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Cisco Systems, Inc.: meeting of 16 Dec 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
2,088 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Cisco Systems, Inc. meeting of 16 Dec 2025. 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
9 nominees; 95.9% of reported votes for; 81 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
13,521 vote records from 502 filers. 5 of the 499 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
4,168 vote records from 2,075 filers. 151 of the 2,016 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 59 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
1,508 vote records from 498 filers. 21 of the 495 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
COMPENSATIONIssuer
COMPENSATION: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
1,602 vote records from 511 filers. 12 of the 506 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 5 filers reported this item without a management mark.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSIONSecurity holder
Stockholder Proposal - Approval to request the Board to conduct an evaluation and issue a report assessing...
1,471 vote records from 486 filers. 27 of the 483 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
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.
16 vote records from 10 filers. 1 of the 10 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 | For | For | For | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | For | Against |
| American Century | For | For | For | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | For | Against |
| Invesco | For | For | For | Against |
| Equitable | For | For | For | Against |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | Against * | For | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | Against |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | Against * | For | Against |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | For | Against |
| WisdomTree | For | For | For | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | Against |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | Against |
| SEI | For | For | For | Against |
| T. Rowe Price | For | For | For | Against |
| Thrivent | For | For | For | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | For | Against |
| Voya | For | For | For | Against |
| First Trust | For | For | For | Against |
| Russell Investments | For | For | For | Against |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | Against |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | Against * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | For | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | Against |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | For | Against |
| Principal | For | For | For | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Global X | For | For | For | Against |
| MFS | For | For | For | Against |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | For | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| DWS | For | For | For | Against |
| PIMCO | For | For | For | For * |
| Allspring | For | For | For | Against |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Virtus | For | Abstain or withhold * | Against * | Against |
| VanEck | For | For | For | Against |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | For | For | For | Against |
| American Beacon | For | For | For | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | For | For | For | Against |
| Lord Abbett | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Dodge & Cox | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Harris Associates and Oakmark | No report | For | No report | No report |
| 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 Cisco Systems, Inc. meeting?
2,088 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 16 Dec 2025. On say-on-pay, 151 of 2,016 voted against management (7.5%). 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 Cisco Systems, Inc. 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 Cisco Systems, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Cisco Systems, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 16 Dec 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.