DZS (DZSI) Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Data

Employees

Data from SEC filings

Employee count

CEO pay ratio

CEO Salary

Median Employee Salary

ESG framework mentions

In last year of SEC filings

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

No mentions

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

No mentions

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

No mentions

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

No mentions

ESG term mentions

In last year of SEC filings

Air Climate Conflict Minerals Ecosystem Electrification Environment Environmental Environmental Protection Intensity Life Cycle Lifecycle Materials Natural Resources Nature Offset Package Packaging Pandemic Plastic Pollutant Pollution Raw Materials Waste Waste Water Access African American Asian Benefits Black Community Culture Customer Customer Satisfaction Cyber Cyber Security Cybersecurity Death Demographic Disability Diversity Employee Employee Retention Engagement Ethnicity Gender General Data Protection Regulation Healthcare Hire Hiring Hispanic Human Resources Injury Latinx LGBTQ Pay Equity Privacy Recall Recruit Reimbursement Retention Retirement Safety Satisfaction Skill Skilled Skills Social Society Stakeholder Supplier Supply Chain Supply Chain Management Talent Training Union Women Workers Workforce Assessment Assurance Audit Bonus Classified Commitment Corporate Governance Corporate Purpose Department of Ethics Executive Compensation Expert Fraud Goals Governance Hedging Incentive Incentivize Independence Independent Innovate Innovation Innovative Lawsuit Lead Independent Director Leadership Litigation Long-term Majority Mission Oversee Oversight Procurement Purpose Quality Standard R&D Reputation Reputational Reputational Risk Research and Development Responsibility Responsible Stockholder Engagement Strategy Sustainability Sustainable Targets Tax Transparent Voting Rights

Shareholder alignment

Proxy contests and exempt solicitations in last 3 years

No recent proxy contest or exempt solicitation filings from shareholders.

Vote support at last AGM

On May 27, 2021, DZS Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”). Of the 26,883,278 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, 21,046,874 shares, or 78.28%, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon and the number of votes cast for and against each matter and, if applicable, the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter:

Proposal 1 - Election of Class II Directors
Stockholders elected each of the three nominees for Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Matt W. Bross	19,460,517	39,388	1,546,969
David Schopp	18,859,671	640,234	1,546,969
Choon Yul Yoo	19,045,414	454,491	1,546,969

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The voting results were as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain
21,033,028		5,985		7,861