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CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC
fund voting report
- Vote records reported
- 2,271year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 62.9%973 of 1,547 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 33.0%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 33.3%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC reported 2,271 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 62.9% of its votes as cast against management (973 of 1,547), 56.7 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.2%. 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 33.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 33.3% 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 (67.9% of 106), AUDIT-RELATED (66.7% of 105) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (66.7% of 48).
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 | 62.9% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 33.0% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 33.3% | 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% |
Of the 2,271 vote records in this filing, 671 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked
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 | 1,116 | 389 | 303 | 61.3% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 109 | 35 | 35 | 67.9% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 108 | 35 | 35 | 66.7% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 52 | 17 | 17 | 66.7% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 12 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 39 | 13 | 13 | 66.7% | |
| COMPENSATION | 43 | 14 | 14 | 66.7% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 67 | 21 | 21 | 66.7% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 15 | 5 | 5 | 66.7% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 9 | 3 | 3 | 66.7% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 12 | 4 | 4 | 66.7% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 18 | 6 | 6 | 66.7% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 3,504 | 65.6% | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 9,273 | 65.7% | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 2,271 | 62.9% | 33.0% | 33.3% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC voted against management on 0 of the 33 it marked either way (0.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
A further 51 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 35 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC voted for 2 (5.7%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Tesla, Inc. | 6 Nov 2025 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| FedEx Corporation | 29 Sep 2025 | Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman. |
Shares on loan
CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC 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 27 Aug 2026 accession 0001398344-26-015828
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC reported 106 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 35 were for (33.0%), 35 against and 36 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 0 of the 33 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 51 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.
How often does CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC vote against management?
62.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 973 of the 1,547 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 CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 15 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 5 of them (33.3%). Across every category it voted for 33.3% 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 CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC (filer no. 33934), 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.