Thank you to the staff who worked on this rulemaking.
I support adopting this rule. I see no compelling reason to prevent shareholders from mixing and matching their votes between a management and dissident slate, given that shareholders who attend meetings are already able to vote in this way.
I would have preferred, however, that today’s rule include certain additional changes and believe we should continue to consider those going forward. First, I believe we should have given greater consideration to having this rule apply to funds. I have heard no clear argument for why they should be treated differently