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SOLARWINDS CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and SOLARWINDS CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 24, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

  • 5Ballot items
  • 182Asset managers
  • 1,212Fund votes
  • May 23, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of May 23, 2024: 5 items on SOLARWINDS CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 24, 2024: 3 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

Proxy season: 2023-2024

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by SOLARWINDS CORP.

These tallies are SOLARWINDS CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 24, 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.

SOLARWINDS CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 23, 2024
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Cathleen Benko 141,076,025---- 6,861,84713,229,830 95%Elected—
Elect Director: Dennis Howard 142,197,925---- 5,739,94713,229,830 96%Elected—
Elect Director: Douglas Smith 128,502,420---- 19,435,45213,229,830 87%Elected—
2. Ratification of Appointment of Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 158,423,4622,623,750120,490 ---- 98%Approved—
3. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers 145,747,7262,166,90323,243 --13,229,830 99%Approved—

Source: SOLARWINDS CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 24, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the SOLARWINDS CORP. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 182 asset managers that disclosed a SOLARWINDS CORP. 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: Cathleen Benko

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%
FOR: 141,076,025WITHHELD: 6,861,847
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 65 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Class III Directors: Cathleen Benko

SOLARWINDS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Cathleen Benko”): 141,076,025 for, 6,861,847 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 24, 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: “Proposal One: Election of Class III Directors Each of the following persons was duly elected by the Company's stockholders as a Class III director to serve for a term of three years expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, with vo…”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 13,691,469 for, 4,681,969 withheld, 53,839 abstained, 6,345 unknown.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 13,691,469ABSTAIN: 53,839WITHHOLD: 4,681,969UNKNOWN: 6,345
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Class III Directors: Cathleen Benko” at SOLARWINDS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,888,5560 00For
Dimensional00 04,603,862Withhold
BlackRock2,037,5680 00For
Fidelity1,329,6150 00For
SEI556,1150 00For
New York Life483,9240 00For
Federated Hermes414,8350 00For
Charles Schwab406,2340 00For
Goldman Sachs362,2010 00For
VALUED ADVISERS TRUST306,5550 00For
State Street258,1080 0126For
Nationwide155,4230 00For
Prudential/PGIM151,3000 00For
Equitable79,0050 060,339Mixed
TIAA115,3740 00For
Thrivent104,3010 00For
Columbia Threadneedle103,2300 00For
Victory Capital99,8290 00For
WisdomTree92,2060 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC88,5850 00For
Lincoln Financial66,7910 012,440Mixed
American Century54,8530 00For
Invesco47,5400 00For
BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST44,6900 00For
First Trust44,3090 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Dennis Howard

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%
FOR: 142,197,925WITHHELD: 5,739,947
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 65 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Class III Directors: Dennis Howard

SOLARWINDS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Dennis Howard”): 142,197,925 for, 5,739,947 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 24, 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: “Proposal One: Election of Class III Directors Each of the following persons was duly elected by the Company's stockholders as a Class III director to serve for a term of three years expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, with vo…”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 13,691,469 for, 4,681,969 withheld, 53,839 abstained, 6,345 unknown.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 13,691,469ABSTAIN: 53,839WITHHOLD: 4,681,969UNKNOWN: 6,345
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Class III Directors: Dennis Howard” at SOLARWINDS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,888,5560 00For
Dimensional00 04,603,862Withhold
BlackRock2,037,5680 00For
Fidelity1,329,6150 00For
SEI556,1150 00For
New York Life483,9240 00For
Federated Hermes414,8350 00For
Charles Schwab406,2340 00For
Goldman Sachs362,2010 00For
VALUED ADVISERS TRUST306,5550 00For
State Street258,1080 0126For
Nationwide155,4230 00For
Prudential/PGIM151,3000 00For
Equitable79,0050 060,339Mixed
TIAA115,3740 00For
Thrivent104,3010 00For
Columbia Threadneedle103,2300 00For
Victory Capital99,8290 00For
WisdomTree92,2060 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC88,5850 00For
Lincoln Financial66,7910 012,440Mixed
American Century54,8530 00For
Invesco47,5400 00For
BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST44,6900 00For
First Trust44,3090 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Douglas Smith

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

87% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 87%
FOR: 128,502,420WITHHELD: 19,435,452
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 65 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Class III Directors: Douglas Smith

SOLARWINDS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Douglas Smith”): 128,502,420 for, 19,435,452 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 24, 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: “Proposal One: Election of Class III Directors Each of the following persons was duly elected by the Company's stockholders as a Class III director to serve for a term of three years expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, with vo…”
Support: 87% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 11,105,743 for, 7,235,421 withheld, 86,113 abstained, 6,345 unknown.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 11,105,743ABSTAIN: 86,113WITHHOLD: 7,235,421UNKNOWN: 6,345
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Class III Directors: Douglas Smith” at SOLARWINDS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,888,5560 00For
Dimensional00 04,603,862Withhold
BlackRock2,037,5680 00For
Fidelity1,329,6150 00For
SEI00 0556,115Withhold
New York Life446,6070 037,317Mixed
Federated Hermes414,8350 00For
Charles Schwab406,2340 00For
Goldman Sachs00 0362,201Withhold
VALUED ADVISERS TRUST00 0306,555Withhold
State Street1920 0258,042Withhold
Nationwide7800 0154,643Withhold
Prudential/PGIM151,3000 00For
Equitable79,0050 060,339Mixed
TIAA115,3740 00For
Thrivent00 0104,301Withhold
Columbia Threadneedle00 0103,230Withhold
Victory Capital00 099,829Withhold
WisdomTree00 092,206Withhold
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC88,5850 00For
Lincoln Financial00 079,231Withhold
American Century00 054,853Withhold
Invesco00 047,540Withhold
BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST44,6900 00For
First Trust00 044,309Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

4. 3. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers

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

Combines 8 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99%
FOR: 145,747,726AGAINST: 2,166,903
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 182 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.

SOLARWINDS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers”): 145,747,726 for, 2,166,903 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 24, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers was approved by the stockholders, with votes as follows:”
Support: 99% 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: 65 asset managers voting on “Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.” at SOLARWINDS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,888,5560 00For
Dimensional4,603,8620 00For
BlackRock2,037,5680 00For
Fidelity1,329,6150 00For
SEI556,1150 00For
New York Life483,9240 00For
Federated Hermes414,8350 00For
Charles Schwab406,2340 00For
Goldman Sachs362,2010 00For
VALUED ADVISERS TRUST306,5550 00For
State Street258,2340 00For
Nationwide155,4230 00For
Prudential/PGIM151,3000 00For
Equitable139,3440 00For
TIAA115,3740 00For
Thrivent104,3010 00For
Columbia Threadneedle103,2300 00For
Victory Capital99,8290 00For
WisdomTree92,2060 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC88,5850 00For
Gabelli86,4730 00For
Lincoln Financial79,2310 00For
American Century54,8530 00For
Invesco47,5400 00For
BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST44,6900 00For

Fund voting reports, all 65 managers: 18,509,282 for, 5,181 against, 6,345 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 140 asset managers voting on “Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.” at SOLARWINDS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.61,473,8710 00For
THOMA BRAVO, L.P.50,020,3870 00For
Voss Capital, LP3,174,5750 00For
BlackRock1,887,8850 00For
State Street1,258,9330 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1,180,4010 00For
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd01,152,408 00Against
Wellington991,9170 00For
Lazard982,6670 00For
Two Sigma872,3480 00For
Prudential/PGIM668,9000 00For
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP651,7960 00For
SEI619,1610 00For
Dimensional568,0290 00For
Federated Hermes525,5410 00For
Northern Trust434,9970 00For
Charles Schwab406,2340 00For
AQR349,7770 00For
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP327,0890 00For
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.320,0440 00For
Renaissance287,6820 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp208,3200 00For
Clearline Capital LP200,1130 00For
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.172,5830 00For
Goldman Sachs166,6360 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 140 managers: 130,033,637 for, 1,621,483 against, 93,735 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. 2. Ratification of Appointment of Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The appointment of…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 158,423,462AGAINST: 2,623,750
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 65 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

SOLARWINDS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of Appointment of Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year e”): 158,423,462 for, 2,623,750 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 24, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified by the stockholders, with votes…”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 18,164,844 for, 321,686 against, 6,345 unknown.

FOR
FOR: 18,164,844AGAINST: 321,686UNKNOWN: 6,345
Largest asset managers voting on “Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting ” at SOLARWINDS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,888,5560 00For
Dimensional4,603,8620 00For
BlackRock2,037,5680 00For
Fidelity1,329,6150 00For
SEI556,1150 00For
New York Life483,9240 00For
Federated Hermes414,8350 00For
Charles Schwab406,2340 00For
Goldman Sachs362,2010 00For
VALUED ADVISERS TRUST0306,555 00Against
State Street258,2322 00For
Nationwide155,4230 00For
Prudential/PGIM151,3000 00For
Equitable139,3440 00For
TIAA115,3740 00For
Thrivent104,3010 00For
Columbia Threadneedle103,2300 00For
Victory Capital99,8290 00For
WisdomTree92,2060 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC88,5850 00For
Gabelli86,4730 00For
Lincoln Financial79,2310 00For
American Century54,8530 00For
Invesco47,5400 00For
BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST44,6900 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

Largest SOLARWINDS CORP. 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 168,161,987 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top SOLARWINDS CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.”, 2023-2024
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Vanguard 3.50%
2Dimensional 2.74%
3BlackRock 1.21%
4Fidelity 0.79%
5SEI 0.33%
6New York Life 0.29%
7Federated Hermes 0.25%
8Charles Schwab 0.24%
9Goldman Sachs 0.22%
10VALUED ADVISERS TRUST 0.18%
Institutional-manager reports: top SOLARWINDS CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.”, 2023-2024
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. 36.56%
2THOMA BRAVO, L.P. 29.75%
3Voss Capital, LP 1.89%
4BlackRock 1.12%
5State Street 0.75%
6GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.70%
7Legal & General Investment Management Ltd 0.69%
8Wellington 0.59%
9Lazard 0.58%
10Two Sigma 0.52%

Reported SOLARWINDS CORP. 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.

SOLARWINDS CORP. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
Entities affiliated with Silver Lake 36.56% DEF14A
Thoma Bravo Funds 29.79% DEF14A
Dimensional Fund Advisors 3.16% 13F
State Street 0.80% 13F
Geode Capital 0.70% 13F
Sudhakar Ramakrishna 0.67% DEF14A
Wellington Management 0.64% 13F
J. Barton Kalsu 0.41% DEF14A
AQR Capital 0.33% 13F
Jason W. Bliss 0.33% DEF14A

Percentages above are of 168,161,987 shares outstanding, as reported by SOLARWINDS CORP. 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.

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 SOLARWINDS CORP.’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 SOLARWINDS CORP.'s shareholder meeting held May 23, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 182 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,212 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. — SOLARWINDS CORP.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99% 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: SOLARWINDS CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2024.

SOLARWINDS CORP. proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 (this page).

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