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ESCO Technologies Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and ESCO Technologies Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed February 5, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

  • 6Ballot items
  • 392Asset managers
  • 2,740Fund votes
  • January 30, 2026Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of January 30, 2026: 6 items on ESCO Technologies Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed February 5, 2026: 3 elected · 3 approved.

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

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by ESCO Technologies Inc.

These tallies are ESCO Technologies Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed February 5, 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.

ESCO Technologies Inc. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held January 30, 2026
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Patrick M. Dewar 22,753,584---- 840,225665,538 96%Elected—
Elect Director: Vinod M. Khilnani 22,799,411---- 794,398665,538 97%Elected—
Elect Director: Robert J. Phillippy 20,609,699---- 2,984,110665,538 87%Elected—
2. Advisory vote on the resolution to approve the compensation of the Registrant's executive officers ("Say on Pay") 23,188,942383,82821,038 --665,538 98%Approveda majority of the shares present or represented
3. Amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase plan as described in the Proxy Statement for the Meeting and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 23,349,287238,3066,215 --665,538 99%Approveda majority of the shares present or represented
4. Ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year 24,209,10233,96716,278 --0 99.8%Approved—

Source: ESCO Technologies Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 5, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the ESCO Technologies Inc. 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 392 asset managers that disclosed a ESCO Technologies 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.

1. Elect Director: Patrick M. Dewar

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%
FOR: 22,753,584WITHHELD: 840,225
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 117 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Patrick M. Dewar

ESCO Technologies Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Patrick M. Dewar”): 22,753,584 for, 840,225 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 5, 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: 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 2029 Annual Meeting): Because each nominee received a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the nominee, all of the nominees were duly elected.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 117 asset managers below reported 13,925,475 for, 515,531 withheld, 2 abstained, 20 not voted.

FOR
FOR: 13,925,475ABSTAIN: 2WITHHOLD: 515,531NOT VOTED: 20
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Patrick M. Dewar” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard2,751,4260 20For
BlackRock2,683,6440 00For
Invesco750,6920 00For
Capital Group594,5440 00For
CONESTOGA FUNDS577,4550 00For
Fidelity563,3450 00For
Neuberger Berman456,1370 00For
T. Rowe Price327,5300 0107,317Mixed
State Street410,6520 00For
Delaware/Macquarie379,5790 00For
Nationwide327,7780 00For
TIAA301,1420 00For
Charles Schwab277,8110 00For
Dimensional268,6610 00For
Royce256,6540 00For
AllianceBernstein00 0206,366Withhold
Loomis Sayles188,1140 00For
Bridge Builder Trust187,2630 00For
Calvert186,3150 00For
Jackson National182,7530 00For
Capitol Series Trust179,7910 00For
Brighthouse141,1740 026,848Mixed
Manager Directed Portfolios167,5340 00For
Columbia Threadneedle116,2450 00For
Principal22,9290 086,234Mixed

Showing the 25 largest of 117 asset managers. See all 117 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Vinod M. Khilnani

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%
FOR: 22,799,411WITHHELD: 794,398
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 117 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Vinod M. Khilnani

ESCO Technologies Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Vinod M. Khilnani”): 22,799,411 for, 794,398 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 5, 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: 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 2029 Annual Meeting): Because each nominee received a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the nominee, all of the nominees were duly elected.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 117 asset managers below reported 14,197,667 for, 243,339 withheld, 2 abstained, 20 not voted.

FOR
FOR: 14,197,667ABSTAIN: 2WITHHOLD: 243,339NOT VOTED: 20
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Vinod M. Khilnani” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard2,751,4260 20For
BlackRock2,683,6440 00For
Invesco750,6920 00For
Capital Group594,5440 00For
CONESTOGA FUNDS577,4550 00For
Fidelity563,3450 00For
Neuberger Berman456,1370 00For
T. Rowe Price327,5300 0107,317Mixed
State Street410,6290 023For
Delaware/Macquarie379,5790 00For
Nationwide327,7780 00For
TIAA301,1420 00For
Charles Schwab277,8110 00For
Dimensional268,6610 00For
Royce256,6540 00For
AllianceBernstein206,3660 00For
Loomis Sayles188,1140 00For
Bridge Builder Trust187,2630 00For
Calvert186,3150 00For
Jackson National182,7530 00For
Capitol Series Trust179,7910 00For
Brighthouse141,1740 026,848Mixed
Manager Directed Portfolios167,5340 00For
Columbia Threadneedle116,2450 00For
Principal70,7690 038,394Mixed

Showing the 25 largest of 117 asset managers. See all 117 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Robert J. Phillippy

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

87% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 87%
FOR: 20,609,699WITHHELD: 2,984,110
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 117 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Robert J. Phillippy

ESCO Technologies Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert J. Phillippy”): 20,609,699 for, 2,984,110 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 5, 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: 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 2029 Annual Meeting): Because each nominee received a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the nominee, all of the nominees were duly elected.”
Support: 87% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 117 asset managers below reported 12,945,572 for, 1,495,432 withheld, 5 abstained, 20 not voted.

FOR
FOR: 12,945,572ABSTAIN: 5WITHHOLD: 1,495,432NOT VOTED: 20
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Robert J. Phillippy” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard2,749,3990 52,024For
BlackRock2,683,6440 00For
Invesco647,7140 0102,978Mixed
Capital Group594,5440 00For
CONESTOGA FUNDS577,4550 00For
Fidelity563,3450 00For
Neuberger Berman456,1370 00For
T. Rowe Price00 0434,847Withhold
State Street410,6290 023For
Delaware/Macquarie00 0379,579Withhold
Nationwide327,7780 00For
TIAA301,1420 00For
Charles Schwab277,8110 00For
Dimensional268,6610 00For
Royce256,6540 00For
AllianceBernstein206,3660 00For
Loomis Sayles188,1140 00For
Bridge Builder Trust187,2630 00For
Calvert00 0186,315Withhold
Jackson National80,9530 0101,800Mixed
Capitol Series Trust179,7910 00For
Brighthouse88,3750 079,647Mixed
Manager Directed Portfolios167,5340 00For
Columbia Threadneedle116,2450 00For
Principal70,7690 038,394Mixed

Showing the 25 largest of 117 asset managers. See all 117 in the interactive database.

4. 3. Amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase plan as described in the Proxy Statement for the Meeting and…

Official resultCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Approved

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99%
FOR: 23,349,287AGAINST: 238,306
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 123 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve an amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan

ESCO Technologies Inc.’s own tally for this item (“3. Amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase plan as described in the Proxy Statement for the Meeting and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1”): 23,349,287 for, 238,306 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 5, 2026 (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”).

The 123 asset managers below reported 14,349,070 for, 112,495 against, 20 not voted.

FOR
FOR: 14,349,070AGAINST: 112,495NOT VOTED: 20
Largest asset managers voting on “To approve an amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard2,751,4280 00For
BlackRock2,683,6440 00For
Invesco750,6920 00For
Capital Group594,5440 00For
CONESTOGA FUNDS577,4550 00For
Fidelity563,3450 00For
Neuberger Berman456,1370 00For
T. Rowe Price434,8470 00For
State Street410,6520 00For
Delaware/Macquarie379,5790 00For
Nationwide327,7780 00For
TIAA301,1420 00For
Charles Schwab277,8110 00For
Dimensional268,6610 00For
Royce256,6540 00For
AllianceBernstein206,3660 00For
Loomis Sayles188,1140 00For
Bridge Builder Trust187,2630 00For
Calvert186,3150 00For
Jackson National130,80551,948 00Mixed
Capitol Series Trust179,7910 00For
Brighthouse168,0220 00For
Manager Directed Portfolios167,5340 00For
Columbia Threadneedle116,2450 00For
Principal109,1630 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 123 asset managers. See all 123 in the interactive database.

5. 2. Advisory vote on the resolution to approve the compensation of the Registrant's executive officers ("Say on Pay")

Official resultFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 23,188,942AGAINST: 383,828
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 391 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on an advisory basis, 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")”): 23,188,942 for, 383,828 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 5, 2026 (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: 98% 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: 117 asset managers voting on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's executive officers” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard2,751,4280 00For
BlackRock2,683,6440 00For
Invesco750,6920 00For
Capital Group594,5440 00For
CONESTOGA FUNDS577,4550 00For
Fidelity563,3450 00For
Neuberger Berman456,1370 00For
T. Rowe Price434,8470 00For
State Street410,6520 00For
Delaware/Macquarie379,5790 00For
Nationwide327,7780 00For
TIAA301,1420 00For
Charles Schwab277,8110 00For
Dimensional268,6610 00For
Royce256,6540 00For
AllianceBernstein206,3660 00For
Loomis Sayles188,1140 00For
Bridge Builder Trust187,2630 00For
Calvert0186,315 00Against
Jackson National182,7530 00For
Capitol Series Trust179,7910 00For
Brighthouse153,7740 14,2480Mixed
Manager Directed Portfolios167,5340 00For
RBB FUND, INC.137,8040 00For
Columbia Threadneedle116,2450 00For

Fund voting reports, all 117 managers: 14,312,720 for, 186,943 against, 14,248 abstained, 20 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 310 asset managers voting on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's executive officers” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock1,001,692192 00For
GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC809,9820 00For
Neuberger Berman724,4470 00For
T. Rowe Price706,1160 00For
Invesco700,3830 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC617,7570 00For
Capital Group594,5440 00For
State Street508,7840 00For
SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC433,06522,815 00Mixed
NOMURA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS TRUST419,2420 00For
AllianceBernstein403,7620 00For
Nuveen366,3080 00For
Loomis Sayles328,9990 00For
Charles Schwab312,0960 00For
Hood River Capital Management LLC289,3760 00For
Northern Trust251,7240 00For
Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC234,8780 00For
Vanguard209,7850 00For
Calvert0200,668 00Against
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.187,9470 00For
Wellington181,9140 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp177,0090 00For
Goldman Sachs169,0470 00For
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO146,7970 00For
Victory Capital143,7450 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 310 managers: 13,574,117 for, 352,214 against, 538 abstained, 1,819 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

6. 4. Ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.8% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.8%
FOR: 24,209,102AGAINST: 33,967
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 118 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year

ESCO Technologies Inc.’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year”): 24,209,102 for, 33,967 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 5, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 4: Ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year:”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 118 asset managers below reported 14,418,119 for, 9,766 against, 14,248 abstained, 20 not voted.

FOR
FOR: 14,418,119AGAINST: 9,766ABSTAIN: 14,248NOT VOTED: 20
Largest asset managers voting on “To ratify the appointment of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal y” at ESCO Technologies Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard2,751,4280 00For
BlackRock2,683,6440 00For
Invesco750,6920 00For
Capital Group594,5440 00For
CONESTOGA FUNDS577,4550 00For
Fidelity563,3450 00For
Neuberger Berman456,1370 00For
T. Rowe Price434,8470 00For
State Street410,6520 00For
Delaware/Macquarie379,5790 00For
Nationwide327,7780 00For
TIAA301,1420 00For
Charles Schwab277,8110 00For
Dimensional268,6610 00For
Royce256,6540 00For
AllianceBernstein206,3660 00For
Loomis Sayles188,1140 00For
Bridge Builder Trust187,2630 00For
Calvert186,3150 00For
Jackson National182,7530 00For
Capitol Series Trust179,7910 00For
Brighthouse153,7740 14,2480Mixed
Manager Directed Portfolios167,5340 00For
Columbia Threadneedle116,2450 00For
Principal109,1630 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 118 asset managers. See all 118 in the interactive database.

Largest ESCO Technologies Inc. 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, shown as a share of the 25,846,125 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top ESCO Technologies Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve an amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Vanguard 10.65%
2BlackRock 10.38%
3Invesco 2.90%
4Capital Group 2.30%
5CONESTOGA FUNDS 2.23%
6Fidelity 2.18%
7Neuberger Berman 1.76%
8T. Rowe Price 1.68%
9State Street 1.59%
10Delaware/Macquarie 1.47%
Institutional-manager reports: top ESCO Technologies Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's executive officers”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1BlackRock 3.88%
2GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.13%
3Neuberger Berman 2.80%
4T. Rowe Price 2.73%
5Invesco 2.71%
6GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.39%
7Capital Group 2.30%
8State Street 1.97%
9SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 1.76%
10NOMURA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS TRUST 1.62%

Reported ESCO Technologies Inc. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

ESCO Technologies Inc. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
BlackRock 15.39% 13F
Vanguard Group 11.13% 13F
Vanguard Portfolio Management 6.05% 13G
Invesco 4.86% 13F
State Street 4.01% 13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors 2.46% 13F
Morgan Stanley 2.04% 13F
Charles Schwab 1.16% 13F
Goldman Sachs 1.13% 13F
Northern Trust 1.08% 13F

Percentages above are of 25,846,125 shares outstanding, as reported by ESCO Technologies Inc. on its Form 10-K dated November 14, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

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. Shares outstanding are taken from ESCO Technologies Inc.’s 10-K dated November 14, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At ESCO Technologies Inc.'s shareholder meeting held January 30, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 392 asset managers reported how they voted on 6 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,740 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's executive officers — ESCO Technologies Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 98% 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: ESCO Technologies Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2026.

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