On August 27, 2021, The Procter & Gamble Company announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from James McRitchie and Myra K. Young, urging the Company board to adopt a policy of promoting representation of employee perspectives among corporate decision makers by requiring the initial list of candidates from which new director nominees are chosen by the Governance and Public Responsibility Committee include current or past PG non-management employees. The Company urged the shareholders to vote against the proposal on its annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on October 12, 2021.