AEROVIRONMENT INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect the board of directors' three nominess as directors: Nominees Mary Beth Long

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mary Beth Long”): 20,034,319 for, 354,095 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “A brief description of matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting held on September 29, 2023 meeting and the final voting results are set forth below: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected the three persons nominated by the Board of Directors as Class II directors for …”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 71 asset managers below reported 11,936,689 for, 188,251 against, 1,930 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect the board of directors' three nominess as directors: Nominees Philip S. Davidson

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Philip S. Davidson”): 20,014,788 for, 373,790 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “A brief description of matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting held on September 29, 2023 meeting and the final voting results are set forth below: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected the three persons nominated by the Board of Directors as Class II directors for …”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 71 asset managers below reported 11,926,689 for, 188,251 against, 1,930 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect the board of directors' three nominess as directors: Nominees Stephen F. Page

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Stephen F. Page”): 17,940,261 for, 1,658,524 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “A brief description of matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting held on September 29, 2023 meeting and the final voting results are set forth below: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected the three persons nominated by the Board of Directors as Class II directors for …”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 71 asset managers below reported 11,179,948 for, 765,538 against, 181,384 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Approve the AeroVironment, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“5. Approval of the AeroVironment, Inc”): 20,315,320 for, 70,930 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 5 — Approval of the AeroVironment, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan The Company's stockholders approved the adoption and effectiveness of the 2023 ESPP by the following vote: Number of Shares”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 71 asset managers below reported 12,096,179 for, 3,363 against.

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Description as filed by funds: Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the company's Named Executive Officers:

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers”): 20,211,327 for, 160,493 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 — Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers The Company's stockholders approved, by an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement, by the following vote: Number of Shares”
Support: 99.2% 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 70 managers: 12,126,895 for, 1,930 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 242 managers: 9,467,978 for, 73,694 against, 4,378 not voted, 131,075 1 year, 244 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers:

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). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 67 managers: 1,930 abstained, 11,543,468 1 year, 550,105 3 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 226 managers: 132,871 for, 4,378 not voted, 9,644,743 1 year, 73,428 3 year, 1,019 2 year, 298 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2024

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of Company's Independent Auditors The Audit Committee selected Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2024”): 22,781,258 for, 20,909 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as follows: Number of Shares”
Support: 99.9% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 12,126,934 for, 1,930 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Advisory vote on stockholder proposal seeking declassification of the Board of Directors:

AEROVIRONMENT INC.’s own tally for this item (“6. Stockholder Proposal to Declassify Board of Directors”): 17,948,385 for, 2,415,444 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 5, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 6 — Stockholder Proposal to Declassify Board of Directors The stockholders approved, by an advisory vote, a stockholder proposal to declassify the Board of Directors by a majority vote by the following vote: Number of Shares”
Support: 88% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 11,273,476 for, 853,458 against, 1,930 abstained.

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