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MKS Instruments, Inc.: meeting of 7 May 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
559 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the MKS Instruments, Inc. meeting of 7 May 2024. Their records fall into 5 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
3 nominees; 87.4% of reported votes for; 67 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
1,422 vote records from 218 filers. 19 of the 218 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
924 vote records from 549 filers. 33 of the 532 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 17 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
474 vote records from 216 filers. 8 of the 216 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
A shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
434 vote records from 206 filers. 185 of the 206 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
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.
28 vote records from 5 filers. 5 of the 5 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 4. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | No report |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | For * |
| Dimensional | For | For | For | For * |
| State Street and SPDR | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | For * |
| American Century | For | Against * | For | For * |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | For | For * |
| Invesco | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | For * |
| Equitable | For | For | For | For * |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | For * |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | For | For | For * |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | For * |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | For * |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | For * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | For * |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | For | For * |
| WisdomTree | For | For | For | For * |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | For * |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For | For * |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | For * |
| SEI | For | For | For | For * |
| T. Rowe Price | For | For | For | For * |
| 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 | For * |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | For * |
| 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 | Against * | Against * | For * |
| Principal | For | For | For | For * |
| Capital Group and American Funds | For | For | For | For * |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | For * |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | For * |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | For * |
| AllianceBernstein | No report | For | No report | No report |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | For * |
| DWS | For | For | For | For * |
| PIMCO | For | For | Against * | For * |
| MassMutual | Abstain or withhold * | For | For | For * |
| 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 | For * |
| American Beacon | For | Against * | Against * | For * |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | For | For | For | For * |
| 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 MKS Instruments, Inc. meeting?
559 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 7 May 2024. On say-on-pay, 33 of 532 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 MKS Instruments, 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 MKS Instruments, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing MKS Instruments, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 7 May 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.