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SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 23, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

5Ballot items
429Asset managers
2,681Fund votes
May 22, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of May 22, 2024: 5 items on SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 23, 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

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.

These tallies are SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 23, 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.

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 22, 2024
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Hari K. Avula	80,486,814	--	--	1,786,317	7,351,986	98%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Joseph Fortunato	79,394,479	--	--	2,878,652	7,351,986	97%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Joseph D. O'Leary	69,694,903	--	--	12,578,228	7,351,986	85%	Elected	—
2. Advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for fiscal 2023	70,461,763	11,690,072	121,296	--	7,351,986	86%	Approved	—
3. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2024 fiscal year	88,049,263	1,501,546	74,308	--	--	98%	Approved	—

Source: SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 429 asset managers that disclosed a SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET 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: Hari K. Avula

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 80,486,814WITHHELD: 1,786,317

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

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Hari K. Avula

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Hari K. Avula”): 80,486,814 for, 1,786,317 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 23, 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: “Each director nominee was duly elected.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 39,444,179 for, 264,492 withheld, 229,531 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 39,444,179ABSTAIN: 229,531WITHHOLD: 264,492

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Hari K. Avula” at SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Fidelity	10,783,771	0	0	For
Vanguard	10,414,069	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,869,313	0	0	For
Dimensional	2,010,183	0	0	For
American Century	1,019,989	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	936,584	0	0	For
State Street	713,327	0	132	For
Bridge Builder Trust	580,895	0	0	For
HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST	552,200	0	0	For
Invesco	515,140	0	0	For
TIAA	498,221	0	0	For
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS	490,000	0	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	473,815	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	469,323	0	0	For
Equitable	198,933	0	216,175	Mixed
Jackson National	395,016	0	0	For
PIMCO	392,352	0	0	For
Investment Managers Series Trust III	353,810	0	0	For
DWS	315,669	0	0	For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND	294,819	0	0	For
SEI	237,246	0	0	For
AMG Funds I	0	229,531	0	Abstain
Putnam	228,612	0	0	For
Federated Hermes	215,027	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	205,771	0	0	For

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

2. Elect Director: Joseph D. O'Leary

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

85% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 85%WITHHELD

FOR: 69,694,903WITHHELD: 12,578,228

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

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph D. O'Leary

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph D. O'Leary”): 69,694,903 for, 12,578,228 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 23, 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: “Each director nominee was duly elected.”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 37,525,624 for, 2,181,488 withheld, 231,090 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 37,525,624ABSTAIN: 231,090WITHHOLD: 2,181,488

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Joseph D. O'Leary” at SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Fidelity	10,783,771	0	0	For
Vanguard	10,414,069	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,869,313	0	0	For
Dimensional	2,010,183	0	0	For
American Century	1,019,989	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	936,584	0	0	For
State Street	835	0	712,624	Withhold
Bridge Builder Trust	579,336	1,559	0	For
HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST	552,200	0	0	For
Invesco	0	0	515,140	Withhold
TIAA	498,221	0	0	For
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS	490,000	0	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	473,815	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	0	469,323	Withhold
Equitable	198,933	0	216,175	Mixed
Jackson National	395,016	0	0	For
PIMCO	392,352	0	0	For
Investment Managers Series Trust III	353,810	0	0	For
DWS	315,669	0	0	For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND	294,819	0	0	For
SEI	237,246	0	0	For
AMG Funds I	0	229,531	0	Abstain
Putnam	228,612	0	0	For
Federated Hermes	215,027	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	205,771	0	0	For

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

3. Elect Director: Joseph Fortunato

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 79,394,479WITHHELD: 2,878,652

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

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph Fortunato

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph Fortunato”): 79,394,479 for, 2,878,652 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 23, 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: “Each director nominee was duly elected.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 39,323,584 for, 385,087 withheld, 229,531 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 39,323,584ABSTAIN: 229,531WITHHOLD: 385,087

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Joseph Fortunato” at SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Fidelity	10,783,771	0	0	For
Vanguard	10,414,069	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,869,313	0	0	For
Dimensional	2,010,183	0	0	For
American Century	1,019,989	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	936,584	0	0	For
State Street	713,300	0	159	For
Bridge Builder Trust	580,895	0	0	For
HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST	552,200	0	0	For
Invesco	515,140	0	0	For
TIAA	498,221	0	0	For
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS	490,000	0	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	473,815	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	469,323	0	0	For
Equitable	198,933	0	216,175	Mixed
Jackson National	395,016	0	0	For
PIMCO	392,352	0	0	For
Investment Managers Series Trust III	353,810	0	0	For
DWS	315,669	0	0	For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND	294,819	0	0	For
SEI	237,246	0	0	For
AMG Funds I	0	229,531	0	Abstain
Putnam	228,612	0	0	For
Federated Hermes	215,027	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	205,771	0	0	For

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

4. 2. Advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for fiscal 2023

Official result Fund totals may overlapCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Approved

Combines 21 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

86% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 86%AGAINST

FOR: 70,461,763AGAINST: 11,690,072

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 427 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers for fiscal 2023 ("say-on-pay").

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for fiscal 2023”): 70,461,763 for, 11,690,072 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 23, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “This proposal was approved.”
Support: 86% 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: 115 asset managers voting on “To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers ” at SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	10,783,771	0	For
Vanguard	10,414,069	0	For
BlackRock	3,869,313	0	For
Dimensional	2,010,183	0	For
American Century	0	1,019,989	Against
Charles Schwab	936,584	0	For
State Street	713,210	249	For
Bridge Builder Trust	580,895	0	For
HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST	552,200	0	For
Invesco	515,140	0	For
TIAA	498,221	0	For
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS	490,000	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	473,815	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	469,323	0	For
Equitable	415,108	0	For
Jackson National	395,016	0	For
PIMCO	392,352	0	For
Investment Managers Series Trust III	353,810	0	For
World Funds Trust	334,492	0	For
DWS	315,669	0	For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND	294,819	0	For
SEI	237,246	0	For
AMG Funds I	0	229,531	Against
Putnam	228,612	0	For
Federated Hermes	215,027	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 115 managers: 38,793,839 for, 1,545,443 against, 21,082 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 342 asset managers voting on “To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers ” at SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	11,728,298	0	For
State Street	3,417,762	254	For
BlackRock	3,124,166	69,596	For
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	143,421	2,757,102	Against
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT	2,105,513	5,300	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2,102,914	0	For
Northern Trust	1,201,049	71	For
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD	1,127,567	0	For
American Century	0	1,025,762	Against
Charles Schwab	936,721	0	For
Handelsbanken Fonder AB	871,800	0	For
Invesco	793,765	0	For
CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO /MA	773,345	6,190	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	731,097	0	For
Man Group plc	0	724,120	Against
Renaissance	692,108	0	For
ASSETMARK, INC	640,532	436	For
SEI	552,657	28,417	For
CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC	565,767	357	For
ATLANTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO L L C	536,252	0	For
BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A.	0	535,853	Against
REINHART PARTNERS, LLC.	534,268	0	For
ABN AMRO INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS	0	532,140	Against
Nuveen	527,851	0	For
Amundi	0	495,561	Against

Institutional-manager reports, all 342 managers: 43,343,659 for, 8,546,244 against, 5,745 abstained, 9,557 not voted, 2,790 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. 3. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 8 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 88,049,263AGAINST: 1,501,546

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 118 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2024.

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2024 fiscal year”): 88,049,263 for, 1,501,546 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 23, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “This proposal was approved.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 118 asset managers below reported 39,911,538 for, 429,446 against, 21,082 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 39,911,538AGAINST: 429,446ABSTAIN: 21,082

Largest asset managers voting on “To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm f” at SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	10,783,771	0	For
Vanguard	10,414,069	0	For
BlackRock	3,869,313	0	For
Dimensional	2,010,183	0	For
American Century	1,019,989	0	For
Charles Schwab	936,584	0	For
State Street	713,389	70	For
Bridge Builder Trust	580,895	0	For
HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST	552,200	0	For
Invesco	515,140	0	For
TIAA	498,221	0	For
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS	490,000	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	473,815	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	469,323	0	For
Equitable	415,108	0	For
Jackson National	395,016	0	For
PIMCO	0	392,352	Against
Investment Managers Series Trust III	353,810	0	For
World Funds Trust	334,492	0	For
DWS	315,669	0	For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND	294,819	0	For
SEI	237,246	0	For
AMG Funds I	229,531	0	For
Putnam	228,612	0	For
Federated Hermes	215,027	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 118 asset managers. See all 118 in the interactive database.

Largest SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET 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 100,802,152 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC. shareholders by shares voted on “To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation paid to our named…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Fidelity	10.70%
2	Vanguard	10.33%
3	BlackRock	3.84%
4	Dimensional	1.99%
5	American Century	1.01%
6	Charles Schwab	0.93%
7	State Street	0.71%
8	Bridge Builder Trust	0.58%
9	HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST	0.55%
10	Invesco	0.51%

Institutional-manager reports: top SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC. shareholders by shares voted on “To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation paid to our named…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Fidelity	11.63%
2	State Street	3.39%
3	BlackRock	3.17%
4	NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	2.88%
5	LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT	2.09%
6	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2.09%
7	Northern Trust	1.19%
8	JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD	1.12%
9	American Century	1.02%
10	Charles Schwab	0.94%

Reported SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET 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.

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
FMR LLC	12.92%	DEF14A
BlackRock	10.91%	13F
Vanguard Group	9.81%	13F
State Street	3.82%	13F
Renaissance Technologies	3.81%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	2.72%	13F
Geode Capital	2.35%	13F
Goldman Sachs	1.88%	13F
D.E. Shaw	1.87%	13F
Morgan Stanley	1.38%	13F

Percentages above are of 100,802,152 shares outstanding, as reported by SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET 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.

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 SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.'s shareholder meeting held May 22, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 429 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,681 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation paid to our named… — SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 86% 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: SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2024.

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