UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-05912
MFS SPECIAL VALUE TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Christopher R. Bohane
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Name and address of agents for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021
ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORD.
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ICA File Number: 811-05912
Reporting Period: 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021
MFS Special Value Trust
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ACCENTURE PLC
Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1151C101
Meeting Date: FEB 03, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 07, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Jaime Ardila For For Management
1b Elect Director Herbert Hainer For For Management
1c Elect Director Nancy McKinstry For For Management
1d Elect Director Beth E. Mooney For For Management
1e Elect Director Gilles C. Pelisson For For Management
1f Elect Director Paula A. Price For For Management
1g Elect Director Venkata (Murthy) For For Management
Renduchintala
1h Elect Director David Rowland For For Management
1i Elect Director Arun Sarin For For Management
1j Elect Director Julie Sweet For For Management
1k Elect Director Frank K. Tang For For Management
1l Elect Director Tracey T. Travis For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
4 Renew the Board's Authority to Issue For For Management
Shares Under Irish Law
5 Authorize Board to Opt-Out of For For Management
Statutory Pre-Emption Rights
6 Determine Price Range for Reissuance For For Management
of Treasury Shares
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AON PLC
Ticker: AON Security ID: G0403H108
Meeting Date: AUG 26, 2020 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUN 30, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve the Issuance of the Aggregate For For Management
Scheme Consideration
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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AON PLC
Ticker: AON Security ID: G0403H108
Meeting Date: JUN 02, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 08, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lester B. Knight For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Gregory C. Case For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Jin-Yong Cai For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey C. Campbell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Fulvio Conti For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Cheryl A. Francis For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J. Michael Losh For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Richard B. Myers For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard C. Notebaert For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Gloria Santona For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Byron O. Spruell For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
4 Ratify Ernst & Young Chartered For For Management
Accountants as Statutory Auditor
5 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management
Auditors
6 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management
Article 190
7 Authorize the Board of Directors to For For Management
Capitalize Certain Non-distributable
Reserves
8 Approve Creation of Distributable For For Management
Profits by the Reduction and
Cancellation of the Amounts
Capitalized Pursuant to the Authority
Given Under Proposal 7
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BLACKROCK, INC.
Ticker: BLK Security ID: 09247X101
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Bader M. Alsaad For For Management
1b Elect Director Pamela Daley For For Management
1c Elect Director Jessica P. Einhorn For For Management
1d Elect Director Laurence D. Fink For For Management
1e Elect Director William E. Ford For For Management
1f Elect Director Fabrizio Freda For For Management
1g Elect Director Murry S. Gerber For For Management
1h Elect Director Margaret 'Peggy' L. For For Management
Johnson
1i Elect Director Robert S. Kapito For For Management
1j Elect Director Cheryl D. Mills For For Management
1k Elect Director Gordon M. Nixon For For Management
1l Elect Director Charles H. Robbins For For Management
1m Elect Director Marco Antonio Slim Domit For For Management
1n Elect Director Hans E. Vestberg For For Management
1o Elect Director Susan L. Wagner For For Management
1p Elect Director Mark Wilson For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte LLP as Auditors For For Management
4a Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
4b Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement
4c Amend Charter to Eliminate Provisions For For Management
that are No Longer Applicable and Make
Other Technical Revisions
5 Amend Certificate of Incorporation to Against Against Shareholder
Become a Public Benefit Corporation
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CHUBB LIMITED
Ticker: CB Security ID: H1467J104
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports
2.1 Allocate Disposable Profit For For Management
2.2 Approve Dividend Distribution From For For Management
Legal Reserves Through Capital
Contributions Reserve Subaccount
3 Approve Discharge of Board of Directors For For Management
4.1 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG For For Management
(Zurich) as Statutory Auditor
4.2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP For For Management
(United States) as Independent
Registered Accounting Firm
4.3 Ratify BDO AG (Zurich) as Special For For Management
Audit Firm
5.1 Elect Director Evan G. Greenberg For For Management
5.2 Elect Director Michael P. Connors For For Management
5.3 Elect Director Michael G. Atieh For For Management
5.4 Elect Director Sheila P. Burke For For Management
5.5 Elect Director Mary Cirillo For For Management
5.6 Elect Director Robert J. Hugin For For Management
5.7 Elect Director Robert W. Scully For For Management
5.8 Elect Director Eugene B. Shanks, Jr. For For Management
5.9 Elect Director Theodore E. Shasta For For Management
5.10 Elect Director David H. Sidwell For For Management
5.11 Elect Director Olivier Steimer For For Management
5.12 Elect Director Luis Tellez For For Management
5.13 Elect Director Frances F. Townsend For For Management
6 Elect Evan G. Greenberg as Board For For Management
Chairman
7.1 Elect Michael P. Connors as Member of For For Management
the Compensation Committee
7.2 Elect Mary Cirillo as Member of the For For Management
Compensation Committee
7.3 Elect Frances F. Townsend as Member of For For Management
the Compensation Committee
8 Designate Homburger AG as Independent For For Management
Proxy
9 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
10 Approve CHF 86,557,222.50 Reduction in For For Management
Share Capital via Cancellation in
Nominal Value of CHF 24.15 each
11.1 Approve the Maximum Aggregate For For Management
Remuneration of Directors
11.2 Approve Remuneration of Executive For For Management
Management in the Amount of USD 48
Million for Fiscal 2022
12 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
13 Transact Other Business (Voting) For Against Management
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CIGNA CORPORATION
Ticker: CI Security ID: 125523100
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 08, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director David M. Cordani For For Management
1b Elect Director William J. DeLaney For For Management
1c Elect Director Eric J. Foss For For Management
1d Elect Director Elder Granger For For Management
1e Elect Director Isaiah Harris, Jr. For For Management
1f Elect Director George Kurian For For Management
1g Elect Director Kathleen M. Mazzarella For For Management
1h Elect Director Mark B. McClellan For For Management
1i Elect Director John M. Partridge For For Management
1j Elect Director Kimberly A. Ross For For Management
1k Elect Director Eric C. Wiseman For For Management
1l Elect Director Donna F. Zarcone For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
6 Report on Gender Pay Gap Against Against Shareholder
7 Disclose Board Matrix Including Against Against Shareholder
Ideological Perspectives
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CITIGROUP INC.
Ticker: C Security ID: 172967424
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 01, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Ellen M. Costello For For Management
1b Elect Director Grace E. Dailey For For Management
1c Elect Director Barbara J. Desoer For For Management
1d Elect Director John C. Dugan For For Management
1e Elect Director Jane N. Fraser For For Management
1f Elect Director Duncan P. Hennes For For Management
1g Elect Director Peter B. Henry For For Management
1h Elect Director S. Leslie Ireland For For Management
1i Elect Director Lew W. (Jay) Jacobs, IV For For Management
1j Elect Director Renee J. James For For Management
1k Elect Director Gary M. Reiner For For Management
1l Elect Director Diana L. Taylor For For Management
1m Elect Director James S. Turley For For Management
1n Elect Director Deborah C. Wright For For Management
1o Elect Director Alexander R. Wynaendts For For Management
1p Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo Ponce For For Management
de Leon
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Amend Proxy Access Right Against Against Shareholder
6 Require Independent Board Chair Against Against Shareholder
7 Adopt a Policy to Include Against Against Shareholder
Non-Management Employees as
Prospective Director Candidates
8 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against Against Shareholder
9 Report on Racial Equity Audit Against For Shareholder
10 Amend Certificate of Incorporation to Against Against Shareholder
Become a Public Benefit Corporation
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COMCAST CORPORATION
Ticker: CMCSA Security ID: 20030N101
Meeting Date: JUN 02, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 05, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Kenneth J. Bacon For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Madeline S. Bell For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Naomi M. Bergman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edward D. Breen For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassell For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Honickman For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Maritza G. Montiel For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Asuka Nakahara For For Management
1.9 Elect Director David C. Novak For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Brian L. Roberts For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Report on Risks Posed by the Failing Against Against Shareholder
to Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment
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DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 05, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1A Elect Director James A. Bennett For For Management
1B Elect Director Robert M. Blue For For Management
1C Elect Director Helen E. Dragas For For Management
1D Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Management
1E Elect Director D. Maybank Hagood For For Management
1F Elect Director Ronald W. Jibson For For Management
1G Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management
1H Elect Director Joseph M. Rigby For For Management
1I Elect Director Pamela J. Royal For For Management
1J Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr. For For Management
1K Elect Director Susan N. Story For For Management
1L Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against Against Shareholder
5 Require Independent Board Chair Against Against Shareholder
6 Amend Proxy Access Right Against Against Shareholder
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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: DUK Security ID: 26441C204
Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 08, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael G. Browning For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Annette K. Clayton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert M. Davis For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Caroline Dorsa For For Management
1.6 Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Nicholas C. Fanandakis For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Lynn J. Good For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John T. Herron For For Management
1.10 Elect Director E. Marie McKee For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Michael J. Pacilio For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Thomas E. Skains For For Management
1.13 Elect Director William E. Webster, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement
5 Require Independent Board Chair Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Political Contributions and Against For Shareholder
Expenditures
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EQUIFAX INC.
Ticker: EFX Security ID: 294429105
Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 05, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Mark W. Begor For For Management
1b Elect Director Mark L. Feidler For For Management
1c Elect Director G. Thomas Hough For For Management
1d Elect Director Robert D. Marcus For For Management
1e Elect Director Scott A. McGregor For For Management
1f Elect Director John A. McKinley For For Management
1g Elect Director Robert W. Selander For For Management
1h Elect Director Melissa D. Smith For For Management
1i Elect Director Audrey Boone Tillman For For Management
1j Elect Director Heather H. Wilson For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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FISERV, INC.
Ticker: FISV Security ID: 337738108
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Frank J. Bisignano For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alison Davis For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Henrique de Castro For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Harry F. DiSimone For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Dennis F. Lynch For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Heidi G. Miller For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Scott C. Nuttall For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Denis J. O'Leary For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Doyle R. Simons For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Kevin M. Warren For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Ticker: HON Security ID: 438516106
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1A Elect Director Darius Adamczyk For For Management
1B Elect Director Duncan B. Angove For For Management
1C Elect Director William S. Ayer For For Management
1D Elect Director Kevin Burke For For Management
1E Elect Director D. Scott Davis For For Management
1F Elect Director Deborah Flint For For Management
1G Elect Director Judd Gregg For For Management
1H Elect Director Grace D. Lieblein For For Management
1I Elect Director Raymond T. Odierno For For Management
1J Elect Director George Paz For For Management
1K Elect Director Robin L. Washington For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditor For For Management
4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Ticker: ITW Security ID: 452308109
Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 08, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Daniel J. Brutto For For Management
1b Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management
1c Elect Director Darrell L. Ford For For Management
1d Elect Director James W. Griffith For For Management
1e Elect Director Jay L. Henderson For For Management
1f Elect Director Richard H. Lenny For For Management
1g Elect Director E. Scott Santi For For Management
1h Elect Director David B. Smith, Jr. For For Management
1i Elect Director Pamela B. Strobel For For Management
1j Elect Director Anre D. Williams For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditor For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Ticker: JNJ Security ID: 478160104
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Mary C. Beckerle For For Management
1b Elect Director D. Scott Davis For For Management
1c Elect Director Ian E. L. Davis For For Management
1d Elect Director Jennifer A. Doudna For For Management
1e Elect Director Alex Gorsky For For Management
1f Elect Director Marillyn A. Hewson For For Management
1g Elect Director Hubert Joly For For Management
1h Elect Director Mark B. McClellan For For Management
1i Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For Against Management
1j Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management
1k Elect Director A. Eugene Washington For For Management
1l Elect Director Mark A. Weinberger For For Management
1m Elect Director Nadja Y. West For For Management
1n Elect Director Ronald A. Williams For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Report on Government Financial Support Against Against Shareholder
and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and
Therapeutics
5 Require Independent Board Chair Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Civil Rights Audit Against For Shareholder
7 Adopt Policy on Bonus Banking Against Against Shareholder
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Linda B. Bammann For For Management
1b Elect Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management
1c Elect Director Todd A. Combs For For Management
1d Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
1e Elect Director James Dimon For For Management
1f Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn For For Management
1g Elect Director Mellody Hobson For For Management
1h Elect Director Michael A. Neal For For Management
1i Elect Director Phebe N. Novakovic For For Management
1j Elect Director Virginia M. Rometty For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder
Shareholders to Request Action by
Written Consent
6 Report on Racial Equity Audit Against For Shareholder
7 Require Independent Board Chair Against For Shareholder
8 Report on Congruency Political Against For Shareholder
Analysis and Electioneering
Expenditures
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MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
Ticker: MMC Security ID: 571748102
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Anthony K. Anderson For For Management
1b Elect Director Oscar Fanjul For For Management
1c Elect Director Daniel S. Glaser For For Management
1d Elect Director H. Edward Hanway For For Management
1e Elect Director Deborah C. Hopkins For For Management
1f Elect Director Tamara Ingram For For Management
1g Elect Director Jane H. Lute For For Management
1h Elect Director Steven A. Mills For For Management
1i Elect Director Bruce P. Nolop For For Management
1j Elect Director Marc D. Oken For For Management
1k Elect Director Morton O. Schapiro For For Management
1l Elect Director Lloyd M. Yates For For Management
1m Elect Director R. David Yost For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditor For For Management
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MEDTRONIC PLC
Ticker: MDT Security ID: G5960L103
Meeting Date: DEC 11, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: OCT 15, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Richard H. Anderson For For Management
1b Elect Director Craig Arnold For For Management
1c Elect Director Scott C. Donnelly For For Management
1d Elect Director Andrea J. Goldsmith For For Management
1e Elect Director Randall J. Hogan, III For For Management
1f Elect Director Michael O. Leavitt For For Management
1g Elect Director James T. Lenehan For For Management
1h Elect Director Kevin E. Lofton For For Management
1i Elect Director Geoffrey S. Martha For For Management
1j Elect Director Elizabeth G. Nabel For For Management
1k Elect Director Denise M. O'Leary For For Management
1l Elect Director Kendall J. Powell For For Management
2 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
Their Remuneration
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Renew the Board's Authority to Issue For For Management
Shares Under Irish Law
5 Renew the Board's Authority to Opt-Out For For Management
of Statutory Pre-Emptions Rights Under
Irish Law
6 Authorize Overseas Market Purchases of For For Management
Ordinary Shares
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NASDAQ, INC.
Ticker: NDAQ Security ID: 631103108
Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 19, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Melissa M. Arnoldi For For Management
1b Elect Director Charlene T. Begley For For Management
1c Elect Director Steven D. Black For For Management
1d Elect Director Adena T. Friedman For For Management
1e Elect Director Essa Kazim For For Management
1f Elect Director Thomas A. Kloet For For Management
1g Elect Director John D. Rainey For For Management
1h Elect Director Michael R. Splinter For For Management
1i Elect Director Jacob Wallenberg For For Management
1j Elect Director Alfred W. Zollar For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
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NESTLE SA
Ticker: NESN Security ID: 641069406
Meeting Date: APR 15, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 09, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports
1.2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For For Management
Management
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends of CHF 2.75 per Share
4.1.a Reelect Paul Bulcke as Director and For For Management
Board Chairman
4.1.b Reelect Ulf Schneider as Director For For Management
4.1.c Reelect Henri de Castries as Director For For Management
4.1.d Reelect Renato Fassbind as Director For For Management
4.1.e Reelect Pablo Isla as Director For For Management
4.1.f Reelect Ann Veneman as Director For For Management
4.1.g Reelect Eva Cheng as Director For For Management
4.1.h Reelect Patrick Aebischer as Director For For Management
4.1.i Reelect Kasper Rorsted as Director For Against Management
4.1.j Reelect Kimberly Ross as Director For For Management
4.1.k Reelect Dick Boer as Director For For Management
4.1.l Reelect Dinesh Paliwal as Director For For Management
4.1.m Reelect Hanne Jimenez de Mora as For For Management
Director
4.2 Elect Lindiwe Sibanda as Director For For Management
4.3.1 Appoint Pablo Isla as Member of the For For Management
Compensation Committee
4.3.2 Appoint Patrick Aebischer as Member of For For Management
the Compensation Committee
4.3.3 Appoint Dick Boer as Member of the For For Management
Compensation Committee
4.3.4 Appoint Kasper Rorsted as Member of For Against Management
the Compensation Committee
4.4 Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors For For Management
4.5 Designate Hartmann Dreyer as For For Management
Independent Proxy
5.1 Approve Remuneration of Directors in For For Management
the Amount of CHF 10 Million
5.2 Approve Remuneration of Executive For For Management
Committee in the Amount of CHF 57.5
Million
6 Approve CHF 6.6 Million Reduction in For For Management
Share Capital as Part of the Share
Buyback Program via Cancellation of
Repurchased Shares
7 Approve Climate Action Plan For For Management
8 Transact Other Business (Voting) Against Against Management
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
Ticker: NOC Security ID: 666807102
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Kathy J. Warden For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David P. Abney For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Marianne C. Brown For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Donald E. Felsinger For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ann M. Fudge For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William H. Hernandez For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Madeleine A. Kleiner For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Karl J. Krapek For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Gary Roughead For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas M. Schoewe For For Management
1.11 Elect Director James S. Turley For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Mark A. Welsh, III For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Report on Human Rights Impact Against Against Shareholder
Assessment
5 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder
Shareholders to Request Action by
Written Consent
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Ticker: TXN Security ID: 882508104
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Mark A. Blinn For For Management
1b Elect Director Todd M. Bluedorn For For Management
1c Elect Director Janet F. Clark For For Management
1d Elect Director Carrie S. Cox For For Management
1e Elect Director Martin S. Craighead For For Management
1f Elect Director Jean M. Hobby For For Management
1g Elect Director Michael D. Hsu For For Management
1h Elect Director Ronald Kirk For For Management
1i Elect Director Pamela H. Patsley For For Management
1j Elect Director Robert E. Sanchez For For Management
1k Elect Director Richard K. Templeton For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
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THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
Ticker: SHW Security ID: 824348106
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Kerrii B. Anderson For For Management
1b Elect Director Arthur F. Anton For For Management
1c Elect Director Jeff M. Fettig For For Management
1d Elect Director Richard J. Kramer For For Management
1e Elect Director John G. Morikis For For Management
1f Elect Director Christine A. Poon For Against Management
1g Elect Director Aaron M. Powell For For Management
1h Elect Director Michael H. Thaman For For Management
1i Elect Director Matthew Thornton, III For For Management
1j Elect Director Steven H. Wunning For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
Ticker: SO Security ID: 842587107
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Janaki Akella For For Management
1b Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco For For Management
1c Elect Director Henry A. Clark, III For For Management
1d Elect Director Anthony F. Earley, Jr. For For Management
1e Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning For For Management
1f Elect Director David J. Grain For For Management
1g Elect Director Colette D. Honorable For For Management
1h Elect Director Donald M. James For For Management
1i Elect Director John D. Johns For For Management
1j Elect Director Dale E. Klein For For Management
1k Elect Director Ernest J. Moniz For For Management
1l Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr. For For Management
1m Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, III For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
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THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
Ticker: TMO Security ID: 883556102
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Marc N. Casper For For Management
1b Elect Director Nelson J. Chai For For Management
1c Elect Director C. Martin Harris For For Management
1d Elect Director Tyler Jacks For For Management
1e Elect Director R. Alexandra Keith For For Management
1f Elect Director Thomas J. Lynch For For Management
1g Elect Director Jim P. Manzi For For Management
1h Elect Director James C. Mullen For For Management
1i Elect Director Lars R. Sorensen For For Management
1j Elect Director Debora L. Spar For For Management
1k Elect Director Scott M. Sperling For For Management
1l Elect Director Dion J. Weisler For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditor
4 Provide Right to Call A Special Meeting Against For Shareholder
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U.S. BANCORP
Ticker: USB Security ID: 902973304
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2021
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Warner L. Baxter For For Management
1b Elect Director Dorothy J. Bridges For For Management
1c Elect Director Elizabeth L. Buse For For Management
1d Elect Director Andrew Cecere For For Management
1e Elect Director Kimberly N. For For Management
Ellison-Taylor
1f Elect Director Kimberly J. Harris For For Management
1g Elect Director Roland A. Hernandez For For Management
1h Elect Director Olivia F. Kirtley For For Management
1i Elect Director Karen S. Lynch For For Management
1j Elect Director Richard P. McKenney For For Management
1k Elect Director Yusuf I. Mehdi For For Management
1l Elect Director John P. Wiehoff For For Management
1m Elect Director Scott W. Wine For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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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: MFS SPECIAL VALUE TRUST
| By (Signature and Title): | David DiLorenzo* | |
| David DiLorenzo, President and Principal Executive Officer |
Date: August 27, 2021
| *By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Susan A. Pereira | |
| Susan A. Pereira, as attorney-in-fact |
| * | Executed by Susan A. Pereira on behalf of David DiLorenzo pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated June 1, 2017. (1) |
| (1) |