ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Bryan H. Sayler

ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Bryan H. Sayler”): 23,816,591 for, 87,255 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 8, 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 voting on each of the proposals was as follows: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors (for terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting): Because each nominee received a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the nominee, the nominees were duly elected.”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 89 asset managers below reported 15,737,453 for, 2,290 withheld, 9 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Janice L. Hess

ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Janice L. Hess”): 20,461,572 for, 3,442,275 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 8, 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 voting on each of the proposals was as follows: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors (for terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting): Because each nominee received a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the nominee, the nominees were duly elected.”
Support: 86% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 89 asset managers below reported 13,768,721 for, 1,971,022 withheld, 9 unknown.

Showing the 25 largest of 89 asset managers. See all 89 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: An advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's executive officers

ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory vote on the resolution to approve the compensation of the Registrant's executive officers ("Say on Pay")”): 23,574,493 for, 318,647 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 8, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Because the proposal received a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter, it was duly approved.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a majority of the shares present or represented (“majority of the shares represented”).

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 89 managers: 15,739,606 for, 10,413 against, 2,290 abstained, 9 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 193 managers: 11,060,634 for, 168,736 against, 1,034 abstained, 724 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year

ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year”): 24,187,627 for, 140,900 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 8, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3: Ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year:”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 90 asset managers below reported 15,727,655 for, 12,599 against, 2,290 abstained, 9 unknown.

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