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Vote records reported
38,564year to 30 June 2024
Against management
10.9%3,885 of 35,741 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
83.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
35.1%for, of for + against + abstain
84.4% for9.7% against6.0% other10.9% against management37,810 votes

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

VanEck reported 38,564 vote records for the year to 30 June 2024. It marked 10.9% of its votes as cast against management (3,885 of 35,741), 2.3 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 8.5%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 38.4%. 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 83.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 35.1% 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 (37.9% of 248), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (33.1% of 124) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (31.8% of 327).

It reported 5.59 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 3.92% 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 share10.9%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate83.3%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate35.1%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held3.92%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 38,564 vote records in this filing, 2,207 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 ELECTIONS18,05415,5261,2659.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,8301,34527015.2%
AUDIT-RELATED2,5242,349695.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS10910.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2802282837.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS510481184.2%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE3,6443,2433089.9%
COMPENSATION3,5562,85658116.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE6,5005,5665839.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2205116219.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE135418333.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION113199416.8%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES36115017031.8%
OTHER17545330.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202438,56410.9%83.3%35.1%
year to 30 June 202534,65611.0%84.3%41.5%
year to 30 June 202637,71611.2%83.2%44.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, VanEck voted against management on 104 of the 587 it marked either way (17.7%) 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 434 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, VanEck voted for 154 (35.5%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer due diligence
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission Third Party Assessment on Company's Commitment to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Commission a Third Party Audit on Working Conditions
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer use of certain technologies
Amazon.com, Inc.22 May 2024Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on stakeholder impacts
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...
JPMorgan Chase & Co.21 May 2024Shareholder opportunity to vote on excessive golden parachutes
JPMorgan Chase & Co.21 May 2024Independent board chairman
Mastercard Incorporated18 Jun 2024Consideration of a stockholder proposal requesting transparency in lobbying. 5.consideration of a...
Adobe Inc.17 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Cisco Systems, Inc.6 Dec 2023Stockholder Proposal - Approval to have Ciscos Board issue a tax transparency report in consideration of...
Eli Lilly and Company6 May 2024Shareholder proposal to publish an annual report disclosing lobbying activities.
CHEVRON CORPORATION29 May 2024Report on Tax Practices
Salesforce, Inc.27 Jun 2024Require Independent Board Chair
PEPSICO, INC.1 May 2024Shareholder Proposal - Third-Party Racial Equity Audit.
PEPSICO, INC.1 May 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Bank of America Corporation24 Apr 2024Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Racial Equity Audit
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Workplace Safety & Violence Review
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 2024Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence
Netflix, Inc.6 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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 simple majority voting provisions in our governing documents
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024Declassify the Board of Directors
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company7 May 2024Adopt Share Retention Policy For Senior Executives
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company7 May 2024Require Independent Board Chair
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.8 May 2024Stockholder proposal regarding special meeting right.
NextEra Energy, Inc.23 May 2024Disclose Board Skills and Diversity Matrix
ConocoPhillips14 May 2024Simple Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated25 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 15% of stockholders to call a special meeting.
Texas Instruments Incorporated25 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal to report on due diligence efforts to identify risks associated with product misuse.
Wells Fargo & Company30 Apr 2024Shareholder Proposal - Annual Report on Prevention of Workplace Harassment and Discrimination.

Shares on loan

VanEck reported 5.59 billion shares on loan at record dates against 136.84 billion shares voted: 3.92% 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 VanEck vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 VanEck reported 1,615 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,345 were for (83.3%), 270 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 104 of the 587 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 VanEck vote against management?

10.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 3,885 of the 35,741 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 VanEck support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 195 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 33 of them (16.9%). Across every category it voted for 35.1% 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 VanEck, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.