AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: The Merger Proposal - To approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 4, 2023, by and among AEL, Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. ("Parent"), Arches Merger Sub Inc. ("Merger Sub"), and, solely for the purposes set forth in the Merger Agreement, Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the merger of Merger Sub with and into AEL, with AEL surviving the merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger").

AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO.’s own tally for this item (“1. (The Merger Proposal): To approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the " Merger Agreement "), dated as of July 4, 2023, by and among the Company, Parent, Arches Merger Sub Inc. (" Merger Sub "), and, solely for the p”): 69,683,287 for, 141,177 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed November 13, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 1: (The Merger Proposal) : To approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the " Merger Agreement "), dated as of July 4, 2023, by and among the Company, Parent, Arches Merger Sub Inc. (" Merger Sub "), and, solely for the purposes set forth in the Merger Agreement, Brookfi”
Support: 99.7% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a supermajority of the shares outstanding (“85.2% of the outstanding”).

The 95 asset managers below reported 29,947,424 for, 285,575 abstained, 47,101 not voted.

Showing the 25 largest of 95 asset managers. See all 95 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: The Adjournment Proposal - To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Merger Proposal.

The 93 asset managers below reported 27,168,463 for, 2,753,969 against, 290,205 abstained. 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.

Showing the 25 largest of 93 asset managers. See all 93 in the interactive database.

The 3 asset managers below reported 29,314 for, 47,101 not voted. 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.

Description as filed by funds: The Compensation Proposal - To approve, on an advisory (non- binding) basis, certain merger- related executive officer compensation that may be paid or become payable to AEL's named executive officers in connection with the Merger.

AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO.’s own tally for this item (“2. (The Compensation Proposal): To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, certain merger-related executive officer compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers in connec”): 27,722,922 for, 41,750,905 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed November 13, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Compensation Proposal was not approved, having not received "For" votes from a majority of the votes cast by Shareholders who were present and voting together as a single class at the Special Meeting.”
Support: 40% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a majority of the votes cast (“majority of the votes cast”).

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 92 managers: 1,934,889 for, 28,069,778 against, 207,858 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 229 managers: 7,260,775 for, 17,526,432 against, 224,771 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

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 3 managers: 25,351 for, 3,963 against, 47,101 not voted.

Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 752 for, 329,072 against.