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Vote records reported
37,716year to 30 June 2026
Against management
11.2%4,066 of 36,282 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
83.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
44.4%for, of for + against + abstain
86.4% for9.1% against4.5% other11.2% against management37,708 votes

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

VanEck reported 37,716 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 11.2% of its votes as cast against management (4,066 of 36,282), 3.4 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.8%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 18.7%. 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 83.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 44.4% 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 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (50.9% of 287), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (27.0% of 189) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (16.3% of 1,947).

It reported 5.40 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 5.02% 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 share11.2%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate83.2%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate44.4%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.02%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 ELECTIONS17,52315,2681,13410.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,9571,52529516.3%
AUDIT-RELATED2,6552,4551017.0%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS94133.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2982434150.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS3693262610.7%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE4,0563,54343312.2%
COMPENSATION3,1722,65645414.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE7,1946,4225969.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE12381142.4%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE858779.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION5284413.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1891008627.0%
OTHER261016not 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 96 of the 634 it marked either way (15.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 299 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, VanEck voted for 133 (44.5%). 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 Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Al Data Usage Oversight
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.
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
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Immigration Policy & Enforcement
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend Article X of the bylaws.
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.
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
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an independent board chairman.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
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...
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chair policy

Shares on loan

VanEck reported 5.40 billion shares on loan at record dates against 102.12 billion shares voted: 5.02% 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 VanEck vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 VanEck reported 1,834 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,525 were for (83.2%), 295 against and 14 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 96 of the 634 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does VanEck vote against management?

11.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 4,066 of the 36,282 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 116 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (1.7%). Across every category it voted for 44.4% 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 VanEck, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.