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SPLUNK INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and SPLUNK INC.’s Form 8-K, filed 2023-11-30 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

4Reported items
620Asset managers
2,145Fund votes
2023-11-29Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by SPLUNK INC.

These tallies are SPLUNK INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2023-11-30 (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.

SPLUNK INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2023-11-29
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Outcome
Proposal 2: The Company's stockholders voted on a proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise related to the Merger Agreeme	111,463,510	17,011,743	525,938	--	--	Majority: yes
Proposal 3: The Company's stockholders voted on a proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement:	121,965,825	6,752,572	282,794	--	--	Majority: yes

Source: SPLUNK INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2023-11-30 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the SPLUNK INC. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 620 asset managers that disclosed a SPLUNK 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 SPLUNK 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. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Splunk named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

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

Combines 21 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

87% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 87%13%

FOR: 111,463,510AGAINST: 17,011,743

SPLUNK INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: The Company's stockholders voted on a proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or”): 111,463,510 for, 17,011,743 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2023-11-30 (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 168,539,392 outstanding shares: 66% for, 10% against (76% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 587 asset managers below cast 87% 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 87%13%

FOR: 86.5%AGAINST: 13.2%ABSTAIN: 0.3%NOT VOTED: 0.0%

Largest asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Splunk na” at SPLUNK INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	22,874,837	0	0	For
H&F Corporate Investors X, Ltd.	12,799,822	0	0	For
Fidelity	11,261,540	0	0	For
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/	10,654,068	0	0	For
BlackRock	9,244,306	71,269	0	For
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA	4,980,882	0	0	For
Man Group plc	0	3,686,180	0	Against
UBS	3,543,644	0	0	For
State Street	3,442,280	0	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	3,313,365	0	0	For
Fort Baker Capital Management LP	3,198,600	0	0	For
Pentwater Capital Management LP	3,197,099	0	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2,319,386	0	0	For
Clearbridge Investments, LLC	2,127,514	0	0	For
First Trust	2,082,083	0	0	For
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd	0	1,865,777	0	Against
American Century	1,732,906	0	0	For
Federated Hermes	1,676,747	0	0	For
Whale Rock Capital Management LLC	0	1,587,335	0	Against
Invesco	1,574,115	0	0	For
HBK INVESTMENTS L P	1,339,351	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	0	1,320,324	0	Against
Columbia Threadneedle	1,249,532	0	0	For
Voya	874,585	0	237,002	For
Amundi	2,637	885,606	0	Against

Showing the 25 largest of 587 asset managers. See all 587 in the interactive database.

2. To adjourn the Splunk Special Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary or appropriate to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCEMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 121,965,825AGAINST: 6,752,572

SPLUNK INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3: The Company's stockholders voted on a proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement:”): 121,965,825 for, 6,752,572 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2023-11-30 (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 168,539,392 outstanding shares: 72% for, 4% against (76% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 135 asset managers below cast 94% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (46,218,930 for, 2,941,350 against).

FOR 94%

FOR: 46,218,930 (93.9%)AGAINST: 2,941,350 (6.0%)ABSTAIN: 61,398 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “To adjourn the Splunk Special Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary or appropriate to solicit addition” at SPLUNK INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	22,516,915	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,535,193	2,128,624	0	For
BlackRock	4,035,583	0	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	3,313,365	0	0	For
First Trust	1,892,048	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	1,236,261	0	0	For
American Century	856,001	0	0	For
Federated Hermes	838,000	0	0	For
Legg Mason	805,098	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	656,081	0	0	For
Invesco	636,758	0	0	For
Amplify ETF Trust	545,228	0	0	For
MERGER FUND	465,983	0	0	For
TIAA	0	424,435	0	Against
Brighthouse	382,012	0	14,475	For
Hartford	374,143	0	0	For
Jackson National	323,221	0	0	For
Allspring	304,346	0	0	For
State Street	0	269,605	0	Against
Neuberger Berman	250,322	0	0	For
New York Life	220,966	0	0	For
ARBITRAGE FUNDS	213,718	0	0	For
Dimensional	191,851	0	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	172,167	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	152,823	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 135 asset managers. See all 135 in the interactive database.

3. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 20, 2023, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Splunk Inc. ("Splunk"), Cisco Systems, Inc. and Spirit Merger Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

100% fund support · no official result

FOR 99.9%

The 132 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (49,173,475 for, 0 against).

FOR: 49,173,475 (99.9%)ABSTAIN: 47,008 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 20, 2023, as it may be amended from time to t” at SPLUNK INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	22,516,915	For
Fidelity	5,663,817	For
BlackRock	4,035,583	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	3,313,365	For
First Trust	1,892,048	For
Columbia Threadneedle	1,236,261	For
American Century	856,001	For
Federated Hermes	838,000	For
Legg Mason	805,098	For
Charles Schwab	656,081	For
Invesco	636,758	For
Amplify ETF Trust	545,228	For
MERGER FUND	465,983	For
TIAA	424,435	For
Brighthouse	396,487	For
Hartford	374,143	For
Jackson National	323,221	For
Allspring	304,346	For
State Street	269,605	For
Neuberger Berman	250,322	For
New York Life	220,966	For
ARBITRAGE FUNDS	213,718	For
Dimensional	191,851	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	172,167	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	152,823	For

Showing the 25 largest of 132 asset managers. See all 132 in the interactive database.

4. Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

48.5% fund support · no official result

FOR 48.5%AGAINST 51.5%

The 20 asset managers below cast 48.5% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,348,569 for, 1,431,930 against).

FOR: 1,348,569 (48.5%)AGAINST: 1,431,930 (51.5%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes” at SPLUNK INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P.	0	1,394,000	Against
Thematics Asset Management	619,889	0	For
APG Asset Management US Inc.	327,485	0	For
Taconic Capital Advisors LP	201,637	0	For
JPMorgan	54,817	0	For
FJARDE AP-FONDEN /FOURTH SWEDISH NATIONAL PENSION FUND	0	37,117	Against
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	35,407	0	For
Tredje AP-fonden	25,963	0	For
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.	22,590	0	For
Hanson & Doremus Investment Management	18,014	0	For
Mirova US LLC	15,101	0	For
Vinva Investment Management Ltd	14,434	0	For
UNIFIED SERIES TRUST	9,245	0	For
iA Global Asset Management Inc.	1,807	0	For
Regime de rentes du Mouvement Desjardins	1,004	0	For
Symmetry Panoramic Trust	0	813	Against
Tidal Trust III	668	0	For
Rokos Capital Management LLP	303	0	For
Convergence Investment Partners, LLC	145	0	For
Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC	60	0	For

Largest SPLUNK INC. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked by the number of SPLUNK INC. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2023-2024 meeting, shown as a share of the 168,539,392 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top SPLUNK INC. shareholders by shares voted, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	13.57%
2	H&F Corporate Investors X, Ltd.	7.59%
3	Fidelity	6.68%
4	PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/	6.32%
5	BlackRock	5.53%
6	PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA	2.96%
7	Man Group plc	2.19%
8	UBS	2.10%
9	State Street	2.04%
10	PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	1.97%

Reported SPLUNK INC. ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

SPLUNK INC. beneficial owners on record for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
The Vanguard Group, Inc.	9.50%	DEF14A
Hellman & Friedman LLC	7.59%	DEF14A
BlackRock, Inc.	6.58%	DEF14A
PRIMECAP Management Company	6.49%	DEF14A
Norges Bank	0.66%	13F
Jason Child	0.05%	DEF14A
Scott Morgan	0.04%	DEF14A
Gary Steele	0.02%	DEF14A
Patricia Morrison	0.02%	DEF14A
Graham Smith	0.02%	DEF14A

Percentages above are of 168,539,392 shares outstanding, as reported by SPLUNK INC. on its Form 10-Q dated 2023-10-31 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

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. Shares outstanding are taken from SPLUNK INC.’s 10-Q dated 2023-10-31. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At SPLUNK INC.'s shareholder meeting held 2023-11-29, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 620 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,145 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 4 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 — To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become… — FOR was 87% 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: SPLUNK INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2023-11-30.

SPLUNK INC. proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 (this page).