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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1097519

COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST

fund voting report, part of Columbia Threadneedle

Vote records reported
22,000year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.6%1,451 of 21,905 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
87.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
41.9%for, of for + against + abstain
92.3% for5.1% against2.6% other6.6% against management21,944 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST listed 22,000 vote records. Votes against management made up 6.6% of those marked either way (1,451 of 21,905); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.1%. 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 87.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 41.9% 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 (33.3% of 78), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (27.1% of 1,017) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (12.1% of 1,949).

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 rate87.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate41.9%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%

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 ELECTIONS15,36414,5333735.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,9491,61222912.1%
AUDIT-RELATED1,9061,90150.2%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES79651433.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS148135138.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE428413156.8%
COMPENSATION818746716.7%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,04492511727.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE15191421.3%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE747670.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION847770.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES213311826.1%
OTHER9630.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202423,3387.4%88.4%36.6%
year to 30 June 202522,1146.0%87.6%27.5%
year to 30 June 202622,0006.6%87.6%41.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST voted against management on 204 of the 1,498 it marked either way (13.6%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 444 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST voted for 212 (47.7%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
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 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
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 Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
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
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
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.
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an independent board chairman.
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Intel Corporation13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting an enduring policy separating the Chair and CEO roles.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"

Shares on loan

COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES 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

10 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
Columbia Large Cap Index Fund6,5915.3%93.5%44.1%
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund5,6329.2%82.5%85.7%
Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund4,1167.2%82.9%60.0%
Columbia Overseas Value Fund1,4754.1%100.0%25.9%
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund1,3285.8%98.9%31.3%
Columbia Small Cap Value and Inflection Fund9375.2%93.5%not reported
Columbia Cornerstone Equity Fund7365.4%100.0%32.4%
Columbia Select Mid Cap Value Fund6005.3%93.8%62.5%
Columbia Large Cap Growth Opportunity Fund5646.3%95.0%29.4%
Columbia Convertible Securities Fund214.8%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 COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST reported 1,841 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,612 were for (87.6%), 229 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 204 of the 1,498 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST vote against management?

6.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,451 of the 21,905 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 COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 144 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (1.4%). Across every category it voted for 41.9% 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 COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST (filer no. 1097519), 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.