ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Antonio J. Pietri

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Antonio J. Pietri”): 61,425,474 for, 174,221 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.7% 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 110 managers: 12,107,199 for, 19 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Arlen R. Shenkman

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Arlen R. Shenkman”): 61,451,439 for, 149,050 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.7% 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 110 managers: 12,107,199 for, 19 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Jill D. Smith

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jill D. Smith”): 59,142,245 for, 2,458,256 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: 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 110 managers: 11,638,156 for, 469,062 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Karen M. Golz

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Karen M. Golz”): 61,021,776 for, 576,339 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.0% 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 110 managers: 11,868,473 for, 238,745 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Patrick M. Antkowiak

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Patrick M. Antkowiak”): 61,429,712 for, 170,755 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.7% 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 110 managers: 12,107,199 for, 19 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Ram R. Krishnan

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ram R. Krishnan”): 54,037,652 for, 7,556,972 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 88% 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 110 managers: 9,586,861 for, 2,520,357 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 38,345 for, 168,095 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Robert M. Whelan, Jr.

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert M. Whelan, Jr.”): 61,396,631 for, 204,933 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: 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.

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 110 managers: 12,106,897 for, 321 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Elect the nominees of the board of directors to the board to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Thomas F. Bogan

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Thomas F. Bogan”): 61,306,229 for, 291,729 against, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.5% 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 110 managers: 12,107,173 for, 45 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 4 managers: 205,735 for, 705 against.

Description as filed by funds: Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as identified in the Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting.

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Company's executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement”): 61,003,429 for, 624,958 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 : The Company's executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the stockholders set forth below:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (15 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown); “14A Executive Compensation” (3 managers, 18 for, 17,729 against); “Say on pay” (2 managers, 295,555 for).

Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting.

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Description as filed by funds: Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024; and

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Appointment of KPMG as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024”): 62,350,824 for, 8,131 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed December 15, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2 : The appointment of KPMG as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth below:”
Support: 99.9% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors” (2 managers, 13,178 for).

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 109 managers: 12,088,120 for, 5,921 against, 6,639 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 206,439 for.