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A. O. Smith Corporation: meeting of 8 Apr 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
811 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the A. O. Smith Corporation meeting of 8 Apr 2025. Their records fall into 4 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
3 nominees; 39.1% of reported votes for; 175 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
1,902 vote records from 230 filers. 124 of the 228 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
1,306 vote records from 803 filers. 120 of the 779 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 24 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
569 vote records from 230 filers. 8 of the 228 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCESecurity holder
Stockholder proposal requesting a Board report on our hiring practices with respect to formerly...
547 vote records from 224 filers. 39 of the 222 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 4. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | Against |
| Dimensional | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | For | Against |
| American Century | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Invesco | For | Against * | For | Against |
| Equitable | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Charles Schwab | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | Abstain or withhold * | 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 | For | For | For | Against |
| WisdomTree | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | For | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | Against |
| Jackson National funds | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | For | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| SEI | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| T. Rowe Price | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Thrivent | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | Abstain or withhold | For | For | Against * |
| Voya | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | For | Against |
| First Trust | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Russell Investments | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | Against |
| Victory Capital | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | Against |
| BNY Mellon | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | For | Against |
| Principal | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Capital Group and American Funds | No report | Split or no vote | No report | No report |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Global X | Split or no vote | For | For | No report |
| Transamerica | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | Against * | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Hartford Funds | No report | For | No report | No report |
| DWS | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | For * |
| PIMCO | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Allspring | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| MassMutual | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | Against |
| Virtus | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| VanEck | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | No report | For | No report | No report |
| American Beacon | Split or no vote | For | For | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | Abstain or withhold * | 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?
811 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 8 Apr 2025. On say-on-pay, 120 of 779 voted against management (15.4%). 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 8 Apr 2025. 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.