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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1644419

Northern Lights Fund Trust IV

fund voting report

Vote records reported
34,126year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.8%2,159 of 31,596 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
92.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
35.6%for, of for + against + abstain
86.3% for5.4% against8.2% other6.8% against management34,161 votes

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

Northern Lights Fund Trust IV reported 34,126 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.8% of its votes as cast against management (2,159 of 31,596), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 17.7%. 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 92.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 35.6% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (35.9% of 145), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (34.6% of 295) and HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (27.0% of 89).

It reported 48.0 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.71% 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 share6.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate92.3%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate35.6%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.71%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 ELECTIONS18,83618,2293613.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2,5632,1801859.5%
AUDIT-RELATED2,8312,6921255.3%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS5500.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES29916911234.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS116872618.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2,0021,62335018.4%
COMPENSATION1,4041,287967.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,8542,48224810.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1464010235.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE94166827.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1811623.5%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES160639317.2%
OTHER2,905663939.4%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202429,54516.8%89.9%33.7%
year to 30 June 202535,5669.4%83.7%13.2%
year to 30 June 202634,1266.8%92.3%35.6%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Northern Lights Fund Trust IV voted against management on 106 of the 1,324 it marked either way (8.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 10 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 389 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Northern Lights Fund Trust IV voted for 128 (32.9%). 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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Lobbying alignment
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
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
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Discrimination in Charitable Support
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Processes
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Report on Indigenous Peoples' Rights
The Procter & Gamble Company14 Oct 2025Shareholder Proposal Requesting Additional Reporting on Plastic Packaging
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.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal: ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE
GE VERNOVA INC.20 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting report assessing sustainability goals on the basis of net-present-value...
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an independent board chairman.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting a report on risks of sharing customer data with third parties.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting a report describing how the Company could disclose its plastic packaging...
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chair policy
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
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,"
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a report on objective evaluation of plastics packaging policies
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.15 May 2026A stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
The Travelers Companies, Inc.20 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026Amend Bylaws to Require Audit Committee to Assess ROI of DEI Initiatives
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...

Shares on loan

Northern Lights Fund Trust IV reported 48.0 million shares on loan at record dates against 6.67 billion shares voted: 0.71% 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

26 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
Inspire Global Hope ETF6,6175.2%97.3%29.1%
Inspire 500 ETF5,1022.8%95.8%44.8%
Inspire Small Mid Cap ETF4,5772.4%90.2%23.5%
Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return Fund4,48416.7%69.6%59.8%
Inspire International ETF4,3426.8%100.0%8.5%
Inspire 100 ETF1,1373.2%95.9%47.8%
National Security Emerging Market Index ETF1,1240.0%100.0%not reported
Inspire Fidelis Multi-Factor ETF9912.9%97.7%33.3%
Brookstone Dividend Stock ETF7223.0%100.0%17.4%
Brookstone Growth Stock ETF6253.9%100.0%11.3%
Moerus Worldwide Fund50012.8%69.2%not reported
Brookstone Value Stock Fund4850.0%100.0%44.4%
USA Mutuals Vice Fund46711.3%81.0%36.8%
FM Focus Equity ETF44872.5%96.4%3.8%
FM Compounders Equity ETF4411.6%96.6%3.8%
Monarch Volume Factor Dividend Tree Index ETF4152.9%91.7%57.1%
Monarch Blue Chips Core Index ETF3626.9%91.3%35.2%
Inspire Growth ETF3541.7%100.0%22.2%
Monarch Dividend Plus Index ETF3383.8%84.6%50.0%
Main Thematic Innovation ETF29110.5%100.0%not reported
Inspire Capital Appreciation ETF2242.7%90.5%18.2%
Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF37not reportednot reported16.7%
Anchor Risk Managed Income Strategies Fund230.0%not reportednot reported
Anchor Risk Managed Equity Strategies Fund110.0%not reportednot reported
Monarch Volume Factor Global Unconstrained Index ETF80.0%not reportednot reported
Main Sector Rotation ETF1not reportednot 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 Northern Lights Fund Trust IV vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Northern Lights Fund Trust IV reported 2,362 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 2,180 were for (92.3%), 182 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 106 of the 1,324 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 10 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Northern Lights Fund Trust IV vote against management?

6.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 2,159 of the 31,596 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 Northern Lights Fund Trust IV support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 126 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 36 of them (28.6%). Across every category it voted for 35.6% 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 Northern Lights Fund Trust IV (filer no. 1644419), 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.