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FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund
fund voting report
- Vote records reported
- 1,843year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 5.4%97 of 1,799 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 95.3%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 34.1%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
For the year to 30 June 2026, FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund reported 1,843 vote records on Form N-PX. 97 of the 1,799 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 5.4%, close to the median fund registrant (6.2%).
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.7%. 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 95.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 34.1% 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 (38.8% of 80), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (20.0% of 20) and COMPENSATION (14.3% of 63).
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 2026 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 5.4% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 95.3% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 34.1% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.12% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 1,299 | 1,263 | 17 | 2.8% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 130 | 122 | 6 | 4.6% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 130 | 130 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 11 | 7 | 4 | 54.5% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 18 | 18 | 0 | 33.3% | |
| COMPENSATION | 63 | 54 | 9 | 14.3% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 80 | 64 | 16 | 38.8% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0.0% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 20 | 6 | 14 | 20.0% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0.0% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 58 | 7 | 51 | 8.6% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2025 | 1,434 | 4.0% | 94.9% | 29.3% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 1,843 | 5.4% | 95.3% | 34.1% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund voted against management on 3 of the 70 it marked either way (4.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.
- Alphabet Inc. 5 Jun 2026
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 14 Apr 2026
- Paycom Software, Inc. 4 May 2026
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 70 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund voted for 24 (34.3%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | 5 Dec 2025 | Report on Human Rights Due Diligence |
| Microsoft Corporation | 5 Dec 2025 | Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 24 Jun 2026 | Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting... |
| Alphabet Inc. | 5 Jun 2026 | Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight |
| Alphabet Inc. | 5 Jun 2026 | Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting |
| Visa Inc. | 27 Jan 2026 | Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent. |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 19 May 2026 | Independent board chairman |
| Mastercard Incorporated | 16 Jun 2026 | Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent |
| Bank of America Corporation | 4 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | 17 Mar 2026 | Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting." |
| Lam Research Corporation | 4 Nov 2025 | Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting," |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 2 Jun 2026 | Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending. |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay. |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class. |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 27 May 2026 | A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure. |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 19 May 2026 | Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders. |
| eBay Inc. | 17 Jun 2026 | Special stockholder meeting threshold |
| The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. | 20 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation | 2 Jun 2026 | Shareholder proposal to adopt shareholder right to act by written consent |
| Dover Corporation | 8 May 2026 | To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair. |
| Regions Financial Corporation | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder Proposal Relating to Special Shareholder Meeting. |
| Lennar Corporation | 8 Apr 2026 | Vote on a stockholder proposal on Disclosure of Voting Result by Share Class. |
| Lennar Corporation | 8 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES |
| Cincinnati Financial Corporation | 2 May 2026 | A nonbinding shareholder proposal |
Shares on loan
FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund 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.
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.
- N-PX filed 26 Aug 2026 accession 0001104659-26-101576
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund reported 128 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 122 were for (95.3%), 6 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 3 of the 70 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.
How often does FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund vote against management?
5.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 97 of the 1,799 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 FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 30 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 34.1% 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 FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Total Return Fund (filer no. 2036648), 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.