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Brown-Forman Corporation: meeting of 27 Jul 2023
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
285 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Brown-Forman Corporation meeting of 27 Jul 2023. 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
11 nominees; 64.4% of reported votes for; 54 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
1,573 vote records from 66 filers. 22 of the 64 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)
387 vote records from 272 filers. 27 of the 258 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 14 filers reported this item without a management mark.
2 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. Those figures are left out of the share split below; the counts of filers include them. How that is decided
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Frequency of the say-on-pay vote
1: 2 filers; one year: 206 filers; three years: 39 filers; for: 5 filers; : 3 filers; 1-year: 2 filers.
377 vote records from 272 filers. 212 of the 255 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 17 filers reported this item without a management mark.
2 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. Those figures are left out of the share split below; the counts of filers include them. How that is decided
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
143 vote records from 66 filers. 2 of the 64 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. Pay-vote frequency | 4. Auditor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Fidelity | Against * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Dimensional | Against * | For | Split or no vote | For |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| American Century | Against * | Against * | Split or no vote | For |
| Franklin Templeton | Against * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Invesco | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Equitable | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Nuveen and TIAA | Against * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| John Hancock and Manulife | Against * | For | Split or no vote | For |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Goldman Sachs | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| WisdomTree | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| SEI | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| T. Rowe Price | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Lincoln Financial | Against * | For | Split or no vote | For |
| Voya | Against * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Russell Investments | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Nationwide | Against * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | No report | Against * | Split or no vote * | No report |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Principal | Against * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| AllianceBernstein | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Allspring | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| MassMutual | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Neuberger Berman | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Baird | No report | For | Split or no vote * | 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 Brown-Forman Corporation meeting?
285 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 27 Jul 2023. On say-on-pay, 27 of 258 voted against management (10.5%). 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 Brown-Forman 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 Brown-Forman Corporation
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Brown-Forman Corporation with a meeting date within three days of 27 Jul 2023. 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.