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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1318342

Investment Managers Series Trust

fund voting report

Vote records reported
11,863year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.7%770 of 11,537 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
92.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
20.9%for, of for + against + abstain
90.1% for5.6% against4.3% other6.7% against management11,863 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, Investment Managers Series Trust listed 11,863 vote records. Votes against management made up 6.7% of those marked either way (770 of 11,537); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

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 92.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 20.9% 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 (26.2% of 65), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (13.5% of 37) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (13.4% of 239).

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 share6.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate92.2%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate20.9%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 ELECTIONS5,2694,7662068.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES482428367.6%
AUDIT-RELATED94489891.3%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS74233.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES71452026.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS2662073113.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,4851,364886.1%
COMPENSATION841770556.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,0501,8951073.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE3792813.5%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE242220.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION3120.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES11069411.8%
OTHER722637445.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202419,32811.9%90.4%17.7%
year to 30 June 202512,6036.6%89.0%60.0%
year to 30 June 202611,8636.7%92.2%20.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Investment Managers Series Trust voted against management on 31 of the 351 it marked either way (8.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 8 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 166 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Investment Managers Series Trust voted for 25 (15.1%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
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
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
SHOPIFY INC.16 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Vote on the shareholder proposal, as disclosed in the Management Information Circular...
Masco Corporation8 May 2026Consideration of stockholder proposal on shareholder right to call a special meeting.
Markel Group Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal for a report on the Company's strategies and action plans to mitigate material...
Markel Group Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to give shareholders an ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Entegris, Inc.6 May 2026Stockholder Proposal: Providing stockholders the right to call special meetings of stockholders.
Medpace Holdings, Inc.15 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding giving shareholders an ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Assurant, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding action by written consent.
MKS Instruments, Inc.11 May 2026A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold percentage of shareholders required to call a special...
THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY N.V.7 May 2026Proposal to amend the Articles of Association of the Company
RELX PLC23 Apr 2026Corporate governance
Evolution AB24 Apr 2026Approve Democratized Shareholder Q&A Platform
Evolution AB24 Apr 2026Approve Equal Information Access (Immediate English Disclosures)
Evolution AB24 Apr 2026Approve Presentation of Long-Term Strategic Clarity
Evolution AB24 Apr 2026Determine Number of Members (8) and Deputy Members (0) of Board
CGI Inc.28 Jan 2026Shareholder Proposal Number Two
COWAY Co., Ltd.31 Mar 2026Amend Articles of Incorporation (Audit Committee) (Shareholder Proposal)
COWAY Co., Ltd.31 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SOL SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED

Shares on loan

Investment Managers 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

23 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
EuroPac International Dividend Income Fund1,2260.6%100.0%22.7%
WCM International Small Cap Growth Fund1,20710.1%81.0%28.6%
EP Emerging Markets Fund8980.1%100.0%not reported
WCM Focused International Opportunities Fund8077.3%84.2%not reported
WCM Focused International Equity Fund7583.3%86.2%40.0%
WCM Focused Emerging Markets Fund6599.9%not reported40.0%
EuroPac International Value Fund6500.0%100.0%16.0%
WCM Focused International Growth Fund5781.6%93.8%not reported
WCM Focused Emerging Markets ex China Fund56311.8%80.0%40.0%
WCM Small Cap Growth Fund5371.9%90.0%not reported
Riverbridge Growth Fund5361.7%97.4%11.5%
EuroPac Gold Fund4811.0%100.0%not reported
Genter Dividend Income Fund4770.0%100.0%0.0%
Vaughan Nelson International Fund3875.5%not reportednot reported
WCM China Quality Growth Fund36810.3%not reportednot reported
Vaughan Nelson Emerging Markets Fund3497.6%not reportednot reported
WCM Mid Cap Quality Value Fund3354.2%90.9%63.6%
WCM Select Global Growth Fund1953.6%90.9%not reported
Robinson Opportunistic Income Fund15448.1%not reportednot reported
Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth Fund960.0%100.0%0.0%
Towle Value Fund9127.5%77.8%not reported
WCM SMID Quality Value Fund280.0%not reportednot reported
EuroPac International Bond Fund140.0%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 Investment Managers Series Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Investment Managers Series Trust reported 464 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 428 were for (92.2%), 36 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 31 of the 351 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 8 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Investment Managers Series Trust vote against management?

6.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 770 of the 11,537 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 Investment Managers Series Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 29 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (3.4%). Across every category it voted for 20.9% 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 Investment Managers Series Trust (filer no. 1318342), 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.