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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 737520

BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc.

fund voting report, part of BNY Mellon

Vote records reported
4,002year to 30 June 2026
Against management
7.2%288 of 3,976 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
71.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
40.9%for, of for + against + abstain
91.6% for7.4% against1.0% other7.2% against management3,988 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. listed 4,002 vote records. Votes against management made up 7.2% of those marked either way (288 of 3,976); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.7%. 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 71.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 40.9% 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 (27.0% of 278), AUDIT-RELATED (20.3% of 330) and CAPITAL STRUCTURE (15.9% of 176).

It reported 16.5 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.04% 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 share7.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate71.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate40.9%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.04%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 ELECTIONS2,5612,498362.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2781897527.0%
AUDIT-RELATED3302636720.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES97222.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS232300.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1761492715.9%
COMPENSATION279261186.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3282923610.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE339240.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1210216.7%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION198110.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3415192.9%
OTHER3120.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202410,38810.0%80.1%34.3%
year to 30 June 20254,0858.9%72.3%26.7%
year to 30 June 20264,0027.2%71.6%40.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. voted against management on 74 of the 255 it marked either way (29.0%) 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 92 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. voted for 33 (35.9%). 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 Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
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...
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a stockholder resolution regarding business operations in illegal settlements.
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to take the steps necessary to reduce the minimum...
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.1 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Permit Stockholder Action by Written Consent.
Edison International23 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Retention of Equity
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Albemarle Corporation5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal regarding shareholders ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Jabil Inc.22 Jan 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal requesting stockholder right to act by written consent.
Carvana Co.5 May 2026To vote upon one stockholder proposal, as described in the Proxy Statement.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.28 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
Global Payments Inc.30 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Domino's Pizza, Inc.21 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chair requirement.
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.12 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Improved Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting"
HubSpot, Inc.15 Jun 2026A stockholder proposal to change the Company's Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws to allow 10% holders of...
Corpay, Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board Chair requirement
Medpace Holdings, Inc.15 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding giving shareholders an ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Universal Health Services, Inc.20 May 2026Disclosure of Voting Results Based on Shareholders' Money at Risk
Crown Holdings, Inc.30 Apr 2026Consideration of a Shareholder proposal regarding Shareholder right to act by written consent.
MKS Instruments, Inc.11 May 2026A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold percentage of shareholders required to call a special...
Five Below, Inc.16 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that provisions in the Company's governance documents requiring greater...
OGE Energy Corp.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.
Eagle Materials Inc.4 Aug 2025Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.21 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Exxon Mobil Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Exxon Mobil Corporation27 May 2026Proposal requesting Company to modify its Voluntary Retail Voting Program to provide multiple options not...
The Western Union Company14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding stockholder right to act by written consent

Shares on loan

BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. reported 16.5 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.57 billion shares voted: 1.04% 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

3 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
BNY Mellon Active MidCap Fund2,5329.1%67.0%53.8%
BNY Mellon International Stock Fund7673.9%not reported0.0%
BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund7034.2%100.0%16.7%

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 BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. reported 264 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 189 were for (71.6%), 75 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 74 of the 255 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 BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. vote against management?

7.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 288 of the 3,976 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 BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 24 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 40.9% 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 BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. (filer no. 737520), 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.