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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Golden Entertainment, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed April 1, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.
Meeting of March 31, 2026: 3 items on Golden Entertainment, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed April 1, 2026: 3 approved.
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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
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These tallies are Golden Entertainment, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed April 1, 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.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. To adopt the MTA and the transactions contemplated thereby or therein | 20,430,245 | 208,131 | 20,158 | -- | -- | 99% | Approved | — |
| 2. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable by the Company to its named executive officers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the MTA | 18,321,781 | 2,330,138 | 6,615 | -- | -- | 89% | Approved | — |
| 3. To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting, from time to time, to a later date or dates to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt Proposal 1 at the time of the Special Meeting | 19,538,974 | 1,096,295 | 23,265 | -- | -- | 95% | Approved | — |
Source: Golden Entertainment, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 207 asset managers that disclosed a Golden Entertainment, 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 Golden Entertainment, 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 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote on the proposal to adopt that certain Master Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2025, (as it has been or may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Master Transaction Agreement"), by and among Golden, Argento, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("OpCo Buyer"), VICI Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation ("VICI" or "PropCo Buyer") and VICI ROYAL MERGER SUB LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of PropCo Buyer ("PropCo Merger Sub") and the transactions contemplated thereby or therein (the "Transaction Proposal");
Golden Entertainment, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“1. To adopt the MTA and the transactions contemplated thereby or therein”): 20,430,245 for, 208,131 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2026 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The foregoing Proposal 1 was approved by the requisite vote of the Company's shareholders.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 58 asset managers below reported 5,852,482 for, 12,620 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 2,119,917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,253,323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 443,933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 391,716 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 339,651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 303,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 73,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 71,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 69,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brinker Capital Destinations Trust | 65,438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 56,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 56,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 45,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 32,242 | 0 | 12,620 | 0 | Mixed |
| GDL FUND | 36,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 34,988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 33,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 33,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 31,287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 28,436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 20,046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 17,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 16,939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 16,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 58 asset managers. See all 58 in the interactive database.
99.9% of fund votes cast · no official result
Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote on the proposal to adopt that certain Master Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2025, (as it has been or may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Master Transaction Agreement"), by and among Golden, Argento, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("OpCo Buyer"), VICI Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation ("VICI" or "PropCo Buyer") and VICI ROYAL MERGER SUB LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of PropCo Buyer ("PropCo Merger Sub")
The 3 asset managers below reported 386,931 for, 1 against. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equitable | 351,969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| 1290 Funds | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 4,962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | For |
100% of fund votes cast · no official result
The 2 asset managers below reported 19,215 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empower | 13,715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote on a proposal to approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting, from time to time, to a later date or dates to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Transaction Proposal at the time of the Special Meeting (the "Adjournment Proposal").
Golden Entertainment, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“3. To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting, from time to time, to a later date or dates to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt Proposal 1 at the time of the Special Meet”): 19,538,974 for, 1,096,295 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2026 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The foregoing Proposal 3 was approved by the requisite vote of the Company's shareholders.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 60 asset managers below reported 5,916,912 for, 319,811 against, 15,310 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 2,119,917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,258,283 | 2 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 443,933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 384,211 | 0 | 12,620 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 391,716 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 339,651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 950 | 302,860 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 73,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 71,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 69,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brinker Capital Destinations Trust | 64,905 | 533 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 56,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 56,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 45,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GDL FUND | 36,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 34,988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 33,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 33,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 31,287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| 1290 Funds | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 28,436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 20,046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 17,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 16,939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 60 asset managers. See all 60 in the interactive database.
100% of fund votes cast · no official result
The 2 asset managers below reported 19,215 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empower | 13,715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 11 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
89% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote on the proposal to approve, on a non binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable by Golden to its named executive officers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement (the "Advisory Compensation Proposal"); and
Golden Entertainment, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable by the Company to its named executive officers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the MTA”): 18,321,781 for, 2,330,138 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2026 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved by the requisite vote of the Company's shareholders.”
Support: 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 2,119,917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,250,950 | 7,336 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 443,933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 384,211 | 12,620 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 0 | 391,716 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 339,651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 303,358 | 452 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 73,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 71,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 69,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brinker Capital Destinations Trust | 65,438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 0 | 56,900 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 0 | 56,530 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 0 | 45,670 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GDL FUND | 36,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 34,988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 31,407 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 33,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 31,287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| 1290 Funds | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 28,436 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Prudential/PGIM | 17,596 | 2,450 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Principal | 17,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 16,939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 57 managers: 5,602,158 for, 647,187 against, 2,690 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabelli | 1,353,703 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 619,592 | 125,091 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| State Street | 701,277 | 1,263 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 491,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hill Path Capital LP | 467,841 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC | 0 | 411,441 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| American Century | 0 | 400,787 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 362,646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AQR | 301,587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 0 | 238,915 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GARDNER LEWIS ASSET MANAGEMENT L P | 230,952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC | 228,286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 200,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 148,806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DE Shaw | 129,246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CAXTON ASSOCIATES LLP | 123,126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 120,487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 2,641 | 113,139 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Two Sigma | 114,989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC | 110,215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 96,524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 81,698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO | 73,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD | 69,318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL | 66,280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 160 managers: 6,564,058 for, 1,710,874 against, 200 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
95% Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice · no official result
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). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empower | 13,715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 2 managers: 19,215 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan | 7,857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| APG Asset Management US Inc. | 0 | 1,285 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Institutional-manager reports, all 2 managers: 7,857 for, 1,285 against.
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 | BlackRock | 2,119,917 |
| 2 | Vanguard | 1,258,286 |
| 3 | Fidelity | 443,933 |
| 4 | Equitable | 396,831 |
| 5 | American Century | 391,716 |
| 6 | Charles Schwab | 339,651 |
| 7 | State Street | 303,810 |
| 8 | TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 100,000 |
| 9 | Gabelli | 73,000 |
| 10 | Invesco | 71,157 |
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabelli | 1,353,703 |
| 2 | BlackRock | 744,683 |
| 3 | State Street | 702,540 |
| 4 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 491,035 |
| 5 | Hill Path Capital LP | 467,841 |
| 6 | SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC | 411,441 |
| 7 | American Century | 400,787 |
| 8 | Charles Schwab | 362,646 |
| 9 | AQR | 301,587 |
| 10 | SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 238,915 |
Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to Golden Entertainment, Inc. for the 2025-2026 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 Golden Entertainment, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held March 31, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 207 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 888 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 7 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 consider and vote on the proposal to approve, on a non binding, advisory basis, the… — Golden Entertainment, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 89% 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: Golden Entertainment, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2026.
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