OMERS owns shares in numerous publicly traded companies around the world. Share ownership carries with it important rights and responsibilities, including the right to vote shares at company meetings. The proxy vote is an important asset of a pension fund. OMERS has a fiduciary duty to obtain the highest returns for plan beneficiaries within acceptable risk limits. In accordance with its fiduciary duty, OMERS exercises its ownership rights by voting proxies diligently in a manner intended to optimize the long-term value of its investments.
In 2010, we voted on a total of 22,659 items covering 2,305 shareholder meetings globally, including:
Learn about our policy for disclosing proxy votes and our proxy voting record. View our proxy voting record
Learn about our proxy voting guidelines and how we are likely to vote on issues of importance. View our proxy voting guidelines