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American Century

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Vote records reported
600,545year to 30 June 2026
Against management
10.2%59,043 of 579,842 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
73.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
32.0%for, of for + against + abstain
87.2% for10.1% against2.7% other10.2% against management593,931 votes

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

American Century reported 600,545 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 10.2% of its votes as cast against management (59,043 of 579,842), 2.4 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.8%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.1%. 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 73.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 32.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 30.7%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (32.0% of 1,655), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (25.5% of 20,481) and COMPENSATION (23.1% of 62,361).

It reported 12.58 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 6.02% 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 2026This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share10.2%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate73.3%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate32.0%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held6.02%1.53%3.12%
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 ELECTIONS294,142263,49217,5118.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES20,48813,9135,06925.5%
AUDIT-RELATED40,92939,0691,8144.1%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS121200.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2,0031,31537532.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS5,5794,96661310.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE61,90655,4226,47910.2%
COMPENSATION63,16948,08114,81323.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE118,101107,2869,9046.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2,7631,3181,4332.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1,6451,2054401.9%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1,8181,1876310.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES4,5382,3542,1849.8%
OTHER6,4523,7652,6707.3%

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 783 of the 2,490 it marked either way (31.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 5 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 1,334 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, American Century voted for 421 (31.6%). 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
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
Salesforce, Inc.28 May 2026Advisory vote to ratify named executive officers' compensation
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To 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.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 May 2026Shareholder Proposal titled "Improve Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting".
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Yum! Brands, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Reduce the Percentage of Shares Required to Call a Special Meeting.
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Autodesk, Inc.17 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal requesting amendment to stockholder special meeting right.
Equinix, Inc.13 May 2026Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, related...
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
eBay Inc.17 Jun 2026Special stockholder meeting threshold
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to take the steps necessary to reduce the minimum...
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to report on the feasibility of adopting a...
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.23 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal for the adoption of a majority voting standard.
First Solar, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal to improve shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting

Shares on loan

American Century reported 12.58 billion shares on loan at record dates against 196.40 billion shares voted: 6.02% of the two together. Median family: 1.53%. 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 2026 American Century reported 18,982 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 13,913 were for (73.3%), 5,069 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 783 of the 2,490 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 5 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?

10.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 59,043 of the 579,842 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 1,458 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 35 of them (2.4%). Across every category it voted for 32.0% 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.