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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 709364

ROYCE FUND

fund voting report, part of Franklin Templeton

Vote records reported
9,442year to 30 June 2026
Against management
4.0%368 of 9,246 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
90.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
66.7%for, of for + against + abstain
95.2% for1.6% against3.2% other4.0% against management9,264 votes

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

ROYCE FUND reported 9,442 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 4.0% of its votes as cast against management (368 of 9,246), 2.2 percentage points below the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.8%. 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 90.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 66.7% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in COMPENSATION (24.4% of 476), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (16.7% of 24) and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (11.2% of 429).

It reported 4.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.27% 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 share4.0%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate90.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate66.7%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.27%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 ELECTIONS6,1706,051351.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES902749178.8%
AUDIT-RELATED99599230.2%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2420416.7%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS595278.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE22021730.5%
COMPENSATION4763614024.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE4353914411.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1010010.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE9900.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION9900.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES252500.0%
OTHER171250.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202410,7944.7%90.4%63.3%
year to 30 June 20259,7454.2%89.3%59.3%
year to 30 June 20269,4424.0%90.9%66.7%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, ROYCE FUND voted against management on 42 of the 477 it marked either way (8.8%) 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 23 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, ROYCE FUND voted for 14 (60.9%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Jabil Inc.22 Jan 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal requesting stockholder right to act by written consent.
RB Global, Inc.30 Apr 2026Approval of a special resolution, requiring the Company to adopt a policy and amend its governing...
MKS Instruments, Inc.11 May 2026A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold percentage of shareholders required to call a special...
EPAM Systems, Inc.21 May 2026To hold an advisory vote on a stockholder proposal, entitled "Give Shareholders an Ability to Call for a...
Resideo Technologies, Inc.3 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
The Timken Company8 May 2026Corporate governance
Meritage Homes Corporation21 May 2026Shareholder proposal to improve shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.4 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding special stockholder meetings.
Select Medical Holdings Corporation23 Apr 2026Non-Binding Advisory Vote on a Stockholder Proposal to provide stockholders the right to call a special...
ArcBest Corporation24 Apr 2026A shareholder proposal to approve GHG emissions reduction targets
Asseco Poland SA4 Nov 2025Amend Statute Re: Supervisory and Management Boards
SOL SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SOL SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SOL SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED

Shares on loan

ROYCE FUND reported 4.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.82 billion shares voted: 0.27% 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

10 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
Royce Small-Cap Fund2,3373.6%90.9%50.0%
Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund1,7743.5%89.8%not reported
Royce Micro-Cap Fund1,2965.1%91.3%not reported
Royce International Premier Fund8583.8%not reported62.5%
Royce Small Cap Value Fund8167.2%91.4%50.0%
Royce Smaller Companies Growth Fund6155.2%98.3%not reported
Royce Small-Cap Total Return Fund5901.7%96.0%not reported
Royce SMid-Cap Total Return Fund4651.5%95.0%not reported
Royce Premier Fund4612.0%93.5%not reported
Royce Small-Cap Special Equity Fund2305.8%84.0%not 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 ROYCE FUND vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 ROYCE FUND reported 824 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 749 were for (90.9%), 17 against and 58 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 42 of the 477 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 ROYCE FUND vote against management?

4.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 368 of the 9,246 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 ROYCE FUND support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 1 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (100.0%). Across every category it voted for 66.7% 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 ROYCE FUND (filer no. 709364), 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.