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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1364608

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II

fund voting report, part of First Trust

Vote records reported
20,458year to 30 June 2026
Against management
10.1%1,364 of 13,494 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
35.3%for, of for + against + abstain
88.1% for9.2% against2.7% other10.1% against management20,458 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II reported 20,458 vote records on Form N-PX. 1,364 of the 13,494 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 10.1%, 3.9 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.4%. 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 84.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 35.3% 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 (36.7% of 49), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (21.6% of 315) and COMPENSATION (19.1% of 1,712).

It reported 475.5 million shares out on loan at record dates, 4.10% 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 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share10.1%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate35.3%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held4.10%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 ELECTIONS9,2138,28254610.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES5294137521.6%
AUDIT-RELATED1,3301,260563.7%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS3300.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES6754436.7%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS162147159.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2,3492,10623311.5%
COMPENSATION2,3911,94642819.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE5,0254,5843595.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE15253970.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE8644400.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION8644400.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES224871340.0%
OTHER15697586.7%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202417,1118.9%87.5%41.3%
year to 30 June 202518,6348.6%89.3%30.2%
year to 30 June 202620,45810.1%84.6%35.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II voted against management on 43 of the 203 it marked either way (21.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 138 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 327 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II voted for 111 (33.9%). 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
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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
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.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Prudential Financial, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman.
Equinix, Inc.13 May 2026Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, related...
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
Edison International23 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Retention of Equity
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
FirstEnergy Corp.20 May 2026Independent Board Chairman
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
CMS Energy Corporation8 May 2026Vote on a Shareholder Proposal: Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.

Shares on loan

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II reported 475.5 million shares on loan at record dates against 11.13 billion shares voted: 4.10% 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.

Fund series in this filing

22 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
First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF1,95811.4%not reported41.9%
First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund1,7076.1%100.0%23.3%
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund1,662not reported95.1%61.5%
First Trust Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies ETF1,6606.9%not reported25.0%
First Trust Emerging Markets Human Flourishing ETF1,5505.2%not reported29.4%
First Trust Indxx NextG ETF1,4257.8%73.3%26.4%
First Trust S-Network Future Vehicles & Technology ETF1,36613.3%69.8%40.7%
First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF1,200not reported96.0%36.7%
First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF811not reported100.0%40.0%
First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF78910.4%not reported47.1%
First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF726not reported100.0%75.0%
First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund6673.8%not reported9.1%
First Trust Cloud Computing ETF61423.3%70.4%25.0%
First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF6109.2%100.0%2.5%
First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF5975.4%100.0%12.5%
First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF557not reported100.0%60.0%
First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF54112.0%75.0%32.7%
First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF50717.9%69.2%25.9%
First Trust Dow Jones International Internet ETF48311.4%not reportednot reported
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF38415.7%68.0%22.2%
First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF35417.2%90.6%not reported
First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate ETF2904.8%92.3%not 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 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II reported 488 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 413 were for (84.6%), 75 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 43 of the 203 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 138 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II vote against management?

10.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,364 of the 13,494 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 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 97 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 35.3% 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 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II (filer no. 1364608), 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.