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BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc.
fund voting report, part of BNY Mellon
- Vote records reported
- 727year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 8.6%57 of 663 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- not reportedfor, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 100.0%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. listed 727 vote records. Votes against management made up 8.6% of those marked either way (57 of 663); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.8%. 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 100.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in AUDIT-RELATED (25.0% of 36), COMPENSATION (10.4% of 96) and CAPITAL STRUCTURE (8.1% of 161).
It reported 1.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.51% 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 2026 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 8.6% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | not reported | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 100.0% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 0.51% | 0.00% | 3.12% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 77.1% | 50.4% |
Of the 727 vote records in this filing, 39 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 208 | 201 | 7 | 3.7% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 37 | 28 | 9 | 25.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 2 | 0 | 0 | not reported | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37.5% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 161 | 148 | 13 | 8.1% | |
| COMPENSATION | 96 | 86 | 10 | 10.4% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 217 | 198 | 16 | 7.1% | |
| OTHER | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 667 | 14.1% | not reported | not reported | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 625 | 9.4% | not reported | not reported | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 727 | 8.6% | not reported | 100.0% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
No say-on-pay items could be matched to company meetings for this season.
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 4 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. voted for 4 (100.0%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. | 25 Dec 2025 | Shareholder proposal: CAPITAL STRUCTURE |
| Itau Unibanco Holding SA | 28 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. | 24 Apr 2026 | Amend Articles of Association |
| Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. | 24 Apr 2026 | Approve Determining the Roles of Company Directors |
Shares on loan
BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. reported 1.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 373.9 million shares voted: 0.51% 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
1 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.
| Series | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNY Mellon Global Emerging Markets Fund | 727 | 8.6% | not reported | 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.
- N-PX filed 18 Aug 2026 accession 0001591556-26-000009
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. vote on executive pay?
BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. reported no say-on-pay votes for the year to 30 June 2026.
How often does BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. vote against management?
8.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 57 of the 663 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 BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. support shareholder proposals on climate?
It reported no votes on security-holder proposals in the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE for the year to 30 June 2026. Across every category it voted for 100.0% of security-holder proposals.
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 BNY Mellon Investment Funds II, Inc. (filer no. 1591556), 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.