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At ABCAM PLC's shareholder meeting held November 6, 2023, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 64 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 172 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. No official Form 8-K vote tally has been matched to this meeting, so this page states no certified outcome for its most widely held ballot item. On that item — Approve Scheme of Arrangement — the reporting funds cast 99.8% of the shares they voted in favour (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST plus WITHHELD; abstained and unvoted shares are excluded because neither took a side). That is the aggregate of those managers' own N-PX disclosures, not the company's certified result, and the funds are a subset of all shareholders.
Download data (CSV): ballot items · votes by manager · column guide.
Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings. Page generated November 8, 2026.
No official results are on file for this meeting: no Form 8-K tally (Item 5.07) from ABCAM PLC has been matched to it. The figures below are the funds’ own votes from Form N-PX. They are not the meeting result, so they are not used to judge dissent.
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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Each item below shows how the 64 asset managers that disclosed a ABCAM PLC 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 ABCAM PLC’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.
99.8% of fund votes cast · no official result
The 36 asset managers below reported 16,254,576 for, 20,222 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.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 2,986,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 2,269,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 1,744,742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 1,700,541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 1,359,495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 1,153,231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 900,629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 590,433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 555,834 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC | 380,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 308,057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 301,136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 292,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AB SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL THEMATIC FUND INC | 277,374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 234,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 166,594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 161,357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dunham Funds | 146,251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 124,863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC. | 87,245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 78,546 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 70,098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Guggenheim | 51,446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 50,009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ProShares | 44,304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 36 asset managers. All 36 are in the interactive database (link above).
100% of fund votes cast · no official result
The 33 asset managers below reported 19,974,910 for. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 5,860,421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERGER FUND | 4,625,087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II | 2,309,915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 1,698,222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Neuberger Berman | 1,361,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 873,713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Virtus | 782,405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 451,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 388,096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 283,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 173,013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 165,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AltShares Trust | 129,934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 119,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 113,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 112,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 92,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Morningstar Funds Trust | 73,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds | 66,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 65,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERGER FUND VL | 57,279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FORUM FUNDS | 52,046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 27,854 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 20,496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 14,373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 33 asset managers. All 33 are in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
0% of fund votes cast · no official result
Description as filed by funds: THAT the scheme of arrangement to effect the acquisition by Danaher Corporation (or one of its affiliates) of shares in the Company at a price equal to $24.00 per share, such scheme of arrangement as more particularly described in a circular published or to be published by the Company (such scheme of arrangement in its original form or with or subject to any modification, addition or condition made thereto in accordance with applicable law) (the Scheme ).
The 9 asset managers below reported 3,000 against, 2,047,447 not voted. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuberger Berman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Hartford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Nationwide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Fidelity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| New York Life | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| RBC FUNDS TRUST | 0 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
100% of fund votes cast · no official result
Description as filed by funds: To implement the Scheme, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting, including authorising the Company's directors to take all such action as they may consider necessary or appropriate for carrying the Scheme into effect and the amendment to the articles of association of the Company as set out in the Notice of General Meeting
The 33 asset managers below reported 20,911,910 for. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 5,860,421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERGER FUND | 4,625,087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II | 2,309,915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 1,698,222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Neuberger Berman | 1,361,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARBITRAGE FUNDS | 1,049,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 873,713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Virtus | 782,405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 451,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 388,096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 283,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 173,013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 165,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AltShares Trust | 129,934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 119,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 113,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 92,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Morningstar Funds Trust | 73,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds | 66,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 65,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERGER FUND VL | 57,279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FORUM FUNDS | 52,046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 27,854 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 20,496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 14,373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 33 asset managers. All 33 are in the interactive database (link above).
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.
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 2,986,103 |
| 2 | JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 2,269,157 |
| 3 | MFS | 1,744,742 |
| 4 | New York Life | 1,700,541 |
| 5 | T. Rowe Price | 1,359,495 |
| 6 | Columbia Threadneedle | 1,153,231 |
| 7 | ALGER FUNDS | 900,629 |
| 8 | Victory Capital | 590,433 |
| 9 | Principal | 555,834 |
| 10 | OLD WESTBURY FUNDS INC | 380,000 |
Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to ABCAM PLC for the 2023-2024 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 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. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
ABCAM PLC proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 (this page).
proxyvotesnow.com, “ABCAM PLC 2023 Special Meeting (2023-2024 season): Vote Results”, https://proxyvotesnow.com/company/abcam-plc/2024 (version of November 9, 2026). Derived from SEC Form N-PX and Form 8-K filings; tables licensed CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC BY 4.0.