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Vote records reported
34,656year to 30 June 2025
Against management
11.0%3,639 of 33,111 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
41.5%for, of for + against + abstain
86.3% for9.2% against4.5% other11.0% against management34,576 votes

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

VanEck reported 34,656 vote records for the year to 30 June 2025. It marked 11.0% of its votes as cast against management (3,639 of 33,111), 3.4 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.6%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 16.4%. 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 84.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.8%) and it voted for 41.5% 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 INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS (55.6% of 239), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (36.4% of 264) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (30.7% of 322).

It reported 4.49 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 4.74% 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 share11.0%7.6%9.7%
Say-on-pay support rate84.3%88.8%84.3%
Shareholder-proposal support rate41.5%29.5%33.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held4.74%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 ELECTIONS16,99314,9631,0339.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,8731,49927215.5%
AUDIT-RELATED2,3892,218846.6%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS2391066855.6%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES3723194030.7%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS360327205.2%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE3,2882,90033111.2%
COMPENSATION2,8532,34046616.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE5,5894,9644528.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE151131384.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE101317030.7%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION85166721.2%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES26613412736.4%
OTHER17125not reported

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 98 of the 624 it marked either way (15.7%) in the year to 30 June 2025. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 339 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, VanEck voted for 128 (37.8%). 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
Microsoft Corporation10 Dec 2024Report on Risks of Weapons Development
Microsoft Corporation10 Dec 2024Report on AI Misinformation and Disinformation
Microsoft Corporation10 Dec 2024Report on AI Data Sourcing Accountability
Amazon.com, Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder proposal requesting a report on warehouse working conditions
Amazon.com, Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder proposal requesting a report on data dosage oversight in AI offerings
Amazon.com, Inc.21 May 2025Shareholder Proposal Regarding Separation of CEO and Chair Positions
NVIDIA Corporation25 Jun 2025Approval of a stockholder proposal to modify existing reporting on workforce data.
NVIDIA Corporation25 Jun 2025S/H Proposal - Corporate Governance
Apple Inc.25 Feb 2025A shareholder proposal entitled "Report on Ethical AI Data Acquisition and Usage"
Apple Inc.25 Feb 2025A shareholder proposal entitled "Report on Costs and Benefits of Child Sex Abuse Material-Identifying...
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on hate targeting marginalized communities.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on child safety impacts and actual harm reduction to children.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on data collection and advertising practices.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025Report on Combatting Risks of Online Child Exploitation
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Visa Inc.28 Jan 2025S/H Proposal - Corporate Governance
JPMorgan Chase & Co.20 May 2025Support for an independent board chairman
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated2 Jun 2025If properly presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting a...
The Home Depot, Inc.22 May 2025Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
Merck & Co., Inc.27 May 2025Shareholder proposal regarding a tax transparency report.
Netflix, Inc.5 Jun 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2025Racial Equity Audit
PEPSICO, INC.7 May 2025Shareholder Proposal - Third-Party Racial Equity Audit.
Adobe Inc.22 Apr 2025Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.
Comcast Corporation18 Jun 2025Adopt policy for an independent chair
International Business Machines Corporation29 Apr 2025Stockholder Proposal to Support Transparency in Lobbying
RTX CORPORATION1 May 2025Shareowner Proposal Requesting a Lobbying Transparency Report
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 Environmental Targets
Starbucks Corporation12 Mar 2025Shareholder proposal regarding independent board chair requirements
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.14 May 2025Amend Right to Call Special Meeting
Gilead Sciences, Inc.7 May 2025To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due...
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
Target Corporation11 Jun 2025Shareholder proposal requesting a report on how affirmative action initiatives impact Target's risks...
Deere & Company26 Feb 2025Shareholder proposal on a civil rights audit
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION1 May 2025Shareholder proposal regarding support simple majority vote
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION9 May 2025Stockholder Proposal Requesting Shareholder Approval Requirement for Excessive Golden Parachutes

Shares on loan

VanEck reported 4.49 billion shares on loan at record dates against 90.16 billion shares voted: 4.74% 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 VanEck vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2025 VanEck reported 1,779 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,499 were for (84.3%), 272 against and 8 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 98 of the 624 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does VanEck vote against management?

11.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2025: 3,639 of the 33,111 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 144 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2025 and voted for 6 of them (4.2%). Across every category it voted for 41.5% 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 VanEck, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.