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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1548609

Brown Advisory Funds

fund voting report

Vote records reported
9,644year to 30 June 2026
Against management
5.4%463 of 8,639 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
18.1%for, of for + against + abstain
92.7% for5.3% against2.0% other5.4% against management8,660 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, Brown Advisory Funds listed 9,644 vote records. Votes against management made up 5.4% of those marked either way (463 of 8,639); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.7%. 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 93.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 18.1% 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 (40.8% of 49), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (12.0% of 25) and COMPENSATION (7.4% of 349).

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 share5.4%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate93.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate18.1%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%

Of the 9,644 vote records in this filing, 986 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

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 ELECTIONS4,9774,7161415.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES548488326.2%
AUDIT-RELATED78177261.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS3300.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES49281440.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS12111832.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE792742506.1%
COMPENSATION353325277.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE735640867.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2542012.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE390390.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION9090.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES11540746.1%
OTHER311292136.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20249,0187.2%92.9%18.9%
year to 30 June 202510,0766.0%92.4%17.4%
year to 30 June 20269,6445.4%93.8%18.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Brown Advisory Funds voted against management on 24 of the 341 it marked either way (7.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 8 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 129 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Brown Advisory Funds voted for 28 (21.7%). 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 additional reporting on impact of data centers on climate commitments
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
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
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.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
Cummins Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy for separation of the roles of Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
PPG Industries, Inc.16 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring an independent board chair
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
Carvana Co.5 May 2026To vote upon one stockholder proposal, as described in the Proxy Statement.
Domino's Pizza, Inc.21 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chair requirement.
Campbell Soup Company18 Nov 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting.
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...
Bel Fuse Inc.26 May 2026With respect to a shareholder proposal requesting that our board of directors take all necessary steps to...
DB Insurance Co., Ltd.20 Mar 2026Please note that this resolution is a shareholder proposal: approval of amendments to the articles of...

Shares on loan

Brown Advisory Funds 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
Brown Advisory - WMC Strategic European Equity1,5611.6%90.2%not reported
Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select1,27414.0%not reportednot reported
Brown Advisory - WMC Japan Equity Fund9383.2%not reported16.7%
Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders7203.7%83.3%not reported
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value6393.1%100.0%40.0%
Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core6053.5%98.4%20.0%
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity5984.6%97.5%16.4%
Brown Advisory Sustainable Value5703.7%92.3%13.3%
Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth5368.4%96.3%20.0%
Brown Advisory Global Leaders5143.9%85.2%19.0%
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth5034.4%96.6%not reported
Brown Advisory - Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value4075.1%84.6%25.0%
Brown Advisory Growth Equity3955.1%96.3%13.2%
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth3847.3%96.4%15.2%

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 Brown Advisory Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Brown Advisory Funds reported 518 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 486 were for (93.8%), 32 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 24 of the 341 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 8 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Brown Advisory Funds vote against management?

5.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 463 of the 8,639 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 Brown Advisory Funds support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 22 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (9.1%). Across every category it voted for 18.1% 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 Brown Advisory Funds (filer no. 1548609), 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.