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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1380936

GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND

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Vote records reported
4,869year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.5%315 of 4,866 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
89.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
38.0%for, of for + against + abstain
91.9% for6.1% against2.0% other6.5% against management4,869 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND reported 4,869 vote records on Form N-PX. 315 of the 4,866 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.5%, close to the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.5%. 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 89.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 38.0% 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 (38.2% of 228), COMPENSATION (21.5% of 130) and CAPITAL STRUCTURE (10.1% of 69).

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 share6.5%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate89.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate38.0%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 ELECTIONS3,5663,418704.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3753223610.1%
AUDIT-RELATED36736700.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1914542.1%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS171525.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE6968110.1%
COMPENSATION1301032721.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2301735738.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE602580.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE192170.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION362340.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES748668.1%
OTHER9900.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20246,9775.9%91.7%44.3%
year to 30 June 20255,2464.0%91.5%31.9%
year to 30 June 20264,8696.5%89.9%38.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND voted against management on 35 of the 357 it marked either way (9.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 249 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND voted for 95 (38.2%). 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
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' 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.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
CVS Health Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
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.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
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...

Shares on loan

GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND 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.

Questions

How did GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND reported 358 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 322 were for (89.9%), 36 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 35 of the 357 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND vote against management?

6.5% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 315 of the 4,866 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 GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 58 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 38.0% 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 23 Sep 2026.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND (filer no. 1380936), 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.