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A. O. Smith Corporation: meeting of 9 Apr 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
777 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the A. O. Smith Corporation meeting of 9 Apr 2024. Their records fall into 6 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
4 nominees; 51.5% of reported votes for; 195 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
2,456 vote records from 232 filers. 65 of the 230 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
1,323 vote records from 764 filers. 75 of the 748 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 16 filers reported this item without a management mark.
5 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
616 vote records from 231 filers. 9 of the 229 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. That figure is left out of the share split below; the count of filers includes it. How that is decided
COMPENSATIONIssuer
COMPENSATION: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
26 vote records from 13 filers. 1 of the 13 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCESecurity holder
Stockholder proposal requesting a Board report on our hiring practices with respect to formerly...
604 vote records from 228 filers. 49 of the 226 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. That figure is left out of the share split below; the count of filers includes it. How that is decided
Several categoriesSecurity holder
Shareholder proposals (not separable from the filings)
Filers described these proposals in wordings that could not be matched to one another, so they are shown together.
2 vote records from 1 filers. 1 of the 1 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 5. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | Against |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | Against |
| Dimensional | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| American Century | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Invesco | For | For | For | Against |
| Equitable | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Charles Schwab | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| John Hancock and Manulife | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | For | For * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| WisdomTree | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Jackson National funds | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | For * |
| SEI | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| T. Rowe Price | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Thrivent | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Voya | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | For | Against |
| First Trust | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Russell Investments | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Nationwide | Split or no vote | For | For | For * |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | For * |
| Brighthouse Funds | Abstain or withhold | For | For | Against |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| BNY Mellon | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Principal | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Global X | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | No report |
| Transamerica | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Hartford Funds | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| DWS | Split or no vote | For | For | For * |
| PIMCO | Split or no vote | Against * | Against * | For * |
| Allspring | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | For * |
| VanEck | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Baird | No report | For | No report | No report |
* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the A. O. Smith Corporation meeting?
777 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 9 Apr 2024. On say-on-pay, 75 of 748 voted against management (10.0%). One proposal from security holders could be told apart in the filings. The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by A. O. Smith Corporation on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for A. O. Smith Corporation
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing A. O. Smith Corporation with a meeting date within three days of 9 Apr 2024. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.