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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1048702

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS

fund voting report, part of Nationwide

Vote records reported
84,313year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.7%5,494 of 82,554 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
87.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
26.4%for, of for + against + abstain
90.8% for6.2% against3.0% other6.7% against management83,390 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS reported 84,313 vote records on Form N-PX. 5,494 of the 82,554 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.7%, close to the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.8%. 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 87.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 26.4% 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 (21.5% of 446), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (12.0% of 6,049) and COMPENSATION (9.6% of 5,055).

It reported 224.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 6.20% 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 share6.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate87.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate26.4%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held6.20%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 ELECTIONS51,94348,6721,5845.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES6,0644,90468112.0%
AUDIT-RELATED7,1676,7843584.8%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS6510.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES45434110721.5%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS583561202.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE4,0513,8551654.2%
COMPENSATION5,1584,5465409.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE7,5516,4209238.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE5201293886.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE2661051617.5%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION273951783.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES7012674348.7%
OTHER12153676.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024109,88812.1%85.3%46.6%
year to 30 June 202581,6046.9%87.1%26.0%
year to 30 June 202684,3136.7%87.8%26.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS voted against management on 268 of the 2,491 it marked either way (10.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 677 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS voted for 161 (23.8%). 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 a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
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
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 May 2026Shareholder Proposal titled "Improve Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting".
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...
Northrop Grumman Corporation20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to provide for an independent Board chair.
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
General Motors Company2 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Separation of Chair and CEO Roles
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...

Shares on loan

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS reported 224.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 3.39 billion shares voted: 6.20% 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
Nationwide Small Cap Index Fund16,0885.5%94.3%15.2%
Nationwide Fundamental All Cap Equity Portfolio14,1338.3%86.4%33.2%
Nationwide International Index Fund11,6074.5%not reported23.1%
Nationwide S&P 500 Index Fund6,5911.7%96.9%5.3%
Nationwide BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Core Fund6,5919.1%78.7%32.1%
Nationwide Mid Cap Market Index Fund4,1161.5%97.5%12.0%
Nationwide International Small Cap Fund3,3746.3%77.8%7.8%
Nationwide Bailard International Equities Fund3,18114.7%not reported50.0%
Nationwide Large Cap Equity Portfolio3,0279.9%86.4%52.0%
Nationwide International Equity Portfolio3,0256.1%not reported5.6%
Nationwide Bailard Cognitive Value Fund2,38814.3%64.0%90.0%
Nationwide Global Sustainable Equity Fund2,01212.1%28.0%44.3%
Nationwide Fund1,5082.1%93.1%5.5%
Nationwide NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund1,3524.4%86.0%13.7%
Nationwide U.S.130/30 Equity Portfolio1,14611.0%81.3%33.8%
Nationwide BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Equity Income Fund1,1055.8%96.0%22.6%
Nationwide Loomis All Cap Growth Fund5728.3%88.2%14.5%
Nationwide GQG US Quality Equity Fund5520.5%100.0%0.0%
Nationwide Geneva Mid Cap Growth Fund5471.8%87.8%7.1%
Nationwide Bailard Technology & Science Fund50622.4%63.6%70.5%
Nationwide Geneva Small Cap Growth Fund4282.8%94.1%not reported
Nationwide WCM Focused Small Cap Fund3962.3%95.0%not reported
Nationwide Janus Henderson Overseas Fund580.0%not reportednot reported
Nationwide Strategic Income Fund1040.0%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 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS reported 5,585 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 4,903 were for (87.8%), 681 against and 1 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 268 of the 2,491 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS vote against management?

6.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 5,494 of the 82,554 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 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 415 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 29 of them (7.0%). Across every category it voted for 26.4% 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 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 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS (filer no. 1048702), 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.