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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1081402

ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST

fund voting report, part of Allspring

Vote records reported
9,422year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.6%537 of 8,168 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
90.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
19.4%for, of for + against + abstain
89.8% for7.3% against2.9% other6.6% against management8,174 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST listed 9,422 vote records. Votes against management made up 6.6% of those marked either way (537 of 8,168); 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 90.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 19.4% 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 (25.6% of 43), COMPENSATION (19.3% of 238) and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (18.0% of 366).

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 share6.6%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate90.0%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate19.4%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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%

Of the 9,422 vote records in this filing, 1,250 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

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 ELECTIONS5,8125,4841355.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES684578649.9%
AUDIT-RELATED67867800.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES43321125.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS383622.6%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE137131610.2%
COMPENSATION2381885019.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE37222514718.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1013981.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE415367.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION572550.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES144151296.9%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202410,2098.0%89.0%42.5%
year to 30 June 20259,2725.8%89.7%22.0%
year to 30 June 20269,4226.6%90.0%19.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST voted against management on 51 of the 507 it marked either way (10.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 98 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 306 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST voted for 60 (19.6%). 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 Human Rights Due Diligence
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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
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
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting 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
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
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 "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
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.
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
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
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...
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"
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain.
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Prudential Financial, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman.
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Charter Communications, Inc.21 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report.

Shares on loan

ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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

5 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
Allspring VT Index Asset Allocation Fund6,5915.1%90.3%19.4%
Allspring VT Opportunity Fund8518.0%85.5%20.6%
Allspring VT Discovery All Cap Growth Fund74411.1%84.6%17.8%
Allspring VT Small Cap Growth Fund6318.3%90.9%not reported
Allspring VT Discovery SMID Cap Growth Fund60510.4%96.7%not 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 ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST reported 642 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 578 were for (90.0%), 64 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 51 of the 507 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 98 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST vote against management?

6.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 537 of the 8,168 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 ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 99 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (1.0%). Across every category it voted for 19.4% 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 ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST (filer no. 1081402), 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.