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QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC
fund voting report, part of BlackRock and iShares
- Vote records reported
- 15,996year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 5.5%847 of 15,499 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 94.2%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 12.9%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC reported 15,996 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 5.5% of its votes as cast against management (847 of 15,499), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.5%. 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 94.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 12.9% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (9.4% of 362), CAPITAL STRUCTURE (8.1% of 209) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (7.1% of 113).
It reported 343.0 million shares out on loan at record dates, 18.78% 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 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.
| year to 30 June 2026 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 5.5% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 94.2% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 12.9% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 18.78% | 0.00% | 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 | 10,423 | 9,790 | 142 | 5.9% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 1,817 | 1,535 | 95 | 6.7% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 1,786 | 1,784 | 0 | 0.1% | |
| INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 113 | 97 | 16 | 7.1% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 185 | 177 | 8 | 2.7% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 211 | 189 | 22 | 8.1% | |
| COMPENSATION | 664 | 619 | 45 | 6.8% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 363 | 311 | 39 | 9.4% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 15,943 | 5.7% | 94.3% | 29.5% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 15,481 | 5.5% | 93.9% | 28.1% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 15,996 | 5.5% | 94.2% | 12.9% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC voted against management on 87 of the 1,567 it marked either way (5.6%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.
A further 49 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.
- IonQ, Inc. 16 Jun 2026
- UniFirst Corporation 11 Jun 2026
- TEGNA Inc. 18 Nov 2025
- Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. 16 Apr 2026
- Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 19 Mar 2026
- TeraWulf Inc. 9 Jun 2026
- TG Therapeutics, Inc. 11 Jun 2026
- SSR Mining Inc. 7 May 2026
- nLIGHT, Inc. 5 Jun 2026
- Steelcase Inc. 5 Dec 2025
- CSG Systems International, Inc. 30 Jan 2026
- The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 8 May 2026
- IES Holdings, Inc. 19 Feb 2026
- Lemonade, Inc. 3 Jun 2026
- Newmark Group, Inc. 30 Dec 2025
- Hut 8 Corp. 11 Jun 2026
- Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 4 Jun 2026
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 11 Jun 2026
- DigitalBridge Group, Inc. 23 Apr 2026
- Douglas Emmett, Inc. 28 May 2026
- Braze, Inc. 30 Jun 2026
- STAAR Surgical Company 6 Jan 2026
- Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. 5 Dec 2025
- FIGS, Inc. 3 Jun 2026
- Veris Residential, Inc. 21 May 2026
- Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. 6 May 2026
- Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 20 May 2026
- The GEO Group, Inc. 28 Apr 2026
- United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. 1 May 2026
- Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. 23 Dec 2025
- Ryerson Holding Corporation 30 Apr 2026
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. 10 Jun 2026
- Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. 30 Jun 2026
- Nabors Industries Ltd. 2 Jun 2026
- Vital Energy, Inc. 12 Dec 2025
- Stellar Bancorp, Inc. 27 May 2026
- TriMas Corporation 20 May 2026
- Miami International Holdings, Inc. 16 Jun 2026
- Cannae Holdings, Inc. 12 Dec 2025
- Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 29 May 2026
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 29 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC voted for 4 (13.8%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Calix, Inc. | 14 May 2026 | To hold an advisory vote on a stockholder proposal relating to a simple majority vote. |
| El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. | 26 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| MAREX GROUP PLC | 21 May 2026 | To authorise the Company to make political donations |
| Golden Ocean Group Limited | 19 Aug 2025 | The Bye-law Amendment. To approve an amendment to the bye-laws of Golden Ocean to clarify any ambiguity... |
Shares on loan
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC reported 343.0 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.48 billion shares voted: 18.78% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. 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.
Fund series in this filing
1 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.
| Series | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Small Cap Index Series | 15,996 | 5.5% | 94.6% | 12.9% |
The filings
These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.
- N-PX filed 28 Aug 2026 accession 0001438934-26-002373
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC reported 1,630 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,535 were for (94.2%), 95 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 87 of the 1,567 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 49 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.
How often does QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC vote against management?
5.5% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 847 of the 15,499 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 QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 2 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 12.9% 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 this filer 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 by QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC (filer no. 1025836), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.