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Merck KGaA: meeting of 26 Apr 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
194 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Merck KGaA meeting of 26 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
6 nominees; 98.0% of reported votes for; 8 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
1,896 vote records from 164 filers. 4 of the 164 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
76 vote records from 48 filers. 2 of the 46 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
316 vote records from 164 filers. 0 of the 164 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
0 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.
315 vote records from 164 filers. 0 of the 164 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
COMPENSATIONIssuer
COMPENSATION: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
600 vote records from 164 filers. 1 of the 164 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.
1,237 vote records from 164 filers. 0 of the 164 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
OTHERIssuer
OTHER: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
200 vote records from 19 filers. 0 of the 19 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | No report | For |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | No report | For |
| Fidelity | For | No report | For |
| Dimensional | For | No report | For |
| State Street and SPDR | For | No report | For |
| American Century | For | No report | For |
| Franklin Templeton | For | No report | For |
| Invesco | For | No report | For |
| Equitable | For | No report | For |
| Charles Schwab | For | No report | For |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | No report | For |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | No report | For |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For |
| Goldman Sachs | For | No report | For |
| WisdomTree | For | No report | For |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | No report | For |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For |
| SEI | For | No report | For |
| T. Rowe Price | For | No report | For |
| Thrivent | For | No report | For |
| Lincoln Financial | For | No report | For |
| Voya | For | No report | For |
| Russell Investments | For | No report | For |
| Nationwide | For | No report | For |
| Victory Capital | For | No report | For |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | No report | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | No report | For |
| BNY Mellon | For | No report | For |
| Principal | For | No report | For |
| Pacific Life funds | For | No report | For |
| Global X | For | No report | For |
| MFS | For | No report | For |
| Transamerica | For | No report | For |
| Federated Hermes | For | No report | For |
| AllianceBernstein | For | No report | For |
| Hartford Funds | For | No report | For |
| DWS | For | No report | For |
| PIMCO | For | No report | For |
| Allspring | For | No report | For |
| MassMutual | For | For | For |
| Neuberger Berman | For | No report | For |
| American Beacon | For | No report | For |
* 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 Merck KGaA meeting?
194 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 26 Apr 2024. On say-on-pay, 2 of 46 voted against management (4.3%). 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 Merck KGaA 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 Merck KGaA
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Merck KGaA with a meeting date within three days of 26 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.