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BNY Mellon

Fund registrants and adviser entities grouped under BNY Mellon by this site's alias table

Vote records reported
166,077year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.7%14,306 of 163,939 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
79.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
34.8%for, of for + against + abstain
88.7% for9.4% against1.9% other8.7% against management164,686 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, BNY Mellon reported 166,077 vote records on Form N-PX. 14,306 of the 163,939 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 8.7%, close to the median of the fund families tracked here (7.8%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.2%. 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 79.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 34.8% 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 (22.9% of 423), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (20.4% of 22,555) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (17.9% of 1,769).

It reported 625.1 million shares out on loan at record dates, 3.98% 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 share8.7%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate79.0%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate34.8%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held3.98%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%

Of the 166,077 vote records in this filing, 16,516 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

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 ELECTIONS82,54278,9222,2394.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES22,56116,4764,38520.4%
AUDIT-RELATED10,9539,9799638.6%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS232128.7%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES4373389522.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1,7691,44632317.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE13,12712,5295984.7%
COMPENSATION11,2399,9051,31910.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE22,85118,9223,91114.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,0722388340.7%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE4721992731.5%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION5981924060.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,5464771,0695.2%
OTHER1,1868952913.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024171,94210.9%74.9%37.1%
year to 30 June 2025166,1209.8%75.5%35.7%
year to 30 June 2026166,0778.7%79.0%34.8%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BNY Mellon voted against management on 680 of the 2,980 it marked either way (22.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 2 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 1,075 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY Mellon voted for 420 (39.1%). 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
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
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,"
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 annual vote regarding executive pay.
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.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
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...
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (Proposal...
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.

Shares on loan

BNY Mellon reported 625.1 million shares on loan at record dates against 15.08 billion shares voted: 3.98% 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.

Filers grouped under this family

Grouping is by registrant and manager name, from a hand-maintained table. See the methodology.

FilerTypeVote records, year to 30 June 2026
BNY Mellon ETF Trustfund registrant61,700
BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC.fund registrant23,907
BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUSTfund registrant10,120
BNY MELLON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOSfund registrant8,685
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corpinstitutional manager6,828
BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc.fund registrant6,591
BNY MELLON STOCK INDEX FUND, INC.fund registrant6,591
BNY MELLON MIDCAP INDEX FUND, INC.fund registrant4,116
BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc.fund registrant4,002
BNY Mellon Advantage Funds, Inc.fund registrant3,490
BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDfund registrant3,199
BNY Mellon Investment Funds Ifund registrant2,987
BNY Mellon Investment Funds VIfund registrant2,860
BNY Mellon Investment Funds IIIfund registrant2,648
BNY MELLON N.A.institutional manager2,552
BNY Mellon ETF Trust IIfund registrant2,413
BNY Mellon Investment Funds V, Inc.fund registrant2,383
BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc.institutional manager1,719
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.institutional manager1,663
Newton Investment Management North America, LLCinstitutional manager1,216
BNY MELLON RESEARCH GROWTH FUND, INC.fund registrant734
BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc.fund registrant727
BNY Mellon Worldwide Growth Fund, Inc.fund registrant704
BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.fund registrant703
BNY MELLON SUSTAINABLE U.S. EQUITY PORTFOLIO, INC.fund registrant703
BNY Mellon Large Cap Securities Fund, Inc.fund registrant686
BNY MELLON APPRECIATION FUND, INC.fund registrant665
BNY MELLON OPPORTUNITY FUNDSfund registrant649
NEWTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTDinstitutional manager418
BNY Mellon Securities Corpinstitutional manager287
BNY MELLON STOCK FUNDSfund registrant131

Questions

How did BNY Mellon vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BNY Mellon reported 20,861 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 16,476 were for (79.0%), 4,385 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 680 of the 2,980 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 2 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does BNY Mellon vote against management?

8.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 14,306 of the 163,939 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 BNY Mellon support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 841 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 7 of them (0.8%). Across every category it voted for 34.8% 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.

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