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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and nLIGHT, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-08 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.
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These tallies are nLIGHT, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-08 (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 | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Geoffrey Moore | 22,884,069 | -- | -- | 18,307,711 | 8,653,773 | Majority: yes |
| Proposal Two - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2 | 48,294,544 | 1,466,757 | 84,252 | -- | -- | Majority: yes |
| Proposal Three - Advisory Non-Binding Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation . The stockholders did not approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement. | 15,842,169 | 24,647,654 | 701,957 | -- | 8,653,773 | Majority: no |
Source: nLIGHT, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2026-06-08 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 328 asset managers that disclosed a nLIGHT, 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 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
39% Majority: no · of votes cast
nLIGHT, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal Three - Advisory Non-Binding Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation . The stockholders did not approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement.”): 15,842,169 for, 24,647,654 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-08 (Item 5.07). FOR was not 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. Of all 56,406,000 outstanding shares: 28% for, 44% against (72% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 326 asset managers below cast 33% 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.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 5,188,037 | 6,434 | 3 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 15,195 | 3,872,626 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 0 | 3,598,201 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Invesco | 0 | 2,320,949 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 1,760,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 1,594,581 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0 | 1,439,733 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Neuberger Berman | 453 | 1,030,253 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 0 | 996,630 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 1,907 | 972,143 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 923,671 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 884,081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 0 | 724,342 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | 0 | 639,846 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Royce | 0 | 0 | 635,204 | 0 | Abstain |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 604,818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 0 | 567,890 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 0 | 564,198 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MFS | 0 | 564,198 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Nuveen | 549,089 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 518,509 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 512,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD | 499,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC | 434,006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 415,573 | 2,686 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 326 asset managers. See all 326 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
56% Majority: yes · of votes cast
nLIGHT, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Geoffrey Moore”): 22,884,069 for, 18,307,711 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-08 (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. Of all 56,406,000 outstanding shares: 41% for, 32% withheld (73% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).
The 94 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (13,538,446 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,762,146 | 0 | 3,746 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,398,168 | 0 | 1,092,532 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,786,847 | 0 | 129,222 | 0 | For |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 1,760,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 1,142,419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 604,818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 0 | 0 | 564,198 | 0 | Abstain |
| Royce | 555,302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 0 | 527,025 | 0 | Abstain |
| TIAA | 0 | 0 | 512,851 | 0 | Abstain |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 0 | 457,161 | 0 | Abstain |
| OBERWEIS FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 347,800 | 0 | Abstain |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 19,180 | 0 | 312,925 | 0 | Abstain |
| Principal | 0 | 0 | 327,225 | 0 | Abstain |
| DRIEHAUS MUTUAL FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 315,105 | 0 | Abstain |
| First Trust | 0 | 0 | 253,230 | 0 | Abstain |
| Neuberger Berman | 0 | 0 | 214,023 | 0 | Abstain |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 0 | 189,101 | 0 | Abstain |
| PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds | 183,403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 177,081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 174,516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 163,610 | 0 | Abstain |
| Goldman Sachs | 154,911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERIDIAN FUND INC | 0 | 0 | 151,023 | 0 | Abstain |
| AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 134,368 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 94 asset managers. See all 94 in the interactive database.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
nLIGHT, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal Two - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year e”): 48,294,544 for, 1,466,757 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-08 (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. Of all 56,406,000 outstanding shares: 86% for, 3% against (88% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 94 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (20,251,565 for, 5,804 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,762,222 | 3,670 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 2,490,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,916,069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 1,760,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 1,142,419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 604,818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 564,198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 555,302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 527,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 512,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 457,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OBERWEIS FUNDS | 347,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| RBB FUND, INC. | 332,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 327,225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DRIEHAUS MUTUAL FUNDS | 315,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 253,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Neuberger Berman | 214,023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 189,101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds | 183,403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 177,081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 174,516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 163,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 154,911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MERIDIAN FUND INC | 151,023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS | 134,368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 94 asset managers. See all 94 in the interactive database.
Ranked by the number of nLIGHT, Inc. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2025-2026 meeting, shown as a share of the 56,406,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 9.21% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 6.89% |
| 3 | Fidelity | 6.38% |
| 4 | Invesco | 4.11% |
| 5 | NEEDHAM FUNDS INC | 3.12% |
| 6 | AllianceBernstein | 2.83% |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.55% |
| 8 | Neuberger Berman | 1.83% |
| 9 | DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.77% |
| 10 | State Street | 1.73% |
Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group | 8.85% | 13F |
| BlackRock | 7.66% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 2.55% | 13F |
| Scott Keeney | 2.22% | DEF14A |
| Invesco | 2.13% | 13F |
| FMR (Fidelity) | 1.95% | 13F |
| State Street | 1.93% | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 1.28% | 13F |
| Millennium Management | 1.19% | 13F |
| Citadel Advisors | 1.13% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 56,406,000 shares outstanding, as reported by nLIGHT, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated 2026-03-31 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.
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. Shares outstanding are taken from nLIGHT, Inc.’s 10-Q dated 2026-03-31. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At nLIGHT, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held 2026-06-05, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 328 asset managers reported how they voted on 3 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,236 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 39% 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 not more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: nLIGHT, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2026-06-08.
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