DESIGNER BRANDS INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Elaine J. Eisenman

DESIGNER BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Elaine J. Eisenman”): 85,682,002 for, 842,388 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 20, 2025 (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: “Elaine J. Eisenman and Joanna T. Lau were each duly elected as Class III directors with terms expiring at the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of shareholders.”
Support: 99.0% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 6,549,253 for, 66,919 withheld, 315,349 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joanna T. Lau

DESIGNER BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joanna T. Lau”): 77,120,975 for, 9,403,415 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 20, 2025 (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: “Elaine J. Eisenman and Joanna T. Lau were each duly elected as Class III directors with terms expiring at the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of shareholders.”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 2,721,919 for, 2,381,865 withheld, 1,827,737 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: John W. Atkinson

DESIGNER BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John W. Atkinson”): 85,891,625 for, 632,765 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 20, 2025 (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: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 6,613,251 for, 3,216 withheld, 315,054 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph A. Schottenstein

DESIGNER BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph A. Schottenstein”): 85,608,204 for, 916,186 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 20, 2025 (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% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 6,836,675 for, 94,846 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION PAID TO OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 1, 2025.

DESIGNER BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory Approval of Named Executive Officer Fiscal 2024 Compensation Voting results regarding the non-binding, advisory vote on the fiscal 2024 compensation of the Company's named executive officers as reported in th”): 79,030,560 for, 1,938,053 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 20, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Based on the voting results set forth above, the fiscal 2024 compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of DESIGNER BRANDS 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” (4 managers, 46,188 for, 75 against).

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 49 managers: 6,275,145 for, 656,376 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 115 managers: 6,498,410 for, 667,749 against, 5,452,319 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 2026.

DESIGNER BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP Voting results regarding the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal ”): 94,937,854 for, 417,989 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 20, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Based on the voting results set forth above, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026 was duly ratified.”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 6,616,035 for, 315,486 against.

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