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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1396092

World Funds Trust

fund voting report

Vote records reported
5,200year to 30 June 2026
Against management
2.8%145 of 5,129 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
92.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
15.1%for, of for + against + abstain
92.8% for5.7% against1.4% other2.8% against management5,189 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, World Funds Trust reported 5,200 vote records on Form N-PX. 145 of the 5,129 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 2.8%, 3.4 percentage points below the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.2%. 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 92.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 15.1% 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 (18.8% of 224), CAPITAL STRUCTURE (9.5% of 63) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (8.6% of 116).

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 share2.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate92.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate15.1%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 ELECTIONS3,6533,605141.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES454389328.2%
AUDIT-RELATED47547020.9%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2110.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS161600.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE686359.5%
COMPENSATION127116117.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2301438218.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE321313.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE120120.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION4040.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES116121048.6%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20246,6366.3%97.9%14.5%
year to 30 June 20255,9782.8%96.1%16.1%
year to 30 June 20265,2002.8%92.6%15.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, World Funds Trust voted against management on 28 of the 360 it marked either way (7.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 2 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 170 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, World Funds Trust voted for 31 (18.2%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Al Data Usage Oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI-generated misinformation
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
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
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
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.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
United Rentals, Inc.8 May 2026Advisory approval of executive compensation
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
eBay Inc.17 Jun 2026Special stockholder meeting threshold
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
PPG Industries, Inc.16 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring an independent board chair
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.1 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Permit Stockholder Action by Written Consent.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding report on the anticipated impact of recent changes in US immigration...
Cincinnati Financial Corporation2 May 2026A nonbinding shareholder proposal
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.4 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board Chair policy.
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal: Give Shareholders an Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting.

Shares on loan

World Funds 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

11 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
Applied Finance Explorer Fund1,3153.8%86.6%not reported
Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income Fund9732.7%100.0%29.3%
Applied Finance Select Fund7203.3%91.8%20.8%
Applied Finance Dividend Fund5740.9%97.5%2.4%
Lone Peak Value Fund3993.1%87.1%23.5%
Union Street Partners Value Fund3800.0%100.0%0.0%
LDR High Income Realty Fund2750.7%100.0%not reported
Perkins Discovery Fund2080.5%100.0%not reported
Philotimo Focused Growth and Income Fund17613.0%86.7%not reported
The Cook & Bynum Fund1573.1%100.0%not reported
Rule One Fund230.0%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 World Funds Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 World Funds Trust reported 419 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 388 were for (92.6%), 31 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 28 of the 360 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 2 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does World Funds Trust vote against management?

2.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 145 of the 5,129 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 World Funds Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 32 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (3.1%). Across every category it voted for 15.1% 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 World Funds Trust (filer no. 1396092), 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.