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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1829774

James Alpha Funds Trust

fund voting report

Vote records reported
2,467year to 30 June 2026
Against management
2.9%72 of 2,471 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
95.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
27.0%for, of for + against + abstain
94.7% for4.2% against1.1% other2.9% against management2,472 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, James Alpha Funds Trust listed 2,467 vote records. Votes against management made up 2.9% of those marked either way (72 of 2,471); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 2.2%. 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 95.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 27.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (27.0% of 89), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (12.9% of 31) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (5.0% of 20).

It reported 8.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 5.46% 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 share2.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate95.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate27.0%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.46%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 ELECTIONS1,7821,755101.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES21519894.7%
AUDIT-RELATED20520500.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES117430.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS4400.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE373610.0%
COMPENSATION696454.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE90642627.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE200195.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1421214.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION5050.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3142612.9%
OTHER121028.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20241,9030.7%100.0%6.6%
year to 30 June 20257710.8%99.2%7.4%
year to 30 June 20262,4672.9%95.6%27.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, James Alpha Funds Trust voted against management on 8 of the 173 it marked either way (4.6%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 102 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, James Alpha Funds Trust voted for 30 (29.4%). 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
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
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
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
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
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
CVS Health Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.
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.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.
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.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 May 2026Shareholder Proposal titled "Improve Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting".
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Equifax Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold to call a special meeting of shareholders to 10%.
Henry Schein, Inc.21 May 2026Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, a shareholder proposal to Govern by Majority Vote.
Mohawk Industries, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard.
Dine Brands Global, Inc.14 May 2026A stockholder proposal regarding the right of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders at a...

Shares on loan

James Alpha Funds Trust reported 8.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 143.3 million shares voted: 5.46% 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

4 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
S0000618581,0945.7%89.5%34.1%
Easterly Snow Long/Short Opportunity Fund6511.2%98.2%5.6%
Easterly Snow Small Cap Value Fund5140.4%100.0%0.0%
Easterly Global Real Estate Fund2080.0%100.0%not 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 James Alpha Funds Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 James Alpha Funds Trust reported 206 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 197 were for (95.6%), 9 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 8 of the 173 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does James Alpha Funds Trust vote against management?

2.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 72 of the 2,471 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 James Alpha Funds Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 20 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 27.0% 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 James Alpha Funds Trust (filer no. 1829774), 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.