HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
Shareholder Proposals
Item 5
Allow shareholders to act by written consent when they hold the minimum votes required to authorize an action at a fully attended meeting, without ownership-length or holding-method restrictions.
The proposal asks the Board to adopt a right for shareholders to take corporate action by written consent if they represent at least the minimum votes that would be required to approve that action at a meeting where all shareholders entitled to vote were present and voting, and to remove unnecessary restrictions such as ownership duration or method of shareholding. The proponent frames this as a mechanism to enable shareholders to initiate and act on matters between annual meetings without waiting for a special meeting, and to provide an additional route for timely engagement on governance, strategy, or financial issues. The supporting statement cites recent company performance, analyst commentary, and disclosed liabilities as examples of circumstances motivating the request. The proposal also states that the written-consent mechanism should permit shareholders to initiate any appropriate topic for written consent.