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Pioneer Series Trust III
fund voting report
- Vote records reported
- 811year to 30 June 2024
- Against management
- 3.6%27 of 740 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 97.7%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 26.0%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2024, Pioneer Series Trust III listed 811 vote records. Votes against management made up 3.6% of those marked either way (27 of 740); the median fund registrant stood at 6.7%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 2.8%. 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 97.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.2%) and it voted for 26.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 28.8%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (28.1% of 32), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (16.7% of 24) and COMPENSATION (15.2% of 33).
Compared with other filers
Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 1,284 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.
| year to 30 June 2024 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 3.6% | 6.7% | 10.2% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 97.7% | 91.2% | 84.6% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 26.0% | 28.8% | 37.0% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| 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 811 vote records in this filing, 71 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 | 509 | 494 | 1 | 1.2% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 52 | 43 | 1 | 1.9% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| COMPENSATION | 33 | 27 | 6 | 15.2% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 32 | 23 | 9 | 28.1% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 24 | 5 | 19 | 16.7% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 27 | 4 | 23 | 11.1% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 811 | 3.6% | 97.7% | 26.0% |
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, Pioneer Series Trust III voted against management on 1 of the 44 it marked either way (2.3%) in the year to 30 June 2024.
- The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 17 Nov 2023
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, Pioneer Series Trust III voted for 19 (26.0%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 21 May 2024 | Shareholder opportunity to vote on excessive golden parachutes |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 21 May 2024 | Independent board chairman |
| AbbVie Inc. | 3 May 2024 | Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote |
| Bank of America Corporation | 24 Apr 2024 | Report on Climate Lobbying |
| Bank of America Corporation | 24 Apr 2024 | Shareholder proposal requesting disclosure of clean energy financing ratio |
| Bank of America Corporation | 24 Apr 2024 | Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 30 Apr 2024 | Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent |
| American Express Company | 6 May 2024 | Shareholder proposal relating to golden parachutes. |
| American Tower Corporation | 22 May 2024 | To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented, regarding the ownership threshold required to... |
| Deere & Company | 28 Feb 2024 | Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes |
| FedEx Corporation | 21 Sep 2023 | Stockholder proposal regarding amendment to clawback policy. |
| FedEx Corporation | 21 Sep 2023 | Stockholder proposal regarding a "Just Transition" report. |
| Sysco Corporation | 17 Nov 2023 | To consider a stockholder proposal related to re-establishing a policy for eliminating or reducing... |
| The Kraft Heinz Company | 2 May 2024 | Shareholder proposal: ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE |
| The Kraft Heinz Company | 2 May 2024 | Stockholder Proposal - Report on group-housed pork |
| Humana Inc. | 18 Apr 2024 | The stockholder proposal on simple majority vote |
| American International Group, Inc. | 15 May 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Requesting an Independent Board Chair Policy. |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. | 21 Mar 2024 | Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, Stockholder Proposal: Simple Majority Vote |
| Graphic Packaging Holding Company | 23 May 2024 | Simple Majority Vote. |
Shares on loan
Pioneer Series Trust III reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2024. 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
1 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.
| Series | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Disciplined Value Fund | 811 | 3.6% | 97.7% | 26.0% |
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 28 Aug 2024 accession 0001102598-24-000143
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did Pioneer Series Trust III vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2024 Pioneer Series Trust III reported 44 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 43 were for (97.7%), 1 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 1 of the 44 say-on-pay items it marked either way.
How often does Pioneer Series Trust III vote against management?
3.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 27 of the 740 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 Pioneer Series Trust III support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 23 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 4 of them (17.4%). Across every category it voted for 26.0% 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 30 Sep 2026.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by Pioneer Series Trust III (filer no. 1306349), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 30 Sep 2026; page built 1 Oct 2026.