Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal · 2024
Humane World for Animals (formerly The Humane Society of the United States) at Target
Ask Target to disclose its progress implementing the pain management commitment in its food animal welfare policy, by naming each painful procedure, the share of its supply chain free of that procedure, and, for the remainder, the share where animals are given pain relief.
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What happened
Result: Not approved at the annual meeting of 12 June 2024, as item 5: 32,758,740 votes for, 309,163,712 against, 8,755,833 abstentions and 55,699,659 broker non-votes. Target's own Item 5.07 Form 8-K puts the votes in favour at 9.3 percent of the shares present and entitled to vote.
Not approved. Target counts abstentions as votes against on this standard, and the proposal drew 9.3 percent in favour against 88.2 percent opposed.