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MSA Safety Incorporated 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and MSA Safety Incorporated’s Form 8-K, filed May 8, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 25, 2026.

5Ballot items
454Asset managers
2,569Fund votes
May 8, 2026Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of May 8, 2026: 5 items on MSA Safety Incorporated’s Form 8-K, filed May 8, 2026: 2 elected · 3 without a stated outcome.

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 2025-2026 meeting results reported by MSA Safety Incorporated

These tallies are MSA Safety Incorporated’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 8, 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.

MSA Safety Incorporated — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 8, 2026
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: William M. Lambert	31,171,031	--	--	2,282,844	3,676,895	93%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Diane M. Pearse	28,915,222	--	--	4,538,653	3,676,895	86%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Nishan J. Vartanian	31,172,477	--	--	2,281,398	3,676,895	93%	Elected	—
Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP was selected as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, by the following votes:	36,762,030	321,029	47,711	--	--	99.1%	Not verified	—
3. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The results of the advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers	31,949,220	1,465,054	39,601	--	3,676,895	96%	Not verified	—

Source: MSA Safety Incorporated, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 8, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the MSA Safety Incorporated 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 454 asset managers that disclosed a MSA Safety Incorporated 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: William M. Lambert

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 10 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%

FOR: 31,171,031WITHHELD: 2,282,844

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 110 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors for a term expiring in 2029: William M. Lambert

MSA Safety Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: William M. Lambert”): 31,171,031 for, 2,282,844 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 8, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 12,980,674 for, 913,781 withheld, 11,704 abstained, 28 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 12,980,674ABSTAIN: 11,704WITHHOLD: 913,781NOT VOTED: 28

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors for a term expiring in 2029: William M. Lambert” at MSA Safety Incorporated, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	3,547,516	4	0	For
BlackRock	1,883,716	0	0	For
SEQUOIA FUND INC	672,227	0	0	For
State Street	583,198	0	33	For
Fidelity	534,469	0	0	For
JPMorgan	519,359	0	0	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II	429,000	0	0	For
CONESTOGA FUNDS	423,690	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	412,117	0	0	For
Invesco	397,232	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	0	391,453	Withhold
FMI FUNDS INC	350,000	0	0	For
Victory Capital	329,236	0	0	For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST	0	0	328,525	Withhold
MADISON FUNDS	306,193	0	0	For
First Trust	260,945	0	0	For
Capital Group	229,725	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	192,656	0	0	For
Dimensional	190,680	0	0	For
Principal	188,412	0	0	For
ProShares	141,340	0	0	For
Jackson National	136,005	0	0	For
Franklin Templeton	0	0	92,404	Withhold
Columbia Threadneedle	87,085	0	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	82,005	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Diane M. Pearse

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 10 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

86% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 86%

FOR: 28,915,222WITHHELD: 4,538,653

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 110 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors for a term expiring in 2029: Diane M. Pearse

MSA Safety Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Diane M. Pearse”): 28,915,222 for, 4,538,653 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 8, 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: “Election of Directors William M. Lambert, Diane M. Pearse and Nishan J. Vartanian were elected to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2029, by the following votes:”
Support: 86% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 12,451,681 for, 1,442,769 withheld, 11,709 abstained, 28 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 12,451,681ABSTAIN: 11,709WITHHOLD: 1,442,769NOT VOTED: 28

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors for a term expiring in 2029: Diane M. Pearse” at MSA Safety Incorporated, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	3,547,511	9	0	For
BlackRock	1,883,716	0	0	For
SEQUOIA FUND INC	672,227	0	0	For
State Street	49,623	0	533,608	Mixed
Fidelity	534,469	0	0	For
JPMorgan	519,359	0	0	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II	429,000	0	0	For
CONESTOGA FUNDS	423,690	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	412,117	0	0	For
Invesco	397,232	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	0	391,453	Withhold
FMI FUNDS INC	350,000	0	0	For
Victory Capital	329,236	0	0	For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST	0	0	328,525	Withhold
MADISON FUNDS	306,193	0	0	For
First Trust	260,945	0	0	For
Capital Group	229,725	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	192,656	0	0	For
Dimensional	190,680	0	0	For
Principal	188,412	0	0	For
ProShares	141,340	0	0	For
Jackson National	136,005	0	0	For
Franklin Templeton	0	0	92,404	Withhold
Columbia Threadneedle	87,085	0	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	82,005	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Nishan J. Vartanian

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 10 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%

FOR: 31,172,477WITHHELD: 2,281,398

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 110 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors for a term expiring in 2029: Nishan J. Vartanian

MSA Safety Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Nishan J. Vartanian”): 31,172,477 for, 2,281,398 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 8, 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: “Election of Directors William M. Lambert, Diane M. Pearse and Nishan J. Vartanian were elected to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2029, by the following votes:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 13,363,131 for, 539,633 withheld, 3,395 abstained, 28 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 13,363,131ABSTAIN: 3,395WITHHOLD: 539,633NOT VOTED: 28

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors for a term expiring in 2029: Nishan J. Vartanian” at MSA Safety Incorporated, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	3,547,516	4	0	For
BlackRock	1,883,716	0	0	For
SEQUOIA FUND INC	672,227	0	0	For
State Street	583,198	0	33	For
Fidelity	534,469	0	0	For
JPMorgan	519,359	0	0	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II	429,000	0	0	For
CONESTOGA FUNDS	423,690	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	412,117	0	0	For
Invesco	397,232	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	0	391,453	Withhold
FMI FUNDS INC	350,000	0	0	For
Victory Capital	329,236	0	0	For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST	328,525	0	0	For
MADISON FUNDS	306,193	0	0	For
First Trust	260,945	0	0	For
Capital Group	229,725	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	192,656	0	0	For
Dimensional	190,680	0	0	For
Principal	188,412	0	0	For
ProShares	141,340	0	0	For
Jackson National	136,005	0	0	For
Franklin Templeton	92,404	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	0	87,085	Withhold
ALPS ETF Trust	82,005	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

4. 3. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The results of the advisory vote to approve the executive…

Outcome not verified Fund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 11 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 31,949,220AGAINST: 1,465,054

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 454 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To provide an advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

MSA Safety Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The results of the advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 31,949,220 for, 1,465,054 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 8, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% 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).

Fund voting reports: 109 asset managers voting on “To provide an advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers.” at MSA Safety Incorporated, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	3,919,507	2	For
BlackRock	1,883,716	0	For
SEQUOIA FUND INC	672,227	0	For
State Street	583,231	0	For
Fidelity	534,469	0	For
JPMorgan	519,359	0	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II	429,000	0	For
CONESTOGA FUNDS	423,690	0	For
Charles Schwab	412,117	0	For
Invesco	397,232	0	For
T. Rowe Price	391,453	0	For
FMI FUNDS INC	350,000	0	For
Victory Capital	329,236	0	For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST	328,525	0	For
MADISON FUNDS	306,193	0	For
First Trust	260,945	0	For
Capital Group	229,725	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	192,656	0	For
Dimensional	190,680	0	For
Principal	188,412	0	For
ProShares	141,340	0	For
Jackson National	136,005	0	For
Franklin Templeton	92,404	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	87,085	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	82,005	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 109 managers: 14,331,360 for, 19,995 against, 5,815 abstained, 28 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 368 asset managers voting on “To provide an advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers.” at MSA Safety Incorporated, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P.	1,796,396	0	For
APG Asset Management US Inc.	1,497,591	0	For
State Street	1,344,935	0	For
BlackRock	894,280	141	For
T. Rowe Price	841,620	0	For
COOKE & BIELER LP	730,393	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	660,728	0	For
PGGM Investments	0	540,051	Against
Victory Capital	441,802	0	For
BNY Mellon	433,853	0	For
Invesco	422,136	0	For
Charles Schwab	414,681	0	For
FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS LLC	405,482	0	For
Natixis	379,991	0	For
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.	376,115	0	For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	355,211	0	For
Goldman Sachs	342,888	0	For
BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A.	0	299,052	Against
Vanguard	286,100	0	For
BROWN ADVISORY INC	283,400	0	For
Capital Group	282,975	0	For
Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC	274,374	0	For
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC	242,679	1,325	For
Madison Investment Advisors, LLC	236,771	0	For
Northern Trust	230,743	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 368 managers: 18,377,997 for, 1,335,226 against, 40 abstained, 42,928 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP was selected as the independent registered…

Outcome not verifiedAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%

FOR: 36,762,030AGAINST: 321,029

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 111 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.

MSA Safety Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP was selected as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, by the following votes:”): 36,762,030 for, 321,029 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 8, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 14,350,102 for, 1,668 against, 5,815 abstained, 28 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 14,350,102AGAINST: 1,668ABSTAIN: 5,815NOT VOTED: 28

Largest asset managers voting on “Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.” at MSA Safety Incorporated, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	3,919,509	0	For
BlackRock	1,883,716	0	For
SEQUOIA FUND INC	672,227	0	For
State Street	583,198	33	For
Fidelity	534,469	0	For
JPMorgan	519,359	0	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II	429,000	0	For
CONESTOGA FUNDS	423,690	0	For
Charles Schwab	412,117	0	For
Invesco	397,232	0	For
T. Rowe Price	391,453	0	For
FMI FUNDS INC	350,000	0	For
Victory Capital	329,236	0	For
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST	328,525	0	For
MADISON FUNDS	306,193	0	For
First Trust	260,945	0	For
Capital Group	229,725	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	192,656	0	For
Dimensional	190,680	0	For
Principal	188,412	0	For
ProShares	141,340	0	For
Jackson National	136,005	0	For
Franklin Templeton	92,404	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	87,085	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	82,005	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 111 asset managers. See all 111 in the interactive database.

Largest MSA Safety Incorporated 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 38,604,089 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top MSA Safety Incorporated shareholders by shares voted on “To provide an advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named…”, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	10.15%
2	BlackRock	4.88%
3	SEQUOIA FUND INC	1.74%
4	State Street	1.51%
5	Fidelity	1.38%
6	JPMorgan	1.35%
7	Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II	1.11%
8	CONESTOGA FUNDS	1.10%
9	Charles Schwab	1.07%
10	Invesco	1.03%

Institutional-manager reports: top MSA Safety Incorporated shareholders by shares voted on “To provide an advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named…”, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P.	4.65%
2	APG Asset Management US Inc.	3.88%
3	State Street	3.48%
4	BlackRock	2.32%
5	T. Rowe Price	2.18%
6	COOKE & BIELER LP	1.89%
7	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1.71%
8	PGGM Investments	1.40%
9	Victory Capital	1.14%
10	BNY Mellon	1.12%

Reported MSA Safety Incorporated 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.

MSA Safety Incorporated holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
Vanguard Group	9.82%	13F
BlackRock	8.42%	13F
State Street	3.99%	13F
JPMorgan Chase	1.97%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.96%	13F
BNY Mellon	1.81%	13F
Franklin Templeton	1.38%	13F
Charles Schwab	1.11%	13F
Invesco	1.08%	13F

Percentages above are of 38,604,089 shares outstanding, as reported by MSA Safety Incorporated on its Form 10-Q dated May 1, 2026 (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 MSA Safety Incorporated’s 10-Q dated May 1, 2026. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 25, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At MSA Safety Incorporated's shareholder meeting held May 8, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 454 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,569 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To provide an advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company's named… — FOR was 96% 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), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: MSA Safety Incorporated's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2026.

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