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American Beacon

One season of the American Beacon record. The family page shows the latest season.

Vote records reported
24,007year to 30 June 2024
Against management
9.6%2,257 of 23,540 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
88.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
39.3%for, of for + against + abstain
88.0% for8.6% against3.5% other9.6% against management23,621 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2024, American Beacon listed 24,007 vote records. Votes against management made up 9.6% of those marked either way (2,257 of 23,540); the median of the fund families tracked here stood at 8.5%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.3%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 88.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 39.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 35.1%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (31.1% of 164), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (27.9% of 451) and DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (23.2% of 177).

It reported 604.6 million shares out on loan at record dates, 12.34% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 60 families with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2024This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share9.6%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate88.0%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate39.3%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held12.34%1.34%0.08%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS14,56413,1778009.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,7401,33818210.9%
AUDIT-RELATED1,7631,662955.6%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES108911617.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS7364911.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,2791,240393.5%
COMPENSATION1,5781,34523311.8%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,9351,7042309.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE3288824016.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE166739331.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1776111623.2%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES45320524827.9%
OTHER9177141.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202424,0079.6%88.0%39.3%
year to 30 June 202526,0196.3%91.9%35.7%
year to 30 June 202626,8856.1%91.8%30.7%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, American Beacon voted against management on 96 of the 873 it marked either way (11.0%) in the year to 30 June 2024. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 417 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, American Beacon voted for 158 (37.9%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Report on Median and Adjusted Gender/Racial Pay Gaps
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer due diligence
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Disclose All Material Scope 3 GHG Emissions
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission Third Party Assessment on Company's Commitment to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission a Third Party Audit on Working Conditions
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Establish a Public Policy Committee
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Establish a Board Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer use of certain technologies
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting alternative emissions reporting
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on stakeholder impacts
Apple Inc.28 Feb 2024A shareholder proposal entitled "Racial and Gender Pay Gaps"
Apple Inc.28 Feb 2024A shareholder proposal requesting a report on the use of Al
NVIDIA Corporation26 Jun 2024Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter...
Mastercard Incorporated18 Jun 2024Consideration of a stockholder proposal requesting transparency in lobbying
Merck & Co., Inc.28 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to act by written consent
AbbVie Inc.3 May 2024Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
Adobe Inc.17 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal - Reporting on Hiring of Persons with Arrest or Incarceration Records.
CHEVRON CORPORATION29 May 2024Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Practices
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Human Rights Impact Assessment
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Racial Equity Audit
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Publication of Targets for Transitioning from Gestation Crates in Pork Supply Chain
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Workplace Safety & Violence Review
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation.
The Coca-Cola Company1 May 2024Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on non-sugar sweeteners
The Coca-Cola Company1 May 2024Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on risks caused by the decline in the quality of...
Verizon Communications Inc.9 May 2024Amend clawback policy
Verizon Communications Inc.9 May 2024Independent Board chair
McDonald's Corporation22 May 2024Advisory vote on Annual Report on Global Political Influence.
McDonald's Corporation22 May 2024Advisory Vote on Poultry Welfare Disclosure.
McDonald's Corporation22 May 2024Advisory Vote on Adoption of Antibiotics Policy.
McDonald's Corporation22 May 2024Approve Request on Cage Free Egg Progress Disclosure
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 8 - Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement,"
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal entitled, "Amendments to the Code of Ethics and report on the board members'...
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chairman
AT&T INC.16 May 2024Amend Clawback Policy
AT&T INC.16 May 2024Independent Board Chairman
ConocoPhillips14 May 2024Simple Majority Vote.

Shares on loan

American Beacon reported 604.6 million shares on loan at record dates against 4.30 billion shares voted: 12.34% of the two together. Median family: 1.34%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Questions

How did American Beacon vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 American Beacon reported 1,520 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,338 were for (88.0%), 182 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 96 of the 873 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does American Beacon vote against management?

9.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 2,257 of the 23,540 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did American Beacon support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 286 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 54 of them (18.9%). Across every category it voted for 39.3% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of the registrants and managers grouped under this family on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

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Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers grouped under American Beacon, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.