Rule 14Ad-1 requires all institutional funding managers, together with registered funding advisors who handle shopper belongings, topic to the reporting necessities of Part 13(f) of the Trade Act to report say-on-pay votes on the brand new model of Kind N-PX when voting on sure varieties of govt compensation, together with what is called “golden parachute” compensation.

That time period typically refers to preparations with named govt officers regarding compensation (whether or not current, deferred or contingent) that’s based mostly on or pertains to an acquisition, merger or related transaction. Kind N-PX requires managers to reveal the variety of shares voted (or instructed to be voted) and the way these shares have been voted, as mirrored of their information on the time of submitting. 

The foundations don’t comprise a de minimis exception for smaller holdings. Even when the advisory agency is a 13(f) filer that doesn’t vote proxies or doesn’t vote on any say-on-pay issues, Kind N-PX should nonetheless be filed. Nevertheless, if an institutional funding supervisor is not topic to reporting on Part 13(f), the submitting of Kind N-PX is not required.

Part 13(f)(6)(A) of the Trade Act defines “institutional funding supervisor” as “any particular person, apart from a pure particular person, investing in or shopping for and promoting securities for its personal account, and any particular person exercising funding discretion with respect to the account of another particular person.”

A 2020 FAQ from the Securities and Trade Fee clarified that banks, together with their belief departments, insurance coverage corporations, broker-dealers, trustees, and funding advisors who handle personal accounts, mutual fund belongings or pension plan belongings are institutional funding managers.