Investing November 13, 2001

CREF Participants Again Reject Tobacco, Gun-Control Resolutions

November 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), rejected resolutions urging CREF to divest its holdings in tobacco investments and in companies that publicly support gun control.
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At CREF’s annual meeting Tuesday in New York City, the tobacco and gun-control resolutions were defeated in votes of 70.18% to 24.63% (5.19% abstaining), and 84.36% to 12.18% (3.46% abstaining).

This marks the eighth consecutive year the tobacco resolution or ones similar to it were defeated, and marks the second consecutive defeat for the gun-control resolution. 

CREF is the $127 billion investment company of the $260 billion TIAA-CREF pension system.

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