N-PX 1 ess-ryzz_npx.txt ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING 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: 811-22668 NAME OF REGISTRANT: ETF Series Solutions ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 615 East Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: Kristina R. Nelson ETF Series Solutions 777 East Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI 53202 REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 414-765-6076 DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 01/31 DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019 Item 1. Proxy Voting Record. RYZZ Managed Futures Strategy Plus ETF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMAZON.COM, INC. Agenda Number: 934985954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 023135106 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 22-May-2019 Ticker: AMZN ISIN: US0231351067 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Jeffrey P. Bezos Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Rosalind G. Brewer Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Jamie S. Gorelick Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Daniel P. Mgmt For For Huttenlocher 1e. Election of Director: Judith A. McGrath Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: Indra K. Nooyi Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: Jonathan J. Mgmt For For Rubinstein 1h. Election of Director: Thomas O. Ryder Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: Patricia Q. Mgmt For For Stonesifer 1j. Election of Director: Wendell P. Weeks Mgmt For For 2. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & Mgmt For For YOUNG LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. 3. ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE Mgmt For For COMPENSATION. 4. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING AN ANNUAL Shr Against For REPORT ON MANAGEMENT OF FOOD WASTE. 5. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REDUCTION Shr Against For IN THE OWNERSHIP THRESHOLD FOR CALLING SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS. 6. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A BAN ON Shr Against For GOVERNMENT USE OF CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES. 7. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON Shr Against For THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT USE OF CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES. 8. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON Shr Against For CERTAIN PRODUCTS. 9. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING AN Shr Against For INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR POLICY. 10. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON Shr Against For CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT POLICIES. 11. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON Shr Against For CLIMATE CHANGE TOPICS. 12. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A BOARD Shr Against For IDEOLOGY DISCLOSURE POLICY. 13. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING CHANGES TO Shr Against For THE COMPANY'S GENDER PAY REPORTING. 14. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON Shr Against For INTEGRATING CERTAIN METRICS INTO EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. 15. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING Shr Against For VOTE-COUNTING PRACTICES FOR SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CATERPILLAR INC. Agenda Number: 935008943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 149123101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 12-Jun-2019 Ticker: CAT ISIN: US1491231015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Kelly A. Ayotte Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: David L. Calhoun Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Daniel M. Dickinson Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Juan Gallardo Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Dennis A. Muilenburg Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: William A. Osborn Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: Debra L. Reed-Klages Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: Edward B. Rust, Jr. Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: Susan C. Schwab Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: D. James Umpleby III Mgmt For For 1k. Election of Director: Miles D. White Mgmt For For 1l. Election of Director: Rayford Wilkins, Jr. Mgmt For For 2. Ratify the appointment of independent Mgmt For For registered public accounting firm for 2019. 3. Advisory vote to approve executive Mgmt For For compensation. 4. Shareholder Proposal - Amend proxy access Shr Against For to remove resubmission threshold. 5. Shareholder Proposal - Report on activities Shr Against For in conflict-affected areas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FACEBOOK, INC. Agenda Number: 934995082 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 30303M102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 30-May-2019 Ticker: FB ISIN: US30303M1027 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Peggy Alford Mgmt For For Marc L. Andreessen Mgmt For For Kenneth I. Chenault Mgmt For For S. D. Desmond-Hellmann Mgmt For For Sheryl K. Sandberg Mgmt For For Peter A. Thiel Mgmt For For Jeffrey D. Zients Mgmt For For Mark Zuckerberg Mgmt For For 2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young Mgmt For For LLP as Facebook, Inc.'s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. 3. To approve, on a non-binding advisory Mgmt For For basis, the compensation program for Facebook, Inc.'s named executive officers as disclosed in Facebook, Inc.'s proxy statement. 4. To vote, on a non-binding advisory basis, Mgmt 3 Years For whether a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation program for Facebook, Inc.'s named executive officers should be held every one, two or three years. 5. A stockholder proposal regarding change in Shr Against For stockholder voting. 6. A stockholder proposal regarding an Shr Against For independent chair. 7. A stockholder proposal regarding majority Shr Against For voting for directors. 8. A stockholder proposal regarding true Shr Against For diversity board policy. 9. A stockholder proposal regarding a content Shr Against For governance report. 10. A stockholder proposal regarding median Shr Against For gender pay gap. 11. A stockholder proposal regarding workforce Shr Against For diversity. 12. A stockholder proposal regarding strategic Shr Against For alternatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCDONALD'S CORPORATION Agenda Number: 934980473 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 580135101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 23-May-2019 Ticker: MCD ISIN: US5801351017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Lloyd Dean Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Stephen Easterbrook Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Robert Eckert Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Margaret Georgiadis Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Enrique Hernandez, Mgmt For For Jr. 1f. Election of Director: Richard Lenny Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: John Mulligan Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: Sheila Penrose Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: John Rogers, Jr. Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: Paul Walsh Mgmt For For 1k. Election of Director: Miles White Mgmt For For 2. Advisory vote to approve executive Mgmt For For compensation. 3. Advisory vote to approve the appointment of Mgmt For For Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2019. 4. Vote to approve an amendment to the Mgmt For For Company's Certificate of Incorporation to lower the authorized range of the number of Directors on the Board to 7 to 15 Directors. 5. Advisory vote on a shareholder proposal Shr Against For requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent, if properly presented. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETFLIX, INC. Agenda Number: 934997252 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 64110L106 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 06-Jun-2019 Ticker: NFLX ISIN: US64110L1061 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Class II Director: Timothy M. Mgmt For For Haley 1b. Election of Class II Director: Leslie Mgmt For For Kilgore 1c. Election of Class II Director: Ann Mather Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Class II Director: Susan Rice 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, 2019. 3. Advisory approval of the Company's Mgmt For For executive officer compensation. 4. Stockholder proposal regarding political Shr Abstain Against disclosure, if properly presented at the meeting. 5. Stockholder proposal regarding simple Shr Abstain Against majority vote, if properly presented at the meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TESLA, INC. Agenda Number: 935014275 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 88160R101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 11-Jun-2019 Ticker: TSLA ISIN: US88160R1014 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1.1 Election of Class III Director: Ira Mgmt For For Ehrenpreis 1.2 Election of Class III Director: Kathleen Mgmt For For Wilson-Thompson 2. Tesla proposal to approve the Tesla, Inc. Mgmt For For 2019 Equity Incentive Plan 3. Tesla proposal to approve the Tesla, Inc. Mgmt For For 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan 4. Tesla proposal to approve and adopt Mgmt For For amendments to certificate of incorporation and bylaws to eliminate applicable supermajority voting requirements 5. Tesla proposal to approve amendment to Mgmt For For certificate of incorporation to reduce director terms from three years to two years 6. Tesla proposal to ratify the appointment of Mgmt For For PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Tesla's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 7. Stockholder proposal regarding a public Shr Against For policy committee 8. Stockholder proposal regarding simple Shr Against For majority voting provisions in governing documents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED Agenda Number: 934998963 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 91324P102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 03-Jun-2019 Ticker: UNH ISIN: US91324P1021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: William C. Ballard, Mgmt For For Jr. 1b. Election of Director: Richard T. Burke Mgmt For For 1c. Election of Director: Timothy P. Flynn Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Stephen J. Hemsley Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Michele J. Hooper Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: F. William McNabb III Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: Valerie C. Montgomery Mgmt For For Rice, M.D. 1h. Election of Director: John H. Noseworthy, Mgmt For For M.D. 1i. Election of Director: Glenn M. Renwick Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: David S. Wichmann Mgmt For For 1k. Election of Director: Gail R. Wilensky, Mgmt For For Ph.D. 2. Advisory approval of the Company's Mgmt For For executive compensation. 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte Mgmt For For & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2019. 4. The shareholder proposal set forth in the Shr Against For proxy statement requesting an amendment to the proxy access bylaw, if properly presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WALMART INC. Agenda Number: 935000872 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 931142103 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-Jun-2019 Ticker: WMT ISIN: US9311421039 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1a. Election of Director: Cesar Conde Mgmt For For 1b. Election of Director: Stephen J. Mgmt For For Easterbrook 1c. Election of Director: Timothy P. Flynn Mgmt For For 1d. Election of Director: Sarah J. Friar Mgmt For For 1e. Election of Director: Carla A. Harris Mgmt For For 1f. Election of Director: Thomas W. Horton Mgmt For For 1g. Election of Director: Marissa A. Mayer Mgmt For For 1h. Election of Director: C. Douglas McMillon Mgmt For For 1i. Election of Director: Gregory B. Penner Mgmt For For 1j. Election of Director: Steven S Reinemund Mgmt For For 1k. Election of Director: S. Robson Walton Mgmt For For 1l. Election of Director: Steuart L. Walton Mgmt For For 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Mgmt For For Officer Compensation 3. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For Independent Accountants 4. Request to Strengthen Prevention of Shr Abstain Against Workplace Sexual Harassment 5. Request to Adopt Cumulative Voting Shr Abstain Against * 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) ETF Series Solutions By (Signature) /s/ Kristina R. Nelson Name Kristina R. Nelson Title President Date 8/26/2019