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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1032423

DIAMOND HILL FUNDS

fund voting report

Vote records reported
4,457year to 30 June 2026
Against management
2.7%115 of 4,249 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
22.9%for, of for + against + abstain
94.8% for4.1% against1.1% other2.7% against management4,257 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, DIAMOND HILL FUNDS listed 4,457 vote records. Votes against management made up 2.7% of those marked either way (115 of 4,249); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 2.6%. 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 91.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 22.9% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (14.9% of 201), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (8.0% of 325) and COMPENSATION (3.0% of 132).

It reported 113.5 million shares out on loan at record dates, 8.60% 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 share2.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate22.9%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held8.60%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 ELECTIONS2,8672,820341.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES325282148.0%
AUDIT-RELATED35935800.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1812518.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS7700.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE23923811.3%
COMPENSATION13312583.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2031623914.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE170170.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE200200.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION130130.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES5313400.0%
OTHER736742.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20245,1403.3%95.1%not reported
year to 30 June 20254,5092.1%96.8%16.1%
year to 30 June 20264,4572.7%91.8%22.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, DIAMOND HILL FUNDS voted against management on 10 of the 171 it marked either way (5.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 8 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 90 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, DIAMOND HILL FUNDS voted for 18 (20.0%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Colgate-Palmolive Company8 May 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
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.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Humana Inc.16 Apr 2026The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
VeriSign, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Regarding an Independent Chair Policy
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.25 Jun 2026Approve Restricted Stock Plan
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.25 Jun 2026Amend Articles to Change Record Date for Annual Shareholder Meetings
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.25 Jun 2026Amend Articles to Require Majority Outsider Board
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.25 Jun 2026Initiate Share Repurchase Program

Shares on loan

DIAMOND HILL FUNDS reported 113.5 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.21 billion shares voted: 8.60% 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

8 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
Diamond Hill International Fund9142.9%100.0%100.0%
Diamond Hill Long-Short Fund7573.1%90.2%13.8%
Diamond Hill Large Cap Fund6661.8%91.5%15.9%
Diamond Hill Mid Cap Fund6591.6%92.2%40.0%
Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Fund6034.4%89.6%28.6%
Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund5063.2%92.5%not reported
Diamond Hill Select Cap Fund3381.8%92.0%22.2%
Diamond Hill Large Cap Concentrated Fund147.1%not 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 DIAMOND HILL FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 DIAMOND HILL FUNDS reported 306 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 281 were for (91.8%), 14 against and 11 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 10 of the 171 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 8 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does DIAMOND HILL FUNDS vote against management?

2.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 115 of the 4,249 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 DIAMOND HILL FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 17 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 22.9% 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 DIAMOND HILL FUNDS (filer no. 1032423), 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.