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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 20248 filers grouped

Neuberger Berman

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Vote records reported
30,268year to 30 June 2024
Against management
9.5%2,740 of 28,802 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
83.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
28.8%for, of for + against + abstain
84.0% for8.6% against7.4% other9.5% against management30,286 votes

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

Neuberger Berman reported 30,268 vote records for the year to 30 June 2024. It marked 9.5% of its votes as cast against management (2,740 of 28,802), 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 8.1%. 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 83.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 28.8% 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 (30.3% of 208), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (29.0% of 231) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (22.8% of 412).

It reported 17.7 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 share9.5%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate83.7%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate28.8%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%

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 ELECTIONS15,78914,4134745.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES4,6613,36065415.3%
AUDIT-RELATED2,0071,94853.1%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2611866829.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS17917261.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,8611,713889.2%
COMPENSATION1,7251,27529616.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,7362,10127516.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2052916812.7%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE2186614230.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1822116011.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES43914326522.8%
OTHER231310100.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202430,2689.5%83.7%28.8%
year to 30 June 202531,7647.6%84.8%29.6%
year to 30 June 202631,1257.6%85.0%28.8%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Neuberger Berman voted against management on 439 of the 2,530 it marked either way (17.4%) in the year to 30 June 2024. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 3 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 383 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Neuberger Berman voted for 104 (27.2%). 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 Tax Transparency
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Risks of Weapons Development
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 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer use of certain technologies
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on stakeholder impacts
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...
Mastercard Incorporated18 Jun 2024Consideration of a stockholder proposal requesting transparency in lobbying. 5.consideration of a...
Adobe Inc.17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Cisco Systems, Inc.6 Dec 2023Stockholder Proposal - Approval to have Ciscos Board issue a tax transparency report in consideration of...
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to publish an annual report disclosing lobbying activities.
CHEVRON CORPORATION29 May 2024Report on Tax Practices
The Procter & Gamble Company10 Oct 2023Shareholder Proposal - Request to Require Shareholder Approval for Certain Future Amendments to Company...
Salesforce, Inc.27 Jun 2024Require Independent Board Chair
PEPSICO, INC.1 May 2024Shareholder Proposal - Third-Party Racial Equity Audit.
PEPSICO, INC.1 May 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Racial Equity Audit
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Workplace Safety & Violence Review
Pfizer Inc.25 Apr 2024Adopt an Independent Board Chair Policy
Verizon Communications Inc.9 May 2024Independent Board chair
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Pay Gap Report
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chairman
ConocoPhillips14 May 2024Simple Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated25 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal to report on due diligence efforts to identify risks associated with product misuse.
CVS Health Corporation16 May 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting an Independent, Third Party Worker Rights Assessment and Report.
CVS Health Corporation16 May 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
RTX CORPORATION2 May 2024Shareowner Proposal Requesting a Report on Full Value Chain Emissions Reduction Plan
RTX CORPORATION2 May 2024Shareowner Proposal Requesting a Lobbying Transparency Report
American Express Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal relating to golden parachutes.
American Tower Corporation22 May 2024To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented, regarding disclosure of racial and gender pay gaps.
Mondelez International, Inc.22 May 2024S/h proposal - establish independent chairman
GE Aerospace7 May 2024Independent Board Chairman
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.14 May 2024Shareowner Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Stryker Corporation9 May 2024Shareholder Proposal on Transparency in Political Spending.
Deere & Company28 Feb 2024Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes
ServiceNow, Inc.23 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote.

Shares on loan

Neuberger Berman reported 17.7 million shares on loan at record dates against 10.50 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 Neuberger Berman vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 Neuberger Berman reported 4,013 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 3,360 were for (83.7%), 651 against and 2 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 439 of the 2,530 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 3 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Neuberger Berman vote against management?

9.5% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 2,740 of the 28,802 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 Neuberger Berman support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 192 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 18 of them (9.4%). Across every category it voted for 28.8% 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 Neuberger Berman, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.