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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 202418 filers grouped

DWS

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Vote records reported
72,313year to 30 June 2024
Against management
9.7%6,813 of 70,511 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
89.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
62.3%for, of for + against + abstain
89.6% for5.7% against4.8% other9.7% against management71,096 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2024, DWS listed 72,313 vote records. Votes against management made up 9.7% of those marked either way (6,813 of 70,511); the median of the fund families tracked here stood at 8.5%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.1%. 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 89.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 62.3% 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 HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (62.0% of 523), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (49.9% of 1,390) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (47.6% of 1,001).

It reported 164.6 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.56% 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 share9.7%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate89.0%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate62.3%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.56%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%

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 ELECTIONS43,76040,3041,1007.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES7,2295,56369110.7%
AUDIT-RELATED5,5155,50390.1%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2241961328.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS31530482.2%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2,9502,8101406.1%
COMPENSATION4,0983,29877817.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE5,5744,94059212.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,00655544547.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE52338613762.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION61528932437.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,40883657249.9%
OTHER181156252.7%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202472,3139.7%89.0%62.3%
year to 30 June 202571,2468.8%88.4%46.6%
year to 30 June 202670,4348.9%85.5%47.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, DWS voted against management on 298 of the 2,419 it marked either way (12.3%) in the year to 30 June 2024. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 11 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 672 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, DWS voted for 444 (66.1%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on AI Misinformation and Disinformation
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023S/H Proposal - Environmental
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Tax Transparency
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Risks of Weapons Development
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Report on Median and Adjusted Gender/Racial Pay Gaps
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer due diligence
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Disclose All Material Scope 3 GHG Emissions
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission Third Party Assessment on Company's Commitment to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission a Third Party Audit on Working Conditions
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Establish a Public Policy Committee
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Establish a Board Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer use of certain technologies
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting alternative emissions reporting
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on stakeholder impacts
Apple Inc.28 Feb 2024A shareholder proposal entitled "Racial and Gender Pay Gaps"
Apple Inc.28 Feb 2024A shareholder proposal requesting a report on the use of Al
NVIDIA Corporation26 Jun 2024Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter...
JPMorgan Chase & Co.21 May 2024Shareholder opportunity to vote on excessive golden parachutes
JPMorgan Chase & Co.21 May 2024Indigenous peoples' rights indicators
JPMorgan Chase & Co.21 May 2024Proxy voting alignment
JPMorgan Chase & Co.21 May 2024Independent board chairman
Mastercard Incorporated18 Jun 2024Consideration of a stockholder proposal requesting transparency in lobbying
Merck & Co., Inc.28 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to act by written consent
The Home Depot, Inc.16 May 2024Shareholder Proposal Regarding Enhancements to the Company's Clawback Policy
The Home Depot, Inc.16 May 2024Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Biodiversity Impact and Dependency Assessment
AbbVie Inc.3 May 2024Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
AbbVie Inc.3 May 2024Stockholder Proposal - to Issue Annual Report on Lobbying
AbbVie Inc.3 May 2024Stockholder Proposal - to Issue a Report on Patent Process
Adobe Inc.17 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal - Reporting on Hiring of Persons with Arrest or Incarceration Records.
Cisco Systems, Inc.6 Dec 2023Stockholder Proposal - Approval to have Ciscos Board issue a tax transparency report in consideration of...
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION29 May 2024Additional Social Impact Report
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION29 May 2024Additional Pay Report on Gender and Racial Basis
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION29 May 2024Shareholder proposal: ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to adopt a comprehensive human rights policy
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to report on effectiveness of the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to establish and report on a process by which the impact of extended patent...
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to publish an annual report disclosing lobbying activities.
CHEVRON CORPORATION29 May 2024Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Practices

Shares on loan

DWS reported 164.6 million shares on loan at record dates against 10.37 billion shares voted: 1.56% 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 DWS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 DWS reported 6,254 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 5,563 were for (89.0%), 691 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 298 of the 2,419 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 11 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does DWS vote against management?

9.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 6,813 of the 70,511 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 DWS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 911 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 468 of them (51.4%). Across every category it voted for 62.3% 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 DWS, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.