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Hartford Funds

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

Vote records reported
81,043year to 30 June 2024
Against management
8.7%6,793 of 78,462 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
83.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
29.0%for, of for + against + abstain
86.9% for9.6% against3.6% other8.7% against management81,059 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2024, Hartford Funds listed 81,043 vote records. Votes against management made up 8.7% of those marked either way (6,793 of 78,462); the median of the fund families tracked here stood at 8.5%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.0%. 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 83.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 29.0% 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 ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (35.2% of 546), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (31.4% of 544) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (18.5% of 973).

It reported 782.7 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.35% 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 share8.7%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate83.2%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate29.0%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.35%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%

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 ELECTIONS41,58137,3762,7667.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3,6112,63353115.0%
AUDIT-RELATED5,3364,9282996.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS6600.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES57943213231.4%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS4844107013.3%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE8,0237,4454756.3%
COMPENSATION6,7145,3651,16215.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE12,46311,1158526.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE54917233335.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE3406127117.5%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION350343169.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES99742254918.5%
OTHER26214not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202481,0438.7%83.2%29.0%
year to 30 June 202577,8447.7%83.1%23.4%
year to 30 June 202675,5507.1%82.5%27.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Hartford Funds voted against management on 141 of the 993 it marked either way (14.2%) 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 620 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Hartford Funds voted for 178 (28.7%). 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
Microsoft Corporation7 Dec 2023Report on Risks of Weapons Development
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission a Third Party Audit on Working Conditions
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...
Adobe Inc.17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to publish an annual report disclosing lobbying activities.
The Procter & Gamble Company10 Oct 2023Shareholder Proposal - Request to Require Shareholder Approval for Certain Future Amendments to Company...
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
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Racial Equity Audit
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Publication of Targets for Transitioning from Gestation Crates in Pork Supply Chain
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Workplace Safety & Violence Review
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation.
Pfizer Inc.25 Apr 2024Adopt an Independent Board Chair Policy
Verizon Communications Inc.9 May 2024Independent Board chair
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 8 - Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement,"
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Pay Gap Report
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chairman
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of...
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding adoption of a freedom of association and collective bargaining policy
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding annual reporting on anti-harassment and discrimination efforts
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding committing to a moratorium on sourcing minerals from deep sea mining
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
Danaher Corporation7 May 2024Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company7 May 2024Require Independent Board Chair
AT&T INC.16 May 2024Independent Board Chairman
ConocoPhillips14 May 2024Simple Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated25 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 15% of stockholders to call a special meeting.
International Business Machines Corporation30 Apr 2024Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
Target Corporation12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal to establish wage policies.
Target Corporation12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal requesting animal pain management reporting.
Target Corporation12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a political contributions congruency analysis.
Target Corporation12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy for an independent board chair.
CATERPILLAR INC.12 Jun 2024Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman
RTX CORPORATION2 May 2024Shareowner Proposal Requesting a Report on Full Value Chain Emissions Reduction Plan
RTX CORPORATION2 May 2024Shareowner Proposal Requesting a Lobbying Transparency Report

Shares on loan

Hartford Funds reported 782.7 million shares on loan at record dates against 57.32 billion shares voted: 1.35% 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 Hartford Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 Hartford Funds reported 3,164 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 2,633 were for (83.2%), 531 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 141 of the 993 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 Hartford Funds vote against management?

8.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 6,793 of the 78,462 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 Hartford Funds support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 482 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 143 of them (29.7%). Across every category it voted for 29.0% 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 Hartford Funds, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.