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Lifeway Foods, Inc.: meeting of 29 Dec 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
176 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Lifeway Foods, Inc. meeting of 29 Dec 2025. 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
8 nominees; 79.8% of reported votes for; 22 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
1,524 vote records from 64 filers. 0 of the 63 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSSecurity holder
Director elections (nominees put forward by security holders)
4 nominees; 0.0% of reported votes for; 48 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
330 vote records from 49 filers. 0 of the 47 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)
429 vote records from 175 filers. 119 of the 162 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 13 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Frequency of the say-on-pay vote
one year: 151 filers; three years: 6 filers; do not vote: 3 filers; 1-year: 1 filer; for: 1 filer; not applicable: 1 filer.
434 vote records from 175 filers. 6 of the 162 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 13 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
185 vote records from 64 filers. 0 of the 63 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer 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.
358 vote records from 60 filers. 5 of the 59 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
To consider a non-binding shareholder proposal regarding formation of a committee of the Board to conduct...
181 vote records from 64 filers. 6 of the 63 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Directors | 3. Say-on-pay | 4. Pay-vote frequency | 5. Auditor | 7. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | No report | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Fidelity | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Dimensional | Split or no vote | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote * | For | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| American Century | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Invesco | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Equitable | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Abstain or withhold * |
| Charles Schwab | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote * | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | No report | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | Split or no vote | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| J.P. Morgan | No report | No report | Against * | Split or no vote | No report | No report |
| Goldman Sachs | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | Split or no vote | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote * | For | Against |
| Jackson National funds | Abstain or withhold | No report | Against * | Split or no vote * | For | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| SEI | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote * | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote |
| T. Rowe Price | For | Abstain or withhold | For | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote |
| Russell Investments | No report | No report | Split or no vote * | Split or no vote | No report | No report |
| Nationwide | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Victory Capital | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | No report | No report | Against * | Split or no vote | No report | No report |
| BNY Mellon | No report | No report | Against * | Split or no vote | No report | No report |
| Principal | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| Global X | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote * | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | Split or no vote |
| AllianceBernstein | No report | No report | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | No report | No report |
| DWS | For | Abstain or withhold | Against * | Split or no vote | For | Against |
| MassMutual | No report | No report | Split or no vote | Split or no vote | 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 Lifeway Foods, Inc. meeting?
176 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 29 Dec 2025. On say-on-pay, 119 of 162 voted against management (73.5%). 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 Lifeway Foods, 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 Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Lifeway Foods, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 29 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.