---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001284812-23-000163"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNS"
cik: "0001284812"
company_name: "COHEN & STEERS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T12:22:08.175639+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cohen & Steers shareholders elect all nine directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with between 40.4M and 44.5M votes for each.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as independent auditor: 46.3M for, 0.34M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 39.2M for, 5.5M against (87.6% support).
- Frequency of say-on-pay set at one year with 43.9M votes; board adopts annual vote.
- Broker non-votes: 1.89M for director election and say-on-pay items.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001284812-23-000163
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNS
- cik: 0001284812
- company_name: COHEN & STEERS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284812/000128481223000163/0001284812-23-000163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284812/000128481223000163/cns-20230504.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COHEN & STEERS, INC. shareholders approved Election of director nominees at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Election of director nominees: Aggregate Votes Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Martin Cohen 43,828,187 879,238 9,383 1,891,970 Robert H. Steers 43,840,845 866,551 9,412 1,891,970 Joseph M. Harvey 44,488,629 219,267 8,912 1,891,970 Reena Aggarwal 40,388,409 4,319,576 8,823 1,891,970 Frank T. Connor 44,300,244 407,637 8,927 1,891,970 Peter L. Rhein 43,574,439 1,097,415 44,954 1,891,970 Richard P. Simon 43,549,640 1,122,214 44,954 1,891,970 Dasha Smith 44,133,295 574,734 8,779 1,891,970 Edmond D. Villani 43,611,099 1,096,824 8,885 1,891,970
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284812/000128481223000163/0001284812-23-000163-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHEN & STEERS, INC. shareholders approved Recommendation, in a non-binding advisory vote, of whether a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Recommendation, in a non-binding advisory vote, of whether a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years: Aggregate Votes 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 43,915,797 886 782,239 17,886
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284812/000128481223000163/0001284812-23-000163-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHEN & STEERS, INC. shareholders approved Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Aggregate Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 39,165,996 5,531,424 19,388 1,891,970
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284812/000128481223000163/0001284812-23-000163-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHEN & STEERS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP: Aggregate Votes For Against Abstain 46,257,506 344,535 6,737
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284812/000128481223000163/0001284812-23-000163-index.htm

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