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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 202531 filers grouped

BNY Mellon

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Vote records reported
166,120year to 30 June 2025
Against management
9.8%16,155 of 164,669 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
75.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
35.7%for, of for + against + abstain
87.4% for10.3% against2.3% other9.8% against management165,477 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2025, BNY Mellon reported 166,120 vote records on Form N-PX. 16,155 of the 164,669 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 9.8%, 2.2 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here (7.6%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 9.9%. 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 75.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.8%) and it voted for 35.7% 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 EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (24.5% of 1,441), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (23.5% of 22,115) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (19.7% of 396).

It reported 527.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 3.20% 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 share9.8%7.6%9.7%
Say-on-pay support rate75.5%88.8%84.3%
Shareholder-proposal support rate35.7%29.5%33.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held3.20%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%

Of the 166,120 vote records in this filing, 15,276 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 ELECTIONS84,31179,1273,1875.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES22,19415,3774,99423.5%
AUDIT-RELATED11,21010,3748297.3%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS4400.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES4253893319.7%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1,4411,08735324.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE13,23312,0081,2259.3%
COMPENSATION11,0579,1151,94015.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE21,57419,1282,4298.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,4762451,2313.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE4381792596.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION9011737282.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,7064931,2138.3%
OTHER1,0587802777.6%

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 756 of the 2,968 it marked either way (25.5%) in the year to 30 June 2025. 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 1,300 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY Mellon voted for 556 (42.8%). 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.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
The Home Depot, Inc.22 May 2025Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
AbbVie Inc.9 May 2025Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
Bank of America Corporation22 Apr 2025Shareholder proposal requesting disclosure of energy financing ratio
Netflix, Inc.5 Jun 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Comcast Corporation18 Jun 2025Adopt policy for an independent chair
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.23 Apr 2025Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Energy Supply Financing Ratio
Intel Corporation6 May 2025Stockholder proposal requesting shareholder right to act by written consent
Gilead Sciences, Inc.7 May 2025To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due...
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
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 - Report on Charitable Giving.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY21 May 2025Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Boston Scientific Corporation1 May 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Support Simple Majority Vote."
Phillips 6621 May 2025Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Autodesk, Inc.16 Jul 2024To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to enable...
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...
Cummins Inc.13 May 2025Require Independent Board Chair
Capital One Financial Corporation8 May 2025Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation30 Apr 2025Shareholder proposal to support a simple majority vote.
Synopsys, Inc.10 Apr 2025To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes
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
The Kraft Heinz Company8 May 2025Stockholder Proposal - Adopt policy on independent board chair
Delta Air Lines, Inc.19 Jun 2025A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
Fortinet, Inc.13 Jun 2025Corporate governance
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
Diamondback Energy, Inc.21 May 2025Stockholder proposal regarding certain executive severance arrangements.
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.8 May 2025Consider a stockholder proposal for a shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes.
Baxter International Inc.6 May 2025Adopt Share Retention Policy For Senior Executives
Snowflake Inc.2 Jul 2024To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Keysight Technologies, Inc.20 Mar 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Eversource Energy1 May 2025Require Independent Board Chair
CoStar Group, Inc.26 Jun 2025Stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending
Regions Financial Corporation16 Apr 2025Shareholder Proposal Relating to Simple Majority Vote.

Shares on loan

BNY Mellon reported 527.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 15.95 billion shares voted: 3.20% 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 BNY Mellon vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2025 BNY Mellon reported 20,371 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 15,377 were for (75.5%), 4,994 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 756 of the 2,968 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 BNY Mellon vote against management?

9.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2025: 16,155 of the 164,669 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 1,277 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2025 and voted for 46 of them (3.6%). Across every category it voted for 35.7% 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 BNY Mellon, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.