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Hartford Funds

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

Vote records reported
75,550year to 30 June 2026
Against management
7.1%5,174 of 73,254 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
82.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
27.5%for, of for + against + abstain
89.1% for7.5% against3.4% other7.1% against management75,550 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, Hartford Funds listed 75,550 vote records. Votes against management made up 7.1% of those marked either way (5,174 of 73,254); the median of the fund families tracked here stood at 7.8%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 8.9%. 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 82.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 27.5% 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 (38.6% of 565), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (16.6% of 3,397) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (15.6% of 424).

It reported 1.58 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 2.22% 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 share7.1%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate82.5%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate27.5%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held2.22%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%

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 ELECTIONS38,84135,7561,7015.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3,4402,63055916.6%
AUDIT-RELATED5,1644,7452836.5%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS10190.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES57742613738.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS371359121.6%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE7,4506,9583735.5%
COMPENSATION6,0605,17070010.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE12,20910,8419076.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE4308833515.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1882816014.9%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION11651113.5%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES67430236910.5%
OTHER201010not 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 137 of the 977 it marked either way (14.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026. 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 527 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Hartford Funds voted for 157 (29.8%). 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 the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
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.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Adobe Inc.15 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Energy Supply Ratio
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Intel Corporation13 May 2026Oversee Independent Review and Report on Human Rights Due Diligence Process
Intel Corporation13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting an enduring policy separating the Chair and CEO roles.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Human Rights Impact Assessment,"
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Report on Due Diligence Process,"
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...

Shares on loan

Hartford Funds reported 1.58 billion shares on loan at record dates against 69.27 billion shares voted: 2.22% 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.

Questions

How did Hartford Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Hartford Funds reported 3,189 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 2,630 were for (82.5%), 559 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 137 of the 977 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 Hartford Funds vote against management?

7.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 5,174 of the 73,254 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 396 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 62 of them (15.7%). Across every category it voted for 27.5% 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.

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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.