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At KVH INDUSTRIES INC.'s shareholder meeting held June 4, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 58 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 239 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive… — 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: KVH INDUSTRIES INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2025.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 6, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of June 4, 2025: 4 items on KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 6, 2025: 4 without a stated outcome.
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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 KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed June 6, 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: Brent C. Bruun | 12,099,018 | 1,144,547 | 5,329 | -- | 3,811,879 | 91% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Joseph Spytek | 12,834,651 | 409,914 | 4,329 | -- | 3,811,879 | 97% | Not verified | — |
| 2. To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers | 12,233,111 | 973,675 | 42,108 | -- | 3,811,879 | 93% | Not verified | — |
| 3. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm | 16,957,880 | 90,240 | 12,653 | -- | -- | 99.4% | Not verified | — |
Source: KVH INDUSTRIES INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 6, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 58 asset managers that disclosed a KVH INDUSTRIES 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.
91% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class II directors to a three-year term expiring in 2028: To elect Brent C. Bruun as our Class II Director to a three-year term expiring in 2028
KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Brent C. Bruun”): 12,099,018 for, 1,144,547 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 22 asset managers below reported 2,325,226 for, 527,092 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 866,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 852,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 507,677 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Transamerica | 142,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 130,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 106,964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FRANK FUNDS | 70,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 37,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 35,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 32,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 27,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 8,038 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 6,218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 0 | 6,109 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 5,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 0 | 4,774 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Prudential/PGIM | 0 | 4,460 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 2,898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 0 | 2,253 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| John Hancock | 0 | 910 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Allianz | 0 | 909 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class II directors to a three-year term expiring in 2028: To elect Joseph (Joe) Spytek as our Class II Director to a three-year term expiring in 2028
KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph Spytek”): 12,834,651 for, 409,914 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 22 asset managers below reported 2,852,318 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 866,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 852,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 507,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 142,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 130,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 106,964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FRANK FUNDS | 70,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 37,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 35,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 32,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 27,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 8,038 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 6,218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 6,109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 4,774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 4,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 2,253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
93% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers in 2024; and
KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers”): 12,233,111 for, 973,675 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 866,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 852,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 507,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 142,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 130,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 106,964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FRANK FUNDS | 70,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 37,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 35,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 0 | 32,700 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 0 | 27,775 | 0 | Abstain |
| American Century | 0 | 8,038 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Trust | 6,218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 6,109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 4,774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 4,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 2,253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 22 managers: 2,783,805 for, 40,738 against, 27,775 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDCM CT, L.L.C. | 3,075,053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 661,687 | 38,300 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| BlackRock | 466,378 | 720 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 152,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC | 129,539 | 2,353 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance | 128,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 124,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 119,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Citadel | 85,742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 69,729 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 67,424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 64,118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 37,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0 | 36,200 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | 25,145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Sigma | 20,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 0 | 8,038 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 7,976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 6,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CANANDAIGUA NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO | 5,133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Point72 | 4,374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND | 2,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 45 managers: 5,267,845 for, 91,804 against. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.4% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm in 2025
KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm”): 16,957,880 for, 90,240 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 22 asset managers below reported 2,824,543 for, 27,775 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 866,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 852,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 507,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 142,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 130,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 106,964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FRANK FUNDS | 70,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 37,763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 35,746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 32,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 27,775 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| American Century | 8,038 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 6,218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 6,109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 5,414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SA FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST | 4,774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 4,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 2,253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allianz | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II | 372 | 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 19,599,461 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 4.42% |
| 2 | Vanguard | 4.35% |
| 3 | Dimensional | 2.59% |
| 4 | Transamerica | 0.73% |
| 5 | Fidelity | 0.66% |
| 6 | FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 0.55% |
| 7 | FRANK FUNDS | 0.36% |
| 8 | T. Rowe Price | 0.19% |
| 9 | BlackRock | 0.18% |
| 10 | BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 0.17% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BDCM CT, L.L.C. | 15.69% |
| 2 | SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 3.57% |
| 3 | BlackRock | 2.38% |
| 4 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0.78% |
| 5 | Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC | 0.67% |
| 6 | Renaissance | 0.66% |
| 7 | First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 0.63% |
| 8 | Dimensional | 0.61% |
| 9 | Citadel | 0.44% |
| 10 | Northern Trust | 0.36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BDCM CT, L.L.C. | 17.40% | 13D |
| Michael Torok | 7.14% | 13G |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 5.50% | 13G |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 4.39% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 4.38% | 13F |
| THE NEEDHAM GROUP, INC. | 4.15% | 13G |
| BlackRock | 2.81% | 13F |
| Renaissance Technologies | 1.17% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 0.78% | 13F |
| Millennium Management | 0.63% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 19,599,461 shares outstanding, as reported by KVH INDUSTRIES INC. on its Form 10-Q dated May 5, 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 KVH INDUSTRIES INC.’s 10-Q dated May 5, 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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