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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 745463

Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust

fund voting report, part of Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert

Vote records reported
36,347year to 30 June 2026
Against management
12.2%4,104 of 33,729 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
47.8%for, of for + against + abstain
84.3% for12.9% against2.9% other12.2% against management35,404 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust reported 36,347 vote records on Form N-PX. 4,104 of the 33,729 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 12.2%, 5.9 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 14.9%. 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 84.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 47.8% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (23.9% of 439), COMPENSATION (18.4% of 4,285) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (16.5% of 334).

It reported 231.2 million shares out on loan at record dates, 5.37% 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 share12.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.0%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate47.8%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.37%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 ELECTIONS13,17910,6081,59913.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2281843516.2%
AUDIT-RELATED2,1411,9831536.6%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS2200.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES75492516.1%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS43933410523.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE5,0414,5874549.0%
COMPENSATION4,3703,52382818.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE11,0119,8101,1649.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2151457013.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE145124209.7%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION145116293.4%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3352359916.5%
OTHER6953773189.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202446,85618.4%65.1%59.1%
year to 30 June 202540,94417.8%67.9%47.3%
year to 30 June 202636,34712.2%84.0%47.8%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust voted against management on 32 of the 196 it marked either way (16.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 596 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust voted for 281 (47.1%). 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 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 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 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.
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 Biodiversity Impact and Dependency Assessment
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Processes
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Report on Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance
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.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on risks related to ingredients
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
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 amend Article X of the bylaws.
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
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
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
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Philip Morris International Inc.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to issue a report on filter cleanup costs and extended producer responsibility laws...
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting a report describing how the Company could disclose its plastic packaging...
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Linde Plc29 Jul 2025A shareholder proposal requesting an annual report regarding the alignment of the Company's direct and...
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...
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
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 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment

Shares on loan

Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust reported 231.2 million shares on loan at record dates against 4.07 billion shares voted: 5.37% 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

8 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
Parametric Emerging Markets Fund17,28315.7%80.0%51.5%
Parametric International Equity Fund14,4029.7%not reported48.3%
Eaton Vance Global Equity Income Fund2,4435.2%90.6%38.8%
Parametric Volatility Risk Premium - Defensive Fund2,16110.0%82.7%41.1%
Parametric Dividend Income Fund2623.1%not reportednot reported
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation Fund185.6%not reportednot reported
Eaton Vance Total Return Bond Fund1030.0%not reportednot reported
Eaton Vance Short Duration High Income Fund450.0%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 Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust reported 219 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 184 were for (84.0%), 35 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 32 of the 196 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust vote against management?

12.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 4,104 of the 33,729 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 Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 90 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 24 of them (26.7%). Across every category it voted for 47.8% 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 Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (filer no. 745463), 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.