t he 2013 proposal on this topic won the all-time highest support for any Ford shareholder proposal — 1.5 Billion votes. This proposal topic is believed to have received more than 50% of the independent vote of the non-family Ford stock each year since 2011. It is time that the 58-year practice (1956-2014) of disenfranchising Ford public shareholders be changed for the common benefit of all shareholders.