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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 44201

GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA

fund voting report, part of Capital Group and American Funds

Vote records reported
3,777year to 30 June 2026
Against management
4.8%178 of 3,727 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
78.4%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
31.5%for, of for + against + abstain
92.3% for6.9% against0.9% other4.8% against management3,742 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA listed 3,777 vote records. Votes against management made up 4.8% of those marked either way (178 of 3,727); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.0%. 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 78.4% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 31.5% 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 (21.0% of 267), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (20.3% of 286) and COMPENSATION (10.2% of 177).

It reported 216.2 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.80% 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 share4.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate78.4%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate31.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.80%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 ELECTIONS2,4832,453201.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2671925321.0%
AUDIT-RELATED28728610.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES149542.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS121118.3%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE12311678.1%
COMPENSATION1821592210.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2922444820.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE562541.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE292273.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION312293.2%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES756694.0%
OTHER2200.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20244,0594.1%80.6%16.3%
year to 30 June 20253,6683.8%82.3%18.1%
year to 30 June 20263,7774.8%78.4%31.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA voted against management on 48 of the 235 it marked either way (20.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 208 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA voted for 61 (29.3%). 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
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
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
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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."
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
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,"
CVS Health Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
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.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
Corning Incorporated30 Apr 2026Request to adopt an independent chair policy
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
Ecolab Inc.7 May 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding an independent board chair policy
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.

Shares on loan

GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA reported 216.2 million shares on loan at record dates against 26.89 billion shares voted: 0.80% 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

1 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
GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA3,7774.8%78.2%29.6%

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 GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA reported 245 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 192 were for (78.4%), 53 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 48 of the 235 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 GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA vote against management?

4.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 178 of the 3,727 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 GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 55 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (1.8%). Across every category it voted for 31.5% 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 GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA (filer no. 44201), 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.