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At FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.'s shareholder meeting held May 23, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 49 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 241 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Advisory (non-binding) approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. — FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 95% 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: FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2024.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 29, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of May 23, 2024: 5 items on FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 29, 2024: 3 elected · 2 approved.
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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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These tallies are FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 29, 2024 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Diane C. Davis | 5,902,625 | -- | -- | 454,943 | 1,361,924 | 93% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Richard P. Jacobson | 6,241,835 | -- | -- | 115,733 | 1,361,924 | 98% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Ralph C. Sabin | 5,878,880 | -- | -- | 478,688 | 1,361,924 | 92% | Elected | — |
| 2. Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as described in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting | 5,966,581 | 342,273 | 48,714 | -- | 1,361,924 | 95% | Approved | a majority of the votes cast |
| 3. Ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 | 7,649,511 | 31,313 | 38,667 | -- | -- | 99.5% | Approved | — |
Source: FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 29, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 49 asset managers that disclosed a FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST 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.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
93% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: The election as director of the nominees listed below: Diane C. Davis
FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Diane C. Davis”): 5,902,625 for, 454,943 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 29, 2024 (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.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Set forth below are results of the voting for the election of directors: Based on the voting results set forth above, Diane C. Davis, Richard P. Jacobson and Ralph C. Sabin were elected to each serve as directors of the Company for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in…”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 15 asset managers below reported 1,283,945 for, 18,756 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional | 675,556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 361,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 102,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 85,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 0 | 18,756 | 0 | Abstain |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 18,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 17,882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBC FUNDS TRUST | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 2,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 2,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
92% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: The election as director of the nominees listed below: Ralph C. Sabin
FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ralph C. Sabin”): 5,878,880 for, 478,688 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 29, 2024 (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.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Set forth below are results of the voting for the election of directors: Based on the voting results set forth above, Diane C. Davis, Richard P. Jacobson and Ralph C. Sabin were elected to each serve as directors of the Company for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in…”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 15 asset managers below reported 1,283,945 for, 18,756 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional | 675,556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 361,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 102,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 85,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 0 | 18,756 | 0 | Abstain |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 18,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 17,882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBC FUNDS TRUST | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 2,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 2,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: The election as director of the nominees listed below: Richard P. Jacobson
FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Richard P. Jacobson”): 6,241,835 for, 115,733 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 29, 2024 (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.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Set forth below are results of the voting for the election of directors: Based on the voting results set forth above, Diane C. Davis, Richard P. Jacobson and Ralph C. Sabin were elected to each serve as directors of the Company for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in…”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 15 asset managers below reported 1,302,701 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional | 675,556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 361,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 102,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 85,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 18,756 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 18,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 17,882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBC FUNDS TRUST | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 2,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 2,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Advisory (non-binding) approval of the compensation of our named executive officers.
FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. An advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as described in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting”): 5,966,581 for, 342,273 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 29, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Based on the voting results set forth above, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved by the Company's shareholders.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a majority of the votes cast (“majority of the votes cast”).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional | 675,556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 361,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 102,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 85,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 18,756 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 18,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 17,882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBC FUNDS TRUST | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 2,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 2,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vericimetry Funds | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 16 managers: 1,285,305 for, 18,756 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | 473,418 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 277,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 210,997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Black Maple Capital Management LP | 141,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 93,949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 0 | 71,507 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 58,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Newton Investment Management North America, LLC | 0 | 42,700 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| CSS LLC/IL | 38,861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 23,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS | 20,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| APG Asset Management US Inc. | 0 | 20,597 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 19,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 18,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Point72 | 9,636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 8,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. | 7,232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 6,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC \MO\ | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 5,083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Baird | 4,751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State of Wyoming | 4,073 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 3,588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 2,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 38 managers: 1,444,049 for, 134,804 against. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.5% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.
FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024”): 7,649,511 for, 31,313 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 29, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Based on the voting results set forth above, the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to serve for the year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified by the Company's shareholders.”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 17 asset managers below reported 1,287,186 for, 18,756 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional | 675,556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 361,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 102,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 85,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 18,756 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 18,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 17,882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBC FUNDS TRUST | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 2,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 2,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Greenwich Investment Management, Inc. | 1,881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vericimetry Funds | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Not shown here: this season’s fund filings also report 1 item from the meeting of July 19, 2024, which belongs to the 2024-2025 season. A meeting outside this season’s July 1 to June 30 window is not counted in this page’s items or in its totals of asset managers and fund votes.
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 9,174,425 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimensional | 7.36% |
| 2 | Vanguard | 3.94% |
| 3 | BlackRock | 1.12% |
| 4 | Fidelity | 0.93% |
| 5 | EA Series Trust | 0.20% |
| 6 | MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 0.20% |
| 7 | BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 0.19% |
| 8 | RBC FUNDS TRUST | 0.11% |
| 9 | Charles Schwab | 0.03% |
| 10 | Allianz | 0.03% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renaissance | 5.16% |
| 2 | AllianceBernstein | 3.03% |
| 3 | BlackRock | 2.30% |
| 4 | Black Maple Capital Management LP | 1.54% |
| 5 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.02% |
| 6 | Allianz | 0.78% |
| 7 | Dimensional | 0.64% |
| 8 | Newton Investment Management North America, LLC | 0.47% |
| 9 | CSS LLC/IL | 0.42% |
| 10 | Goldman Sachs | 0.26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Western Standard, LLC | 10.01% | 13G |
| First Financial Northwest Foundation | 9.57% | DEF14A |
| First Financial Northwest, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan | 8.81% | DEF14A |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 8.10% | 13F |
| Strategic Value Investors, LP | 5.49% | DEF14A |
| Renaissance Technologies | 5.25% | 13F |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 4.48% | 13G |
| Joseph W. Kiley III* | 1.59% | DEF14A |
| Simon Soh | 1.32% | DEF14A |
| Richard P. Jacobson* | 1.19% | DEF14A |
Percentages above are of 9,174,425 shares outstanding, as reported by FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC. on its Form 10-Q dated May 3, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 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 FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC.’s 10-Q dated May 3, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST INC. proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 (this page).
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