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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 20243 filers grouped

Harbor Funds

One season of the Harbor Funds record. The family page shows the latest season.

Vote records reported
38,361year to 30 June 2024
Against management
5.4%1,861 of 34,681 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
22.0%for, of for + against + abstain
91.9% for6.4% against1.7% other5.4% against management34,990 votes

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

Harbor Funds reported 38,361 vote records for the year to 30 June 2024. It marked 5.4% of its votes as cast against management (1,861 of 34,681), 3.2 percentage points below the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 8.5%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.2%. 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 91.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 22.0% 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 (30.6% of 147), DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (23.1% of 65) and HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (17.9% of 184).

It reported 42.6 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.32% 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 share5.4%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate91.3%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate22.0%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.32%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%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Of the 38,361 vote records in this filing, 3,371 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 ELECTIONS19,46318,6905073.8%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2,3421,9371818.4%
AUDIT-RELATED2,8462,790531.7%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1771264630.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS165154106.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE3,3163,1221885.6%
COMPENSATION1,8471,54729512.8%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3,2412,8713388.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2074716016.5%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1853215117.9%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION65155023.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES5941924028.6%
OTHER1,3381,179909.0%

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 117 of the 1,264 it marked either way (9.3%) in the year to 30 June 2024. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 11 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 452 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Harbor Funds voted for 113 (25.0%). 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 Tax Transparency
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Risks of Weapons Development
Apple Inc.28 Feb 2024A shareholder proposal requesting a report on the use of Al
NVIDIA Corporation26 Jun 2024Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter...
Mastercard Incorporated18 Jun 2024Consideration of a stockholder proposal requesting transparency in lobbying. 5.consideration of a...
Adobe Inc.17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
PEPSICO, INC.1 May 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal requesting changes to executive compensation program
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal requesting right to act by written consent
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Report on Climate Lobbying
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal requesting disclosure of clean energy financing ratio
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal requesting report on risks of politicized de-banking
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Racial Equity Audit
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Workplace Safety & Violence Review
Pfizer Inc.25 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
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 2024A proposal entitled "Climate Lobbying Report" requesting a report on the Company's lobbying and trade...
NextEra Energy, Inc.23 May 2024Disclose Board Skills and Diversity Matrix
International Business Machines Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
International Business Machines Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Public Report on Climate Lobbying
International Business Machines Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting the Adoption of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets
International Business Machines Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Public Report on Lobbying Activities
American Express Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal relating to climate lobbying.
American Tower Corporation22 May 2024To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented, regarding the ownership threshold required to...
American Tower Corporation22 May 2024To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented, regarding disclosure of racial and gender pay gaps.
ServiceNow, Inc.23 May 2024Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.8 May 2024To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting that the Board adopt a policy requiring the Company's named...
The Sherwin-Williams Company17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal to adopt a simple majority vote.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.17 May 2024A stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
FORD MOTOR COMPANY9 May 2024Relating to Consideration of a Recapitalization Plan to Provide That All of the Company's Outstanding...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14 Jun 2024Non-binding shareholder proposal requesting simple majority voting requirements
Cummins Inc.14 May 2024Require Independent Board Chair
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.6 Jun 2024Shareholder Proposal - Requesting a report on harassment and discrimination statistics.
The Hershey Company6 May 2024Stockholder Proposal titled "Public Report on Packaging Reuse & Recycling."
Synopsys, Inc.10 Apr 2024To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding an independent Board chair requirement
Humana Inc.18 Apr 2024The stockholder proposal on simple majority vote
The Williams Companies, Inc.30 Apr 2024Vote on a Stockholder Proposal Requesting the Company Issue a Report Assessing Policy Options Related to...
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation9 Apr 2024Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy

Shares on loan

Harbor Funds reported 42.6 million shares on loan at record dates against 13.20 billion shares voted: 0.32% 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 Harbor Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 Harbor Funds reported 2,122 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,937 were for (91.3%), 181 against and 4 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 117 of the 1,264 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 11 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?

5.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 1,861 of the 34,681 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 193 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 34 of them (17.6%). Across every category it voted for 22.0% 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 Harbor Funds, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.