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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1605941

1290 Funds

fund voting report, part of Equitable

Vote records reported
15,300year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.9%1,337 of 15,049 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
88.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
29.5%for, of for + against + abstain
88.6% for9.1% against2.3% other8.9% against management15,184 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, 1290 Funds reported 15,300 vote records on Form N-PX. 1,337 of the 15,049 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 8.9%, 2.7 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.7%. 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 88.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 29.5% 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 (29.6% of 71), COMPENSATION (15.6% of 982) and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (12.2% of 1,814).

It reported 3.1 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.37% 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 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share8.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate88.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate29.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.37%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 ELECTIONS9,4478,6415248.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES8517118611.2%
AUDIT-RELATED1,0721,06750.4%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES75552029.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS565245.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE715681335.8%
COMPENSATION99081816815.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,8581,61423712.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE196311604.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE9629673.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION11330832.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES265592029.4%
OTHER74423211.4%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202413,40410.1%77.1%28.9%
year to 30 June 202514,3238.2%86.5%24.6%
year to 30 June 202615,3008.9%88.9%29.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, 1290 Funds voted against management on 69 of the 593 it marked either way (11.6%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 390 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, 1290 Funds voted for 103 (26.4%). 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...
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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
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
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an 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
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
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 adoption of an independent board chair policy
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...
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.
Capital One Financial Corporation8 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
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.

Shares on loan

1290 Funds reported 3.1 million shares on loan at record dates against 224.7 million shares voted: 1.37% 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

6 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
1290 Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund5,56113.7%88.8%45.1%
1290 SmartBeta Equity Fund4,6213.6%94.0%20.0%
1290 Avantis U.S. Large Cap Growth Fund2,3879.0%77.3%23.5%
1290 GAMCO Small/Mid Cap Value Fund1,9425.4%98.1%5.9%
1290 ESSEX SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND78114.5%85.9%not reported
1290 Diversified Bond Fund80.0%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 1290 Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 1290 Funds reported 799 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 710 were for (88.9%), 86 against and 3 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 69 of the 593 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does 1290 Funds vote against management?

8.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,337 of the 15,049 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 1290 Funds support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 167 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 4 of them (2.4%). Across every category it voted for 29.5% 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 1290 Funds (filer no. 1605941), 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.