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Hartford Funds

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

Vote records reported
77,844year to 30 June 2025
Against management
7.7%5,818 of 75,424 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
83.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
23.4%for, of for + against + abstain
88.4% for8.8% against2.8% other7.7% against management77,816 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2025, Hartford Funds listed 77,844 vote records. Votes against management made up 7.7% of those marked either way (5,818 of 75,424); the median of the fund families tracked here stood at 7.6%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.1%. 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 83.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.8%) and it voted for 23.4% 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 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (26.1% of 529), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (22.9% of 424) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (16.6% of 3,202).

It reported 548.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.78% 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 share7.7%7.6%9.7%
Say-on-pay support rate83.1%88.8%84.3%
Shareholder-proposal support rate23.4%29.5%33.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.78%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%

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 ELECTIONS38,68035,1582,4676.8%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3,2092,52251016.6%
AUDIT-RELATED5,2454,8482926.7%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS50560.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES59845912126.1%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS461425334.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE8,5737,8925786.7%
COMPENSATION6,3085,23489312.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE13,10911,7418345.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE42712929422.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE2222319910.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION2262119711.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES74332541410.1%
OTHER1055not 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 144 of the 983 it marked either way (14.6%) in the year to 30 June 2025. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 3 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 521 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Hartford Funds voted for 127 (24.4%). 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 Corporation10 Dec 2024Report on Risks of Weapons Development
Amazon.com, Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder proposal requesting a report on data dosage oversight in AI offerings
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.
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
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
Wells Fargo & Company29 Apr 2025Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.
Texas Instruments Incorporated17 Apr 2025Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 10% of stockholders to call a special meeting.
NIKE, Inc.10 Sep 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding a Supply Chain Management Report
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.20 May 2025Shareowner Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
CATERPILLAR INC.11 Jun 2025Shareholder Proposal - Civil Rights Audit
Morgan Stanley15 May 2025Shareholder proposal requesting an energy supply ratio
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.14 May 2025Amend Right to Call Special Meeting
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.23 Apr 2025Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Energy Supply Financing Ratio
Gilead Sciences, Inc.7 May 2025To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
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 - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Booking Holdings Inc.3 Jun 2025Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Colgate-Palmolive Company9 May 2025Stockholder proposal entitled "Support an independent Board Chairman."
Fiserv, Inc.14 May 2025Amend Clawback Policy
Chubb Limited15 May 2025Shareholder proposal on Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.10 Dec 2024To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding a...
Boston Scientific Corporation1 May 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Support Simple Majority Vote."
The Cigna Group23 Apr 2025Shareholder proposal - Support Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement
FedEx Corporation23 Sep 2024Stockholder proposal regarding climate lobbying alignment with company's carbon neutral goals.
FedEx Corporation23 Sep 2024Stockholder proposal regarding a Just Transition report.
FedEx Corporation23 Sep 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated14 May 2025Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding excessive golden parachutes.
Carrier Global Corporation9 Apr 2025Shareowner Proposal Requesting a Lobbying Transparency Report
Prologis, Inc.8 May 2025Vote on a stockholder proposal titled "Support a Reasonable Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special...
Autodesk, Inc.16 Jul 2024To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to enable...
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.11 Jun 2025Shareholder Proposal - Requesting an independent Board Chair.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.2 May 2025A non-binding stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, for stockholder ratification of...
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.23 Jan 2025Shareholder Proposal to Amend the Bylaws to Repeal any Amendments Adopted after September 17, 2023
McKesson Corporation31 Jul 2024Shareholder Proposal on Report on Risks of State Policies Restricting Reproductive Health Care
General Mills, Inc.24 Sep 2024Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain.

Shares on loan

Hartford Funds reported 548.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 69.57 billion shares voted: 0.78% 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 Hartford Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2025 Hartford Funds reported 3,036 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 2,522 were for (83.1%), 510 against and 4 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 144 of the 983 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 3 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Hartford Funds vote against management?

7.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2025: 5,818 of the 75,424 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 383 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2025 and voted for 91 of them (23.8%). Across every category it voted for 23.4% 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.