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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1454889

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST

fund voting report, part of Charles Schwab

Vote records reported
245,098year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.9%16,335 of 236,692 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.4%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
17.6%for, of for + against + abstain
84.9% for6.3% against8.8% other6.9% against management256,717 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST reported 245,098 vote records on Form N-PX. 16,335 of the 236,692 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.9%, close to the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 9.7%. 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 17.6% 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 (17.8% of 1,972), COMPENSATION (13.9% of 16,211) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (11.6% of 971).

It reported 4.95 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 1.74% 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 share6.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.4%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate17.6%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.74%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 ELECTIONS136,146117,5135,2105.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES12,4979,8399158.6%
AUDIT-RELATED18,21716,6481731.7%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS342320.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2,2181,20776817.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS2,8442,716631.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE23,58020,4262,23410.3%
COMPENSATION17,74113,9462,35513.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE41,31635,1213,1366.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE622554885.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE25992193.9%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION176111452.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,03743652811.6%
OTHER30517not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024247,2318.0%89.6%17.5%
year to 30 June 2025247,5186.9%91.4%16.8%
year to 30 June 2026245,0986.9%91.4%17.6%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST voted against management on 201 of the 2,454 it marked either way (8.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 6 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 825 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST voted for 111 (13.5%). 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
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
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
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
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.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.8 May 2026Corporate governance
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...
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
United Rentals, Inc.8 May 2026Advisory approval of executive compensation
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
SHOPIFY INC.16 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Vote on the shareholder proposal, as disclosed in the Management Information Circular...
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Domino's Pizza, Inc.21 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.18 Jun 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding adopting a majority voting standard
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.11 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon one shareholder proposal
Campbell Soup Company18 Nov 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting.
Universal Health Services, Inc.20 May 2026Disclosure of Voting Results Based on Shareholders' Money at Risk
Reliance, Inc.20 May 2026Company articles
Henry Schein, Inc.21 May 2026Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, a shareholder proposal to Govern by Majority Vote.
Oshkosh Corporation5 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Five Below, Inc.16 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that provisions in the Company's governance documents requiring greater...
Lumen Technologies, Inc.20 May 2026Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.
OGE Energy Corp.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.
Eagle Materials Inc.4 Aug 2025Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholder ability to...
Mohawk Industries, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard.

Shares on loan

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST reported 4.95 billion shares on loan at record dates against 278.70 billion shares voted: 1.74% 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

21 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
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF41,79210.8%not reportednot reported
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF27,5828.7%94.7%22.9%
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF23,2385.2%91.5%12.3%
Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF21,2968.4%93.0%23.9%
Schwab International Equity ETF21,1776.9%95.9%13.0%
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market ETF17,6563.8%92.5%10.8%
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF14,8056.3%91.8%27.5%
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF14,6885.1%97.6%10.7%
Schwab 1000 Index ETF11,3168.3%87.7%34.6%
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF9,0883.2%93.2%9.5%
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF9,0413.8%90.9%10.3%
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF8,8124.8%91.9%23.5%
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF6,9022.8%92.9%8.0%
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF5,48510.1%not reportednot reported
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF5,0183.4%94.2%18.9%
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF2,1397.0%84.7%15.1%
Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF1,6535.5%100.0%0.0%
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF1,2513.0%95.9%7.0%
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF1,2073.6%94.0%not reported
Schwab Ariel Opportunities ETF6084.6%94.5%27.3%
Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF34410.7%71.4%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 SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST reported 10,767 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 9,839 were for (91.4%), 915 against and 13 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 201 of the 2,454 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 6 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST vote against management?

6.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 16,335 of the 236,692 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 SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 502 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 14 of them (2.8%). Across every category it voted for 17.6% 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 SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST (filer no. 1454889), 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.