Disney Investor Presentation Deck
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Shareholder Proposal on Lobbying Policies and Activities
Disclosure is Unnecessary and Would Create Redundancies
The Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal. We believe additional disclosures in this regard would not
be an efficient use of resources in light of our existing lobbying policies and disclosures
Shareholder proposal: Requests the Company prepare an annually-updated report disclosing additional information regarding lobbying
activities
The Company provides significant disclosure regarding political and lobbying activities and maintains a strict internal review and
oversight process
Discloses details of contributions to candidates for office on a semi-annual basis, available on the Company's website
Provides reports detailing issues the Company lobbied on, the houses of Congress and federal agencies lobbied and total amounts
expended during each calendar quarter on federal lobbying activities and the portion of trade association payments that are used for
federal lobbying as disclosed to the Company
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All political contributions have been approved by the Company's Government Relations team, and the full scope of political contributions
activity is reviewed by the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board annually
The Company has been responsive to shareholder suggestions for enhanced disclosure
In response to shareholder feedback after the 2018 Annual Meeting, the Board enhanced the Company's lobbying disclosure by
expanding its scope and disclosing the expanded policy which includes:
Annual disclosure of information regarding our membership in U.S.-based industry and trade associations
Annual dues the Company paid to these trade associations
The percentage each trade association has indicated to us was used for lobbying activities
The Company continues to be recognized as a leader in political disclosure and practices
In 2020 and 2019, the Center for Political Accountability's Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability ranked Disney
among the First Tier of S&P 500 companies
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Disclosure of payments to trade associations are bucketed by contribution increment levels in order to provide a more granular
level of detail to shareholders
In January, the Company committed not to make political contributions in 2021 to members of Congress who objected to
certification of state electoral college votes immediately following violence associated with the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol
Shareholders have not expressed support for this proposal, despite appearing on our ballot multiple consecutive years
This is the sixth year this proposal has been submitted; it has continuously failed to obtain majority support
https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/about/#policies
Sources of
Policies and
Additional
Policies
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/07/Political-Disclosure-Archive-2020.pdf
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/07/Political-Giving-and-Participation-in-the-Formulation-of-Public-Policy-2020.pdf
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/07/2019 US-Trade-Associations.pdf
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