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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1710607

AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST

fund voting report, part of American Century

Vote records reported
533,730year to 30 June 2026
Against management
10.5%54,081 of 513,933 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
73.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
35.4%for, of for + against + abstain
87.0% for10.3% against2.7% other10.5% against management527,535 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST listed 533,730 vote records. Votes against management made up 10.5% of those marked either way (54,081 of 513,933); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.6%. 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 73.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 35.4% 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 (33.6% of 1,373), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (25.7% of 14,194) and COMPENSATION (23.5% of 57,484).

It reported 12.23 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 6.59% 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 share10.5%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate73.1%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate35.4%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held6.59%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 ELECTIONS256,788228,08816,6169.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES14,2009,6273,54525.7%
AUDIT-RELATED36,11734,3151,7564.5%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS9900.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1,7111,07833033.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS5,1584,58157711.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE57,21250,8806,33010.8%
COMPENSATION58,23944,09713,87023.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE110,712100,8778,9396.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2,1711,1989612.3%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1,3871,0972901.7%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1,4851,0814040.5%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3,6092,0981,51112.2%
OTHER6,2203,6452,5587.5%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024440,66513.4%59.3%34.1%
year to 30 June 2025479,76212.1%55.7%33.9%
year to 30 June 2026533,73010.5%73.1%35.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST voted against management on 769 of the 2,419 it marked either way (31.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 7 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 1,355 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST voted for 434 (32.0%). 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
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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
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.
Salesforce, Inc.28 May 2026Advisory vote to ratify named executive officers' compensation
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
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,"
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
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.
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.
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 May 2026Shareholder Proposal titled "Improve Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting".
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Yum! Brands, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Reduce the Percentage of Shares Required to Call a Special Meeting.
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Autodesk, Inc.17 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal requesting amendment to stockholder special meeting right.
Equinix, Inc.13 May 2026Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, related...
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
eBay Inc.17 Jun 2026Special stockholder meeting threshold
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to take the steps necessary to reduce the minimum...
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to report on the feasibility of adopting a...

Shares on loan

AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST reported 12.23 billion shares on loan at record dates against 173.39 billion shares voted: 6.59% 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

39 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
Avantis International Equity ETF45,4728.3%76.9%26.4%
Avantis International Equity Fund43,9477.9%76.2%25.8%
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF41,02213.2%not reported55.7%
Avantis International Small Cap Equity ETF36,7939.2%72.7%38.3%
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Fund35,70113.4%not reported58.4%
Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF30,5537.9%73.7%30.5%
Avantis Emerging Markets Ex-China Equity ETF29,04312.2%not reported47.2%
Avantis Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity ETF26,50914.1%not reported45.9%
Avantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETF24,88512.5%80.0%59.4%
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF21,3259.5%60.0%44.6%
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF19,54913.2%not reported61.4%
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF19,12911.5%72.5%23.4%
Avantis International Small Cap Value Fund18,0199.6%66.7%43.0%
Avantis U.S. Equity Fund16,65410.0%76.1%23.0%
Avantis Total Equity Markets ETF14,6899.0%77.9%19.0%
Avantis Responsible U.S. Equity ETF13,58410.0%73.2%22.1%
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF12,48716.6%62.4%39.3%
Avantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF10,0638.9%79.6%22.4%
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund9,81014.0%66.6%47.6%
Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF9,7586.7%not reported16.6%
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF7,29512.2%73.6%36.4%
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value Fund6,53911.7%75.0%36.8%
Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF6,4928.5%82.2%38.1%
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF5,6915.5%85.7%26.1%
Avantis Inflation Focused Equity ETF3,62510.1%75.2%8.3%
Avantis Real Estate ETF3,2905.5%84.1%not reported
Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETF3,1946.5%84.7%42.0%
Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF3,0186.5%87.3%26.1%
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF2,9376.7%81.4%17.6%
Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value Fund2,3815.9%88.4%26.6%
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF2,10210.5%77.2%16.1%
American Century Small Cap Growth Insights ETF1,90715.3%63.1%66.7%
American Century Small Cap Value Insights ETF1,6669.4%83.6%14.3%
American Century Large Cap Equity ETF1,3674.6%92.4%10.4%
American Century Large Cap Growth ETF1,0168.8%85.3%15.6%
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF7204.7%91.5%11.4%
Avantis U.S. Quality ETF62116.3%60.0%36.0%
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF4953.9%92.1%5.7%
American Century Mid Cap Growth Impact ETF3827.9%82.4%16.7%

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 AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST reported 13,172 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 9,627 were for (73.1%), 3,545 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 769 of the 2,419 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 7 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST vote against management?

10.5% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 54,081 of the 513,933 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 AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 979 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 28 of them (2.9%). Across every category it voted for 35.4% 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 AMERICAN CENTURY ETF TRUST (filer no. 1710607), 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.