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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Veris Residential, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 21, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.
Meeting of May 21, 2026: 2 items on Veris Residential, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 21, 2026: 1 approved · 1 not approved.
None beyond the items above.
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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These tallies are Veris Residential, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 21, 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.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Merger Agreement Proposal As previously announced, on February 23, 2026, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the "Merger Agreement"), | 76,820,975 | 18,230 | 102,465 | -- | -- | 99.9% | Approved | — |
| Proposal 2: Merger-Related Compensation Proposal At the Special Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted upon and did not approve the proposal to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's nam | 34,475,130 | 42,329,272 | 137,268 | -- | -- | 45% | Not approved | — |
Source: Veris Residential, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 21, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 256 asset managers that disclosed a Veris Residential, 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. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of Veris Residential, Inc.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.9% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 23, 2026 (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Veris Residential, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), AC Residential Acquisition LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Parent"), AC Residential REIT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Merger Sub I"), AC Residential OP LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Merger Sub II"), and Veris Residential, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of the Company (the "Company Partnership"), a copy of which is attached as Annex A to the accompanying proxy statement, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub I (the "Merger"), with Merger Sub I continuing as the surviving entity in the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and (ii) Merger Sub II will merge with and into the Company Partnership (the "Partnership Merger" and together with the Merger, the "Mergers"), with the Company Partnership continuing as the surviving entity in the Partnership Merger (such transactions, the "Transactions") (the "Merger Proposal").
Veris Residential, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“1. Merger Agreement Proposal As previously announced, on February 23, 2026, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance w”): 76,820,975 for, 18,230 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2026 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 1: Merger Agreement Proposal As previously announced, on February 23, 2026, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, AC R…”
Support: 99.9% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 71 asset managers below reported 34,609,763 for, 51,593 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 11,679,569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 9,339,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 2,392,796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,289,124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 1,821,364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,483,096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,428,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 693,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 454,307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 281,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 261,884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 211,095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 122,712 | 0 | 48,291 | 0 | Mixed |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 145,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 135,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 133,492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 125,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 124,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 123,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALTSHARES TRUST | 75,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 72,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 70,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 65,983 | 0 | 3,302 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 68,381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 67,818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 71 asset managers. See all 71 in the interactive database.
96% of fund votes cast · no official result
Description as filed by funds: TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING TO A LATER DATE OR TIME IF NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE THAT ANY NECESSARY SUPPLEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT IS PROVIDED TO COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN ADVANCE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OR TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IN FAVOR OF THE MERGER PROPOSAL IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER PROPOSAL.
The 71 asset managers below reported 33,056,642 for, 1,529,459 against, 75,253 abstained. 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.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 11,679,540 | 28 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 9,339,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 2,392,796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,289,124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 1,821,364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,483,096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 4,954 | 1,423,152 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 693,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 454,307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 281,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 261,884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 211,095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 122,712 | 0 | 48,291 | 0 | Mixed |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 145,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 135,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 133,492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 125,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 124,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 123,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALTSHARES TRUST | 75,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 72,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 70,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 42,323 | 0 | 26,962 | 0 | Mixed |
| BNY Mellon | 68,381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 67,818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 71 asset managers. See all 71 in the interactive database.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
45% Not approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Transactions, including the Mergers.
Veris Residential, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Merger-Related Compensation Proposal At the Special Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted upon and did not approve the proposal to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation that may be pai”): 34,475,130 for, 42,329,272 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2026 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2: Merger-Related Compensation Proposal At the Special Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted upon and did not approve the proposal to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on …”
Support: 45% 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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 8,222,805 | 3,456,763 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| BlackRock | 0 | 9,339,404 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 2,392,796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,201,368 | 87,756 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 0 | 1,821,364 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 1,483,096 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 1,072 | 1,427,034 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 0 | 693,855 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 454,307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 0 | 281,851 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Invesco | 261,884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 0 | 211,095 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 8,000 | 163,003 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 145,763 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WisdomTree | 135,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 0 | 133,492 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 0 | 125,810 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 124,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 123,442 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| ALTSHARES TRUST | 75,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 0 | 72,510 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Prudential/PGIM | 70,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 0 | 45,625 | 23,660 | 0 | Mixed |
| BNY Mellon | 68,381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 0 | 67,818 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Fund voting reports, all 72 managers: 14,222,017 for, 20,415,947 against, 23,660 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 0 | 5,778,570 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| H/2 CREDIT MANAGER LP | 5,472,814 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,072 | 4,053,779 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 2,703,742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2,140,483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 1,541,548 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Legal & General Investment Management Ltd | 0 | 1,264,942 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. | 0 | 1,261,168 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 1,192,507 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 0 | 1,153,463 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AQR | 0 | 1,062,659 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 900,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nuveen | 0 | 728,765 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Vanguard | 30,534 | 677,525 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | 668,390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Woodline Partners LP | 635,243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WATER ISLAND CAPITAL LLC | 591,018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 505,388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND | 0 | 504,917 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 0 | 394,666 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIG Advisors, LLC | 380,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 344,458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Sigma | 0 | 339,925 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Gabelli | 315,499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| UBS | 0 | 310,069 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Institutional-manager reports, all 204 managers: 14,971,539 for, 24,538,631 against, 3,554 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
0% Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice · no official result
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). 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.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empower | 0 | 151,729 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Fund voting reports, all 1 managers: 151,729 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardano Risk Management B.V. | 0 | 63,926 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| HEITMAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES LLC | 0 | 23,386 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| APG Asset Management US Inc. | 0 | 3,506 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 90,818 against.
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 93,311,881 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 12.52% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 10.01% |
| 3 | Investment Managers Series Trust II | 2.56% |
| 4 | Fidelity | 2.45% |
| 5 | NEXPOINT FUNDS I | 1.95% |
| 6 | Charles Schwab | 1.59% |
| 7 | State Street | 1.53% |
| 8 | TIAA | 0.74% |
| 9 | ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 0.49% |
| 10 | JPMorgan | 0.30% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 6.19% |
| 2 | H/2 CREDIT MANAGER LP | 5.87% |
| 3 | State Street | 4.35% |
| 4 | Fidelity | 2.90% |
| 5 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.29% |
| 6 | Charles Schwab | 1.65% |
| 7 | Legal & General Investment Management Ltd | 1.36% |
| 8 | BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. | 1.35% |
| 9 | Northern Trust | 1.28% |
| 10 | ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 1.24% |
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.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 16.15% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 12.54% | 13F |
| BOW STREET LLC | 5.57% | 13D |
| State Street | 4.92% | 13F |
| Erez REIT Opportunities LP | 3.80% | 13D |
| Geode Capital | 2.30% | 13F |
| Charles Schwab | 1.65% | 13F |
| Northern Trust | 1.55% | 13F |
| JPMorgan Chase | 1.49% | 13F |
| Renaissance Technologies | 1.04% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 93,311,881 shares outstanding, as reported by Veris Residential, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2025 (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.
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 Veris Residential, Inc.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At Veris Residential, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held May 21, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 256 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,130 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 4 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation that may be paid or become payable… — Veris Residential, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as not approved, with 45% 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: Veris Residential, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2026.
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