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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s Form 8-K, filed 2024-09-25 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.
Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025
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These tallies are AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2024-09-25 (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 | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal 1: Approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 16, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among IQVentures Holdings, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("IQV"), Polo Merger Sub, Inc., a Georgia c | 23,747,589 | 75,857 | 15,179 | -- | -- | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to the Company's named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation of the Merger. | 22,700,203 | 962,526 | 175,896 | -- | -- | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 3: Approval of the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement. | 22,333,018 | 1,431,164 | 74,443 | -- | -- | Majority: yes |
Source: AARON'S COMPANY INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2024-09-25 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 181 asset managers that disclosed a AARON'S COMPANY 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.
Meeting held 2024-09-25.
Combines 8 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
96% Majority: yes · of votes cast
AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to the Company's named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation of the Merge”): 22,700,203 for, 962,526 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-09-25 (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.
The 177 asset managers below cast 97% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 2,875,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,963,196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,805,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,773,232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 1,510,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WATER ISLAND CAPITAL LLC | 989,885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 935,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 852,072 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 809,667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 713,563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Carmignac Gestion | 639,358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 595,299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 531,049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC | 478,259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Yakira Capital Management, Inc. | 468,568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DE Shaw | 417,951 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 405,972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Olympiad Research LP | 352,264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Chicago Capital Management, LLC | 348,876 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 304,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | 297,054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust III | 297,054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 280,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 275,698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 261,061 | 3,550 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 177 asset managers. See all 177 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-09-25.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.6% Majority: yes · of votes cast
AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 1: Approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 16, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among IQVentures Holdings, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("I”): 23,747,589 for, 75,857 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-09-25 (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.
The 61 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (9,868,631 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,774,714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,566,828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 935,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 886,616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 750,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 732,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust III | 297,054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 280,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 275,698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/ | 250,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 219,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GDL FUND | 210,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 202,339 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 167,449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 148,507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Guggenheim | 147,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 135,057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 123,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 89,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 76,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 73,835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 60,269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OPTIMUM FUND TRUST | 45,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALTSHARES TRUST | 35,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ETF Series Solutions | 31,183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 61 asset managers. See all 61 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-09-25.
94% Majority: yes · of votes cast
AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3: Approval of the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreemen”): 22,333,018 for, 1,431,164 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-09-25 (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.
The 60 asset managers below cast 93% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (9,156,444 for, 712,168 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,774,714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,566,828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 935,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 886,616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 750,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 76,877 | 655,183 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Investment Managers Series Trust III | 297,054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 280,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 275,698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/ | 250,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 219,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GDL FUND | 210,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 202,339 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 167,449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 148,507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Guggenheim | 147,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 135,057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 123,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 89,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 76,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 73,835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 60,269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OPTIMUM FUND TRUST | 45,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALTSHARES TRUST | 35,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ETF Series Solutions | 31,183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 60 asset managers. See all 60 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-05-15 (outside the 2024-2025 season's 1 July to 30 June window; reported in this season's filings).
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
84% Majority: yes · of votes cast
AARON'S COMPANY INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Approval of a non-binding, advisory basis to approve the Company's executive compensation.”): 20,283,614 for, 3,740,176 against, per its Form 8-K (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.
The 2 asset managers below cast 0% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (0 for, 35 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Echo45 Advisors LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
Ranked by the number of AARON'S COMPANY INC. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2024-2025 meeting.
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 2,875,261 |
| 2 | Fidelity | 1,963,196 |
| 3 | Vanguard | 1,805,672 |
| 4 | Charles Schwab | 1,773,232 |
| 5 | American Century | 1,510,965 |
| 6 | WATER ISLAND CAPITAL LLC | 989,885 |
| 7 | ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 935,000 |
| 8 | HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 852,072 |
| 9 | Gabelli | 809,667 |
| 10 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 713,563 |
Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to AARON'S COMPANY INC. for the 2024-2025 season, so there is no denominator to divide by.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At AARON'S COMPANY INC.'s shareholder meeting held 2024-09-25, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 181 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 642 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or may become… — 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: AARON'S COMPANY INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2024-09-25.
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