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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1227523

OPTIMUM FUND TRUST

fund voting report

Vote records reported
16,554year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.3%1,344 of 16,246 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
30.3%for, of for + against + abstain
89.8% for8.3% against1.9% other8.3% against management16,389 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, OPTIMUM FUND TRUST reported 16,554 vote records on Form N-PX. 1,344 of the 16,246 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 8.3%, 2.0 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 9.6%. 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 91.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 30.3% 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 (43.8% of 96), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (25.0% of 88) and COMPENSATION (16.1% of 1,235).

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 share8.3%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.5%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate30.3%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 ELECTIONS9,0718,4703706.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES749642598.2%
AUDIT-RELATED1,1811,150272.5%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES97662543.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS88662225.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,5161,3791349.1%
COMPENSATION1,2471,03320916.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,5232,14337212.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE9220713.3%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE5518373.6%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION5018324.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES143519211.9%
OTHER196149445.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202416,8908.6%89.1%40.1%
year to 30 June 202515,4657.9%89.6%39.4%
year to 30 June 202616,5548.3%91.5%30.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, OPTIMUM FUND TRUST voted against management on 44 of the 615 it marked either way (7.2%) 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 320 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, OPTIMUM FUND TRUST voted for 91 (28.4%). 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 Al Data Usage Oversight
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.
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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
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
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
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
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
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.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Prudential Financial, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
HCA Healthcare, Inc.23 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding a report on healthcare consequences.
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Advisory vote on stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent".

Shares on loan

OPTIMUM FUND 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

6 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
Optimum International Fund8,71510.0%95.2%24.2%
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund2,5975.8%91.2%63.6%
Optimum Large Cap Value Fund1,8423.7%92.4%22.7%
Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund1,7459.7%85.4%27.5%
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund1,6457.0%95.4%16.7%
Optimum Fixed 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 OPTIMUM FUND TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 OPTIMUM FUND TRUST reported 702 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 642 were for (91.5%), 59 against and 1 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 44 of the 615 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 OPTIMUM FUND TRUST vote against management?

8.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,344 of the 16,246 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 OPTIMUM FUND TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 75 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 3 of them (4.0%). Across every category it voted for 30.3% 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 OPTIMUM FUND TRUST (filer no. 1227523), 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.