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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1413032

Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II

fund voting report, part of Columbia Threadneedle

Vote records reported
33,542year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.0%2,009 of 33,320 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.4%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
37.5%for, of for + against + abstain
92.0% for6.4% against1.5% other6.0% against management33,501 votes

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

Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II reported 33,542 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.0% of its votes as cast against management (2,009 of 33,320), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.2%. 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 91.4% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 37.5% 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 (37.1% of 140), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (17.7% of 3,103) and COMPENSATION (10.6% of 1,933).

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 share6.0%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.4%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate37.5%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 ELECTIONS21,31920,3955304.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2,0981,8201728.4%
AUDIT-RELATED2,5262,495301.1%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1431043737.1%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS158142168.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,7091,610997.7%
COMPENSATION1,9611,72422910.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3,1832,86231117.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE412443680.7%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE200351650.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION223351880.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES6071065014.0%
OTHER8856324.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202437,0767.8%91.2%36.5%
year to 30 June 202539,1936.5%86.0%22.8%
year to 30 June 202633,5426.0%91.4%37.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II voted against management on 107 of the 968 it marked either way (11.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 455 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II voted for 200 (44.0%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
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.
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
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,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
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.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
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.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an independent board chairman.
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Intel Corporation13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting an enduring policy separating the Chair and CEO roles.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"

Shares on loan

Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II 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

29 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
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Large Cap Index Fund6,5915.3%93.5%44.1%
Variable Portfolio - Partners International Value Fund2,9775.8%not reported37.8%
Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Value Fund1,8236.2%85.3%77.8%
Variable Portfolio - Partners Core Equity Fund1,5305.1%94.2%31.5%
Variable Portfolio - Partners International Growth Fund1,4916.0%not reported26.7%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Overseas Core Fund1,4604.9%100.0%50.0%
Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Growth Fund1,2728.2%81.6%not reported
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Emerging Markets Fund1,23313.5%not reported28.6%
CTIVP - T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Fund1,1884.5%93.2%30.9%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Dividend Opportunity Fund1,1474.5%89.5%28.9%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Disciplined Core Fund1,1456.1%93.8%36.1%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Core Equity Fund1,1456.1%93.8%36.1%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund1,0715.0%92.0%31.6%
CTIVP - Wellington Large Cap Value Fund1,0135.3%92.1%36.0%
CTIVP - Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund8906.2%88.6%58.3%
Variable Portfolio - Partners International Core Equity Fund7755.0%not reported6.7%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Cornerstone Equity Fund7365.4%100.0%32.4%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Seligman Global Technology Fund7275.7%92.6%27.9%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Mid Cap Growth Fund7058.7%90.0%57.1%
CTIVP - CenterSquare Real Estate Fund6335.2%91.2%not reported
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Cornerstone Growth Fund6246.5%93.2%29.2%
CTIVP - Westfield Mid Cap Growth Fund6066.6%92.2%83.3%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Mid Cap Value Fund6005.3%93.8%62.5%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Small Cap Value Fund6004.5%94.4%not reported
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Large Cap Value Fund5384.1%94.4%34.0%
CTIVP - Principal Large Cap Growth Fund5078.7%97.1%27.3%
CTIVP - Westfield Select Large Cap Growth Fund45711.4%86.7%25.0%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Income Opportunities Fund368.6%not reportednot reported
CTIVP - TCW Total Return Bond Fund220.0%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 Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II reported 1,992 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,820 were for (91.4%), 172 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 107 of the 968 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II vote against management?

6.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 2,009 of the 33,320 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 Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 371 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 3 of them (0.8%). Across every category it voted for 37.5% 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 Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II (filer no. 1413032), 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.