STEPSTONE GROUP INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect the three director nominees named in the proxy statement as Class III directors of the Company, each to serve for a one-year term and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement or disqualification: Anne L. Raymond

STEPSTONE GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Anne L. Raymond”): 283,993,577 for, 6,166,605 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 14, 2023 (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 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected each of the Class III nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve for a one-year term to expire at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and q…”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 42,518,850 for, 3,207,599 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect the three director nominees named in the proxy statement as Class III directors of the Company, each to serve for a one-year term and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement or disqualification: David F. Hoffmeister

STEPSTONE GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: David F. Hoffmeister”): 283,340,735 for, 6,819,447 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 14, 2023 (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 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected each of the Class III nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve for a one-year term to expire at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and q…”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 42,518,850 for, 3,207,599 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect the three director nominees named in the proxy statement as Class III directors of the Company, each to serve for a one-year term and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement or disqualification: Scott W. Hart

STEPSTONE GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Scott W. Hart”): 267,932,081 for, 22,228,101 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 14, 2023 (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 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected each of the Class III nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve for a one-year term to expire at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and q…”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 32,910,227 for, 12,816,222 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLYING WITH NASDAQ LISTING RULE 5635, THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY'S CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS, EACH DATED FEBRUARY 7, 2024 BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER PARTIES THERETO, OR RELATED EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.

The 73 asset managers below reported 28,371,497 for, 5,438,329 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.

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The 72 asset managers below reported 45,678,553 for, 47,896 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.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding and advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers ("Say-on-Pay").

STEPSTONE GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Say-on-Pay The Company's stockholders, on a non-binding and advisory basis, voted to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 288,886,823 for, 1,243,838 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed September 14, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Say-on-Pay proposal was approved by the votes shown below.”
Support: 99.5% 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, all 72 managers: 33,176,451 for, 12,529,214 against, 21,222 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 119 managers: 34,134,040 for, 1,019,014 against, 171 not voted, 1,235 1 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2024.

STEPSTONE GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 290,472,831 for, 2,649,028 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed September 14, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.”
Support: 99.0% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 72 asset managers below reported 45,040,565 for, 664,662 against, 21,222 abstained.

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