EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR TERMS ENDING IN 2027: James M. McKelvey

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: James M. McKelvey”): 402,163,521 for, 6,639,636 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 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 final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote at the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on February 6, 2024 are as follows: Proposal 1 : The four Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 196 asset managers below reported 141,198,646 for, 42,431 against, 43,142 abstained, 1,130 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR TERMS ENDING IN 2027: James S. Turley

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: James S. Turley”): 344,274,997 for, 67,646,303 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 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 final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote at the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on February 6, 2024 are as follows: Proposal 1 : The four Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Support: 84% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 196 asset managers below reported 121,090,512 for, 20,148,999 against, 43,130 abstained, 2,708 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR TERMS ENDING IN 2027: Leticia Goncalves Lourenco

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Leticia Gonçalves Lourenco”): 406,072,003 for, 2,745,769 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 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 final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote at the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on February 6, 2024 are as follows: Proposal 1 : The four Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Support: 99.3% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 196 asset managers below reported 141,229,294 for, 11,785 against, 43,140 abstained, 1,130 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR TERMS ENDING IN 2027: Mark A. Blinn

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mark A. Blinn”): 378,990,098 for, 29,908,246 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 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 final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote at the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on February 6, 2024 are as follows: Proposal 1 : The four Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 196 asset managers below reported 140,724,020 for, 517,068 against, 43,131 abstained, 1,130 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of the Amendment to Emerson Electric Co. Restated Articles of Incorporation to Declassify the Company's Board of Directors.

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“3. Proposal to approve an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors, as described in the Proxy Statement, which required the vote of 85% of outstanding shares in f”): 405,348,013 for, 6,024,713 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 2024 (Item 5.07). This item required more than a simple majority of votes cast — see the filing.

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 : The proposal to approve an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors, as described in the Proxy Statement, which required the vote of 85% of outstanding shares in favor for approval, was not approved by the shareholders, by the v…”
Not approved under the vote the filing states was required: “85% of outstanding”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a supermajority of the shares outstanding (“85% of outstanding”).

The 198 asset managers below reported 141,281,611 for, 370 against, 168 abstained, 1,130 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of Emerson Electric Co.'s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan.

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“4. Company's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Proxy Statement”): 392,800,861 for, 18,196,045 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 4 : The Company's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Adopt Incentive Stock Option Plan” (4 managers, 20,217 for).

The 204 asset managers below reported 138,810,404 for, 2,529,573 against, 127,431 abstained, 2,070 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of Emerson Electric Co. executive compensation.

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“2. Company's executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement”): 385,189,173 for, 25,513,282 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2 : The Company's executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the shareholders set forth below:”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’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” (41 managers, 10,409,876 for, 2,012,323 against); “Compensation” (2 managers, 9,245 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 182 managers: 140,092,435 for, 551,478 against, 148,654 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

No total is shown for the institutional-manager reports: their sum exceeds the company's reported shares outstanding. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“5. Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024”): 464,903,327 for, 24,189,893 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 5 : The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 199 asset managers below reported 141,018,950 for, 225,432 against, 38,781 abstained, 2,708 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder Proposal to Implement a Simple Majority Vote Requirement in the Company's Governing Documents.

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.’s own tally for this item (“6. Shareholder proposal requesting the implementation of a simple majority vote requirement, as described in the Proxy Statement”): 293,359,164 for, 117,143,579 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 9, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 6 : The shareholder proposal requesting the implementation of a simple majority vote requirement, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:”
Support: 71% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 194 asset managers below reported 78,602,894 for, 62,636,469 against, 38,970 abstained, 1,130 unknown.

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