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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-PX
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ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-05912
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MFS SPECIAL VALUE TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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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
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Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
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ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORD.
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ICA File Number: 811-05912
Reporting Period: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018
MFS Special Value Trust
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ACCENTURE PLC
Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1151C101
Meeting Date: FEB 07, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 11, 2017
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Jaime Ardila For For Management
1b Elect Director Charles H. Giancarlo For For Management
1c Elect Director Herbert Hainer For For Management
1d Elect Director Marjorie Magner For For Management
1e Elect Director Nancy McKinstry For For Management
1f Elect Director Pierre Nanterme For For Management
1g Elect Director Gilles C. Pelisson For For Management
1h Elect Director Paula A. Price For For Management
1i Elect Director Arun Sarin For For Management
1j Elect Director Frank K. Tang For For Management
1k Elect Director Tracey T. Travis For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
5 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities with
Preemptive Rights
6 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights
7 Determine the Price Range at which For For Management
Accenture Plc can Re-issue Shares that
it Acquires as Treasury Stock
8 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
9 Amend Articles of Association to No For For Management
Longer Require Shareholder Approval of
Certain Internal Transactions
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AON PLC
Ticker: AON Security ID: G0408V102
Meeting Date: JUN 22, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 24, 2018
# 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 Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
4 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports
5 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
6 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Aon's U.K. For For Management
Statutory Auditor
7 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management
Auditors
8 Authorise Shares for Market Purchase For For Management
9 Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked For For Management
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights
10 Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked For For Management
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights
11 Approve Political Donations For For Management
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BLACKROCK, INC.
Ticker: BLK Security ID: 09247X101
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta For For Management
1b Elect Director Pamela Daley For For Management
1c Elect Director William S. Demchak For For Management
1d Elect Director Jessica P. Einhorn For For Management
1e Elect Director Laurence D. Fink For For Management
1f Elect Director William E. Ford For For Management
1g Elect Director Fabrizio Freda For For Management
1h Elect Director Murry S. Gerber For For Management
1i Elect Director Margaret L. Johnson For For Management
1j Elect Director Robert S. Kapito For For Management
1k Elect Director Deryck Maughan For For Management
1l Elect Director Cheryl D. Mills For For Management
1m Elect Director Gordon M. Nixon For For Management
1n Elect Director Charles H. Robbins For For Management
1o Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg For For Management
1p Elect Director Marco Antonio Slim Domit For For Management
1q Elect Director Susan L. Wagner For For Management
1r Elect Director Mark Wilson 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 Deloitte LLP as Auditors For For Management
5 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against For Shareholder
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CITIGROUP INC.
Ticker: C Security ID: 172967424
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Michael L. Corbat For For Management
1b Elect Director Ellen M. Costello For For Management
1c Elect Director John C. Dugan For For Management
1d Elect Director Duncan P. Hennes For For Management
1e Elect Director Peter B. Henry For For Management
1f Elect Director Franz B. Humer For For Management
1g Elect Director S. Leslie Ireland For For Management
1h Elect Director Renee J. James For For Management
1i Elect Director Eugene M. McQuade For For Management
1j Elect Director Michael E. O'Neill For For Management
1k Elect Director Gary M. Reiner For For Management
1l Elect Director Anthony M. Santomero For For Management
1m Elect Director Diana L. Taylor For For Management
1n Elect Director James S. Turley For For Management
1o Elect Director Deborah C. Wright 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 Adopt Human and Indigenous People's Against Against Shareholder
Rights Policy
6 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against For Shareholder
8 Amend Proxy Access Right Against Against Shareholder
9 Prohibit Accelerated Vesting of Awards Against Against Shareholder
to Pursue Government Service
10 Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder
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COMCAST CORPORATION
Ticker: CMCSA Security ID: 20030N101
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 06, 2018
# 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 Sheldon M. Bonovitz For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edward D. Breen For For 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 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against For Shareholder
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DANAHER CORPORATION
Ticker: DHR Security ID: 235851102
Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Donald J. Ehrlich For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Linda Hefner Filler For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas P. Joyce, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Teri List-Stoll For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Walter G. Lohr, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mitchell P. Rales For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Steven M. Rales For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John T. Schwieters For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Alan G. Spoon For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Raymond C. Stevens For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Elias A. Zerhouni 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
4 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: DUK Security ID: 26441C204
Meeting Date: MAY 03, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 09, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael G. Browning For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert M. Davis For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John H. Forsgren For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lynn J. Good For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John T. Herron For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James B. Hyler, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director William E. Kennard For For Management
1.10 Elect Director E. Marie McKee For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Charles W. Moorman, IV For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Carlos A. Saladrigas For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Thomas E. Skains For For Management
1.14 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 Report on Benefits of Lobbying Against For Shareholder
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EQUIFAX INC.
Ticker: EFX Security ID: 294429105
Meeting Date: MAY 03, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Mark W. Begor For For Management
1b Elect Director Mark L. Feidler For Against Management
1c Elect Director G. Thomas Hough For For Management
1d Elect Director Robert D. Marcus For For Management
1e Elect Director Siri S. Marshall For For Management
1f Elect Director Scott A. McGregor For For Management
1g Elect Director John A. McKinley For Against Management
1h Elect Director Robert W. Selander For For Management
1i Elect Director Elane B. Stock For For Management
1j Elect Director Mark B. Templeton For Against Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
4 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Ticker: JNJ Security ID: 478160104
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2018
# 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 Mark B. McClellan For For Management
1g Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For Against Management
1h Elect Director William D. Perez For For Management
1i Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management
1j Elect Director A. Eugene Washington For For Management
1k Elect Director Ronald A. Williams For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Prohibit Adjusting Compensation Against Against Shareholder
Metrics for Legal or Compliance Costs
5 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
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JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC
Ticker: JCI Security ID: G51502105
Meeting Date: MAR 07, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 03, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Michael E. Daniels For For Management
1b Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar For For Management
1c Elect Director Brian Duperreault For For Management
1d Elect Director Gretchen R. Haggerty For For Management
1e Elect Director Simone Menne For For Management
1f Elect Director George R. Oliver For For Management
1g Elect Director Juan Pablo del Valle For For Management
Perochena
1h Elect Director Jurgen Tinggren For For Management
1i Elect Director Mark Vergnano For For Management
1j Elect Director R. David Yost For For Management
1k Elect Director John D. Young For For Management
2a Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
2b Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management
Auditors
3 Authorize Market Purchases of Company For For Management
Shares
4 Determine Price Range for Reissuance For For Management
of Treasury Shares
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Abstain Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
6 Approve the Directors' Authority to For For Management
Allot Shares
7 Approve the Disapplication of For For Management
Statutory Pre-Emption Rights
8a Approve Cancellation of Share Premium For For Management
Account
8b Approve Amendment of Articles to For For Management
Facilitate Capital Reduction
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Linda B. Bammann For For Management
1b Elect Director James A. Bell For For Management
1c Elect Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management
1d Elect Director Todd A. Combs For For Management
1e Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
1f Elect Director James Dimon For For Management
1g Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn For For Management
1h Elect Director Mellody Hobson For For Management
1i Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. For For Management
1j Elect Director Michael A. Neal For For Management
1k Elect Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management
1l Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management
2 Ratify Existing Ownership Threshold For Against Management
for Shareholders to Call Special
Meeting
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
6 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
7 Prohibit Accelerated Vesting of Awards Against Against Shareholder
to Pursue Government Service
8 Institute Procedures to Prevent Against Against Shareholder
Investments in Companies that
Contribute to Genocide or Crimes
Against Humanity
9 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Against Against Shareholder
Voting
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MEDTRONIC PLC
Ticker: MDT Security ID: G5960L103
Meeting Date: DEC 08, 2017 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: OCT 10, 2017
# 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 Randall J. Hogan, III For For Management
1e Elect Director Omar Ishrak For For Management
1f Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson For For Management
1g Elect Director Michael O. Leavitt For For Management
1h Elect Director James T. Lenehan For For Management
1i Elect Director Elizabeth G. Nabel For For Management
1j Elect Director Denise M. O'Leary For For Management
1k Elect Director Kendall J. Powell For For Management
1l Elect Director Robert C. Pozen For For Management
2 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Audit Committee
to Fix Their Remuneration
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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MFS SERIES TRUST XIV - MFS INSTITUTIONAL MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
Ticker: Security ID: 55291X109
Meeting Date: DEC 08, 2017 Meeting Type: Written Consent
Record Date: DEC 08, 2017
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Amend Fundamental Investment For For Management
Restriction Regarding Industry
Concentration
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MOODY'S CORPORATION
Ticker: MCO Security ID: 615369105
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Basil L. Anderson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jorge A. Bermudez For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Vincent A. Forlenza For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kathryn M. Hill For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Leslie F. Seidman For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Bruce Van Saun For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Gerrit Zalm For For Management
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Compensation Clawback Policy Against For Shareholder
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NASDAQ, INC.
Ticker: NDAQ Security ID: 631103108
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2018
# 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 Lars R. Wedenborn 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 Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
5 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
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NESTLE SA
Ticker: NESN Security ID: 641069406
Meeting Date: APR 12, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 06, 2018
# 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 2.35 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 Beat Hess as Director For For Management
4.1.e Reelect Renato Fassbind as Director For For Management
4.1.f Reelect Jean-Pierre Roth as Director For For Management
4.1.g Reelect Ann Veneman as Director For For Management
4.1.h Reelect Eva Cheng as Director For For Management
4.1.i Reelect Ruth Oniang'o as Director For For Management
4.1.j Reelect Patrick Aebischer as Director For For Management
4.1.k Reelect Ursula Burns as Director For For Management
4.2.1 Elect Kasper Rorsted as Director For For Management
4.2.2 Elect Pablo Isa as Director For For Management
4.2.3 Elect Kimberly Ross as Director For For Management
4.3.1 Appoint Beat Hess as Member of the For For Management
Compensation Committee
4.3.2 Appoint Jean-Pierre Roth as Member of For For Management
the Compensation Committee
4.3.3 Appoint Patrick Aebischer as Member of For For Management
the Compensation Committee
4.3.4 Appoint Ursula Burns as Member of the For For Management
Compensation Committee
4.4 Ratify KPMG 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 Maximum Remuneration of For For Management
Executive Committee in the Amount of
CHF 60 Million
6 Approve CHF 4.9 Million Reduction in For For Management
Share Capital via Cancellation of
Repurchased Shares
7 Transact Other Business (Voting) Against Against Management
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PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Ticker: PM Security ID: 718172109
Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Harold Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Andre Calantzopoulos For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Massimo Ferragamo For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Werner Geissler For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lisa A. Hook For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jennifer Li For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jun Makihara For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Sergio Marchionne For Against Management
1.10 Elect Director Kalpana Morparia For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Frederik Paulsen For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Robert B. Polet For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers SA as For For Management
Auditors
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PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
Ticker: PPG Security ID: 693506107
Meeting Date: APR 19, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 16, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Victoria F. Haynes For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael W. Lamach For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Martin H. Richenhagen For Against Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
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SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED
Ticker: SLB Security ID: 806857108
Meeting Date: APR 04, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 07, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Peter L.S. Currie For For Management
1b Elect Director Miguel M. Galuccio For For Management
1c Elect Director V. Maureen Kempston For For Management
Darkes
1d Elect Director Paal Kibsgaard For For Management
1e Elect Director Nikolay Kudryavtsev For For Management
1f Elect Director Helge Lund For For Management
1g Elect Director Michael E. Marks For For Management
1h Elect Director Indra K. Nooyi For For Management
1i Elect Director Lubna S. Olayan For For Management
1j Elect Director Leo Rafael Reif For For Management
1k Elect Director Henri Seydoux For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Adopt and Approve Financials and For For Management
Dividends
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Ticker: TXN Security ID: 882508104
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Ralph W. Babb, Jr. For For Management
1b Elect Director Mark A. Blinn For For Management
1c Elect Director Todd M. Bluedorn For For Management
1d Elect Director Daniel A. Carp For For Management
1e Elect Director Janet F. Clark For For Management
1f Elect Director Carrie S. Cox For For Management
1g Elect Director Brian T. Crutcher For For Management
1h Elect Director Jean M. Hobby For For Management
1i Elect Director Ronald Kirk For For Management
1j Elect Director Pamela H. Patsley For For Management
1k Elect Director Robert E. Sanchez For For Management
1l Elect Director Richard K. Templeton For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
4 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
Ticker: SHW Security ID: 824348106
Meeting Date: APR 18, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 20, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Arthur F. Anton For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David F. Hodnik For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard J. Kramer For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Susan J. Kropf For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John G. Morikis For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Christine A. Poon For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John M. Stropki For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael H. Thaman For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Matthew Thornton, III For For Management
1.10 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 23, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco For For Management
1b Elect Director Jon A. Boscia For For Management
1c Elect Director Henry A. "Hal" Clark, For For Management
III
1d Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning For For Management
1e Elect Director David J. Grain For For Management
1f Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen For For Management
1g Elect Director Linda P. Hudson 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 Steven R. Specker For For Management
1n Elect Director Larry D. Thompson For For Management
1o Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, 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 Amend Proxy Access Right Against Against Shareholder
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THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.
Ticker: TRV Security ID: 89417E109
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Alan L. Beller For For Management
1b Elect Director John H. Dasburg For For Management
1c Elect Director Janet M. Dolan For For Management
1d Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein For For Management
1e Elect Director Patricia L. Higgins For For Management
1f Elect Director William J. Kane For For Management
1g Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr. For For Management
1h Elect Director Philip T. (Pete) For For Management
Ruegger, III
1i Elect Director Todd C. Schermerhorn For For Management
1j Elect Director Alan D. Schnitzer For For Management
1k Elect Director Donald J. Shepard For For Management
1l Elect Director Laurie J. Thomsen For For Management
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Prepare Employment Diversity Report Against Against Shareholder
and Report on Diversity Policies
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THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
Ticker: TMO Security ID: 883556102
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 28, 2018
# 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 Judy C. Lewent For For Management
1f Elect Director Thomas J. Lynch For For Management
1g Elect Director Jim P. Manzi For For Management
1h Elect Director Lars R. Sorensen For For Management
1i Elect Director Scott M. Sperling For For Management
1j Elect Director Elaine S. Ullian For For Management
1k 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
Auditors
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U.S. BANCORP
Ticker: USB Security ID: 902973304
Meeting Date: APR 17, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 20, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Warner L. Baxter For For Management
1b Elect Director Marc N. Casper For For Management
1c Elect Director Andrew Cecere For For Management
1d Elect Director Arthur D. Collins, Jr. For For Management
1e Elect Director Kimberly J. Harris For For Management
1f Elect Director Roland A. Hernandez For For Management
1g Elect Director Doreen Woo Ho 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 David B. O'Maley For For Management
1l Elect Director O'dell M. Owens For For Management
1m Elect Director Craig D. Schnuck For For Management
1n Elect Director Scott W. Wine For Against 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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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
Ticker: WFC Security ID: 949746101
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2018 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2018
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director John D. Baker, II For For Management
1b Elect Director Celeste A. Clark For For Management
1c Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management
1d Elect Director Elizabeth A. "Betsy" For For Management
Duke
1e Elect Director Donald M. James For For Management
1f Elect Director Maria R. Morris For For Management
1g Elect Director Karen B. Peetz For For Management
1h Elect Director Juan A. Pujadas For For Management
1i Elect Director James H. Quigley For For Management
1j Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent For For Management
1k Elect Director Timothy J. Sloan For For Management
1l Elect Director Suzanne M. Vautrinot For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
4 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
5 Reform Executive Compensation Policy Against Against Shareholder
with Social Responsibility
6 Report on Incentive-Based Compensation Against Against Shareholder
and Risks of Material Losses
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SIGNATURES
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*
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David DiLorenzo, President and Principal
Executive Officer
Date: August 28, 2018
*By (Signature and Title) /s/ Susan A. Pereira
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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) Incorporated by reference to MFS Series Trust XIII (File Nos. 2-74959 and
811-03327) Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 filed with the SEC via EDGAR on
June 27, 2017.