The First Bancshares, Inc.: meeting of 22 Oct 2024

Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item

255 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the The First Bancshares, Inc. meeting of 22 Oct 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

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer

Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)

5 vote records from 5 filers. 0 of the 3 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.

60.0% for0.0% against40.0% other0.0% against management5 filers83.2% for0.0% against16.8% other0.0% against management79,342 reported shares

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer

Advisory vote on pay tied to a merger or sale

379 vote records from 249 filers. 156 of the 244 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 5 filers reported this item without a management mark.

34.9% for63.1% against2.0% other63.9% against management249 filers30.3% for69.7% against69.5% against management22,287,090 reported shares

EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONSIssuer

EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS: management items

Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.

180 vote records from 89 filers. 0 of the 89 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.

100.0% for0.0% against0.0% against management89 filers100.0% for0.0% against0.0% against management9,753,737 reported shares, counted once per item in this group

CORPORATE GOVERNANCEIssuer

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: management items

Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.

223 vote records from 104 filers. 13 of the 104 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.

87.5% for11.5% against1.0% other12.5% against management104 filers80.8% for18.4% against0.8% other19.2% against management11,163,979 reported shares, counted once per item in this group

How the largest families voted

Family	2. Merger pay
Vanguard	Against *
BlackRock and iShares	For
Fidelity	Against *
Dimensional	Against *
State Street and SPDR	Against *
American Century	Against *
Franklin Templeton	Against *
Invesco	Against *
Equitable	For
Charles Schwab	For
Nuveen and TIAA	Against *
ProShares and ProFunds	Against *
John Hancock and Manulife	Against *
Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert	Against *
J.P. Morgan	Against *
Goldman Sachs	For
WisdomTree	Against *
PGIM and Prudential	Against *
Jackson National funds	For
Northern Trust and FlexShares	For
SEI	For
T. Rowe Price	Against *
Thrivent	Against *
Lincoln Financial	For
Voya	Against *
Russell Investments	For
Nationwide	Against *
Victory Capital	Against *
Brighthouse Funds	Against
Guggenheim and Rydex	Against *
BNY Mellon	Against *
Principal	Against *
Pacific Life funds	For
Global X	For
AllianceBernstein	Against *
DWS	Against *
MassMutual	Against *
Virtus	For
Neuberger Berman	For
American Beacon	Against *

* 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 The First Bancshares, Inc. meeting?

255 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 22 Oct 2024. On say-on-pay, 0 of 3 voted against management (0.0%). 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 The First Bancshares, 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 The First Bancshares, Inc.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing The First Bancshares, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 22 Oct 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 30 Sep 2026.