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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 202458 filers grouped

Fidelity

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Vote records reported
1,441,416year to 30 June 2024
Against management
6.9%93,599 of 1,356,926 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
94.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
31.9%for, of for + against + abstain
89.6% for7.5% against2.9% other6.9% against management1,371,855 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2024, Fidelity reported 1,441,416 vote records on Form N-PX. 93,599 of the 1,356,926 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.9%, 1.6 percentage points below the median of the fund families tracked here (8.5%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.1%. 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 94.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 31.9% 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 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (22.2% of 3,733), COMPENSATION (12.7% of 106,287) and DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (11.4% of 7,495).

It reported 22.53 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 0.94% 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 share6.9%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate94.1%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate31.9%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.94%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%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Of the 1,441,416 vote records in this filing, 80,157 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 ELECTIONS780,398729,19223,7535.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES80,29765,1774,1096.3%
AUDIT-RELATED99,24298,5775800.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS169343.8%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES4,1063,34057722.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS10,4299,4469819.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE105,90397,0998,7768.3%
COMPENSATION106,93189,74016,81412.7%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE183,099156,29925,94411.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE13,0981,90111,1634.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE6,5091,2585,2486.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION7,5011,7645,73611.4%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES17,3984,42712,9668.9%
OTHER10,7908,3532,3526.6%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20241,441,4166.9%94.1%31.9%
year to 30 June 20251,409,9026.1%95.3%29.6%
year to 30 June 20261,392,6606.0%94.7%27.6%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Fidelity voted against management on 248 of the 3,193 it marked either way (7.8%) 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 1,778 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Fidelity voted for 728 (40.9%). 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 AI Misinformation and Disinformation
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Report on Median and Adjusted Gender/Racial Pay Gaps
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Disclose All Material Scope 3 GHG Emissions
NVIDIA Corporation26 Jun 2024Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter...
AbbVie Inc.3 May 2024Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to report on effectiveness of the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
The Walt Disney Company3 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Racial Equity Audit
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Pay Gap Report
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting provisions in our governing documents
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024Declassify the Board of Directors
NextEra Energy, Inc.23 May 2024Disclose Board Skills and Diversity Matrix
ConocoPhillips14 May 2024Simple Majority Vote.
International Business Machines Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
CVS Health Corporation16 May 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting an Independent, Third Party Worker Rights Assessment and Report.
CVS Health Corporation16 May 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
United Parcel Service, Inc.2 May 2024To prepare an annual report on the effectiveness of UPS's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
United Parcel Service, Inc.2 May 2024To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
ServiceNow, Inc.23 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote.
Prologis, Inc.9 May 2024Vote on a stockholder proposal titled "Simple Majority Vote."
Emerson Electric Co.6 Feb 2024Shareholder Proposal to Implement a Simple Majority Vote Requirement in the Company's Governing Documents.
Analog Devices, Inc.13 Mar 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.3 Jun 2024To vote on a stockholder proposal entitled, "Adopt a Shareholder Right to Call a Special Shareholder Meeting"
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.3 Jun 2024To vote on a stockholder proposal entitled, "Report on Use of Al"
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY22 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
DOW INC.11 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
The Sherwin-Williams Company17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal to adopt a simple majority vote.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY9 May 2024Relating to Consideration of a Recapitalization Plan to Provide That All of the Company's Outstanding...
General Mills, Inc.26 Sep 2023Shareholder Proposal - Adopt a Shareholder Right to Call a Special Shareholder Meeting.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal seeking a simple majority vote.
Norfolk Southern Corporation9 May 2024To approve the proposal to repeal any provision of, or amendment to, the Bylaws, dated as of July 25,...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14 Jun 2024Non-binding shareholder proposal requesting simple majority voting requirements
Marriott International, Inc.10 May 2024Report on Pay Equity
Roper Technologies, Inc.12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal regarding majority voting requirements; and
Humana Inc.18 Apr 2024The stockholder proposal on simple majority vote
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal regarding political disclosure
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.6 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote (Proposal Four).
Agilent Technologies, Inc.14 Mar 2024To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote

Shares on loan

Fidelity reported 22.53 billion shares on loan at record dates against 2.37 trillion shares voted: 0.94% 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 Fidelity vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 Fidelity reported 69,288 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 65,177 were for (94.1%), 4,109 against and 2 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 248 of the 3,193 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 Fidelity vote against management?

6.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 93,599 of the 1,356,926 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 Fidelity support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 11,790 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 604 of them (5.1%). Across every category it voted for 31.9% 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 Fidelity, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.