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CMS Energy Corporation: meeting of 8 May 2026
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
1,013 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the CMS Energy Corporation meeting of 8 May 2026. Their records fall into 9 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; 95.1% of reported votes for; 29 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
8,240 vote records from 309 filers. 1 of the 308 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
1,649 vote records from 1,003 filers. 55 of the 974 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 29 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
752 vote records from 309 filers. 3 of the 308 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSESIssuer
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
188 vote records from 64 filers. 1 of the 64 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
CAPITAL STRUCTUREIssuer
CAPITAL STRUCTURE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
750 vote records from 307 filers. 11 of the 306 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer 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.
29 vote records from 17 filers. 0 of the 17 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCEIssuer
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
578 vote records from 257 filers. 10 of the 255 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
Vote on a Shareholder Proposal: Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
728 vote records from 294 filers. 143 of the 293 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer 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.
9 vote records from 6 filers. 1 of the 6 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 8. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | Against |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | Against |
| Dimensional | For | For | For | For * |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | For | Against |
| American Century | For | For | For | For * |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | For | Against |
| Invesco | For | For | For | For * |
| Equitable | For | For | For | Against |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | For | For | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | For * |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | Against * | For | For * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | For | Against * | For | Against |
| WisdomTree | For | For | For | For * |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | For * |
| 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 | For * |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | For | For * |
| Voya | For | For | For | For * |
| First Trust | For | For | For | For * |
| Russell Investments | For | For | For | Against |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | Against |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | For * |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | For * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | For | For * |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | For * |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | For | For * |
| Principal | For | For | For | For * |
| Capital Group and American Funds | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Global X | For | For | For | Against |
| MFS | For | For | For | Against |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | For | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| DWS | For | For | For | For * |
| PIMCO | For | For | For | For * |
| Allspring | For | For | For | Against |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against |
| Virtus | For | For | For | For * |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | For | For | For | For * |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | For | For | For | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | For | For | For | For * |
| Lord Abbett | For | 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 CMS Energy Corporation meeting?
1,013 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 8 May 2026. On say-on-pay, 55 of 974 voted against management (5.6%). 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 CMS Energy 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 CMS Energy Corporation
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing CMS Energy Corporation with a meeting date within three days of 8 May 2026. 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.