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Denny's Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Denny's Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed 2026-01-13 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

  • 4Reported items
  • 154Asset managers
  • 586Fund votes
  • 2026-01-13Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by Denny's Corporation

These tallies are Denny's Corporation’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2026-01-13 (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.

Denny's Corporation — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2026-01-13
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesOutcome
Proposal 2: Compensation Advisory Proposal: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger (the "Compensation A 34,741,4022,417,8082,621,502 --0 Majority: yes
Proposal 3: Adjournment Proposal: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Sp 38,254,5091,419,767106,436 --0 Majority: yes

Source: Denny's Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2026-01-13 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Denny's Corporation 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 154 asset managers that disclosed a Denny's Corporation 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 Denny's Corporation’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.

1. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%
FOR: 34,741,402AGAINST: 2,417,808

Denny's Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Compensation Advisory Proposal: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise re”): 34,741,402 for, 2,417,808 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-13 (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 153 asset managers below cast 94% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (34,495,567 for, 2,300,498 against).

FOR 88%
FOR: 34,495,567 (87.8%)AGAINST: 2,300,498 (5.9%)ABSTAIN: 2,500,000 (6.4%)
Largest asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the C” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring8,042,0490 00For
Fidelity3,588,9930 00For
BlackRock3,357,20333,221 00For
Vanguard2,918,3670 00For
GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC2,524,7430 00For
ODDO BHF ASSET MANAGEMENT SAS00 2,500,0000Abstain
Investment Managers Series Trust II1,528,8930 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1,262,3980 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1,257,6400 00For
Skylands Capital, LLC1,029,1020 00For
Gabelli899,3240 00For
Charles Schwab859,0530 00For
State Street728,800986 00For
Brighthouse663,3280 00For
MONIMUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP530,2770 00For
Equitable461,23752,550 00For
Russell Investments0487,350 00Against
Groupe la Francaise390,0000 00For
BANK OF AMERICA NA0372,268 00Against
Dimensional0354,786 00Against
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/344,9000 00For
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP329,4750 00For
Northern Trust320,4920 00For
CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL288,2850 00For
Goldman Sachs256,8990 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 153 asset managers. See all 153 in the interactive database.

2. To approve one or more adjournments of the special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Special Meeting") to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCEMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%
FOR: 38,254,509AGAINST: 1,419,767

Denny's Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3: Adjournment Proposal: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt th”): 38,254,509 for, 1,419,767 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-13 (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 56 asset managers below cast 99.6% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (15,019,842 for, 58,062 against).

FOR 99.6%
FOR: 15,019,842 (99.6%)AGAINST: 58,062 (0.4%)
Largest asset managers voting on “To approve one or more adjournments of the special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Special Meetin” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring3,515,0000 00For
Vanguard2,582,7850 00For
BlackRock1,822,6510 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II1,528,8930 00For
Fidelity1,296,1700 00For
Brighthouse663,3280 00For
Equitable513,7870 00For
Charles Schwab429,4970 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/344,9000 00For
Dimensional274,6470 00For
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II250,0000 00For
Principal231,4780 00For
GDL FUND200,0000 00For
Columbia Threadneedle173,8000 00For
Prudential/PGIM159,7640 00For
Russell Investments152,3900 00For
TIAA121,9210 00For
ALTSHARES TRUST91,5860 00For
Dunham Funds87,7340 00For
Gabelli85,0000 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC82,5710 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS48,0000 00For
Goldman Sachs46,7060 00For
Lincoln Financial7,77136,656 00Against
WisdomTree35,4530 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.

3. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Sparkle Topco Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Sparkle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Denny's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), providing for,

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

100% fund support · no official result

FOR 100%

The 55 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (14,704,680 for, 0 against).

FOR: 14,704,680 (100.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to tim” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Allspring3,515,0000 00For
Vanguard2,582,7850 00For
BlackRock1,822,6510 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II1,528,8930 00For
Fidelity1,296,1700 00For
Brighthouse663,3280 00For
Charles Schwab429,4970 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/344,9000 00For
Dimensional274,6470 00For
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II250,0000 00For
Principal231,4780 00For
GDL FUND200,0000 00For
Columbia Threadneedle173,8000 00For
Prudential/PGIM159,7640 00For
Russell Investments152,3900 00For
Equitable140,7870 00For
TIAA121,9210 00For
ALTSHARES TRUST91,5860 00For
Dunham Funds87,7340 00For
Gabelli85,0000 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC82,5710 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS48,0000 00For
Goldman Sachs46,7060 00For
Lincoln Financial44,4270 00For
WisdomTree35,4530 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.

4. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Sparkle Topco Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Sparkle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Denny's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), providing for,

EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS

100% fund support · no official result

FOR 100%

The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (373,001 for, 0 against).

FOR: 373,001 (100.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to tim” at Denny's Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Equitable373,0000 00For
UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC10 00For

Largest Denny's Corporation shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Ranked by the number of Denny's Corporation shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2025-2026 meeting.

Top Denny's Corporation shareholders by shares voted, 2025-2026
#Asset manager Shares voted
1Allspring 8,042,049
2Fidelity 3,588,993
3BlackRock 3,390,424
4Vanguard 2,918,367
5GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC 2,524,743
6ODDO BHF ASSET MANAGEMENT SAS 2,500,000
7Investment Managers Series Trust II 1,528,893
8HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1,262,398
9GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1,257,640
10Skylands Capital, LLC 1,029,102

Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to Denny's Corporation for the 2025-2026 season, so there is no denominator to divide by.

About this page

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 Denny's Corporation's shareholder meeting held 2026-01-13, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 154 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 586 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, on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become… — FOR was 93% 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: Denny's Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2026-01-13.

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