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At EMPIRE COMPANY LTD.'s shareholder meeting held September 14, 2023, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 68 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 157 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 3 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 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach — the reporting funds and managers cast 97% 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). Fund and manager reports are combined in it and may count the same shares twice: it adds fund reports to institutional-manager reports, which can cover the same shares. It is not the company's certified result.
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 EMPIRE COMPANY LTD. 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
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Each item below shows how the 68 asset managers that disclosed a EMPIRE COMPANY LTD. 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 EMPIRE COMPANY LTD.’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 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional | 778,924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 756,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 318,527 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 217,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lattice Strategies Trust | 152,428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 150,426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 138,291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 133,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 114,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 101,056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 70,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 53,145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Legg Mason | 38,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 15,714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 15,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 14,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Six Circles Trust | 13,588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 13,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 13,424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 12,607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 11,152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 10,418 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HC CAPITAL TRUST | 9,945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Forethought Variable Insurance Trust | 5,873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PIMCO | 4,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 35 managers: 3,185,715 for, 68 against. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. | 5,335,512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 513,264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| APG Asset Management US Inc. | 0 | 243,049 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 0 | 36,440 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| CIDEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 5,507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 5 managers: 5,854,283 for, 279,489 against.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.6% Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice · no official result
Description as filed by funds: The advisory resolution on the Company's approach to executive compensation as set out in the Information Circular of the Company.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan | 510,570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Roads Shared Trust | 84,984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VELA Funds | 30,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 28,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GPS Funds I | 15,431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 6,638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 7 managers: 677,368 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd | 8,124,826 | 37,281 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD | 1,155,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 1,044,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1,037,149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. | 799,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 253,950 | 7,595 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NATIONAL BANK TRUST INC. | 174,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 138,729 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VELA Investment Management, LLC | 30,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | 13,028 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| National Bank Financial Inc. | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Giverny Capital Inc. | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| XPONANCE, INC. | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 14 managers: 12,774,910 for, 44,876 against.
99.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEI | 231,184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Mercer Funds | 74,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 38,508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 9,791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST III | 0 | 2,829 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Principal | 2,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 6 managers: 356,183 for, 2,829 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 3,350,917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Regime de rentes du Mouvement Desjardins | 101,562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Union Investment Institutional GmbH | 7,301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 3,459,780 for.
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 | Dimensional | 778,924 |
| 2 | BlackRock | 756,623 |
| 3 | Fidelity | 318,527 |
| 4 | Vanguard | 217,571 |
| 5 | Lattice Strategies Trust | 152,428 |
| 6 | TIAA | 150,426 |
| 7 | State Street | 138,291 |
| 8 | Principal | 133,300 |
| 9 | Allspring | 114,700 |
| 10 | Invesco | 101,056 |
| # | Asset manager | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd | 8,162,107 |
| 2 | AGF MANAGEMENT LTD | 1,155,052 |
| 3 | Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 1,044,105 |
| 4 | 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1,037,149 |
| 5 | SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. | 799,552 |
| 6 | Northern Trust | 261,545 |
| 7 | NATIONAL BANK TRUST INC. | 174,900 |
| 8 | Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 138,729 |
| 9 | VELA Investment Management, LLC | 30,400 |
| 10 | WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | 13,028 |
Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to EMPIRE COMPANY LTD. 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.
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