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Lincoln Financial

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Vote records reported
238,562year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.6%19,912 of 231,798 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
86.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
28.4%for, of for + against + abstain
86.3% for8.5% against5.2% other8.6% against management239,502 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, Lincoln Financial reported 238,562 vote records on Form N-PX. 19,912 of the 231,798 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 8.6%, close to the median of the fund families tracked here (7.8%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.8%. 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 86.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 28.4% 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 ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (31.6% of 1,441), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (28.4% of 876) and OTHER (28.3% of 963).

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 share8.6%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate86.3%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate28.4%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 ELECTIONS139,484125,5035,7846.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES12,68410,2461,62813.6%
AUDIT-RELATED17,99917,3864031.7%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS341720.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES91565524028.4%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS2,6902,20445113.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE17,05115,3031,5618.5%
COMPENSATION18,86315,3333,30713.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE29,80923,0354,94513.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,4573921,04531.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE68834833317.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION70832637719.5%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,9337741,14327.3%
OTHER2,68987690928.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024242,6239.7%86.7%37.6%
year to 30 June 2025269,4817.8%86.2%37.5%
year to 30 June 2026238,5628.6%86.3%28.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Lincoln Financial voted against management on 194 of the 2,851 it marked either way (6.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026. 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 1,186 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Lincoln Financial voted for 414 (34.9%). 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 the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI-generated misinformation
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
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
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Human Rights Impact Assessment,"
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
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 dual class capital structure.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
SHOPIFY INC.16 Jun 2026Adopt a Policy on Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in the Company's Business and Operations
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Charter Communications, Inc.21 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report.
Edison International23 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Retention of Equity
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal on Disclosure of Voting Result by Share Class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
FirstEnergy Corp.20 May 2026Independent Board Chairman

Shares on loan

Lincoln Financial reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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 Lincoln Financial vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Lincoln Financial reported 11,873 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 10,242 were for (86.3%), 1,628 against and 3 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 194 of the 2,851 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 Lincoln Financial vote against management?

8.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 19,912 of the 231,798 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 Lincoln Financial support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 1,045 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 35 of them (3.3%). Across every category it voted for 28.4% 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 Lincoln Financial, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.