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FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’s Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-03 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

11Reported items
341Asset managers
1,611Fund votes
2024-05-03Meeting date

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

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.

These tallies are FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-03 (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.

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2024-05-03
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Outcome
Elect Director: Gregg C. Sengstack	38,888,135	2,603,555	45,061	--	1,534,076	Majority: yes
Elect Director: David M. Wathen	35,103,868	6,385,806	47,077	--	1,534,076	Majority: yes
Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2024 Fiscal Year To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent re	40,868,762	2,172,909	29,156	--	--	Majority: yes
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation To consider, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement.	39,095,477	2,382,268	59,006	--	1,534,076	Majority: yes

Source: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2024-05-03 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 341 asset managers that disclosed a FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. 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. 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 FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’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. Approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.

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

Combines 10 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 39,095,477AGAINST: 2,382,268

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation To consider, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement.”): 39,095,477 for, 2,382,268 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-05-03 (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 339 asset managers below cast 99% 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.

FOR 99%

FOR: 98.9%AGAINST: 1.0%ABSTAIN: 0.0%NOT VOTED: 0.0%UNKNOWN: 0.0%

Largest asset managers voting on “Approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the ” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Curi RMB Capital, LLC	128,000,000	0	For
BlackRock	6,541,202	53,123	For
Vanguard	4,777,981	0	For
Allspring	3,523,779	0	For
State Street	3,301,497	949	For
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	1,215,660	2,674	For
KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP	1,097,043	425	For
Dimensional	1,038,541	0	For
Invesco	1,037,276	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	966,060	0	For
Charles Schwab	955,130	0	For
Fidelity	929,928	0	For
Calvert	0	621,837	Against
HARBOR FUNDS	526,720	0	For
Northern Trust	494,854	31	For
Gabelli	455,385	0	For
FIRST MERCHANTS CORP	436,922	0	For
Robeco Schweiz AG	434,000	0	For
Equitable	373,557	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	364,640	0	For
First Trust	340,103	2,186	For
VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.	289,335	0	For
Amundi	0	266,429	Against
Boston Trust Walden Co	262,230	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	250,836	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 339 asset managers. See all 339 in the interactive database.

2. Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year.

AUDIT-RELATEDMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 40,868,762AGAINST: 2,172,909

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2024 Fiscal Year To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Comp”): 40,868,762 for, 2,172,909 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-05-03 (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 93 asset managers below cast 99.8% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (19,426,849 for, 29,587 against).

FOR 99.7%

FOR: 19,426,849 (99.7%)AGAINST: 29,587 (0.2%)ABSTAIN: 20,738 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	4,884,712	0	0	For
Vanguard	4,652,087	0	0	For
Allspring	1,613,469	0	0	For
State Street	1,159,452	160	0	For
Fidelity	928,002	0	0	For
Dimensional	905,030	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	526,720	0	0	For
Invesco	505,399	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	470,261	0	0	For
Equitable	373,557	0	0	For
First Trust	340,103	0	0	For
Calvert	308,772	0	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	250,836	0	0	For
Gabelli	201,400	0	0	For
Brighthouse	165,110	0	20,580	For
Tributary Funds, Inc.	143,345	0	0	For
TIAA	120,403	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	111,408	0	0	For
Jackson National	111,068	0	0	For
Principal	109,779	0	0	For
FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT TRUST	104,500	0	0	For
LKCM Funds	103,534	0	0	For
ProShares	91,393	0	0	For
Virtus	85,700	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	85,393	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 93 asset managers. See all 93 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: David M. Wathen

DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

87% fund support · no official result

FOR 87%13%

The 57 asset managers below cast 87% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (14,906,026 for, 2,215,251 against).

FOR: 14,906,026 (87.1%)AGAINST: 2,215,251 (12.9%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Sha” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
BlackRock	4,884,712	0	For
Vanguard	4,652,087	0	For
Allspring	1,613,469	0	For
State Street	3,086	1,156,526	Against
Fidelity	928,002	0	For
Dimensional	905,030	0	For
Invesco	0	505,399	Against
First Trust	340,103	0	For
Calvert	0	308,772	Against
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	250,836	0	For
Brighthouse	165,110	0	For
Equitable	72,571	56,086	For
TIAA	120,403	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	111,408	Against
Principal	109,779	0	For
ProShares	91,393	0	For
Virtus	85,700	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	85,393	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	81,891	0	For
Voya	72,378	0	For
BNY Mellon	63,980	0	For
MoA Funds Corp	55,238	0	For
WisdomTree	52,245	0	For
Lincoln Financial	6,427	38,440	Against
Janus Detroit Street Trust	39,243	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 57 asset managers. See all 57 in the interactive database.

4. Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Gregg C. Sengstack

DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

98% fund support · no official result

FOR 98%

The 57 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (16,755,366 for, 365,911 against).

FOR: 16,755,366 (97.9%)AGAINST: 365,911 (2.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Sha” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
BlackRock	4,884,712	0	For
Vanguard	4,652,087	0	For
Allspring	1,613,469	0	For
State Street	1,159,314	298	For
Fidelity	928,002	0	For
Dimensional	905,030	0	For
Invesco	505,399	0	For
First Trust	340,103	0	For
Calvert	0	308,772	Against
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	250,836	0	For
Brighthouse	165,110	0	For
Equitable	72,571	56,086	For
TIAA	120,403	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	111,408	0	For
Principal	109,779	0	For
ProShares	91,393	0	For
Virtus	85,700	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	85,393	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	81,891	0	For
Voya	72,378	0	For
BNY Mellon	63,980	0	For
MoA Funds Corp	55,238	0	For
WisdomTree	52,245	0	For
Lincoln Financial	44,867	0	For
Janus Detroit Street Trust	39,243	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 57 asset managers. See all 57 in the interactive database.

5. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR FOR TERM EXPIRING AT THE 2027 ANNUAL MEETING: DAVID M. WATHEN

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

85% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 85%AGAINST 15%

FOR: 35,103,868AGAINST: 6,385,806

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: David M. Wathen”): 35,103,868 for, 6,385,806 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-05-03 (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 20 asset managers below cast 95% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,139,442 for, 55,394 against).

FOR 94%

FOR: 1,139,442 (93.7%)AGAINST: 55,394 (4.6%)ABSTAIN: 20,738 (1.7%)

Largest asset managers voting on “ELECTION OF DIRECTOR FOR TERM EXPIRING AT THE 2027 ANNUAL MEETING: DAVID M. WATHEN” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Charles Schwab	470,261	0	0	For
Equitable	244,900	0	0	For
Gabelli	201,400	0	0	For
Tributary Funds, Inc.	143,345	0	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	41,385	0	0	For
Russell Investments	31,709	0	0	For
Global X	0	23,384	0	Against
Strategic Trust	0	22,358	0	Against
Brighthouse	0	0	20,580	Abstain
SEI	0	8,861	0	Against
TIMOTHY PLAN	3,127	0	0	For
Putnam	2,213	0	0	For
SYNTAX ETF TRUST	536	0	0	For
Nationwide	496	0	0	For
VanEck ETF Trust	0	359	0	Against
NEW COVENANT FUNDS	0	180	0	Against
MUTUAL FUND SERIES TRUST	0	0	158	Abstain
PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST	0	132	0	Against
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	0	120	0	Against
Boltwood Capital Management	70	0	0	For

6. Election of Directors for term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting: Gregg C. Sengstack

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 38,888,135AGAINST: 2,603,555

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Gregg C. Sengstack”): 38,888,135 for, 2,603,555 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-05-03 (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 20 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,194,584 for, 252 against).

FOR 98%

FOR: 1,194,584 (98.3%)AGAINST: 252 (0.0%)ABSTAIN: 20,738 (1.7%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors for term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting: Gregg C. Sengstack” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Charles Schwab	470,261	0	0	For
Equitable	244,900	0	0	For
Gabelli	201,400	0	0	For
Tributary Funds, Inc.	143,345	0	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	41,385	0	0	For
Russell Investments	31,709	0	0	For
Global X	23,384	0	0	For
Strategic Trust	22,358	0	0	For
Brighthouse	0	0	20,580	Abstain
SEI	8,861	0	0	For
TIMOTHY PLAN	3,127	0	0	For
Putnam	2,213	0	0	For
SYNTAX ETF TRUST	536	0	0	For
Nationwide	496	0	0	For
VanEck ETF Trust	359	0	0	For
NEW COVENANT FUNDS	180	0	0	For
MUTUAL FUND SERIES TRUST	0	0	158	Abstain
PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST	0	132	0	Against
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	0	120	0	Against
Boltwood Capital Management	70	0	0	For

7. Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for the terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders David M. Wathen

DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

97% fund support · no official result

FOR 97%

The 18 asset managers below cast 97% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,100,503 for, 33,820 against).

FOR: 1,100,503 (97.0%)AGAINST: 33,820 (3.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for the terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
HARBOR FUNDS	526,720	0	For
Jackson National	111,068	0	For
FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT TRUST	104,500	0	For
LKCM Funds	103,534	0	For
Natixis	79,730	0	For
JPMorgan	65,929	0	For
John Hancock	28,933	0	For
Allianz	27,209	0	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	0	24,300	Against
TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS	19,300	0	For
ETF Series Solutions	18,318	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	8,451	1,449	For
Managed Portfolio Series	0	7,865	Against
Northern Lights Fund Trust IV	3,575	0	For
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II	1,546	0	For
EA Series Trust	891	0	For
GPS Funds I	799	0	For
WILSHIRE MUTUAL FUNDS INC	0	206	Against

8. Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for the terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Gregg C. Sengstack

DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

100% fund support · no official result

FOR 100%

The 18 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,134,323 for, 0 against).

FOR: 1,134,323 (100.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect Gregg C. Sengstack and David M. Wathen as directors for the terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
HARBOR FUNDS	526,720	For
Jackson National	111,068	For
FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT TRUST	104,500	For
LKCM Funds	103,534	For
Natixis	79,730	For
JPMorgan	65,929	For
John Hancock	28,933	For
Allianz	27,209	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	24,300	For
TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS	19,300	For
ETF Series Solutions	18,318	For
Bridge Builder Trust	9,900	For
Managed Portfolio Series	7,865	For
Northern Lights Fund Trust IV	3,575	For
NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II	1,546	For
EA Series Trust	891	For
GPS Funds I	799	For
WILSHIRE MUTUAL FUNDS INC	206	For

9. ELECT DIRECTOR DAVID M. WATHEN

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

85% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 85%AGAINST 15%

FOR: 35,103,868AGAINST: 6,385,806

The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (3,127 for, 0 against).

10%NOT VOTED 90%

FOR: 3,127 (9.9%)NOT VOTED: 28,407 (90.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “ELECT DIRECTOR DAVID M. WATHEN” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Empower	0	0	0	0	Not Voted
TIMOTHY PLAN	3,127	0	0	0	For

10. ELECT DIRECTOR GREGG C. SENGSTACK

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 38,888,135AGAINST: 2,603,555

The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (3,127 for, 0 against).

10%NOT VOTED 90%

FOR: 3,127 (9.9%)NOT VOTED: 28,407 (90.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “ELECT DIRECTOR GREGG C. SENGSTACK” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Empower	0	0	0	0	Not Voted
TIMOTHY PLAN	3,127	0	0	0	For

11. RATIFY DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP AS AUDITORS

AUDIT-RELATED

100% fund support · no official result

10%NOT VOTED 90%

The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (3,127 for, 0 against).

FOR: 3,127 (9.9%)NOT VOTED: 28,407 (90.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFY DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP AS AUDITORS” at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Empower	0	0	0	0	Not Voted
TIMOTHY PLAN	3,127	0	0	0	For

Largest FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked by the number of FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2023-2024 meeting.

Top FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. shareholders by shares voted, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	Shares voted
1	Curi RMB Capital, LLC	128,000,000
2	BlackRock	6,594,325
3	Vanguard	4,777,981
4	Allspring	3,523,779
5	State Street	3,302,446
6	EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	1,218,334
7	KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP	1,097,468
8	Dimensional	1,038,541
9	Invesco	1,037,276
10	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	966,060

Shown as share counts, not percentages: no shares-outstanding figure has been matched to FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC. for the 2023-2024 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 FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.'s shareholder meeting held 2024-05-03, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 341 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,611 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 11 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 — Approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the Named Executive Officers as… — FOR was 94% 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: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2024-05-03.

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