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Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
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- Vote records reported
- 941year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 6.4%60 of 938 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 97.0%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 36.5%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund reported 941 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.4% of its votes as cast against management (60 of 938), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.7%. 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 97.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 36.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (39.0% of 41), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (20.8% of 24) and DIRECTOR ELECTIONS (4.6% of 678).
It reported 60.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 22.87% 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 2026 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 6.4% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 97.0% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 36.5% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 22.87% | 0.00% | 3.12% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 678 | 647 | 25 | 4.6% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 68 | 64 | 2 | 2.9% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 71 | 71 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 6 | 4 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 9 | 9 | 0 | 22.2% | |
| COMPENSATION | 29 | 28 | 1 | 3.4% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 42 | 27 | 15 | 39.0% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 22 | 1 | 21 | 4.5% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 24 | 5 | 19 | 20.8% | |
| OTHER | 2 | 0 | 2 | not reported |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2026 | 941 | 6.4% | 97.0% | 36.5% |
Only one season is on file for this entry so far. The structured Form N-PX began with the year to 30 June 2024.
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund voted against management on 2 of the 66 it marked either way (3.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
- Salesforce, Inc. 28 May 2026
- Chewy, Inc. 10 Jul 2025
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 73 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund voted for 26 (35.6%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 20 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy |
| CHEVRON CORPORATION | 27 May 2026 | Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Processes |
| CHEVRON CORPORATION | 27 May 2026 | Report on Indigenous Peoples' Rights |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 13 May 2026 | Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting. |
| McDonald's Corporation | 20 May 2026 | Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent. |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 28 Apr 2026 | Require Independent Board Chair |
| ConocoPhillips | 12 May 2026 | Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman. |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 29 May 2026 | Shareholder Proposal requesting a report describing how the Company could disclose its plastic packaging... |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 15 Jan 2026 | Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 30 Apr 2026 | Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting." |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay. |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class. |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure. |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. | 7 May 2026 | To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share. |
| Zoetis Inc. | 20 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent. |
| eBay Inc. | 17 Jun 2026 | Special stockholder meeting threshold |
| NRG Energy, Inc. | 30 Apr 2026 | To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 14 May 2026 | Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent. |
| ON Semiconductor Corporation | 14 May 2026 | To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting |
| Avery Dennison Corporation | 30 Apr 2026 | Require Independent Board Chair |
| CMS Energy Corporation | 8 May 2026 | Vote on a Shareholder Proposal: Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent. |
| Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal - avoid political spending brand damage |
Shares on loan
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund reported 60.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 205.3 million shares voted: 22.87% 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.
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.
- N-PX filed 3 Aug 2026 accession 0001140361-26-030880
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund reported 66 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 64 were for (97.0%), 2 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 2 of the 66 say-on-pay items it marked either way.
How often does Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund vote against management?
6.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 60 of the 938 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 Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 22 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (4.5%). Across every category it voted for 36.5% 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 Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (filer no. 1253327), 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.