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Sonic Automotive, Inc.: meeting of 24 Apr 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
318 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Sonic Automotive, Inc. meeting of 24 Apr 2024. Their records fall into 4 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
9 nominees; 40.7% of reported votes for; 98 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
2,126 vote records from 115 filers. 65 of the 114 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
482 vote records from 311 filers. 29 of the 299 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 12 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count 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)
234 vote records from 113 filers. 6 of the 112 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.
7 vote records from 7 filers. 0 of the 7 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 | For | For |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For |
| Fidelity | For | For | For |
| Dimensional | Against * | For | For |
| State Street and SPDR | Against * | For | For |
| American Century | Against * | Against * | For |
| Franklin Templeton | Against * | For | For |
| Invesco | For | For | For |
| Equitable | For | For | For |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For |
| Nuveen and TIAA | Against * | For | For |
| ProShares and ProFunds | Against * | For | For |
| John Hancock and Manulife | Against * | For | For |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | Against * | Against * | Against * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For |
| Goldman Sachs | Against * | For | For |
| WisdomTree | Against * | For | For |
| PGIM and Prudential | Against * | For | For |
| Jackson National funds | Against * | For | For |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For |
| SEI | For | For | For |
| T. Rowe Price | Against * | For | For |
| Thrivent | Against * | For | For |
| Lincoln Financial | Against * | For | For |
| Voya | Against * | Against * | For |
| First Trust | Against * | For | For |
| Russell Investments | For | For | For |
| Nationwide | Against * | For | For |
| Victory Capital | Against * | For | For |
| Brighthouse Funds | Against * | For | For |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | Against * | For | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | Against * | For | For |
| BNY Mellon | Against * | For | For |
| Principal | Against * | For | For |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For |
| Global X | For | For | For |
| AllianceBernstein | No report | For | No report |
| DWS | Against * | For | For |
| PIMCO | Against * | Against * | Against * |
| MassMutual | No report | For | No report |
| Harbor Funds | Against * | For | For |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | Against * | For | For |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | No report | For | No report |
| American Beacon | Against * | For | For |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | No report | For | 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 Sonic Automotive, Inc. meeting?
318 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 24 Apr 2024. On say-on-pay, 29 of 299 voted against management (9.7%). 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 Sonic Automotive, 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 Sonic Automotive, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Sonic Automotive, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 24 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.