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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.
Meeting of May 9, 2024: 5 items on CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 13, 2024: 2 approved · 3 without a stated outcome.
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 CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 13, 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: Remi Barbier | 10,768,599 | -- | -- | 500,052 | 15,710,817 | 96% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Sanford R. Robertson | 8,944,665 | -- | -- | 2,323,986 | 15,710,817 | 79% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Patrick J. Scannon, M.D., Ph.D. | 10,891,367 | -- | -- | 377,284 | 15,710,817 | 97% | Not verified | — |
| 2. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 | 26,461,553 | 380,036 | 137,879 | -- | -- | 99% | Approved | — |
| 3. 2023 executive compensation for the Company's named executive officers | 9,403,571 | 1,338,907 | 526,173 | -- | 15,710,817 | 88% | Approved | — |
Source: CASSAVA SCIENCES INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 182 asset managers that disclosed a CASSAVA SCIENCES 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 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Re-elect three (3) Class III Directors to serve for three-year terms as of the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Patrick J. Scannon, M.D., Ph.D.
CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Patrick J. Scannon, M.D., Ph.D.”): 10,891,367 for, 377,284 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 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: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 43 asset managers below reported 585,855 for, 37,075 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 150,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 117,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 51,316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 8,290 | 0 | 0 | 37,000 | Mixed |
| Fidelity | 42,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 35,721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 25,626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 22,707 | 0 | 0 | 4 | For |
| Northern Trust | 22,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 17,893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 13,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 11,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Direxion Shares ETF Trust | 9,308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 7,959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 7,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal Exchange-Traded Funds | 5,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Texas Capital Funds Trust | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 4,627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 4,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 3,951 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ProShares | 2,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 2,228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 2,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 1,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PENN SERIES FUNDS INC | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 43 asset managers. See all 43 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
96% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Re-elect three (3) Class III Directors to serve for three-year terms as of the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Remi Barbier
CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Remi Barbier”): 10,768,599 for, 500,052 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 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 + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 43 asset managers below reported 618,904 for, 4,026 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 150,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 117,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 51,316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 45,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 42,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 35,721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 25,626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 22,707 | 0 | 0 | 4 | For |
| Northern Trust | 22,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 17,893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 13,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 11,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Direxion Shares ETF Trust | 9,308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 7,959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 7,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal Exchange-Traded Funds | 5,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Texas Capital Funds Trust | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 4,627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 4,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,951 | Withhold |
| ProShares | 2,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 2,228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 2,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 1,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PENN SERIES FUNDS INC | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 43 asset managers. See all 43 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
79% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Re-elect three (3) Class III Directors to serve for three-year terms as of the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Sanford R. Robertson
CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sanford R. Robertson”): 8,944,665 for, 2,323,986 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 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: 79% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 43 asset managers below reported 43,098 for, 579,832 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150,776 | Withhold |
| BlackRock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117,605 | Withhold |
| Lincoln Financial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51,316 | Withhold |
| Equitable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45,290 | Withhold |
| Fidelity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42,423 | Withhold |
| Charles Schwab | 35,721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25,626 | Withhold |
| State Street | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22,704 | Withhold |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,106 | Withhold |
| Global X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,893 | Withhold |
| Pacific Life | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,677 | Withhold |
| Voya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,007 | Withhold |
| Direxion Shares ETF Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,308 | Withhold |
| John Hancock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,959 | Withhold |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,270 | Withhold |
| Principal Exchange-Traded Funds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,746 | Withhold |
| Texas Capital Funds Trust | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,627 | Withhold |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,520 | Withhold |
| Calvert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,951 | Withhold |
| ProShares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,830 | Withhold |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,228 | Withhold |
| T. Rowe Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,094 | Withhold |
| TIAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,825 | Withhold |
| PENN SERIES FUNDS INC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,400 | Withhold |
Showing the 25 largest of 43 asset managers. See all 43 in the interactive database.
Combines 12 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
88% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the 2023 executive compensation for the Company's named executive officers;
CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. 2023 executive compensation for the Company's named executive officers”): 9,403,571 for, 1,338,907 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Three – The 2023 executive compensation for the Company's named executive officers was approved, on a non-binding advisory vote, based upon the following votes:”
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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 150,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 117,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 51,316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 45,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 42,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 35,721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 25,626 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 22,711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 22,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 0 | 17,893 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pacific Life | 13,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 11,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Direxion Shares ETF Trust | 9,308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 7,959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 7,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal Exchange-Traded Funds | 5,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Texas Capital Funds Trust | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 4,627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 4,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 0 | 3,951 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| ProShares | 2,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 2,228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 2,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 1,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PENN SERIES FUNDS INC | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 42 managers: 571,950 for, 50,780 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Street | 403,791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 337,593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 211,139 | 26 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 115,876 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| UBS | 0 | 71,724 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BANK OF AMERICA NA | 0 | 59,399 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | 37,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 35,721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 30,954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 0 | 28,402 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 26,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 21,334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 20,792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 18,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FRANKLIN ADVISERS INC | 17,716 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Rhumbline | 16,064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 0 | 14,700 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 14,546 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 14,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 13,678 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC \MO\ | 12,346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Neuberger Berman | 0 | 11,374 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Voya | 11,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STRS OHIO | 10,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 10,373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 152 managers: 1,499,136 for, 238,816 against, 1,310 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024;
CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024”): 26,461,553 for, 380,036 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Two – The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, was ratified based upon the following votes:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 43 asset managers below reported 622,927 for, 3 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 150,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 117,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 51,316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 45,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 42,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 35,721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 25,626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 22,708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 22,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 17,893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 13,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 11,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Direxion Shares ETF Trust | 9,308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 7,959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 7,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal Exchange-Traded Funds | 5,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Texas Capital Funds Trust | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 4,627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 4,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 3,951 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ProShares | 2,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 2,228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 2,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 1,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PENN SERIES FUNDS INC | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 43 asset managers. See all 43 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.
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 150,776 |
| 2 | BlackRock | 117,605 |
| 3 | Lincoln Financial | 51,316 |
| 4 | Equitable | 45,290 |
| 5 | Fidelity | 42,423 |
| 6 | Charles Schwab | 35,721 |
| 7 | Dimensional | 25,626 |
| 8 | State Street | 22,711 |
| 9 | Northern Trust | 22,106 |
| 10 | Global X | 17,893 |
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Street | 403,791 |
| 2 | BlackRock | 337,593 |
| 3 | Northern Trust | 211,165 |
| 4 | MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 115,876 |
| 5 | UBS | 71,724 |
| 6 | BANK OF AMERICA NA | 59,399 |
| 7 | AllianceBernstein | 37,000 |
| 8 | Charles Schwab | 35,721 |
| 9 | Goldman Sachs | 30,954 |
| 10 | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 28,402 |
Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to CASSAVA SCIENCES INC. for the 2023-2024 season, so there is no denominator to divide by.
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. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.'s shareholder meeting held May 9, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 182 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 812 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the 2023 executive compensation for the Company's… — CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 88% 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: CASSAVA SCIENCES INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2024.
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