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Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: meeting of 1 May 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
1,771 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Intuitive Surgical, Inc. meeting of 1 May 2025. Their records fall into 8 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; 97.4% of reported votes for; 44 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
13,089 vote records from 474 filers. 1 of the 472 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)
3,069 vote records from 1,726 filers. 106 of the 1,691 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 35 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
1,192 vote records from 470 filers. 6 of the 468 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 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.
1,335 vote records from 484 filers. 48 of the 481 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCEIssuer
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
79 vote records from 29 filers. 2 of the 28 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
COMPENSATIONSecurity holder
The stockholder proposal that is titled "requesting a shareholder approval requirement for excessive...
764 vote records from 313 filers. 187 of the 310 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
COMPENSATIONSecurity holder
Improve Executive Compensation Program
1,164 vote records from 462 filers. 32 of the 459 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.
418 vote records from 183 filers. 91 of the 181 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 | 6. Proposal | 7. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | No report | For | No report | Against |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Dimensional | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| American Century | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Invesco | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Equitable | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| WisdomTree | For | Against * | For | Against | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| SEI | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| T. Rowe Price | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Thrivent | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | For | Against * | Against * |
| Voya | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| First Trust | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Russell Investments | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| BNY Mellon | For | Against * | For | Against | Against |
| Principal | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Capital Group and American Funds | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Global X | For | For | For | No report | No report |
| MFS | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| DWS | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| PIMCO | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Allspring | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Virtus | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| VanEck | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Janus Henderson | For | For | For | For * | Against |
| Neuberger Berman | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | For | For | For | No report | Against |
| Lord Abbett | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| Dodge & Cox | No report | For | No report | No report | No report |
| Harris Associates and Oakmark | No report | For | No report | No report | No report |
| Baird | No report | For | No report | No report | No report |
| Artisan Partners | For | For | 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?
1,771 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 1 May 2025. On say-on-pay, 106 of 1,691 voted against management (6.3%). 2 proposals 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 1 May 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.