# Lingo

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Shareholder Resolution**</mark> -- Shareholder Proposal.

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Filer**</mark> -- A person or entity who submits a resolution to a company.

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Proxy**</mark> -- Someone who votes on shareholder resolutions in place of another person.&#x20;

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Designate**</mark> -- Someone who has owned a lot of stock for a long time can designate someone as their proxy.&#x20;

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Record Date**</mark> -- Shareholders who have purchased stock prior to the record date can vote on shareholder proposals for that year.

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**AGM**</mark> -- Annual General Meeting, this is the meeting each public company has once a year where proposals are voted on.
