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Harbor Funds

Fund registrants and adviser entities grouped under Harbor Funds by this site's alias table

Vote records reported
56,915year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.3%3,290 of 52,110 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
32.5%for, of for + against + abstain
92.4% for5.9% against1.7% other6.3% against management52,328 votes

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

Harbor Funds reported 56,915 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.3% of its votes as cast against management (3,290 of 52,110), 1.5 percentage points below the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.8%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.0%. 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 91.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 32.5% 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 (33.9% of 242), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (16.0% of 163) and COMPENSATION (13.3% of 2,771).

It reported 29.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.20% 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 2026This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share6.3%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.9%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate32.5%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.20%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 56,915 vote records in this filing, 4,587 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 ELECTIONS29,45627,9768904.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3,5993,1462778.1%
AUDIT-RELATED4,4064,337621.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS101000.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2481547133.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS411392184.6%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE4,4544,0873647.9%
COMPENSATION2,7862,39738513.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE5,3444,73254811.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1913515513.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1632413716.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION250250.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES48823125310.9%
OTHER2,0841,8761696.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202438,3615.4%91.3%22.0%
year to 30 June 202548,9984.9%94.0%18.7%
year to 30 June 202656,9156.3%91.9%32.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Harbor Funds voted against management on 160 of the 1,956 it marked either way (8.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 8 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 427 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Harbor Funds voted for 136 (31.9%). 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
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the...
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding AI Board oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Lobbying alignment
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Human rights or human capital/workforce
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Immigration Policy & Enforcement
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
AT&T INC.14 May 2026EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy
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.
American Express Company5 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding political bias risk oversight.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a report on the impact of extended patent exclusivities on...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
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
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Proposal requesting Company to modify its Voluntary Retail Voting Program to provide multiple options not...
Colgate-Palmolive Company8 May 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."
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 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment
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 report on climate change-related commitments.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.

Shares on loan

Harbor Funds reported 29.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 14.74 billion shares voted: 0.20% 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
Harbor ETF Trustfund registrant27,219
HARBOR FUNDSfund registrant26,931
Harbor Funds IIfund registrant2,765

Questions

How did Harbor Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Harbor Funds reported 3,418 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 3,142 were for (91.9%), 276 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 160 of the 1,956 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 8 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Harbor Funds vote against management?

6.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 3,290 of the 52,110 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 Harbor Funds support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 175 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 22 of them (12.6%). Across every category it voted for 32.5% 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.