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At SES AI Corporation's shareholder meeting held October 1, 2025, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 64 asset managers reported how they voted on 3 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 139 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — TO APPROVE, IN A NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. — SES AI Corporation's filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99.8% 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: SES AI Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2025.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and SES AI Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed October 3, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of October 1, 2025: 3 items on SES AI Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed October 3, 2025: 1 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 SES AI Corporation’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed October 3, 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: Dr. Qichao Hu | 486,465,547 | -- | -- | 5,653,523 | 46,291,843 | 99% | Elected | — |
| 2. Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP for 2025 | 536,880,122 | 872,634 | 658,157 | -- | -- | 99.8% | Approved | — |
| 3. Approval of the compensation of the Company ' s named executive officers in a non-binding, advisory vote | 490,343,477 | 904,654 | 870,939 | -- | 46,291,843 | 99.8% | Approved | — |
Source: SES AI Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 3, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 64 asset managers that disclosed a SES AI Corporation 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.
99% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: TO ELECT THE ONE CLASS III DIRECTOR NOMINEE TO HOLD OFFICE UNTIL THE 2028 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS: DR. QICHAO HU
SES AI Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Dr. Qichao Hu”): 486,465,547 for, 5,653,523 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed October 3, 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 The stockholders elected the following individual to the Company's board of directors (the "Board") to serve as Class III director until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 11 asset managers below reported 4,430,891 for, 1,183,744 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,270,317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 685,146 | Withhold |
| Fidelity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 364,603 | Withhold |
| Charles Schwab | 160,574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124,600 | Withhold |
| Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,400 | Withhold |
| Innovator ETFs Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,194 | Withhold |
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 865 | Withhold |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 490 | Withhold |
| Goldman Sachs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 390 | Withhold |
| John Hancock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | Withhold |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.8% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, IN A NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
SES AI Corporation’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of the compensation of the Company ' s named executive officers in a non-binding, advisory vote”): 490,343,477 for, 904,654 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 3, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 - Approval of the compensation of the Company ' s named executive officers in a non-binding, advisory vote The stockholders approved, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers.”
Support: 99.8% 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 | 4,270,317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 685,146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 364,603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 160,574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 124,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds | 5,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Innovator ETFs Trust | 2,194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III | 865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 11 managers: 5,614,635 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 2,313,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Baird | 1,379,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 910,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 662,828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 483,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 331,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 249,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | 0 | 228,929 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 160,574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 133,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Callan Family Office, LLC | 61,027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC | 40,828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 40,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Omega Fund Management, LLC | 38,863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 28,058 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | 25,179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC \MO\ | 23,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Sigma | 23,389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | 22,086 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Westfuller Advisors, LLC | 14,983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIDELIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC | 14,396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Advance Capital Management, Inc. | 0 | 13,888 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 11,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 10,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Cullen Capital Management, LLC | 9,237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 59 managers: 7,054,379 for, 251,912 against, 600 abstained. 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 THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025.
SES AI Corporation’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP for 2025”): 536,880,122 for, 872,634 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 3, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2 - Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP for 2025 The stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 .”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 11 asset managers below reported 5,614,635 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,270,317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 685,146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 364,603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 160,574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 124,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds | 5,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Innovator ETFs Trust | 2,194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III | 865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 56 | 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 361,557,285 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 1.18% |
| 2 | Invesco | 0.19% |
| 3 | Fidelity | 0.10% |
| 4 | Charles Schwab | 0.04% |
| 5 | T. Rowe Price | 0.03% |
| 6 | Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds | <0.01% |
| 7 | Innovator ETFs Trust | <0.01% |
| 8 | Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III | <0.01% |
| 9 | Victory Capital | <0.01% |
| 10 | Goldman Sachs | <0.01% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 0.64% |
| 2 | Baird | 0.38% |
| 3 | Invesco | 0.25% |
| 4 | State Street | 0.18% |
| 5 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0.13% |
| 6 | Northern Trust | 0.09% |
| 7 | T. Rowe Price | 0.07% |
| 8 | NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | 0.06% |
| 9 | Charles Schwab | 0.04% |
| 10 | Vanguard | 0.04% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex Legacy Continuation Fund Pte. Ltd. | 8.92% | DEF14A |
| Tianqi Lithium HK Co., Ltd. | 6.89% | 13G |
| Vanguard Group | 3.14% | 13F |
| Invesco | 2.18% | 13F |
| BlackRock | 1.52% | 13F |
| Renaissance Technologies | 1.27% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 0.88% | 13F |
| Millennium Management | 0.88% | 13F |
| State Street | 0.84% | 13F |
| Goldman Sachs | 0.73% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 361,557,285 shares outstanding, as reported by SES AI Corporation on its Form 10-K dated December 31, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 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 SES AI Corporation’s 10-K dated December 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
SES AI Corporation proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 · 2025-2026 (this page).
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