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Denny's Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Denny's Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed January 13, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

  • 4Reported items
  • 153Asset managers
  • 582Fund votes
  • January 13, 2026Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of January 13, 2026: 2 items on Denny's Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed January 13, 2026: 1 approved · 1 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

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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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by Denny's Corporation

These tallies are Denny's Corporation’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed January 13, 2026 (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.

Denny's Corporation — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held January 13, 2026
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
2. Compensation Advisory Proposal: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger (the "Compensation Advisory P 34,741,4022,417,8082,621,502 --0 93%Not verified—
3. Adjournment Proposal: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Mee 38,254,5091,419,767106,436 --0 96%Approved—

Source: Denny's Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 13, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Denny's Corporation 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 153 asset managers that disclosed a Denny's Corporation 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. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of Denny's Corporation’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.

1. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the…

No official matchCORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

100% of fund votes cast · no official result

FOR
Details: description as filed, votes by 55 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Sparkle Topco Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Sparkle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Denny's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Parent.

The 55 asset managers below reported 14,704,680 for. 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.

FOR: 14,704,680
Largest asset managers voting on “To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to tim” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring3,515,0000 00For
Vanguard2,582,7850 00For
BlackRock1,822,6510 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II1,528,8930 00For
Fidelity1,296,1700 00For
Brighthouse663,3280 00For
Charles Schwab429,4970 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/344,9000 00For
Dimensional274,6470 00For
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II250,0000 00For
Principal231,4780 00For
GDL FUND200,0000 00For
Columbia Threadneedle173,8000 00For
Prudential/PGIM159,7640 00For
Russell Investments152,3900 00For
Equitable140,7870 00For
TIAA121,9210 00For
ALTSHARES TRUST91,5860 00For
Dunham Funds87,7340 00For
Gabelli85,0000 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC82,5710 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS48,0000 00For
Goldman Sachs46,7060 00For
Lincoln Financial44,4270 00For
WisdomTree35,4530 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

2. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the…

No official matchEXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS

100% of fund votes cast · no official result

FOR
Details: description as filed, votes by 2 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Sparkle Topco Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Sparkle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Denny's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the ...(due to space limits, see proxy material for full proposal).

The 2 asset managers below reported 373,001 for. 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.

FOR: 373,001
Largest asset managers voting on “To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to tim” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Equitable373,0000 00For
UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC10 00For

3. 3. Adjournment Proposal: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to a later date or time, if…

Official resultCORPORATE GOVERNANCEReported outcome: Approved

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 96%
FOR: 38,254,509AGAINST: 1,419,767
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 56 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve one or more adjournments of the special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Special Meeting") to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting.

Denny's Corporation’s own tally for this item (“3. Adjournment Proposal: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger ”): 38,254,509 for, 1,419,767 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 13, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3: Adjournment Proposal: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting (the "Adjournment Proposa…”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 56 asset managers below reported 15,019,842 for, 58,062 against.

FOR
FOR: 15,019,842AGAINST: 58,062
Largest asset managers voting on “To approve one or more adjournments of the special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Special Meetin” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring3,515,0000 00For
Vanguard2,582,7850 00For
BlackRock1,822,6510 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II1,528,8930 00For
Fidelity1,296,1700 00For
Brighthouse663,3280 00For
Equitable513,7870 00For
Charles Schwab429,4970 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/344,9000 00For
Dimensional274,6470 00For
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II250,0000 00For
Principal231,4780 00For
GDL FUND200,0000 00For
Columbia Threadneedle173,8000 00For
Prudential/PGIM159,7640 00For
Russell Investments152,3900 00For
TIAA121,9210 00For
ALTSHARES TRUST91,5860 00For
Dunham Funds87,7340 00For
Gabelli85,0000 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC82,5710 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS48,0000 00For
Goldman Sachs46,7060 00For
Lincoln Financial7,77136,656 00Mixed
WisdomTree35,4530 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.

4. 2. Compensation Advisory Proposal: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid…

Outcome not verifiedFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%
FOR: 34,741,402AGAINST: 2,417,808
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 153 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger.

Denny's Corporation’s own tally for this item (“2. Compensation Advisory Proposal: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to ”): 34,741,402 for, 2,417,808 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 13, 2026 (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: 93% 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: 56 asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the C” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring3,515,0000 00For
Vanguard2,582,7850 00For
BlackRock1,822,6510 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II1,528,8930 00For
Fidelity1,296,1700 00For
Brighthouse663,3280 00For
Equitable461,23752,550 00Mixed
Charles Schwab429,4970 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/344,9000 00For
Dimensional0274,647 00Against
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II250,0000 00For
Principal231,4780 00For
GDL FUND200,0000 00For
Columbia Threadneedle173,8000 00For
Prudential/PGIM154,0005,764 00For
Russell Investments0152,390 00Against
TIAA0121,921 00Against
ALTSHARES TRUST91,5860 00For
Dunham Funds87,7340 00For
Gabelli85,0000 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC82,5710 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS48,0000 00For
Goldman Sachs46,7060 00For
Lincoln Financial36,6567,771 00Mixed
WisdomTree35,4530 00For

Fund voting reports, all 56 managers: 14,374,354 for, 703,550 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 113 asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the C” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring4,527,0490 00For
GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC2,524,7430 00For
ODDO BHF ASSET MANAGEMENT SAS00 2,500,0000Abstain
Fidelity2,292,8230 00For
BlackRock1,534,55233,221 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1,262,3980 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1,257,6400 00For
Skylands Capital, LLC1,029,1020 00For
Gabelli814,3240 00For
State Street715,877986 00For
MONIMUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP530,2770 00For
Charles Schwab429,5560 00For
Groupe la Francaise390,0000 00For
BANK OF AMERICA NA0372,268 00Against
Vanguard335,5820 00For
Russell Investments0334,960 00Against
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP329,4750 00For
CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL288,2850 00For
Northern Trust285,9130 00For
Goldman Sachs210,1930 00For
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.191,6060 00For
Claret Asset Management Corp173,4250 00For
DE Shaw150,8960 00For
Nuveen0146,236 00Against
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC143,3340 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 113 managers: 20,121,213 for, 1,596,948 against, 2,500,000 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Largest Denny's Corporation shareholders voting in 2025-2026

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.

Fund voting reports: top Denny's Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become…”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager Shares voted
1Allspring 3,515,000
2Vanguard 2,582,785
3BlackRock 1,822,651
4Investment Managers Series Trust II 1,528,893
5Fidelity 1,296,170
6Brighthouse 663,328
7Equitable 513,787
8Charles Schwab 429,497
9HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/ 344,900
10Dimensional 274,647
Institutional-manager reports: top Denny's Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become…”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager Shares voted
1Allspring 4,527,049
2GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC 2,524,743
3ODDO BHF ASSET MANAGEMENT SAS 2,500,000
4Fidelity 2,292,823
5BlackRock 1,567,773
6HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1,262,398
7GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1,257,640
8Skylands Capital, LLC 1,029,102
9Gabelli 814,324
10State Street 716,863

Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to Denny's Corporation for the 2025-2026 season, so there is no denominator to divide by.

About this page

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 Denny's Corporation's shareholder meeting held January 13, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 153 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 582 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 4 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become… — FOR was 93% 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), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: Denny's Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 2026.

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