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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1655589

Franklin Templeton ETF Trust

fund voting report, part of Franklin Templeton

Vote records reported
292,542year to 30 June 2026
Against management
12.7%36,242 of 286,452 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
89.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
58.9%for, of for + against + abstain
86.0% for12.5% against1.6% other12.7% against management290,172 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, Franklin Templeton ETF Trust listed 292,542 vote records. Votes against management made up 12.7% of those marked either way (36,242 of 286,452); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 8.8%. 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 89.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 58.9% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (41.4% of 6,858), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (29.8% of 504) and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (19.3% of 74,721).

It reported 178.4 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.42% 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 share12.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate89.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate58.9%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.42%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 ELECTIONS116,797106,4956,6227.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES5,5124,63652610.1%
AUDIT-RELATED16,50615,5948925.0%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS98821616.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES6304309229.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS6,8584,0202,83841.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE45,39440,9824,4129.8%
COMPENSATION30,24925,2974,77615.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE76,10960,76714,92619.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,5004981,0022.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE7064043024.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION7803744060.3%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2,1701,0561,1146.7%
OTHER4,2223,8683544.1%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024143,29512.2%90.1%74.2%
year to 30 June 2025143,3549.6%90.6%62.4%
year to 30 June 2026292,54212.7%89.8%58.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Franklin Templeton ETF Trust voted against management on 129 of the 1,309 it marked either way (9.9%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 1,151 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Franklin Templeton ETF Trust voted for 483 (42.0%). 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
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
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
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
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.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
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
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.
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
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.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
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...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
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...

Shares on loan

Franklin Templeton ETF Trust reported 178.4 million shares on loan at record dates against 42.47 billion shares voted: 0.42% 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

44 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
Franklin FTSE Asia Ex Japan ETF53,20018.1%66.7%61.9%
Franklin FTSE China ETF49,64621.5%66.7%61.6%
Franklin FTSE Europe ETF21,6667.6%not reported41.1%
Franklin Emerging Market Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF17,64419.0%not reported69.9%
Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF14,9505.4%not reported32.3%
Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF12,9067.2%90.3%38.4%
Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged ETF11,0484.4%not reported16.5%
Franklin FTSE Japan ETF11,0444.4%not reported16.5%
Franklin FTSE Eurozone ETF9,0229.0%not reported69.1%
Franklin U.S. Small Cap Multifactor Index ETF8,47612.2%90.8%54.5%
Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF7,7944.6%93.7%28.6%
Franklin U.S. Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF7,3388.0%87.9%33.9%
Franklin FTSE India ETF5,58614.3%not reportednot reported
Franklin U.S. Large Cap Multifactor Index ETF5,4005.5%91.2%32.5%
Franklin Small Cap Enhanced ETF4,78812.1%90.3%71.4%
Franklin U.S. Mid Cap Multifactor Index ETF4,7626.2%95.5%53.0%
Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF4,72614.7%not reported90.9%
Franklin FTSE United Kingdom ETF4,3020.9%not reported0.0%
Franklin International Dividend Booster Index ETF3,0705.5%not reported30.8%
Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF2,9684.4%not reported54.5%
Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF2,65019.3%not reported90.0%
BrandywineGlobal - Dynamic U.S. Large Cap Value ETF2,6508.5%94.1%46.7%
Franklin U.S. Dividend Booster Index ETF2,6508.1%90.3%34.2%
Franklin FTSE Switzerland ETF2,33411.8%not reported66.7%
Franklin FTSE Germany ETF2,3007.9%not reportednot reported
Franklin FTSE Canada ETF2,2282.0%100.0%3.6%
Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF1,9847.0%not reportednot reported
Franklin Intelligent Machines ETF1,55614.1%77.8%42.9%
Franklin Income Focus ETF1,5163.4%95.1%15.6%
Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF1,45210.8%not reportednot reported
Franklin FTSE Australia ETF1,41210.9%not reported4.0%
Templeton International Insights ETF1,3986.2%not reported5.9%
Franklin Income Equity Focus ETF1,3083.4%90.6%15.1%
Franklin Disruptive Commerce ETF1,26219.0%76.2%34.0%
Franklin Exponential Data ETF1,26021.9%69.2%40.0%
Franklin Genomic Advancements ETF1,16611.1%89.6%85.7%
Franklin Dividend Growth ETF1,0025.0%91.4%25.6%
Franklin Focused Dynamic Growth ETF92016.8%78.1%33.3%
Putnam International Stock ETF78011.2%not reportednot reported
ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure ETF2320.9%not reportednot reported
Franklin Sustainable International Equity ETF882.6%not reportednot reported
Franklin FTSE Saudi Arabia ETF220.0%not reportednot reported
Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF180.0%not reportednot reported
Franklin Senior Loan ETF180.0%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 Franklin Templeton ETF Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Franklin Templeton ETF Trust reported 5,162 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 4,636 were for (89.8%), 526 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 129 of the 1,309 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Franklin Templeton ETF Trust vote against management?

12.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 36,242 of the 286,452 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 Franklin Templeton ETF Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 1,044 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 42 of them (4.0%). Across every category it voted for 58.9% 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 Franklin Templeton ETF Trust (filer no. 1655589), 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.