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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1537395

FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

fund voting report, part of First Trust

Vote records reported
6,758year to 30 June 2026
Against management
3.4%229 of 6,756 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
95.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
22.8%for, of for + against + abstain
91.1% for5.6% against3.3% other3.4% against management6,758 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST listed 6,758 vote records. Votes against management made up 3.4% of those marked either way (229 of 6,756); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.6%. 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 95.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 22.8% 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 (16.5% of 486), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (12.0% of 25) and HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (7.3% of 55).

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 share3.4%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate95.7%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate22.8%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 ELECTIONS4,7654,597482.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES429398184.4%
AUDIT-RELATED49247910.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES25141112.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS139423.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE17016022.4%
COMPENSATION243207205.8%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE4873349516.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE10315871.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE5516387.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION6212490.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES155211330.6%
OTHER3120.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20247,1374.3%95.1%23.6%
year to 30 June 20256,8453.5%94.9%11.3%
year to 30 June 20266,7583.4%95.7%22.8%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted against management on 17 of the 273 it marked either way (6.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 192 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted for 51 (26.6%). 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...
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,"
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."
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
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - 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
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...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a report on the risks of the Company excluding religious charities from...
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...
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.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Equinix, Inc.13 May 2026Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, related...
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
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation2 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt shareholder right to act by written consent
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
FirstEnergy Corp.20 May 2026Independent Board Chairman
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Avery Dennison Corporation30 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
CMS Energy Corporation8 May 2026Vote on a Shareholder Proposal: Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.28 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes

Shares on loan

FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE 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

7 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
First Trust/Dow Jones Dividend & Income Allocation Portfolio1,7903.8%96.5%29.0%
First Trust Multi Income Allocation Portfolio1,5103.4%92.9%27.5%
First Trust Capital Strength Hedged Equity Portfolio1,0842.0%100.0%19.1%
First Trust International Developed Capital Strength Portfolio9231.0%not reported9.4%
First Trust Capital Strength Portfolio6742.1%100.0%17.3%
First Trust Growth Strength Portfolio6578.7%88.0%26.5%
First Trust Dorsey Wright Tactical Core Portfolio1206.7%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 VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 416 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 398 were for (95.7%), 18 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 17 of the 273 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote against management?

3.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 229 of the 6,756 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 VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 88 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (1.1%). Across every category it voted for 22.8% 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 VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (filer no. 1537395), 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.