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At FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.'s shareholder meeting held May 14, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 53 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 197 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. — FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 97% 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: FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2025.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of May 14, 2025: 4 items on FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 19, 2025: 2 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
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These tallies are FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 19, 2025 (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: Jesús Salvador Gil Benavides | 11,304,384 | -- | -- | 878,956 | 3,480,529 | 93% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Rodger L. Boehm | 11,707,660 | -- | -- | 475,680 | 3,480,529 | 96% | Elected | — |
| 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation | 11,780,285 | 367,658 | 35,635 | -- | 3,480,529 | 97% | Approved | — |
| 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 15,626,022 | 26,037 | 12,048 | -- | 0 | 99.8% | Approved | — |
Source: FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 19, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 53 asset managers that disclosed a FREIGHTCAR AMERICA 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 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
93% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class II directors, each for a term of three years: Class II: Jesus Salvador Gil Benavides
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jesús Salvador Gil Benavides”): 11,304,384 for, 878,956 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (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: “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors Stockholders elected the following Class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term, by the following count:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 16 asset managers below reported 1,041,583 for, 93,928 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 618,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88,860 | Withhold |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 88,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ANCORA TRUST | 79,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 66,117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 31,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,033 | Withhold |
| Allspring | 3,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 2,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | Withhold |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
96% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class II directors, each for a term of three years: Class II: Rodger L. Boehm
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Rodger L. Boehm”): 11,707,660 for, 475,680 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (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: “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors Stockholders elected the following Class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term, by the following count:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 16 asset managers below reported 1,135,511 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 618,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 88,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 88,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ANCORA TRUST | 79,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 66,117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 31,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 3,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 2,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers.
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation”): 11,780,285 for, 367,658 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the 2025 Proxy Statement, by the following count:”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 618,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 88,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 88,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ANCORA TRUST | 79,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 66,117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 31,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 3,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 2,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 16 managers: 1,135,511 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC | 1,547,266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CONTINENTAL GENERAL INSURANCE CO | 1,443,198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 326,577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | 272,183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 210,845 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 184,657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 168,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 137,533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 114,678 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance | 106,131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 90,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Sigma | 81,142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Citadel | 75,846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 72,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STATE OF MICHIGAN RETIREMENT SYSTEM | 67,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Point72 | 49,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 47,420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 38,511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | 32,172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 22,791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 15,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. | 13,818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Mechanics Financial Corp | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | 9,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Corient Private Wealth LLC | 9,093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 47 managers: 5,199,808 for, 1,626 against. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).
99.8% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025.
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 15,626,022 for, 26,037 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025, by the following count:”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 16 asset managers below reported 1,135,511 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 618,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 88,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 88,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ANCORA TRUST | 79,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 66,117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 31,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 3,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 2,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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, shown as a share of the 19,040,310 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 3.25% |
| 2 | Fidelity | 0.76% |
| 3 | Russell Investments | 0.47% |
| 4 | BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 0.46% |
| 5 | ANCORA TRUST | 0.42% |
| 6 | Dimensional | 0.35% |
| 7 | BlackRock | 0.16% |
| 8 | Charles Schwab | 0.03% |
| 9 | Allspring | 0.02% |
| 10 | Equitable | 0.02% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC | 8.13% |
| 2 | CONTINENTAL GENERAL INSURANCE CO | 7.58% |
| 3 | ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 1.72% |
| 4 | Ancora Advisors LLC | 1.43% |
| 5 | BlackRock | 1.11% |
| 6 | MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 0.97% |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0.89% |
| 8 | Russell Investments | 0.72% |
| 9 | Goldman Sachs | 0.60% |
| 10 | Renaissance | 0.56% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | — | DEF14A |
| James R. Meyer | — | DEF14A |
| Alejandro Gil Benavides | — | DEF14A |
| Michael Gorzynski | — | DEF14A |
| Jesús Salvador Gil Benavides | — | DEF14A |
| W. Matthew Tonn | — | DEF14A |
| Vanguard Group | — | 13F |
| Millennium Management | — | 13F |
| Renaissance Technologies | — | 13F |
| Michael A. Riordan | — | DEF14A |
Percentages above are of 19,040,310 shares outstanding, as reported by FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC. on its Form 10-Q dated April 30, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 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 FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC.’s 10-Q dated April 30, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
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