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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 202422 filers grouped

Cohen & Steers

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Vote records reported
14,083year to 30 June 2024
Against management
9.1%1,209 of 13,239 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
94.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
21.4%for, of for + against + abstain
88.1% for7.3% against4.6% other9.1% against management13,329 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

Cohen & Steers reported 14,083 vote records for the year to 30 June 2024. It marked 9.1% of its votes as cast against management (1,209 of 13,239), close to the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 8.5%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 14.4%. 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 94.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 21.4% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 35.1%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS (66.7% of 30), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (46.8% of 62) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (23.0% of 61).

It reported 21.6 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.17% 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 2024This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share9.1%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate94.3%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate21.4%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.17%1.34%0.08%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Of the 14,083 vote records in this filing, 1,080 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

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)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS6,3885,47648013.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3,3153,0191824.6%
AUDIT-RELATED782759142.8%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS30101066.7%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES68292546.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS6147823.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE986965162.1%
COMPENSATION3873335411.8%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE911805895.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE85176511.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1941331.6%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1712570.6%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES6743227.8%
OTHER456428135.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202414,0839.1%94.3%21.4%
year to 30 June 202511,77710.6%90.9%23.8%
year to 30 June 202612,9069.4%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 21 of the 244 it marked either way (8.6%) in the year to 30 June 2024.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 69 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Cohen & Steers voted for 14 (20.3%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION29 May 2024Additional Pay Report on Gender and Racial Basis
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION29 May 2024Shareholder proposal: ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE
CHEVRON CORPORATION29 May 2024Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Practices
American Tower Corporation22 May 2024To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented, regarding disclosure of racial and gender pay gaps.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY22 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Marathon Petroleum Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal seeking a simple majority vote.
Norfolk Southern Corporation9 May 2024A Shareholder proposal regarding an annual report on lobbying activities, policies and communications.
Kinder Morgan, Inc.8 May 2024Stockholder proposal relating to establishing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target
Eversource Energy1 May 2024Vote on a shareholder proposal titled "Simple Majority Vote," if properly brought before the meeting.
International Paper Company13 May 2024Shareowner Proposal Concerning Shareowner Opportunity to Vote on Excessive Golden Parachutes
FMC Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal requesting simple majority vote.
Lincoln National Corporation23 May 2024Require Independent Board Chair
Tyson Foods, Inc.8 Feb 2024Shareholder proposal regarding corporate climate lobbying.
Tyson Foods, Inc.8 Feb 2024Commission Third-Party Audit Assessing Use of Child Labor in Company's Value Chain

Shares on loan

Cohen & Steers reported 21.6 million shares on loan at record dates against 12.60 billion shares voted: 0.17% of the two together. Median family: 1.34%. 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.

Questions

How did Cohen & Steers vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 Cohen & Steers reported 3,201 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 3,019 were for (94.3%), 182 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 21 of the 244 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Cohen & Steers vote against management?

9.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 1,209 of the 13,239 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 75 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 7 of them (9.3%). Across every category it voted for 21.4% 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.

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Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers grouped under Cohen & Steers, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.