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GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 1, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

  • 6Ballot items
  • 159Asset managers
  • 1,174Fund votes
  • April 29, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of April 29, 2024: 6 items on GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 1, 2024: 4 elected · 2 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

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.

These tallies are GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 1, 2024 (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.

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held April 29, 2024
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Marc D. Fine 17,195,675---- 1,731,2575,186,073 91%Elected—
Elect Director: Jason M. Kelly 17,643,685---- 1,283,2475,186,073 93%Elected—
Elect Director: Christina M. Ryan 18,616,504---- 310,4295,186,073 98%Elected—
Elect Director: Tyson J. Wagler 18,637,772---- 289,1615,186,073 98%Elected—
2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's executive officers named in the compensation disclosures in the annual meeting proxy statement 18,128,479463,299335,155 --5,186,073 98%Approveda majority of the votes cast
3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 23,500,273334,110278,623 ---- 99%Approved—

Source: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 1, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 159 asset managers that disclosed a GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP 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: Christina M. Ryan

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 18,616,504WITHHELD: 310,429
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 55 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Christina M. Ryan

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Christina M. Ryan”): 18,616,504 for, 310,429 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 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 of the votes taken at the annual meeting were as follows: Proposal 1 – Election of four (4) directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders: Each director nominee was elected to the Company's Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast among all nominees.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 55 asset managers below reported 8,162,037 for, 29,802 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 8,162,037WITHHOLD: 29,802
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Christina M. Ryan” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,650,7900 00For
BlackRock1,149,8220 00For
Dimensional877,3780 00For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST853,9470 00For
Fidelity628,7000 00For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II575,0000 00For
OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC335,0000 00For
John Hancock295,9510 00For
Franklin Templeton247,5220 00For
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
First Trust155,0290 00For
Goldman Sachs150,1970 00For
Equitable75,5930 029,800Mixed
State Street101,5740 02For
WisdomTree99,9650 00For
TIAA92,9920 00For
ETF Series Solutions84,2630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica81,7560 00For
American Century71,9300 00For
Russell Investments53,6510 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC49,9100 00For
Pacific Life37,0540 00For
Lincoln Financial28,7460 00For
Prudential/PGIM26,7260 00For
Victory Capital22,3210 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Jason M. Kelly

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%
FOR: 17,643,685WITHHELD: 1,283,247
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 55 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Jason M. Kelly

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jason M. Kelly”): 17,643,685 for, 1,283,247 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 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 of the votes taken at the annual meeting were as follows: Proposal 1 – Election of four (4) directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders: Each director nominee was elected to the Company's Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast among all nominees.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 55 asset managers below reported 8,162,037 for, 29,802 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 8,162,037WITHHOLD: 29,802
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Jason M. Kelly” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,650,7900 00For
BlackRock1,149,8220 00For
Dimensional877,3780 00For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST853,9470 00For
Fidelity628,7000 00For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II575,0000 00For
OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC335,0000 00For
John Hancock295,9510 00For
Franklin Templeton247,5220 00For
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
First Trust155,0290 00For
Goldman Sachs150,1970 00For
Equitable75,5930 029,800Mixed
State Street101,5740 02For
WisdomTree99,9650 00For
TIAA92,9920 00For
ETF Series Solutions84,2630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica81,7560 00For
American Century71,9300 00For
Russell Investments53,6510 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC49,9100 00For
Pacific Life37,0540 00For
Lincoln Financial28,7460 00For
Prudential/PGIM26,7260 00For
Victory Capital22,3210 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Marc D. Fine

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

91% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 91%
FOR: 17,195,675WITHHELD: 1,731,257
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 55 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Marc D. Fine

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Marc D. Fine”): 17,195,675 for, 1,731,257 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 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 of the votes taken at the annual meeting were as follows: Proposal 1 – Election of four (4) directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders: Each director nominee was elected to the Company's Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast among all nominees.”
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 55 asset managers below reported 6,989,756 for, 1,202,083 withheld.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 6,989,756WITHHOLD: 1,202,083
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Marc D. Fine” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,650,7900 00For
BlackRock1,149,8220 00For
Dimensional877,3780 00For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST00 0853,947Withhold
Fidelity628,7000 00For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II575,0000 00For
OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC335,0000 00For
John Hancock295,9510 00For
Franklin Templeton1,2060 0246,316Withhold
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
First Trust155,0290 00For
Goldman Sachs150,1970 00For
Equitable48,8420 056,551Mixed
State Street101,5690 07For
WisdomTree99,9650 00For
TIAA92,9920 00For
ETF Series Solutions84,2630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica81,7560 00For
American Century71,9300 00For
Russell Investments53,6510 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC49,9100 00For
Pacific Life12,2140 024,840Mixed
Lincoln Financial28,7460 00For
Prudential/PGIM26,7260 00For
Victory Capital22,3210 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

4. Elect Director: Tyson J. Wagler

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 18,637,772WITHHELD: 289,161
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 55 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Tyson J. Wagler

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Tyson J. Wagler”): 18,637,772 for, 289,161 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 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 of the votes taken at the annual meeting were as follows: Proposal 1 – Election of four (4) directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders: Each director nominee was elected to the Company's Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast among all nominees.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 55 asset managers below reported 8,162,037 for, 29,802 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 8,162,037WITHHOLD: 29,802
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Tyson J. Wagler” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,650,7900 00For
BlackRock1,149,8220 00For
Dimensional877,3780 00For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST853,9470 00For
Fidelity628,7000 00For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II575,0000 00For
OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC335,0000 00For
John Hancock295,9510 00For
Franklin Templeton247,5220 00For
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
First Trust155,0290 00For
Goldman Sachs150,1970 00For
Equitable75,5930 029,800Mixed
State Street101,5740 02For
WisdomTree99,9650 00For
TIAA92,9920 00For
ETF Series Solutions84,2630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica81,7560 00For
American Century71,9300 00For
Russell Investments53,6510 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC49,9100 00For
Pacific Life37,0540 00For
Lincoln Financial28,7460 00For
Prudential/PGIM26,7260 00For
Victory Capital22,3210 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

5. 2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's executive officers named in the compensation…

Official resultFund totals may overlapCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Approved

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 18,128,479AGAINST: 463,299
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 158 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED IN THE COMPENSATION DISCLOSURES IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's executive officers named in the compensation disclosures in the annual meeting proxy statement”): 18,128,479 for, 463,299 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved by a majority of the votes cast.”
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 votes cast (“majority of the votes cast”).

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: 55 asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED IN THE COMPENSATION” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,650,7900 00For
BlackRock1,149,8220 00For
Dimensional877,3780 00For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST853,9470 00For
Fidelity628,7000 00For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II575,0000 00For
OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC335,0000 00For
John Hancock295,9510 00For
Franklin Templeton247,5220 00For
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
First Trust155,0290 00For
Goldman Sachs150,1970 00For
Equitable105,3930 00For
State Street101,5733 00For
WisdomTree99,9650 00For
TIAA92,9920 00For
ETF Series Solutions84,2630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica81,7560 00For
American Century71,9300 00For
Russell Investments53,6510 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC49,9100 00For
Pacific Life37,0540 00For
Lincoln Financial28,7460 00For
Prudential/PGIM26,7260 00For
Victory Capital22,3210 00For

Fund voting reports, all 55 managers: 8,178,433 for, 13,406 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 121 asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED IN THE COMPENSATION” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS LLC966,1020 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC658,4580 00For
BlackRock629,71113,095 00For
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC383,1580 00For
John Hancock328,9180 00For
FRANKLIN ADVISERS INC246,3160 00For
Northern Trust241,1030 00For
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC176,0480 00For
Goldman Sachs171,3950 00For
DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC119,5420 00For
Dimensional119,3160 00For
Nuveen93,6480 00For
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D89,4380 00For
WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC80,041533 00For
American Century72,6550 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp70,4980 00For
Forvis Mazars Wealth Advisors, LLC61,1570 00For
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.52,7810 00For
Capital Group49,3660 00For
Vanguard46,1650 00For
State Street40,6100 00For
Victory Capital33,5210 00For
AllianceBernstein30,5000 00For
T. Rowe Price28,5770 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 121 managers: 5,350,294 for, 96,971 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

6. 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

99% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99%
FOR: 23,500,273AGAINST: 334,110
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 55 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE APPOINTMENT OF CROWE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024”): 23,500,273 for, 334,110 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 55 asset managers below reported 8,191,751 for, 88 against.

FOR
FOR: 8,191,751AGAINST: 88
Largest asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE APPOINTMENT OF CROWE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING” at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,650,7900 00For
BlackRock1,149,8220 00For
Dimensional877,3780 00For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST853,9470 00For
Fidelity628,7000 00For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II575,0000 00For
OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC335,0000 00For
John Hancock295,9510 00For
Franklin Templeton247,5220 00For
Charles Schwab234,5740 00For
First Trust155,0290 00For
Goldman Sachs150,1970 00For
Equitable105,3930 00For
State Street101,5724 00For
WisdomTree99,9650 00For
TIAA92,9920 00For
ETF Series Solutions84,2630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica81,7560 00For
American Century71,9300 00For
Russell Investments53,6510 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC49,9100 00For
Pacific Life37,0540 00For
Lincoln Financial28,7460 00For
Prudential/PGIM26,7260 00For
Victory Capital22,3210 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

Largest GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

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 29,669,019 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. shareholders by shares voted on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED IN…”, 2023-2024
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Vanguard 5.56%
2BlackRock 3.88%
3Dimensional 2.96%
4FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST 2.88%
5Fidelity 2.12%
6Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II 1.94%
7OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC 1.13%
8John Hancock 1.00%
9Franklin Templeton 0.83%
10Charles Schwab 0.79%
Institutional-manager reports: top GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. shareholders by shares voted on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED IN…”, 2023-2024
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS LLC 3.26%
2GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.22%
3BlackRock 2.17%
4Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.29%
5John Hancock 1.11%
6FRANKLIN ADVISERS INC 0.83%
7Northern Trust 0.81%
8Charles Schwab 0.79%
9KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.59%
10Goldman Sachs 0.58%

Reported GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP 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.

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
BlackRock 9.12% 13F
Vanguard Group 7.39% 13F
Franklin Templeton 4.53% 13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors 3.76% 13F
Charles Schwab 3.05% 13F
State Street 2.41% 13F
Geode Capital 2.23% 13F
Northern Trust 0.91% 13F
BNY Mellon 0.66% 13F
Morgan Stanley 0.58% 13F

Percentages above are of 29,669,019 shares outstanding, as reported by GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

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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 GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.'s shareholder meeting held April 29, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 159 asset managers reported how they voted on 6 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,174 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED IN… — GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP 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: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2024.

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