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Goldman Sachs

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Vote records reported
202,392year to 30 June 2024
Against management
7.9%15,263 of 192,219 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
90.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
17.7%for, of for + against + abstain
86.3% for8.4% against5.3% other7.9% against management197,045 votes

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

Goldman Sachs reported 202,392 vote records for the year to 30 June 2024. It marked 7.9% of its votes as cast against management (15,263 of 192,219), 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 7.2%. 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 90.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 17.7% 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 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (25.6% of 613), COMPENSATION (12.2% of 14,697) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (9.4% of 950).

It reported 3.76 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 4.94% 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 share7.9%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate90.5%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate17.7%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held4.94%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 202,392 vote records in this filing, 12,854 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 ELECTIONS111,661101,7015,3468.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES18,89111,9531,2509.3%
AUDIT-RELATED13,58113,501680.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS4400.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES6325576425.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS952859929.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE12,77412,1446195.4%
COMPENSATION14,78812,3722,37212.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE21,24618,5382,5908.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2,3884021,9704.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1,2492989435.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1,4273021,1155.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3,1357312,3942.8%
OTHER1,2989563402.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024202,3927.9%90.5%17.7%
year to 30 June 2025203,0806.5%92.5%14.5%
year to 30 June 2026330,5627.4%93.1%32.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Goldman Sachs voted against management on 313 of the 2,927 it marked either way (10.7%) in the year to 30 June 2024. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 383 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 1,034 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Goldman Sachs voted for 252 (24.4%). 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
NVIDIA Corporation26 Jun 2024Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter...
AbbVie Inc.3 May 2024Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
The Procter & Gamble Company10 Oct 2023Shareholder Proposal - Request to Require Shareholder Approval for Certain Future Amendments to Company...
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding adoption of a freedom of association and collective bargaining policy
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding annual reporting on anti-harassment and discrimination efforts
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting provisions in our governing documents
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024Declassify the Board of Directors
ConocoPhillips14 May 2024Simple Majority Vote.
United Parcel Service, Inc.2 May 2024To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
ServiceNow, Inc.23 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote.
Prologis, Inc.9 May 2024Vote on a stockholder proposal titled "Simple Majority Vote."
Emerson Electric Co.6 Feb 2024Shareholder Proposal to Implement a Simple Majority Vote Requirement in the Company's Governing Documents.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated15 May 2024Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding special shareholder meeting improvement.
Analog Devices, Inc.13 Mar 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.3 Jun 2024To vote on a stockholder proposal entitled, "Adopt a Shareholder Right to Call a Special Shareholder Meeting"
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY22 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
The Sherwin-Williams Company17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal to adopt a simple majority vote.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY9 May 2024Relating to Consideration of a Recapitalization Plan to Provide That All of the Company's Outstanding...
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.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14 Jun 2024Non-binding shareholder proposal requesting simple majority voting requirements
Kinder Morgan, Inc.8 May 2024Stockholder proposal relating to establishing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target
Roper Technologies, Inc.12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal regarding majority voting requirements; and
Humana Inc.18 Apr 2024The stockholder proposal on simple majority vote
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.6 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote (Proposal Four).
Agilent Technologies, Inc.14 Mar 2024To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Delta Air Lines, Inc.20 Jun 2024A shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a non-interference policy.
Fastenal Company25 Apr 2024The consideration of a shareholder proposal relating to simple majority vote
WEC Energy Group, Inc.9 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Verisk Analytics, Inc.15 May 2024Shareholder Proposal - Simple Majority Vote
Keysight Technologies, Inc.21 Mar 2024Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, Stockholder Proposal: Simple Majority Vote
Eversource Energy1 May 2024Vote on a shareholder proposal titled "Simple Majority Vote," if properly brought before the meeting.
Conagra Brands, Inc.14 Sep 2023Shareholder proposal requesting a shareholder right to call a special shareholder meeting
Align Technology, Inc.22 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated16 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning
ANSYS, Inc.7 Jun 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting the Adoption of a Shareholder Right to Call a Special Shareholder Meeting
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.13 Jun 2024Declassify the Board of Directors
Masco Corporation10 May 2024Consideration of stockholder proposal on Simple Majority Vote.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.10 May 2024To vote upon a shareholder proposal regarding a simple majority vote
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.23 Apr 2024Shareholder Proposal Entitled "Simple Majority Vote"

Shares on loan

Goldman Sachs reported 3.76 billion shares on loan at record dates against 72.33 billion shares voted: 4.94% 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 Goldman Sachs vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 Goldman Sachs reported 13,208 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 11,953 were for (90.5%), 1,250 against and 5 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 313 of the 2,927 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 383 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Goldman Sachs vote against management?

7.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 15,263 of the 192,219 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 Goldman Sachs support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 2,060 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 88 of them (4.3%). Across every category it voted for 17.7% 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 Goldman Sachs, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.