Vote Scores

Home / First Trust / FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV

Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1517936

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV

fund voting report, part of First Trust

Vote records reported
13,273year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.8%907 of 13,259 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
88.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
32.6%for, of for + against + abstain
91.3% for5.8% against2.9% other6.8% against management13,273 votes

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

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV reported 13,273 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.8% of its votes as cast against management (907 of 13,259), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.0%. 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 88.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 32.6% 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 (36.0% of 50), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (29.1% of 570) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (25.9% of 58).

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 share6.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate88.5%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate32.6%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 ELECTIONS7,8327,3901275.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES8787479711.5%
AUDIT-RELATED1,0671,06500.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS2200.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES50331736.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS58401825.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2302151513.5%
COMPENSATION5924959615.7%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE57044912129.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE138121260.7%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE64154912.5%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION777700.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES225301958.0%
OTHER1,7781,713262.4%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20248,0755.1%93.6%42.0%
year to 30 June 20259,8995.1%95.0%32.7%
year to 30 June 202613,2736.8%88.5%32.6%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV voted against management on 39 of the 381 it marked either way (10.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 214 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV voted for 69 (32.2%). 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
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
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
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
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,"
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
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
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.
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...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
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.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
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

Shares on loan

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV 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

14 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
FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF2,1138.0%78.0%32.9%
FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF1,9635.6%94.2%34.8%
FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF1,9255.5%92.4%19.0%
FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF1,7945.9%92.1%46.7%
FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF1,2739.1%87.5%30.9%
FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF9722.7%100.0%29.3%
FT Energy Income Partners Strategy ETF9352.1%not reported27.3%
FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF85325.4%70.3%35.4%
First Trust EIP Power Solutions ETF6672.9%not reported35.0%
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund6642.9%not reported27.8%
First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF661.5%not reportednot reported
First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF320.0%not reportednot reported
First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF80.0%not reportednot reported
First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF80.0%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 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV reported 844 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 747 were for (88.5%), 97 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 39 of the 381 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

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

6.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 907 of the 13,259 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 IV support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 127 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (0.8%). Across every category it voted for 32.6% 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 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV (filer no. 1517936), 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.