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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 44402

NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS

fund voting report, part of Neuberger Berman

Vote records reported
13,921year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.4%877 of 13,651 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
87.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
29.1%for, of for + against + abstain
90.2% for6.4% against3.3% other6.4% against management13,925 votes

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

NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS reported 13,921 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.4% of its votes as cast against management (877 of 13,651), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 16.1%. 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 87.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 29.1% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (24.6% of 126), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (22.9% of 48) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (14.6% of 137).

It reported 4.4 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.05% 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 share6.4%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate87.0%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate29.1%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.05%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 ELECTIONS8,0487,5052535.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES7926569812.6%
AUDIT-RELATED1,1171,10170.6%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES138607814.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS838300.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,020971354.1%
COMPENSATION8807619110.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,5561,33713310.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE867792.3%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE48113722.9%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION293267.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES126695624.6%
OTHER211not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202416,5636.5%88.8%23.8%
year to 30 June 202515,4976.1%88.6%28.5%
year to 30 June 202613,9216.4%87.0%29.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS voted against management on 76 of the 554 it marked either way (13.7%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 219 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS voted for 69 (31.5%). 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
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Al Data Usage Oversight
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI-generated misinformation
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on data privacy
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding AI Board oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Lobbying alignment
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.
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
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Immigration Policy & Enforcement
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
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.
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an independent board chairman.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Proposal requesting Company to modify its Voluntary Retail Voting Program to provide multiple options not...
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board 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.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.15 May 2026A stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Cummins Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy for separation of the roles of Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer.

Shares on loan

NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS reported 4.4 million shares on loan at record dates against 8.07 billion shares voted: 0.05% 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

17 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
Neuberger International Equity Fund1,7454.8%66.7%not reported
Neuberger International Select Fund1,5554.5%66.7%not reported
Neuberger Large Cap Value Fund1,1535.6%88.6%26.0%
Neuberger Genesis Fund9995.0%90.2%45.5%
Neuberger Intrinsic Value Fund9694.2%88.0%not reported
Neuberger Emerging Markets Equity Fund95614.3%not reportednot reported
Neuberger Equity Income Fund9524.0%91.8%18.2%
Neuberger Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Fund9065.2%87.7%20.8%
Neuberger Focus Fund8197.6%79.3%27.5%
Neuberger Small Cap Growth Fund7898.5%87.6%not reported
Neuberger Large Cap Growth Fund74410.9%83.0%25.3%
Neuberger Mid Cap Growth Fund6649.7%85.2%77.8%
Neuberger Multi-Cap Opportunities Fund6045.6%93.0%36.7%
Neuberger Quality Equity Fund5186.2%88.6%33.3%
Neuberger Real Estate Fund3704.3%81.8%not reported
Neuberger Berman Dividend Growth Fund1024.2%100.0%33.3%
Neuberger U.S. Equity Impact Fund761.3%100.0%0.0%

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 NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS reported 754 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 656 were for (87.0%), 98 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 76 of the 554 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS vote against management?

6.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 877 of the 13,651 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 NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 81 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (2.5%). Across every category it voted for 29.1% 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 NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS (filer no. 44402), 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.