Home / Families / Cohen & Steers
Cohen & Steers
Fund registrants and adviser entities grouped under Cohen & Steers by this site's alias table
- Vote records reported
- 12,906year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 9.4%1,225 of 12,992 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 88.1%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 47.5%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Cohen & Steers reported 12,906 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 9.4% of its votes as cast against management (1,225 of 12,992), 1.6 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.8%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.9%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.
On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 88.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 47.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 30.7%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in OTHER (62.1% of 29), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (17.3% of 231) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (11.5% of 729).
It reported 57.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.46% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.
Compared with other filers
Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 60 families with at least 25 vote records in the season.
| year to 30 June 2026 | This family | Median family | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 9.4% | 7.8% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 88.1% | 88.2% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 47.5% | 30.7% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 0.46% | 1.53% | 3.12% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 77.1% | 50.4% |
Votes by category
Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.
| Category (as the form names it) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 7,853 | 7,000 | 463 | 10.2% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 729 | 616 | 83 | 11.5% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 951 | 920 | 22 | 3.0% | |
| INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 61 | 54 | 5 | 8.9% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 231 | 191 | 24 | 17.3% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 1,001 | 917 | 84 | 8.4% | |
| COMPENSATION | 879 | 775 | 88 | 11.4% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 1,648 | 1,513 | 119 | 6.5% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 88 | 38 | 50 | 1.1% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 33 | 26 | 7 | 3.0% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 37 | 26 | 11 | 2.7% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 77 | 51 | 26 | 3.9% | |
| OTHER | 44 | 14 | 12 | 62.1% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 14,083 | 9.1% | 94.3% | 21.4% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 11,777 | 10.6% | 90.9% | 23.8% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 12,906 | 9.4% | 88.1% | 47.5% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Cohen & Steers voted against management on 9 of the 165 it marked either way (5.5%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
- Prologis, Inc. 28 Apr 2026
- Simon Property Group, Inc. 13 May 2026
- Tyson Foods, Inc. 5 Feb 2026
- BXP, Inc. 21 May 2026
- Invitation Homes Inc. 7 May 2026
- Lincoln National Corporation 28 May 2026
- Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. 30 Apr 2026
- PACS Group, Inc. 10 Jun 2026
- PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. 20 May 2026
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 64 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Cohen & Steers voted for 20 (31.3%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| ConocoPhillips | 12 May 2026 | Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman. |
| Dominion Energy, Inc. | 5 May 2026 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair |
| CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 28 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | 5 Feb 2026 | Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares. |
| Lincoln National Corporation | 28 May 2026 | Require Independent Board Chair |
| OGE Energy Corp. | 14 May 2026 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote. |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | 27 May 2026 | Proposal requesting Company to modify its Voluntary Retail Voting Program to provide multiple options not... |
| Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | 29 Apr 2026 | A stockholder proposal to provide a political spending disclosure. |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. | 25 Jun 2026 | Amend Articles to Require Individual Compensation Disclosure for Executive Officers |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 16 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Aluminum Corporation of China Limited | 26 Jun 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Aluminum Corporation of China Limited | 26 Jun 2026 | Approve Renewal of Liability Insurance for Directors and Senior Management Members |
| Aluminum Corporation of China Limited | 26 Jun 2026 | Authorize Board to Determine the Interim Profit Distribution Plan |
| RUMO SA | 28 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Rai Way SpA | 28 Apr 2026 | Fix Board Terms for Directors |
| Rai Way SpA | 28 Apr 2026 | Fix Number of Directors |
Shares on loan
Cohen & Steers reported 57.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 12.50 billion shares voted: 0.46% of the two together. Median family: 1.53%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.
Filers grouped under this family
Grouping is by registrant and manager name, from a hand-maintained table. See the methodology.
Questions
How did Cohen & Steers vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 Cohen & Steers reported 699 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 616 were for (88.1%), 83 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 9 of the 165 say-on-pay items it marked either way.
How often does Cohen & Steers vote against management?
9.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,225 of the 12,992 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.
Did Cohen & Steers support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 49 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 47.5% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.
Is this the result of the meetings?
No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.
Where does the data come from?
From the Form N-PX filings of the registrants and managers grouped under this family on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers listed above, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.