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Cowen Investment Management LLC
institutional manager voting report
- Vote records reported
- 35year to 30 June 2024
- Against management
- 51.4%18 of 35 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 53.6%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- not reportednot reported by managers
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2024, Cowen Investment Management LLC listed 35 vote records. Votes against management made up 51.4% of those marked either way (18 of 35); the median institutional manager stood at 7.4%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 46.0%. 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 53.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median institutional manager: 91.2%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (51.4% of 35).
It reported 138,093 shares out on loan at record dates, 12.42% 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 2,487 institutional managers with at least 25 vote records in the season.
| year to 30 June 2024 | This filer | Median institutional manager | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 51.4% | 7.4% | 10.2% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 53.6% | 91.2% | 84.6% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | not reported | 33.3% | 37.0% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 12.42% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| 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% |
Of the 35 vote records in this filing, 35 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 35 | 15 | 13 | 51.4% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 35 | 51.4% | 53.6% | not reported |
Only one season is on file for this entry so far. The structured Form N-PX began with the year to 30 June 2024.
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Cowen Investment Management LLC voted against management on 7 of the 12 it marked either way (58.3%) in the year to 30 June 2024.
- Liberty Media Corporation 10 Jun 2024
- Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company 27 Jul 2023
- Black Knight, Inc. 12 Jul 2023
- Liberty Broadband Corporation 10 Jun 2024
- Safehold, Inc. 15 May 2024
- INNOVATE Corp. 18 Jun 2024
- ORCHARD THERAPEUTICS PLC 19 Dec 2023
Shareholder proposals it supported
Institutional managers report say-on-pay votes only, so no shareholder proposals appear here.
Shares on loan
Cowen Investment Management LLC reported 138,093 shares on loan at record dates against 973,581 shares voted: 12.42% of the two together. Median institutional manager: 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.
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 29 Aug 2024 accession 0001085146-24-004357
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did Cowen Investment Management LLC vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2024 Cowen Investment Management LLC reported 28 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 15 were for (53.6%), 13 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 7 of the 12 say-on-pay items it marked either way.
How often does Cowen Investment Management LLC vote against management?
51.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 18 of the 35 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.
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 30 Sep 2026.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by Cowen Investment Management LLC (filer no. 1475770), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 30 Sep 2026; page built 1 Oct 2026.