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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1046292

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

fund voting report, part of Goldman Sachs

Vote records reported
14,721year to 30 June 2026
Against management
3.8%556 of 14,618 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
94.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
16.1%for, of for + against + abstain
93.7% for5.0% against1.3% other3.8% against management14,665 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST listed 14,721 vote records. Votes against management made up 3.8% of those marked either way (556 of 14,618); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.7%. 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 94.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 16.1% 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 (21.2% of 52), COMPENSATION (9.1% of 1,080) and CAPITAL STRUCTURE (5.5% of 854).

It reported 2.1 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.56% 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 share3.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate94.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate16.1%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.56%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 ELECTIONS9,0048,6861943.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES901796455.2%
AUDIT-RELATED1,1871,18250.4%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES5246621.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS555500.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE854813415.5%
COMPENSATION1,0929851079.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,5191,3301895.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE11630860.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE6528370.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION6828400.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES175631120.0%
OTHER148620.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202414,1598.6%91.0%15.6%
year to 30 June 202514,4986.5%93.0%11.0%
year to 30 June 202614,7213.8%94.6%16.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted against management on 40 of the 707 it marked either way (5.7%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 232 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted for 34 (14.7%). 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
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
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.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal on Disclosure of Voting Result by Share Class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Universal Health Services, Inc.20 May 2026Disclosure of Voting Results Based on Shareholders' Money at Risk
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholder ability to...
BlackLine, Inc.7 May 2026Declassify the board of directors
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.26 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Krispy Kreme, Inc.10 Jun 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting that the Company's governing documents be amended to replace...
FinecoBank SpA29 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED
FinecoBank SpA29 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Sompo Holdings, Inc.22 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Leonardo SpA7 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Leonardo SpA7 May 2026Fix Board Terms for Directors
Leonardo SpA7 May 2026Fix Number of Directors
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA23 Apr 2026Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies
Banco Comercial Portugues SA7 May 2026Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies
Banco Comercial Portugues SA7 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.26 Jun 2026Amend Articles to Require Individual Compensation Disclosure for Directors
Datalogic SpA5 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Shares on loan

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 2.1 million shares on loan at record dates against 363.8 million shares voted: 0.56% 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

7 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
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Goldman Sachs International Equity Insights Fund5,2435.2%not reported21.4%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Goldman Sachs Small Cap Equity Insights Fund4,5274.1%93.7%27.3%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Goldman Sachs U.S. Equity Insights Fund1,5160.9%98.2%8.6%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund1,0931.4%90.5%26.9%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund8761.0%95.2%6.3%
Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Goldman Sachs Growth Opportunities Fund)7554.6%98.5%35.7%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund7113.9%100.0%12.5%

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 GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 841 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 796 were for (94.6%), 45 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 40 of the 707 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote against management?

3.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 556 of the 14,618 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 GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 86 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 16.1% 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 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 GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (filer no. 1046292), 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.