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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1604522

abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund

fund voting report

Vote records reported
708year to 30 June 2026
Against management
23.3%165 of 708 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
32.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
37.5%for, of for + against + abstain
75.1% for19.9% against4.9% other23.3% against management708 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund reported 708 vote records on Form N-PX. 165 of the 708 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 23.3%, 17.1 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 21.8%. 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 32.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 37.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (60.3% of 68), CAPITAL STRUCTURE (42.9% of 28) and AUDIT-RELATED (39.7% of 63).

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 share23.3%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate32.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate37.5%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 ELECTIONS4623934114.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES68204160.3%
AUDIT-RELATED63382539.7%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES4400.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE28161242.9%
COMPENSATION43331025.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3933617.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2020.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION2020.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES6060.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202492018.4%29.4%44.2%
year to 30 June 202574220.3%25.0%32.4%
year to 30 June 202670823.3%32.8%37.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund voted against management on 40 of the 60 it marked either way (66.7%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 16 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund voted for 6 (37.5%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
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
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
IQVIA Holdings Inc.23 Apr 2026If properly presented, a stockholder proposal concerning separate Chairman and Chief Executive Officer roles.
Humana Inc.16 Apr 2026The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes

Shares on loan

abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund 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.

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 abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund reported 61 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 20 were for (32.8%), 41 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 40 of the 60 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund vote against management?

23.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 165 of the 708 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 abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 2 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 37.5% 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 abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (filer no. 1604522), 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.