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American Century

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Vote records reported
553,923year to 30 June 2025
Against management
11.8%63,391 of 539,050 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
56.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
31.3%for, of for + against + abstain
85.8% for11.7% against2.5% other11.8% against management550,583 votes

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

American Century reported 553,923 vote records for the year to 30 June 2025. It marked 11.8% of its votes as cast against management (63,391 of 539,050), 4.2 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.6%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.1%. 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 56.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.8%) and it voted for 31.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 29.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS (62.9% of 89), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (40.8% of 18,986) and COMPENSATION (26.8% of 59,169).

It reported 7.88 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 5.26% 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 2025This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share11.8%7.6%9.7%
Say-on-pay support rate56.6%88.8%84.3%
Shareholder-proposal support rate31.3%29.5%33.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.26%0.85%2.20%
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 ELECTIONS279,467248,72520,0799.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES19,0059,8687,55540.8%
AUDIT-RELATED34,96034,0778312.0%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS89332862.9%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1,8401,24227326.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS4,5864,1983668.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE58,04451,6046,44010.6%
COMPENSATION59,79443,07816,48026.8%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE104,06294,5418,6386.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE3,0279592,0601.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1,3078584491.2%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1,9839081,0751.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES4,2011,9442,2579.1%
OTHER5,5333,0802,4026.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024518,73912.8%61.9%30.4%
year to 30 June 2025553,92311.8%56.6%31.3%
year to 30 June 2026600,54510.2%73.3%32.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, American Century voted against management on 1,160 of the 2,416 it marked either way (48.0%) in the year to 30 June 2025. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 6 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 1,424 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, American Century voted for 456 (32.0%). 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
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
AbbVie Inc.9 May 2025Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
CHEVRON CORPORATION28 May 2025Allow Holders of 10 Percent of Our Common Stock to Call Special Meetings
Adobe Inc.22 Apr 2025Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder proposal.
Texas Instruments Incorporated17 Apr 2025Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 10% of stockholders to call a special meeting.
ServiceNow, Inc.22 May 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
NIKE, Inc.10 Sep 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Environmental Targets
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.14 May 2025Amend Right to Call Special Meeting
Intel Corporation6 May 2025Stockholder proposal requesting shareholder right to act by written consent
The Charles Schwab Corporation22 May 2025Stockholder proposal requesting declassification of the board of directors
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION1 May 2025Shareholder proposal regarding support simple majority vote
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION9 May 2025Stockholder Proposal Requesting Shareholder Approval Requirement for Excessive Golden Parachutes
United Parcel Service, Inc.8 May 2025To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
PayPal Holdings, Inc.5 Jun 2025Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Booking Holdings Inc.3 Jun 2025Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Zoetis Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder proposal regarding a special shareholder meeting improvement.
CVS Health Corporation15 May 2025Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY21 May 2025Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Boston Scientific Corporation1 May 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Support Simple Majority Vote."
The Cigna Group23 Apr 2025Shareholder proposal - Support Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated14 May 2025Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding excessive golden parachutes.
Prologis, Inc.8 May 2025Vote on a stockholder proposal titled "Support a Reasonable Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special...
Autodesk, Inc.16 Jul 2024To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to enable...
The Travelers Companies, Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder proposal relating to ratification of golden parachutes, if presented at the Annual Meeting of...
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.23 Jan 2025The Mantle Ridge Parties' proposal to repeal any provision of, or amendment to, the Bylaws that the Board...
Amphenol Corporation15 May 2025Stockholder Proposal regarding Support for Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement
Marathon Petroleum Corporation30 Apr 2025Shareholder proposal to support a simple majority vote.
Equinix, Inc.21 May 2025Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, related...
Marvell Technology, Inc.13 Jun 2025To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
Airbnb, Inc.4 Jun 2025To consider one stockholder proposal regarding voting disclosure
United Rentals, Inc.8 May 2025Stockholder Proposal to Improve Shareholder Written Consent
Delta Air Lines, Inc.19 Jun 2025A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
Agilent Technologies, Inc.13 Mar 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
eBay Inc.25 Jun 2025Special stockholder meeting threshold
WEC Energy Group, Inc.8 May 2025Stockholder proposal to support simple majority vote
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.7 May 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION4 Jun 2025Stockholder Proposal for Support for Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement.
Xylem Inc.13 May 2025Shareholder proposal to lower threshold for shareholders to call special meetings from 25% to 10% of...
Diamondback Energy, Inc.21 May 2025Stockholder proposal regarding certain executive severance arrangements.

Shares on loan

American Century reported 7.88 billion shares on loan at record dates against 142.02 billion shares voted: 5.26% of the two together. Median family: 0.85%. 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 Century vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2025 American Century reported 17,423 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 9,868 were for (56.6%), 7,555 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 1,160 of the 2,416 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 6 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does American Century vote against management?

11.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2025: 63,391 of the 539,050 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 Century support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 2,089 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2025 and voted for 35 of them (1.7%). Across every category it voted for 31.3% 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 Century, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.