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GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST
fund voting report
- Vote records reported
- 3,321year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 6.1%173 of 2,823 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 99.0%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 0.7%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST reported 3,321 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.1% of its votes as cast against management (173 of 2,823), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.7%. 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 99.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 0.7% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (100.0% of 40), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (66.7% of 27) and COMPENSATION (32.9% of 73).
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 | 6.1% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 99.0% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 0.7% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 0.00% | 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% |
Of the 3,321 vote records in this filing, 444 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 1,913 | 1,890 | 1 | 1.2% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 217 | 200 | 0 | 0.9% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 223 | 221 | 2 | 0.0% | |
| INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 8 | 4 | 4 | 37.5% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 154 | 127 | 5 | 18.8% | |
| COMPENSATION | 75 | 50 | 21 | 32.9% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 144 | 85 | 41 | 14.0% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 40 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 27 | 9 | 0 | 66.7% | |
| OTHER | 51 | 42 | 4 | 8.9% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 7,077 | 7.6% | not reported | 1.8% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 7,420 | 4.8% | 100.0% | 4.2% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 3,321 | 6.1% | 99.0% | 0.7% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST voted against management on 2 of the 186 it marked either way (1.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
A further 25 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.
- The Timken Company 8 May 2026
- Trinity Industries, Inc. 21 May 2026
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 105 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST voted for 1 (1.0%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Starbucks Corporation | 25 Mar 2026 | Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority... |
Shares on loan
GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME 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.
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 19 Aug 2026 accession 0002000324-26-003525
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST reported 202 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 200 were for (99.0%), 0 against and 2 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 2 of the 186 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 25 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.
How often does GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST vote against management?
6.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 173 of the 2,823 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 GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 38 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 0.7% 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 GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST (filer no. 1260729), 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.