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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1033669

LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC

fund voting report

Vote records reported
8,274year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.9%698 of 7,885 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
42.4%for, of for + against + abstain
88.8% for8.9% against2.3% other8.9% against management8,062 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC reported 8,274 vote records on Form N-PX. 698 of the 7,885 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 8.9%, 2.6 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 12.3%. 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 84.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 42.4% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (17.4% of 23), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (15.0% of 287) and AUDIT-RELATED (13.6% of 529).

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 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share8.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.2%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate42.4%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%0.00%3.12%
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 ELECTIONS4,3563,9762317.8%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2872244215.0%
AUDIT-RELATED5404597713.6%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2718917.4%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS525023.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE814755596.7%
COMPENSATION8177238911.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,2791,1521188.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE68194913.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE3311229.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION318230.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES99465310.1%
OTHER6334293.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20248,8188.3%89.1%46.9%
year to 30 June 20258,6828.0%83.0%33.5%
year to 30 June 20268,2748.9%84.2%42.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC voted against management on 42 of the 261 it marked either way (16.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 2 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 261 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC voted for 98 (37.5%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on impact of data centers on climate commitments
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the...
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Report on Due Diligence Process,"
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on human rights due diligence.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a report on presence of pesticides in Target's private label brands.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.

Shares on loan

LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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

4 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Lazard Retirement Global Dynamic Multi-Asset Portfolio4,8748.9%84.8%32.5%
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio1,44211.5%not reported100.0%
Lazard Retirement International Equity Portfolio1,3404.0%80.0%40.0%
Lazard Retirement US Small Cap Equity Select Portfolio61813.0%82.5%83.3%

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.

Questions

How did LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC reported 266 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 224 were for (84.2%), 42 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 42 of the 261 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 2 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC vote against management?

8.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 698 of the 7,885 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 LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 58 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 9 of them (15.5%). Across every category it voted for 42.4% 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 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 LAZARD RETIREMENT SERIES INC (filer no. 1033669), 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.