AARON'S COMPANY INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 16, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "merger agreement"), by and among IQVentures Holdings, LLC, Polo Merger Sub, Inc. and The Aaron's Company, Inc. (the "Company").

AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“1. Approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 16, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among IQVentures Holdings, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("IQV"), Pol”): 23,747,589 for, 75,857 against, per its Form 8-K filed September 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 61 asset managers below reported 9,868,631 for.

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Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING, IF NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER AGREEMENT.

AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement”): 22,333,018 for, 1,431,164 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed September 25, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Based on the votes set forth above, each of the proposals was approved by the shareholders of the Company.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 9,156,444 for, 712,168 against.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to the Company's named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation of the merger of Polo Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly- owned direct subsidiary of IQVentures Holdings, LLC, with and into the Company.

AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to the Company's named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation of the Merger”): 22,700,203 for, 962,526 against, per its Form 8-K filed September 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 59 managers: 9,657,882 for, 199,808 against, 10,922 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 136 managers: 14,108,076 for, 479,926 against, 10,922 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.