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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed July 14, 2023 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.
Meeting of July 14, 2023: 4 items on FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed July 14, 2023: 2 approved · 2 without a stated outcome.
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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
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These tallies are FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed July 14, 2023 (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.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merger Agreement Proposal | 63,457,600 | 95,135 | 73,434 | -- | -- | 99.8% | Approved | a supermajority of the shares outstanding |
| Merger Agreement Proposal, Vote of the Unaffiliated Shares: | 47,320,401 | 95,135 | 73,434 | -- | -- | 99.7% | Not verified | — |
| 2. The Adjournment Proposal. To approve one or more proposals to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary or appropriate, including adjournments to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special M | 60,979,920 | 2,576,403 | 69,845 | -- | -- | 96% | Not verified | — |
| 3. The Merger-Related Compensation Proposal. To approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation arrangements for the Company's named executive officers in connection with the Mergers | 53,827,176 | 9,390,699 | 408,294 | -- | -- | 85% | Approved | — |
Source: FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2023 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 236 asset managers that disclosed a FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS 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. 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 FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.’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.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.8% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve the proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2023, by and among Ferdinand FFP Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Parent"), Ferdinand FFP Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company Merger Sub"), Ferdinand FFP Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("LLC Merger Sub"), Focus Financial Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Focus LLC") and Focus Financial Partners Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to which, among other things (a) LLC Merger Sub will merger with and into Focus LLC (the "LLC Merger"), with Focus LLC surviving the LLC Merger and (b) immediately following the LLC Merger, Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the "Company Merger', and collectively with the LLC Merger, the "Mergers") with the Company surviving the Company Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger Agreement Proposal").
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Merger Agreement Proposal”): 63,457,600 for, 95,135 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed July 14, 2023 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the three proposals was approved by the requisite vote of the Company's stockholders.”
Support: 99.8% 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 (“80.99% of the voting power”).
The 74 asset managers below reported 14,679,064 for, 68,367 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,749,704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,890,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Delaware/Macquarie | 1,532,142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,124,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 522,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 475,327 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 447,015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 376,907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 370,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 300,647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 284,309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Loomis Sayles | 248,629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 231,559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 189,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 114,437 | 0 | 68,367 | 0 | Mixed |
| TIAA | 161,827 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERGER FUND | 143,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds | 100,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 100,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 84,435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 83,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 71,049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Baird | 68,005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 62,816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust | 60,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 74 asset managers. See all 74 in the interactive database.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
92% of fund votes cast · no official result
Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE ON ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING TO A LATER DATE OR DATES IF NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING ADJOURNMENTS TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER AGREEMENT PROPOSAL.
The 74 asset managers below reported 13,457,916 for, 1,221,148 against, 68,367 abstained. 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.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,749,704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,890,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Delaware/Macquarie | 1,532,142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 25,879 | 1,098,189 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 522,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 475,327 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 447,015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 376,907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 370,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 300,647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 284,309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Loomis Sayles | 248,629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 231,559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 189,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 114,437 | 0 | 68,367 | 0 | Mixed |
| TIAA | 161,827 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERGER FUND | 143,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds | 100,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 100,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 84,435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 83,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 71,049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Baird | 68,005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 0 | 62,816 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Investment Managers Series Trust | 60,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 74 asset managers. See all 74 in the interactive database.
Combines 11 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
85% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation, arrangements for the Company's named executive officers in connection with the Mergers.
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. The Merger-Related Compensation Proposal. To approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation arrangements for the Company's named executive officers in connection with the Mergers”): 53,827,176 for, 9,390,699 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed July 14, 2023 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3: The Merger-Related Compensation Proposal. To approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation arrangements for the Company's named executive officers in connection with the Mergers”
Support: 85% 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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 0 | 4,749,704 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 1,890,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Delaware/Macquarie | 1,532,142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,124,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 522,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 475,327 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 420,915 | 26,100 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| New York Life | 376,907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 370,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 300,647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 284,309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Loomis Sayles | 248,629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 231,559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 189,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 182,804 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 0 | 161,827 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MERGER FUND | 143,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds | 44,942 | 0 | 56,044 | 0 | Mixed |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 100,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 84,435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 83,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 71,049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Baird | 68,005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 62,816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust | 60,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 73 managers: 9,678,657 for, 4,979,485 against, 86,921 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BESSEMER TRUST CO | 67,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Man Group plc | 5,390,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 13,114 | 2,640,399 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| UBS | 2,076,207 | 53,293 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,754,377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 1,524,306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HBK INVESTMENTS L P | 1,488,362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC | 1,169,081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1,154,473 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,119,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIG Advisors, LLC | 1,114,747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP | 930,628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 894,507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| P SCHOENFELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | 767,736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| KRYGER CAPITAL Ltd | 604,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WATER ISLAND CAPITAL LLC | 601,036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP | 553,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 522,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Woodline Partners LP | 502,501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT | 445,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | 402,109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 383,495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 341,497 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 320,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BARDIN HILL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS LP | 0 | 0 | 280,838 | 0 | Abstain |
No total is shown for the institutional-manager reports: their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
100% of fund votes cast · no official result
The 5 asset managers below reported 738,080 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.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan | 454,021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | 213,798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Metzler Asset Management GmbH | 45,422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Tredje AP-fonden | 24,834 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
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.
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 4,749,704 |
| 2 | BlackRock | 1,890,860 |
| 3 | Delaware/Macquarie | 1,532,142 |
| 4 | Fidelity | 1,124,068 |
| 5 | Charles Schwab | 522,059 |
| 6 | ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 475,327 |
| 7 | Investment Managers Series Trust II | 447,015 |
| 8 | New York Life | 376,907 |
| 9 | NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 370,947 |
| 10 | JPMorgan | 300,647 |
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BESSEMER TRUST CO | 67,000,000 |
| 2 | Man Group plc | 5,390,100 |
| 3 | Fidelity | 2,653,513 |
| 4 | UBS | 2,129,500 |
| 5 | BlackRock | 1,754,377 |
| 6 | Magnetar Financial LLC | 1,524,306 |
| 7 | HBK INVESTMENTS L P | 1,488,362 |
| 8 | GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC | 1,169,081 |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1,154,473 |
| 10 | State Street | 1,119,250 |
Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC. for the 2023-2024 season, so there is no denominator to divide by.
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 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.'s shareholder meeting held July 14, 2023, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 236 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 830 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, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation, arrangements for the Company's… — FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 85% 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: FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2023.
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC. proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 (this page).
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