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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1976877

Madison ETFs Trust

fund voting report

Vote records reported
1,150year to 30 June 2026
Against management
7.7%89 of 1,149 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
64.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
29.2%for, of for + against + abstain
88.5% for10.3% against1.1% other7.7% against management1,150 votes

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

Madison ETFs Trust reported 1,150 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 7.7% of its votes as cast against management (89 of 1,149), 1.5 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.0%. 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 64.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 29.2% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (35.1% of 77), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (33.8% of 68) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (13.8% of 29).

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 share7.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate64.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate29.2%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 ELECTIONS820791183.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES77492635.1%
AUDIT-RELATED747400.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES65116.7%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS2200.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE242228.3%
COMPENSATION242224.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE68472133.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE201195.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE152137.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION41325.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2962313.8%
OTHER108220.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20241,1548.1%68.5%not reported
year to 30 June 20251,2075.4%73.8%17.4%
year to 30 June 20261,1507.7%64.9%29.2%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Madison ETFs Trust voted against management on 21 of the 64 it marked either way (32.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 88 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Madison ETFs Trust voted for 25 (28.4%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Colgate-Palmolive Company8 May 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
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.
Cummins Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy for separation of the roles of Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer.
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.8 May 2026Corporate governance
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Fastenal Company23 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy
The AES Corporation29 Apr 2026If properly presented, to vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal regarding stockholder ability to call...

Shares on loan

Madison ETFs Trust reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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

2 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
Madison Dividend Value ETF6475.6%81.0%30.6%
Madison Covered Call ETF50310.5%43.8%27.7%

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 Madison ETFs Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Madison ETFs Trust reported 74 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 48 were for (64.9%), 26 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 21 of the 64 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Madison ETFs Trust vote against management?

7.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 89 of the 1,149 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 Madison ETFs 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 1 of them (5.0%). Across every category it voted for 29.2% 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 Madison ETFs Trust (filer no. 1976877), 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.