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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 353905

NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

fund voting report, part of Nationwide

Vote records reported
95,877year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.0%5,498 of 91,869 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
21.1%for, of for + against + abstain
91.4% for6.3% against2.3% other6.0% against management92,442 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 95,877 vote records on Form N-PX. 5,498 of the 91,869 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.0%, close to the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 9.6%. 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 91.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 21.1% 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 (19.9% of 302), COMPENSATION (10.5% of 6,200) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (8.5% of 6,105).

It reported 516.1 million shares out on loan at record dates, 5.96% 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 share6.0%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate21.1%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.96%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 ELECTIONS55,99352,8531,4955.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES6,1065,1834728.5%
AUDIT-RELATED7,7017,3553374.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS5500.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES3092565019.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS663627364.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE5,3715,0453266.2%
COMPENSATION6,2695,53672010.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE9,9938,6261,3057.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE6811495321.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE3771272502.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION3761212550.5%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,0133176964.0%
OTHER261175827.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202494,49310.9%87.7%47.2%
year to 30 June 202591,4427.0%89.9%26.5%
year to 30 June 202695,8776.0%91.6%21.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted against management on 178 of the 2,489 it marked either way (7.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 709 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted for 145 (20.5%). 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
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
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
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,"
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal to Require 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".
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...
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for 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.
eBay Inc.17 Jun 2026Special stockholder meeting threshold
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
SHOPIFY INC.16 Jun 2026Adopt a Policy on Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in the Company's Business and Operations
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal on Disclosure of Voting Result by Share Class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Steel Dynamics, Inc.6 May 2026Shareholder proposal - avoid political spending brand damage
Albemarle Corporation5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal regarding shareholders ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Masco Corporation8 May 2026Consideration of stockholder proposal on shareholder right to call a special meeting.

Shares on loan

NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 516.1 million shares on loan at record dates against 8.14 billion shares voted: 5.96% 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

35 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
NVIT Small Cap Index Fund16,1325.6%94.3%12.5%
NVIT International Index Fund11,5984.4%not reported23.1%
NVIT S&P 500 Index Fund6,5911.7%96.9%5.3%
NVIT BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Core Fund6,5919.1%78.7%32.1%
NVIT GS International Equity Insights Fund5,8985.6%not reported31.0%
NVIT GS Emerging Markets Equity Insights Fund4,68010.3%not reported47.4%
NVIT GS Small Cap Equity Insights Fund4,3324.0%92.6%22.2%
NVIT Mid Cap Index Fund4,1161.5%97.5%12.0%
NVIT Multi-Manager Small Company Fund3,70511.7%86.4%50.0%
NVIT International Equity Fund3,6258.5%not reported13.6%
NVIT Multi-Manager Small Cap Value Fund3,24713.0%90.3%58.3%
NVIT Fidelity Institutional AM(R) Worldwide Fund2,1854.5%96.8%25.0%
NVIT J.P. Morgan Large Cap Growth Fund1,9622.6%97.8%10.9%
NVIT GS Large Cap Equity Fund1,6801.4%97.6%8.6%
NVIT AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund1,6622.9%93.9%9.6%
NVIT J.P. Morgan U.S. Equity Fund1,5162.7%95.1%10.2%
NVIT Jacobs Levy Large Cap Core Fund1,4109.9%81.6%33.7%
NVIT NASDAQ-100 Index Fund1,3354.0%92.2%10.8%
NVIT J.P. Morgan Innovators Fund1,3185.6%98.3%6.2%
NVIT J.P. Morgan US Technology Leaders Fund1,3084.6%95.6%18.3%
NVIT BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund1,2081.4%97.3%5.6%
NVIT U.S. 130/30 Equity Fund1,18612.1%79.8%35.7%
NVIT Putnam International Value Fund1,1704.9%not reported0.0%
NVIT BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Equity Income Fund1,1055.8%96.0%22.6%
NVIT Fidelity Institutional AM Emerging Markets Fund1,05511.2%not reported86.7%
NVIT Jacobs Levy Large Cap Growth Fund99215.6%81.3%37.9%
NVIT J.P. Morgan Digital Evolution Strategy Fund9844.5%92.9%10.2%
NVIT Victory Mid Cap Value Fund8904.9%95.7%50.0%
NVIT Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund8095.0%74.7%60.0%
NVIT Allspring Discovery Fund60510.4%96.7%not reported
NVIT GQG US Quality Equity Fund5541.1%100.0%2.9%
NVIT Real Estate Fund3832.2%97.0%not reported
NVIT NS Partners International Focused Growth Fund340.0%not reportednot reported
NVIT Strategic Income Fund1040.0%not reportednot reported
NVIT Doubleline Total Return Tactical Fund10.0%not reportednot 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 NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 5,649 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 5,177 were for (91.6%), 472 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 178 of the 2,489 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote against management?

6.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 5,498 of the 91,869 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 NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 544 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 12 of them (2.2%). Across every category it voted for 21.1% 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 NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (filer no. 353905), 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.