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Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: meeting of 25 Apr 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
1,601 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Intuitive Surgical, Inc. meeting of 25 Apr 2024. Their records fall into 7 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; 96.7% of reported votes for; 83 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
12,449 vote records from 441 filers. 3 of the 437 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 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
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
2,755 vote records from 1,565 filers. 94 of the 1,521 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 44 filers reported this item without a management mark.
7 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)
1,130 vote records from 438 filers. 7 of the 434 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
2 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
CAPITAL STRUCTUREIssuer
CAPITAL STRUCTURE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
172 vote records from 66 filers. 0 of the 65 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.
2,164 vote records from 454 filers. 7 of the 450 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 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
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSIONSecurity holder
The stockholder proposal requesting a racial and gender pay gap report
1,018 vote records from 401 filers. 152 of the 398 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
2 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. 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.
86 vote records from 31 filers. 7 of the 31 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 6. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | No report |
| 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 | For | For | For * |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | For * |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | For | For | For * |
| 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 | For * |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | For * |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | Against * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | For | For * |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | Against |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | For | Against |
| Principal | For | For | For | Against |
| Capital Group and American Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Global X | For | For | For | No report |
| MFS | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | For | For * |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| DWS | For | For | For | For * |
| PIMCO | For | For | Against * | For * |
| Allspring | For | For | For | For * |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | For | Against |
| Virtus | For | For | For | For * |
| VanEck | For | For | For | Against |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | For | For | For | For * |
| Janus Henderson | For | For | For | Against |
| Neuberger Berman | For | For | For | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | For | For | For | Against |
| Lord Abbett | For | For | For | Against |
| 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 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. meeting?
1,601 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 25 Apr 2024. On say-on-pay, 94 of 1,521 voted against management (6.2%). 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 Intuitive Surgical, 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 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Intuitive Surgical, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 25 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.