOUS AUTHORITIES AND TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY OR ON 30 JUNE 2021, WHICHEVER IS THE EARLIER BUT, IN EACH CASE, SO THAT THE COMPANY MAY MAKE OFFERS AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS DURING THE RELEVANT PERIOD WHICH WOULD OR MIGHT REQUIRE SHARES TO BE ALLOTTED OR RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR TO CONVERT ANY SECURITY INTO SHARES TO BE GRANTED AFTER THE AUTHORITY ENDS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESOLUTION 'RIGHTS ISSUE' MEANS AN OFFER TO: (I) ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS IN PROPORTION (AS NEARLY AS MAY BE PRACTICABLE) TO THEIR EXISTING HOLDINGS; AND (II) PEOPLE WHO ARE HOLDERS OF OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES IF THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE RIGHTS OF THOSE SECURITIES OR, IF THE DIRECTORS CONSIDER IT NECESSARY, AS PERMITTED BY THE RIGHTS OF THOSE SECURITIES, TO SUBSCRIBE FOR FURTHER SECURITIES BY MEANS OF THE ISSUE OF A RENOUNCEABLE LETTER (OR OTHER NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT) WHICH MAY BE TRADED FOR A PERIOD BEFORE PAYMENT FOR THE SECURITIES IS DUE, BUT SUBJECT IN BOTH CASES TO SUCH EXCLUSIONS OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR EXPEDIENT IN RELATION TO TREASURY SHARES, FRACTIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, RECORD DATES OR LEGAL, REGULATORY OR PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN, OR UNDER THE LAWS OF, ANY TERRITORY 14 THAT, SUBJECT TO THE PASSING OF RESOLUTION Mgmt For For 13 ABOVE, THE DIRECTORS BE AUTHORISED TO ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 560(1) OF THE 2006 ACT) WHOLLY FOR CASH: 14.1 PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY PARAGRAPH 13.1 OF RESOLUTION 13 ABOVE OR WHERE THE ALLOTMENT CONSTITUTES AN ALLOTMENT OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 560(3) OF THE 2006 ACT IN EACH CASE: (I) IN CONNECTION WITH A PRE-EMPTIVE OFFER; AND (II) OTHERWISE THAN IN CONNECTION WITH A PRE-EMPTIVE OFFER, UP TO AN AGGREGATE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF GBP 6,423,444; AND 14.2 PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY PARAGRAPH 13.2 OF RESOLUTION 13 ABOVE IN CONNECTION WITH A RIGHTS ISSUE, AS IF SECTION 561(1) OF THE 2006 ACT DID NOT APPLY TO ANY SUCH ALLOTMENT; SUCH AUTHORITY TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY OR AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON 30 JUNE 2021, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER BUT SO THAT THE COMPANY MAY, BEFORE SUCH EXPIRY, MAKE OFFERS, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD WHICH WOULD, OR MIGHT, REQUIRE EQUITY SECURITIES TO BE ALLOTTED AND TREASURY SHARES TO BE SOLD AFTER THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY THIS RESOLUTION HAS EXPIRED AND THE DIRECTORS MAY ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES AND SELL TREASURY SHARES UNDER ANY SUCH OFFER OR AGREEMENT AS IF THE AUTHORITY HAD NOT EXPIRED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESOLUTION: (I) 'RIGHTS ISSUE' HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN RESOLUTION 13 ABOVE; (II) 'PRE-EMPTIVE OFFER' MEANS AN OFFER OF EQUITY SECURITIES OPEN FOR ACCEPTANCE FOR A PERIOD FIXED BY THE DIRECTORS TO (A) HOLDERS (OTHER THAN THE COMPANY) ON THE REGISTER ON A RECORD DATE FIXED BY THE DIRECTORS OF ORDINARY SHARES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOLDINGS AND (B) OTHER PERSONS SO ENTITLED BY VIRTUE OF THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO ANY OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES HELD BY THEM, BUT SUBJECT IN BOTH CASES TO SUCH EXCLUSIONS OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR EXPEDIENT IN RELATION TO TREASURY SHARES, FRACTIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, RECORD DATES OR LEGAL, REGULATORY OR PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN, OR UNDER THE LAWS OF, ANY TERRITORY; (III) REFERENCES TO AN ALLOTMENT OF EQUITY SECURITIES SHALL INCLUDE A SALE OF TREASURY SHARES; AND (IV) THE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF ANY SECURITIES SHALL BE TAKEN TO BE, IN THE CASE OF RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR CONVERT ANY SECURITIES INTO SHARES OF THE COMPANY, THE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF SUCH SHARES WHICH MAY BE ALLOTTED PURSUANT TO SUCH RIGHTS 15 THAT, SUBJECT TO THE PASSING OF RESOLUTION Mgmt For For 13 ABOVE AND IN ADDITION TO ANY AUTHORITY GRANTED UNDER RESOLUTION 14 ABOVE, THE DIRECTORS BE AUTHORISED TO ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 560(1) OF THE 2006 ACT) WHOLLY FOR CASH PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY RESOLUTION 13 ABOVE OR WHERE THE ALLOTMENT CONSTITUTES AN ALLOTMENT OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 560(3) OF THE 2006 ACT AS IF SECTION 561(1) OF THE 2006 ACT DID NOT APPLY TO ANY SUCH ALLOTMENT, SUCH AUTHORITY TO BE: 15.1 LIMITED TO THE ALLOTMENT OF EQUITY SECURITIES OR SALE OF TREASURY SHARES UP TO AN AGGREGATE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF GBP 6,423,444; AND 15.2 USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF FINANCING (OR REFINANCING, IF THE AUTHORITY IS TO BE USED WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ORIGINAL TRANSACTION) A TRANSACTION WHICH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY DETERMINES TO BE AN ACQUISITION OR OTHER CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF A KIND CONTEMPLATED BY THE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON DISAPPLYING PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY THE PRE-EMPTION GROUP PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, SUCH AUTHORITY TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY OR AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON 30 JUNE 2021, WHICHEVER IS THE EARLIER, BUT SO THAT THE COMPANY MAY, BEFORE SUCH EXPIRY, MAKE OFFERS AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WHICH WOULD, OR MIGHT, REQUIRE EQUITY SECURITIES TO BE ALLOTTED AND TREASURY SHARES TO BE SOLD AFTER THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY THIS RESOLUTION HAS EXPIRED AND THE DIRECTORS MAY ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES AND SELL TREASURY SHARES UNDER ANY SUCH OFFER OR AGREEMENT AS IF THE AUTHORITY HAD NOT EXPIRED 16 THAT, THE COMPANY BE AND IS HEREBY Mgmt For For GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AUTHORISED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 701 OF THE 2006 ACT TO MAKE ONE OR MORE MARKET PURCHASES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 693 OF THAT ACT) OF ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP 0.25 EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY PROVIDED THAT: 16.1 THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES AUTHORISED TO BE PURCHASED IS 51,387,556 (REPRESENTING AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 10 PER CENT OF THE COMPANY'S ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 10 APRIL 2020); 16.2 THE MINIMUM PRICE WHICH MAY BE PAID FOR AN ORDINARY SHARE IS GBP 0.25 PER ORDINARY SHARE; 16.3 THE MAXIMUM PRICE WHICH MAY BE PAID FOR AN ORDINARY SHARE IS AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE HIGHER OF (I) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 5% ABOVE THE AVERAGE CLOSING PRICE OF SUCH ORDINARY SHARES FOR THE FIVE BUSINESS DAYS ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF PURCHASE; AND (II) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE HIGHER OF THE PRICE OF THE LAST INDEPENDENT TRADE OF ANY ORDINARY SHARE AND THE HIGHEST CURRENT INDEPENDENT BID FOR AN ORDINARY SHARE AS DERIVED FROM THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ELECTRONIC TRADING SERVICE; 16.4 THIS AUTHORITY SHALL EXPIRE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY HELD IN 2021 OR, IF EARLIER, 30 JUNE 2021 (EXCEPT IN RELATION TO THE PURCHASE OF SHARES THE CONTRACT FOR WHICH WAS CONCLUDED BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF SUCH AUTHORITY AND WHICH MIGHT BE EXECUTED WHOLLY OR PARTLY AFTER SUCH EXPIRY) UNLESS SUCH AUTHORITY IS RENEWED PRIOR TO SUCH TIME 17 THAT, A GENERAL MEETING OTHER THAN AN Mgmt For For ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MAY BE CALLED ON NOT LESS THAN 14 CLEAR DAYS' NOTICE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDUSTRIAS BACHOCO, S.A.B. DE C.V. Agenda Number: 935153318 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 456463108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 22-Apr-2020 Ticker: IBA ISIN: US4564631087 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. Presentation and approval, as appropriate Mgmt For of the Chief Executive Officer's report, together with the opinion of the External Auditor of the Company, relating to the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2019, as well as the opinion of the Board of Directors on the contents of such report. Resolutions in this regard. 2. Presentation and approval, as appropriate Mgmt For of the report of the Board of Directors with respect to the main accounting and reporting policies and criteria used in the preparation of the financial information of the Company, and report on the transactions and activities in which it participated. Resolutions in this regard. 3. Presentation and approval, as appropriate Mgmt For of the financial statements of the Company, corresponding to the 2019 fiscal year, in terms of article 172 of the Mexican Business Entities General Law and the applicable provisions of the Mexican Securities Market Law. Resolutions in this regard. 4. Presentation and approval, as appropriate Mgmt For of the annual report of the Chairman of the Auditing and Corporate Practices Committee. Resolutions in this regard. 5. Presentation of the report on compliance Mgmt For with tax obligations of the last audited fiscal year of the Company. Resolutions in this regard. 6. Proposal of application of the income Mgmt For statement for fiscal year 2019, which includes the presentation and approval, as appropriate, of the proposal to declare and pay cash dividends. Resolutions in this regard. 7. Proposal to establish the maximum amount of Mgmt For funds that may be used to buy Company shares. Resolutions in this regard. 8. Appointment, or as appropriate, Mgmt For ratification of the members of the Board of Directors and Secretary, as well as determination of independence of independent board members, in terms of the Securities Market Law. Resolutions in this regard. 9. Appointment or, as appropriate, Mgmt For ratification of the Chairman and members of the Auditing and Corporate Practices Committee of the Company. Resolutions in this regard. 10. Determine the compensation corresponding to Mgmt For the members of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Secretary of the Board of Directors, as well as to the Chairman and members of the Auditing and Corporate Practices Committee of the Company. Resolutions in this regard. 11. Appointment of special delegates of the Mgmt For Company to attend General Shareholders Meetings of the Company's subsidiaries, as well as to formalize the resolutions of the Meeting. Resolutions in this regard. 12. Reading and approval, as appropriate, of Mgmt For the minutes of meeting". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY-WILSON HOLDINGS, INC. Agenda Number: 935211134 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 489398107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 11-Jun-2020 Ticker: KW ISIN: US4893981070 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1.1 Election of Director: Todd Boehly Mgmt For For 1.2 Election of Director: David Minella Mgmt For For 1.3 Election of Director: Mary Ricks Mgmt For For 1.4 Election of Director: Sanaz Zaimi Mgmt For For 2. To approve, on an advisory nonbinding Mgmt For For basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. 3. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Mgmt For For the Company's independent registered accounting firm for the 2020 fiscal year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD LTD. Agenda Number: 935237277 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 49741E100 Meeting Type: Annual and Special Meeting Date: 30-Jun-2020 Ticker: KL ISIN: CA49741E1007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 To Set the Number of Directors at 8. Mgmt For For 2 DIRECTOR Jonathan Gill Mgmt For For Peter Grosskopf Mgmt For For Ingrid Hibbard Mgmt For For Arnold Klassen Mgmt For For Elizabeth Lewis-Gray Mgmt For For Anthony Makuch Mgmt For For Barry Olson Mgmt For For Jeff Parr Mgmt For For 3 To appoint KPMG LLP, Chartered Professional Mgmt For For Accountants as auditor of the Company and authorize the Board to fix their remuneration. 4 To consider and, if deemed appropriate, Mgmt For For pass, with or without variation, a non-binding advisory resolution on the Company's approach to executive compensation. 5 To consider and, if deemed appropriate, Mgmt For For pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving certain amendments to the Company's long term incentive plan (the "LTIP") and all unallocated share units issuable under the LTIP, as further described in the management information circular dated May 29, 2020. 6 To consider and, if deemed appropriate, Mgmt For For pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving certain amendments to the Company's deferred share unit plan (the "DSU Plan") and all unallocated deferred share units issuable under the DSU Plan, as further described in the management information circular dated May 29, 2020. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935081959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 512807108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-Nov-2019 Ticker: LRCX ISIN: US5128071082 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Sohail U. Ahmed Mgmt For For Timothy M. Archer Mgmt For For Eric K. Brandt Mgmt For For Michael R. Cannon Mgmt For For Youssef A. El-Mansy Mgmt For For Catherine P. Lego Mgmt For For Bethany J. Mayer Mgmt For For Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Mgmt For For Lih Shyng (Rick L) Tsai Mgmt For For Leslie F. Varon Mgmt For For 2. Advisory vote to approve the compensation Mgmt For For of the named executive officers of Lam Research, or "Say on Pay." 3. Ratification of the appointment of the Mgmt For For independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2020. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAG SILVER CORP. Agenda Number: 935228557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 55903Q104 Meeting Type: Annual and Special Meeting Date: 18-Jun-2020 Ticker: MAG ISIN: CA55903Q1046 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 To set the number of Directors at seven Mgmt For For (7). 2 DIRECTOR Peter D. Barnes Mgmt For For Richard P. Clark Mgmt For For Jill D. Leversage Mgmt For For Daniel T. MacInnis Mgmt For For George N. Paspalas Mgmt For For Selma Lussenburg Mgmt For For Derek C. White Mgmt For For 3 To appoint Deloitte LLP, an Independent Mgmt For For Registered Public Accounting Firm, as the Auditor of the Company for the ensuing year and to authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration. 4 To consider and, if deemed advisable, Mgmt For For approve a non-binding advisory resolution to accept the Company's approach to executive compensation. 5 To approve the continuation of the third Mgmt For For amended and restated Stock Option Plan. 6 To approve the continuation of the Amended Mgmt For For and Restated Share Unit Plan. 7 To approve the amendment and continuation Mgmt For For of the second amended and restated DSU Plan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR DRILLING GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC. Agenda Number: 935066313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 560909103 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 12-Sep-2019 Ticker: MJDLF ISIN: CA5609091031 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR Edward J. Breiner Mgmt For For John Burzynski Mgmt For For Louis-Pierre Gignac Mgmt For For Kim Keating Mgmt For For Denis Larocque Mgmt For For Janice G. Rennie Mgmt For For David B. Tennant Mgmt For For Jo Mark Zurel Mgmt For For 2 In respect of accepting the advisory Mgmt For For resolution to accept the Board's approach to executive compensation as set forth in the Management Proxy Circular of the Corporation dated July 15, 2019. 3 In respect of the appointment of Deloitte Mgmt For For LLP as independent auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year and authorizing the directors to fix their remuneration. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARCUS & MILLICHAP, INC. Agenda Number: 935145436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 566324109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-May-2020 Ticker: MMI ISIN: US5663241090 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Hessam Nadji Mgmt For For Norma J. Lawrence Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young Mgmt For For LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020. 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the Mgmt For For compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAN AMERICAN SILVER CORP. Agenda Number: 935155867 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 697900108 Meeting Type: Annual and Special Meeting Date: 06-May-2020 Ticker: PAAS ISIN: CA6979001089 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR Ross J. Beaty Mgmt For For Michael Steinmann Mgmt For For Michael L. Carroll Mgmt For For Neil de Gelder Mgmt For For Walter T. Segsworth Mgmt For For Gillian D. Winckler Mgmt For For Charles A. Jeannes Mgmt For For 2 Appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Mgmt For For the Company for the ensuing year and authorizing the Directors to fix their remuneration. 3 To consider and, if thought appropriate, to Mgmt For For pass an ordinary, non-binding "say on pay" resolution approving the Company's approach to executive compensation, the complete text of which is set out in the information circular for the Meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASON SYSTEMS INC. Agenda Number: 935167557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 702925108 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 30-Apr-2020 Ticker: PSYTF ISIN: CA7029251088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 To vote for or against fixing the number of Mgmt For For directors at six (6). 2 DIRECTOR James D. Hill Mgmt For For James B. Howe Mgmt For For Marcel Kessler Mgmt For For T. Jay Collins Mgmt For For Judi Hess Mgmt For For Laura Schwinn Mgmt For For 3 Appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Mgmt For For the Corporation for the ensuing year and authorizing the Directors to fix their remuneration. 4 To vote for or against a non-binding, Mgmt For For advisory ("Say on Pay") vote to Pason's approach to executive compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO. Agenda Number: 935176190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 759509102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 20-May-2020 Ticker: RS ISIN: US7595091023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Sarah J. Anderson Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Lisa L. Baldwin Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Karen W. Colonias Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: John G. Figueroa Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: David H. Hannah Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: James D. Hoffman Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Mark V. Kaminski Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Robert A. McEvoy Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: Andrew G. Sharkey, Mgmt For For III 1J. Election of Director: Douglas W. Stotlar Mgmt For For 2. To consider a non-binding, advisory vote to Mgmt For For approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. 3. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Mgmt For For the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2020. 4. To approve the amendment and restatement of Mgmt For For the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Amended and Restated 2015 Incentive Award Plan. 5. To approve an amendment to the Reliance Mgmt For For Steel & Aluminum Co. Directors Equity Plan. 6. To consider a stockholder proposal Shr Against For requesting changes to the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. proxy access bylaw to remove the size limit on the stockholder nominating group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANDERSON FARMS, INC. Agenda Number: 935122856 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 800013104 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 13-Feb-2020 Ticker: SAFM ISIN: US8000131040 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1.1 Election of Class A Director: David Mgmt For For Barksdale 1.2 Election of Class A Director: Lampkin Butts Mgmt For For 1.3 Election of Class A Director: Beverly W. Mgmt For For Hogan 1.4 Election of Class A Director: Phil K. Mgmt For For Livingston 1.5 Election of Class A Director: Joe F. Mgmt For For Sanderson, Jr. 1.6 Election of Class C Director: Sonia Perez Mgmt For For 2. Proposal to approve the Sanderson Farms, Mgmt For For Inc. and Affiliates Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. 3. Proposal to approve, in a non-binding Mgmt For For advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers. 4. Proposal to approve, in a non-binding Mgmt 1 Year For advisory vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. 5. Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst Mgmt For For & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2020. 6. Proposal to request that the Board of Shr For Against Directors report annually on water resource risks and related metrics. 7. Proposal to request that the Board of Shr For Against Directors report on the Company's human rights due diligence process. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEABRIDGE GOLD INC. Agenda Number: 935226109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 811916105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 25-Jun-2020 Ticker: SA ISIN: CA8119161054 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR A. Frederick Banfield Mgmt For For Rudi P. Fronk Mgmt For For Eliseo Gonzalez-Urien Mgmt For For Richard C. Kraus Mgmt For For Jay S. Layman Mgmt For For Melanie R. Miller Mgmt For For Clement A. Pelletier Mgmt For For John W. Sabine Mgmt For For Gary A. Sugar Mgmt For For 2 Appointment of KPMG LLP, Chartered Mgmt For For Accountants, as Auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year. 3 To authorize the Directors to fix the Mgmt For For remuneration to be paid to the auditors. 4 To approve, by a majority of disinterested Mgmt For For shareholders, the extension of the expiry date of 425,000 stock options held by directors of the Corporation by one year as more particularly set out in the Management Proxy Circular in respect of the Meeting. 5 To transact such other business as may Mgmt For For properly come before the Meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMART SAND, INC. Agenda Number: 935179540 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 83191H107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 02-Jun-2020 Ticker: SND ISIN: US83191H1077 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Sharon S. Spurlin Mgmt For For Timothy J. Pawlenty Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of the selection of Grant Mgmt For For Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020. 3. Approval of the Smart Sand, Inc. Amended Mgmt Against Against and Restated 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan. 4. Approval on an advisory (and non-binding) Mgmt For For basis of the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2019. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THOR INDUSTRIES, INC. Agenda Number: 935097370 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 885160101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 13-Dec-2019 Ticker: THO ISIN: US8851601018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Andrew Graves Mgmt For For Amelia A. Huntington Mgmt For For Wilson Jones Mgmt For For Christopher Klein Mgmt For For J.Allen Kosowsky Mgmt For For Robert W. Martin Mgmt For For Peter B. Orthwein Mgmt For For Jan H. Suwinski Mgmt For For James L. Ziemer Mgmt For For 2. Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Mgmt For For Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our Fiscal Year 2020. 3. Non-binding advisory vote to approve the Mgmt For For compensation of our named executive officers (NEOs). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALUE PARTNERS GROUP LTD Agenda Number: 712297123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: G93175100 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 27-Apr-2020 Ticker: ISIN: KYG931751005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management CMMT PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COMPANY NOTICE AND Non-Voting PROXY FORM ARE AVAILABLE BY CLICKING ON THE URL LINKS: https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconew s/sehk/2020/0324/2020032400449.pdf, CMMT PLEASE NOTE THAT SHAREHOLDERS ARE ALLOWED Non-Voting TO VOTE 'IN FAVOR' OR 'AGAINST' FOR ALL RESOLUTIONS, ABSTAIN IS NOT A VOTING OPTION ON THIS MEETING 1 TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER THE AUDITED Mgmt For For FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE REPORTS OF THE DIRECTORS AND THE AUDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 2 TO DECLARE FINAL AND SPECIAL DIVIDENDS FOR Mgmt For For THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 3.A.I TO RE-ELECT MR. SO CHUN KI LOUIS AS AN Mgmt For For EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 3.AII TO RE-ELECT MR. HO MAN KEI, NORMAN AS AN Mgmt For For EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 3AIII TO RE-ELECT DR. CHEN SHIH-TA MICHAEL AS AN Mgmt For For INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY 3.B TO AUTHORISE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FIX Mgmt For For THE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION 4 TO RE-APPOINT AUDITOR AND TO AUTHORISE THE Mgmt For For BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FIX ITS REMUNERATION 5.A TO APPROVE THE GENERAL MANDATE TO ALLOT AND Mgmt Against Against ISSUE ADDITIONAL SHARES OF THE COMPANY 5.B TO APPROVE THE GENERAL MANDATE TO Mgmt For For REPURCHASE ISSUED SHARES OF THE COMPANY 5.C TO APPROVE THE GENERAL MANDATE TO ALLOT AND Mgmt Against Against ISSUE THE SHARES REPURCHASED BY THE COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935085197 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 958102105 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 14-Nov-2019 Ticker: WDC ISIN: US9581021055 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Kimberly E. Alexy Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Martin I. Cole Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Kathleen A. Cote Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Tunc Doluca Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Len J. Lauer Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Matthew E. Massengill Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Stephen D. Milligan Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Stephanie A. Streeter Mgmt For For 2. To approve on an advisory basis the named Mgmt For For executive officer compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement. 3. To approve an amendment and restatement of Mgmt For For our 2017 Performance Incentive Plan that would, among other things, increase by 6 million the number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under the plan. 4. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Mgmt For For our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2020. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935156946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 960413102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 15-May-2020 Ticker: WLK ISIN: US9604131022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Marius A. Haas Mgmt For For Dorothy C. Jenkins Mgmt For For Kimberly S. Lubel Mgmt For For Jeffrey W. Sheets Mgmt For For 2. An advisory vote to approve named executive Mgmt For For officer compensation. 3. To ratify the appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. * 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) SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC. By (Signature) /s/ Thomas W. Ulrich Name Thomas W. Ulrich Title President Date 08/11/2020