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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 745467

MERIDIAN FUND INC

fund voting report

Vote records reported
2,564year to 30 June 2026
Against management
10.2%249 of 2,437 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
86.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
28.6%for, of for + against + abstain
87.5% for7.3% against5.2% other10.2% against management2,444 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, MERIDIAN FUND INC listed 2,564 vote records. Votes against management made up 10.2% of those marked either way (249 of 2,437); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.7%. 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 86.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 28.6% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (56.0% of 25), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (33.8% of 74) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (10.9% of 256).

It reported 78.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 18.10% 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 share10.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate86.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate28.6%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held18.10%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 ELECTIONS1,6271,4546910.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2562053110.9%
AUDIT-RELATED27827800.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2616956.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS4400.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE403825.0%
COMPENSATION988998.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE76532133.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE140140.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE8080.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION5050.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES122108.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20242,81010.8%80.0%32.2%
year to 30 June 20252,7679.8%85.2%41.2%
year to 30 June 20262,56410.2%86.9%28.6%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, MERIDIAN FUND INC voted against management on 23 of the 190 it marked either way (12.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 7 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 69 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, MERIDIAN FUND INC voted for 20 (29.0%). 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 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...
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.15 May 2026A stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Entegris, Inc.6 May 2026Stockholder Proposal: Providing stockholders the right to call special meetings of stockholders.
Crown Holdings, Inc.30 Apr 2026Consideration of a Shareholder proposal regarding Shareholder right to act by written consent.
The Timken Company8 May 2026Corporate governance
Eagle Materials Inc.4 Aug 2025Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.

Shares on loan

MERIDIAN FUND INC reported 78.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 357.1 million shares voted: 18.10% 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

4 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
Meridian Hedged Equity Fund66410.6%85.4%24.6%
Meridian Contrarian Fund6528.5%94.7%33.3%
Meridian Growth Fund63610.3%89.1%66.7%
Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund61211.7%85.5%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 MERIDIAN FUND INC vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 MERIDIAN FUND INC reported 236 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 205 were for (86.9%), 31 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 23 of the 190 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 7 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does MERIDIAN FUND INC vote against management?

10.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 249 of the 2,437 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 MERIDIAN FUND INC support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 14 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 28.6% 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 MERIDIAN FUND INC (filer no. 745467), 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.