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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1006415

HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC

fund voting report, part of Hartford Funds

Vote records reported
34,892year to 30 June 2026
Against management
5.9%1,964 of 33,502 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
24.2%for, of for + against + abstain
89.7% for6.1% against4.2% other5.9% against management34,892 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC listed 34,892 vote records. Votes against management made up 5.9% of those marked either way (1,964 of 33,502); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 9.3%. 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 91.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 24.2% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (35.9% of 209), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (10.8% of 148) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (8.5% of 271).

It reported 806.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.75% 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 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share5.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate24.2%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.75%0.00%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 ELECTIONS17,48116,0227635.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,134972867.8%
AUDIT-RELATED2,3492,258302.0%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS5050.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2131535335.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS20820351.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE3,8433,5721895.7%
COMPENSATION3,0252,6272578.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE6,0995,3293756.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1482711910.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE594556.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION441432.3%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2711331368.5%
OTHER1376not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202438,2767.5%90.8%23.3%
year to 30 June 202535,1006.5%90.2%19.4%
year to 30 June 202634,8925.9%91.9%24.2%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC voted against management on 43 of the 595 it marked either way (7.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 5 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 368 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC voted for 95 (25.8%). 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
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
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.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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
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...
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.

Shares on loan

HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC reported 806.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 45.39 billion shares voted: 1.75% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. 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.

Fund series in this filing

24 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Hartford International Equity Fund6,8506.5%94.4%12.1%
Hartford Multi-Asset Income Fund4,6446.7%91.0%25.3%
The Hartford International Value Fund3,6846.2%not reported13.3%
Hartford Emerging Markets Equity Fund3,20710.5%not reported38.5%
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund1,9785.9%92.0%24.1%
Hartford Real Asset Fund1,8554.2%95.5%7.7%
Hartford Climate Opportunities Fund1,5288.1%69.5%36.5%
The Hartford International Opportunities Fund1,4032.9%87.5%6.7%
The Hartford Balanced Income Fund1,1301.7%95.7%10.8%
The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund1,0535.2%87.3%21.1%
The Hartford Equity Income Fund1,0252.0%95.3%15.4%
Hartford Core Equity Fund1,0125.0%92.8%23.3%
Hartford Global Impact Fund9293.3%95.2%44.4%
The Hartford MidCap Value Fund9182.3%95.8%50.0%
The Hartford Healthcare Fund8223.2%98.4%33.3%
The Hartford Small Company Fund7975.5%91.8%not reported
Hartford Small Cap Value Fund6832.3%94.7%not reported
The Hartford International Growth Fund6415.0%not reportednot reported
The Hartford MidCap Fund6238.2%89.1%64.3%
The Hartford Strategic Income Fund673.0%not reportednot reported
The Hartford Total Return Bond Fund1315.4%not reportednot reported
The Hartford World Bond Fund13not reportednot reportednot reported
The Hartford High Yield Fund120.0%not reportednot reported
The Hartford Floating Rate Fund5not reportednot reportednot reported

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC reported 1,058 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 972 were for (91.9%), 86 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 43 of the 595 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 5 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC vote against management?

5.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,964 of the 33,502 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 MUTUAL FUNDS, INC support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 133 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 14 of them (10.5%). Across every category it voted for 24.2% 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 this filer 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.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC (filer no. 1006415), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.