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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1653463

Bernstein Fund Inc

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Vote records reported
7,002year to 30 June 2026
Against management
11.8%808 of 6,828 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
37.1%for, of for + against + abstain
86.5% for9.0% against4.5% other11.8% against management6,942 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, Bernstein Fund Inc reported 7,002 vote records on Form N-PX. 808 of the 6,828 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 11.8%, 5.6 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 27.1%. 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 93.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 37.1% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in OTHER (29.7% of 37), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (17.7% of 79) and COMPENSATION (15.5% of 710).

It reported 288.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.86% 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 share11.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate93.0%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate37.1%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.86%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 ELECTIONS3,6253,03935115.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES250213166.0%
AUDIT-RELATED50948654.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2114317.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS7965317.7%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE739699385.5%
COMPENSATION72361111015.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,1571,070765.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2012810.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE9900.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION9900.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES333030.0%
OTHER72273529.7%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20246,98210.3%91.4%38.5%
year to 30 June 20257,07912.3%90.8%49.4%
year to 30 June 20267,00211.8%93.0%37.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Bernstein Fund Inc voted against management on 11 of the 221 it marked either way (5.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 44 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Bernstein Fund Inc voted for 15 (34.1%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
AutoNation, Inc.28 Apr 2026Adoption of stockholder proposal regarding GHG report.
Calix, Inc.14 May 2026To hold an advisory vote on a stockholder proposal relating to a simple majority vote.
ArcBest Corporation24 Apr 2026A shareholder proposal to approve GHG emissions reduction targets
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd.25 Dec 2025Shareholder proposal: CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Saipem SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED
Saipem SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED
Saipem SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
NOS SGPS SA22 Apr 2026Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies
Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA15 Apr 2026Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.30 Mar 2026Amend Articles to Disclose Cost of Equity Capital in Corporate Governance Report
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.30 Mar 2026Amend Articles to Require Individual Compensation Disclosure for Directors
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.30 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.30 Mar 2026Amend Articles to Generally Mandate Shareholder Approval for Income Allocation
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.30 Mar 2026Approve Additional Dividend so that Dividend per Share Equals to JPY 311
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.30 Mar 2026Initiate Share Repurchase Program

Shares on loan

Bernstein Fund Inc reported 288.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 33.18 billion shares voted: 0.86% 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

3 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
International Small Cap Portfolio3,62012.2%not reported38.7%
Small Cap Core Portfolio2,16413.9%95.0%60.0%
International Strategic Equities Portfolio1,2187.1%not reported23.5%

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 Bernstein Fund Inc vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Bernstein Fund Inc reported 229 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 213 were for (93.0%), 16 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 11 of the 221 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Bernstein Fund Inc vote against management?

11.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 808 of the 6,828 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 Bernstein Fund Inc support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 10 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (20.0%). Across every category it voted for 37.1% 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 Bernstein Fund Inc (filer no. 1653463), 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.