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John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed October 30, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

  • 5Ballot items
  • 244Asset managers
  • 1,499Fund votes
  • October 29, 2025Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of October 29, 2025: 12 items on John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed October 30, 2025: 2 approved · 10 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

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 2025-2026 meeting results reported by John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

These tallies are John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed October 30, 2025 (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.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held October 29, 2025
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Pamela Forbes Lieberman 4,386,997---- 3,305,634664,303 57%Not verified—
Elect Director: Mercedes Romero 3,738,063---- 3,954,568664,303 48.6%Not verified—
Elect Director: Ellen C. Taaffe 4,311,361---- 3,381,270664,303 56%Not verified—
Elect Director: James J. Sanfilippo 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
Elect Director: Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr. 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
Elect Director: Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
Elect Director: John E. Sanfilippo 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
Elect Director: Lisa A. Sanfilippo 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
Elect Director: James A. Valentine 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
Elect Director: Michael J. Valentine 2,597,426---- 00 100%Not verified—
(ii) The Audit Committee's appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting t 34,264,15461,6315,409 --0 99.8%Approved—
(iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together): 33,058,719599,5408,632 --664,303 98%Approved—

Source: John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 30, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 244 asset managers that disclosed a John B. Sanfilippo & Son, 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: Ellen C. Taaffe

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

56% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 56%WITHHELD
FOR: 4,311,361WITHHELD: 3,381,270
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 72 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Ellen C. Taaffe

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ellen C. Taaffe”): 4,311,361 for, 3,381,270 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed October 30, 2025 (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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 56% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 3,059,687 for, 1,862,580 withheld, 7 abstained, 6,474 not voted.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 3,059,687ABSTAIN: 7WITHHOLD: 1,862,580NOT VOTED: 6,474
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Ellen C. Taaffe” at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Thrivent00 0987,401Withhold
BlackRock980,0300 00For
Vanguard687,3550 7670For
Royce236,9310 00For
DWS201,1840 00For
Fidelity194,8810 00For
Victory Capital00 0166,297Withhold
Charles Schwab150,0280 00For
State Street146,1080 0166For
Columbia Threadneedle139,1930 00For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND00 0126,836Withhold
Equitable120,3270 05,640For
Dimensional00 0118,789Withhold
American Century00 075,065Withhold
Invesco72,4320 00For
WisdomTree00 067,131Withhold
HEARTLAND GROUP INC40,0000 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/00 037,100Withhold
UNIFIED SERIES TRUST00 034,648Withhold
Principal00 033,052Withhold
TIAA00 026,627Withhold
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST00 026,388Withhold
Voya00 025,968Withhold
Prudential/PGIM8,1080 016,811Mixed
Two Roads Shared Trust00 018,160Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 72 asset managers. See all 72 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Mercedes Romero

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

48.6% Plurality election · of votes cast

FOR 48.6%WITHHELD
FOR: 3,738,063WITHHELD: 3,954,568
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 72 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Mercedes Romero

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mercedes Romero”): 3,738,063 for, 3,954,568 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed October 30, 2025 (Item 5.07). This is a for/withhold election, which is decided by plurality: a nominee does not need a majority of the votes cast to be elected, so no passed or failed outcome is stated here.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 48.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 2,668,914 for, 2,251,833 withheld, 1,527 abstained, 6,474 not voted.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 2,668,914ABSTAIN: 1,527WITHHOLD: 2,251,833NOT VOTED: 6,474
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Mercedes Romero” at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Thrivent00 0987,401Withhold
BlackRock980,0300 00For
Vanguard687,3540 8670For
Royce236,9310 00For
DWS201,1840 00For
Fidelity15,4810 0179,400Mixed
Victory Capital00 0166,297Withhold
Charles Schwab00 0150,028Withhold
State Street146,1080 0166For
Columbia Threadneedle139,1930 00For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND00 0126,836Withhold
Equitable120,3270 05,640For
Dimensional00 0118,789Withhold
American Century00 075,065Withhold
Invesco72,4320 00For
WisdomTree00 067,131Withhold
HEARTLAND GROUP INC00 040,000Withhold
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/00 037,100Withhold
UNIFIED SERIES TRUST00 034,648Withhold
Principal00 033,052Withhold
TIAA00 026,627Withhold
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST00 026,388Withhold
Voya00 025,968Withhold
Prudential/PGIM8,1080 016,811Mixed
Two Roads Shared Trust00 018,160Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 72 asset managers. See all 72 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Pamela Forbes Lieberman

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

57% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 57%WITHHELD
FOR: 4,386,997WITHHELD: 3,305,634
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 72 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Pamela Forbes Lieberman

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Pamela Forbes Lieberman”): 4,386,997 for, 3,305,634 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed October 30, 2025 (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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 57% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 3,059,853 for, 1,862,414 withheld, 7 abstained, 6,474 not voted.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 3,059,853ABSTAIN: 7WITHHOLD: 1,862,414NOT VOTED: 6,474
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Pamela Forbes Lieberman” at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Thrivent00 0987,401Withhold
BlackRock980,0300 00For
Vanguard687,3550 7670For
Royce236,9310 00For
DWS201,1840 00For
Fidelity194,8810 00For
Victory Capital00 0166,297Withhold
Charles Schwab150,0280 00For
State Street146,1080 0166For
Columbia Threadneedle139,1930 00For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND00 0126,836Withhold
Equitable120,3270 05,640For
Dimensional00 0118,789Withhold
American Century00 075,065Withhold
Invesco72,4320 00For
WisdomTree00 067,131Withhold
HEARTLAND GROUP INC40,0000 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/00 037,100Withhold
UNIFIED SERIES TRUST00 034,648Withhold
Principal00 033,052Withhold
TIAA00 026,627Withhold
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST00 026,388Withhold
Voya00 025,968Withhold
Prudential/PGIM8,1080 016,811Mixed
Two Roads Shared Trust00 018,160Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 72 asset managers. See all 72 in the interactive database.

4. (iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A…

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

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 33,058,719AGAINST: 599,540
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 238 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“(iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):”): 33,058,719 for, 599,540 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 30, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “(iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (6 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

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: 70 asset managers voting on “ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.” at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Thrivent987,4010 00For
BlackRock980,0300 00For
Vanguard687,361671 00For
Royce236,9310 00For
DWS201,1840 00For
Fidelity194,8810 00For
Victory Capital166,2970 00For
Charles Schwab150,0280 00For
State Street146,22549 00For
Columbia Threadneedle0139,193 00Against
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND126,8360 00For
Equitable125,9670 00For
Dimensional118,7890 00For
American Century075,065 00Against
Invesco072,432 00Against
WisdomTree067,131 00Against
HEARTLAND GROUP INC40,0000 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/37,1000 00For
UNIFIED SERIES TRUST34,6480 00For
Principal33,0520 00For
TIAA26,6270 00For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST26,3880 00For
Voya025,968 00Against
Prudential/PGIM24,9190 00For
Two Roads Shared Trust18,1600 00For

Fund voting reports, all 70 managers: 4,492,524 for, 410,296 against, 990 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 190 asset managers voting on “ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.” at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Thrivent991,0340 00For
BlackRock363,75519,847 00Mixed
State Street321,15149 00For
Janus Henderson266,2820 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC205,0410 00For
Renaissance181,1800 00For
Charles Schwab170,6550 00For
Two Sigma167,4280 00For
Gabelli162,6750 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC131,9100 00For
Victory Capital87,5900 00For
TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS79,1800 00For
American Century075,351 00Against
Northern Trust74,6360 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp055,431 00Against
KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC27,26626,598 00Mixed
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC52,8560 00For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS45,1040 00For
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC44,4160 00For
MARTIN & CO INC /TN/42,2340 00For
Voya040,779 00Against
HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC40,0000 00For
T. Rowe Price37,5620 00For
Vanguard36,4300 00For
Dimensional33,1740 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 190 managers: 4,037,401 for, 328,229 against, 71 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. (ii) The Audit Committee's appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.8% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.8%
FOR: 34,264,154AGAINST: 61,631
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 72 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the Audit Committee's appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2026 Fiscal Year.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“(ii) The Audit Committee's appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote (with Common Stock and Cl”): 34,264,154 for, 61,631 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 30, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “(ii) The Audit Committee's appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 4,916,559 for, 4,726 against, 990 abstained, 6,474 not voted.

FOR
FOR: 4,916,559AGAINST: 4,726ABSTAIN: 990NOT VOTED: 6,474
Largest asset managers voting on “Ratification of the Audit Committee's appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered ” at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Thrivent987,4010 00For
BlackRock980,0300 00For
Vanguard687,362670 00For
Royce236,9310 00For
DWS201,1840 00For
Fidelity194,8810 00For
Victory Capital166,2970 00For
Charles Schwab150,0280 00For
State Street146,2677 00For
Columbia Threadneedle139,1930 00For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND126,8360 00For
Equitable125,9670 00For
Dimensional118,7890 00For
American Century75,0650 00For
Invesco72,4320 00For
WisdomTree67,1310 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC40,0000 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/37,1000 00For
UNIFIED SERIES TRUST34,6480 00For
Principal33,0520 00For
TIAA26,6270 00For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST26,3880 00For
Voya25,9680 00For
Prudential/PGIM24,9190 00For
Two Roads Shared Trust18,1600 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 72 asset managers. See all 72 in the interactive database.

Largest John B. Sanfilippo & Son, 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.

Fund voting reports: top John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “Election of Directors: Ellen C. Taaffe”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager Shares voted
1Thrivent 987,401
2BlackRock 980,030
3Vanguard 688,033
4Royce 236,931
5DWS 201,184
6Fidelity 194,881
7Victory Capital 166,297
8Charles Schwab 150,028
9State Street 146,274
10Columbia Threadneedle 139,193
Institutional-manager reports: top John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager Shares voted
1Thrivent 991,034
2BlackRock 383,602
3State Street 321,200
4Janus Henderson 266,282
5GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 205,041
6Renaissance 181,180
7Charles Schwab 170,655
8Two Sigma 167,428
9Gabelli 162,675
10HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 131,910

Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. for the 2025-2026 season, so there is no denominator to divide by.

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. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held October 29, 2025, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 244 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,499 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. — John B. Sanfilippo & Son, 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: John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2025.

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