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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.
Meeting of May 30, 2024: 4 items on ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 31, 2024: 2 elected · 2 approved.
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Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Rebecca B. Blalock | 53,654,088 | -- | -- | 10,073,998 | 6,451,923 | 84% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: James E. Sweetnam | 60,692,464 | -- | -- | 3,035,622 | 6,451,923 | 95% | Elected | — |
| The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified, based on the following votes: | 67,700,324 | 2,463,627 | 16,058 | -- | -- | 96% | Approved | — |
| 3. In a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, based on the following votes | 42,702,743 | 16,976,065 | 4,049,278 | -- | 6,451,923 | 72% | Approved | — |
Source: ASPEN AEROGELS INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 31, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 206 asset managers that disclosed a ASPEN AEROGELS INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: James E. Sweetnam
ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: James E. Sweetnam”): 60,692,464 for, 3,035,622 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected to serve on the Company's board of directors as Class I directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 58 asset managers below reported 17,876,850 for, 1,920,924 withheld, 14,826 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 3,533,274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 2,851,877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,379,876 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 1,898,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 1,497,934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,375,728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,154,042 | Withhold |
| BlackRock | 901,922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 752,987 | Withhold |
| Voya | 541,939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 468,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 272,555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 208,949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 201,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 192,028 | 0 | 0 | 123 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 143,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 138,958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DRIEHAUS MUTUAL FUNDS | 121,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 115,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 106,936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 102,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 75,199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 66,964 | 0 | 0 | 6,507 | Mixed |
| M FUND INC | 69,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 64,630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 58 asset managers. See all 58 in the interactive database.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
84% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Rebecca B. Blalock
ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Rebecca B. Blalock”): 53,654,088 for, 10,073,998 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected to serve on the Company's board of directors as Class I directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:”
Support: 84% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 58 asset managers below reported 16,793,620 for, 2,928,349 withheld, 90,631 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 3,533,274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 2,851,877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,379,876 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 1,898,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 1,497,934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,375,728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 1,154,042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 901,922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 752,987 | Withhold |
| Voya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 541,939 | Withhold |
| TIAA | 468,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272,555 | Withhold |
| SEI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208,949 | Withhold |
| DWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201,204 | Withhold |
| State Street | 190,139 | 0 | 0 | 2,012 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 143,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 88,068 | 0 | 0 | 50,890 | Mixed |
| DRIEHAUS MUTUAL FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121,534 | Withhold |
| American Century | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115,129 | Withhold |
| Pacific Life | 106,936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102,830 | Withhold |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 8,183 | 0 | 0 | 67,016 | Mixed |
| Lincoln Financial | 43,000 | 0 | 0 | 30,471 | Mixed |
| M FUND INC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69,351 | Withhold |
| Goldman Sachs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64,630 | Withhold |
Showing the 25 largest of 58 asset managers. See all 58 in the interactive database.
Combines 14 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
72% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Approval of the compensation of Aspen Aerogels, Inc.'s named executive officers, as disclosed in its Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting
ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. In a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, based on the following votes”): 42,702,743 for, 16,976,065 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, based on the following votes:”
Support: 72% 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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 3,533,274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 2,851,877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,689,036 | 690,840 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 1,898,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 1,497,934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 0 | 0 | 1,375,728 | 0 | Abstain |
| Federated Hermes | 0 | 1,154,042 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 0 | 901,922 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 0 | 752,987 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Voya | 0 | 541,939 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 0 | 468,965 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| First Trust | 0 | 272,555 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| SEI | 0 | 208,949 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| DWS | 0 | 201,204 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 190,139 | 2,012 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 143,351 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 0 | 138,958 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| DRIEHAUS MUTUAL FUNDS | 0 | 121,534 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| American Century | 0 | 115,129 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pacific Life | 85,562 | 21,374 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 0 | 102,830 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pear Tree Funds | 0 | 84,848 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 8,183 | 67,016 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Lincoln Financial | 43,000 | 30,471 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| M FUND INC | 0 | 69,351 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Fund voting reports, all 60 managers: 11,894,828 for, 6,627,272 against, 1,410,348 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. | 3,340,525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION | 3,167,322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 3,048,519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 1,977,839 | 0 | Abstain |
| Fidelity | 1,790,206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 49,980 | 1,500,612 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 1,137,785 | 27,432 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 0 | 1,154,042 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 0 | 1,070,636 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC | 0 | 821,633 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Voya | 0 | 801,035 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0 | 745,958 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 0 | 598,515 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 0 | 500,495 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Point72 | 0 | 485,303 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Nuveen | 0 | 471,227 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP | 0 | 452,496 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Baird | 0 | 435,516 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Encompass Capital Advisors LLC | 383,713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | 0 | 383,658 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM | 0 | 332,714 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 3,318 | 315,567 | 0 | Abstain |
| Harvey Partners, LLC | 277,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GREENWOOD CAPITAL ASSOCIATES LLC | 276,308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 0 | 0 | 272,346 | 0 | Abstain |
Institutional-manager reports, all 166 managers: 14,007,266 for, 12,561,997 against, 2,570,031 abstained, 20,000 not voted, 156 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
96% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Aspen Aerogels, Inc.'s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s own tally for this item (“The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified, based on the following votes:”): 67,700,324 for, 2,463,627 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified, based on the following votes:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 60 asset managers below reported 19,705,106 for, 138,120 against, 7,265 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 3,533,274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 2,851,877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,379,876 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 1,898,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 1,497,934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,375,728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 1,154,042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 901,922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 752,987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 541,939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 468,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 272,555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 208,949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 201,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 192,069 | 82 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 143,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 138,958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DRIEHAUS MUTUAL FUNDS | 121,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 115,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 106,936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 0 | 102,830 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 75,199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 73,471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| M FUND INC | 69,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 64,630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 60 asset managers. See all 60 in the interactive database.
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 76,077,929 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 4.64% |
| 2 | NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 3.75% |
| 3 | Fidelity | 3.13% |
| 4 | Manager Directed Portfolios | 2.50% |
| 5 | Columbia Threadneedle | 1.97% |
| 6 | Royce | 1.81% |
| 7 | Federated Hermes | 1.52% |
| 8 | BlackRock | 1.19% |
| 9 | Dimensional | 0.99% |
| 10 | Voya | 0.71% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. | 4.39% |
| 2 | GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION | 4.16% |
| 3 | Hood River Capital Management LLC | 4.01% |
| 4 | AWM Investment Company, Inc. | 2.60% |
| 5 | Fidelity | 2.35% |
| 6 | BlackRock | 2.04% |
| 7 | State Street | 1.53% |
| 8 | Federated Hermes | 1.52% |
| 9 | UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 1.41% |
| 10 | FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC | 1.08% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Entities affiliated with Koch Industries, Inc. | 25.94% | DEF14A |
| BlackRock | 6.54% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 5.93% | 13F |
| Donald R. Young | 2.20% | DEF14A |
| Goldman Sachs | 1.87% | 13F |
| State Street | 1.82% | 13F |
| JPMorgan Chase | 1.77% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 1.55% | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 1.49% | 13F |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.91% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 76,077,929 shares outstanding, as reported by ASPEN AEROGELS INC. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from ASPEN AEROGELS INC.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At ASPEN AEROGELS INC.'s shareholder meeting held May 30, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 206 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 973 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Approval of the compensation of Aspen Aerogels, Inc.'s named executive officers, as disclosed… — ASPEN AEROGELS INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 72% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: ASPEN AEROGELS INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2024.
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