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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 768847

VanEck Funds

fund voting report, part of VanEck

Vote records reported
3,882year to 30 June 2026
Against management
9.9%370 of 3,744 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
40.2%for, of for + against + abstain
87.6% for8.3% against4.1% other9.9% against management3,882 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, VanEck Funds listed 3,882 vote records. Votes against management made up 9.9% of those marked either way (370 of 3,744); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.2%. 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 84.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 40.2% 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 (51.4% of 37), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (35.7% of 28) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (14.4% of 174).

It reported 161.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 5.65% 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 share9.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate40.2%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.65%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 ELECTIONS2,0911,8371309.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1751372514.4%
AUDIT-RELATED28327801.8%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES3829651.4%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS262414.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2962563814.0%
COMPENSATION2742383012.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE625579427.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE191180.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE121118.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION91811.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES28151235.7%
OTHER642not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20243,8259.3%89.4%36.1%
year to 30 June 20252,8908.4%87.6%43.3%
year to 30 June 20263,8829.9%84.6%40.2%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, VanEck Funds voted against management on 22 of the 150 it marked either way (14.7%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 108 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, VanEck Funds voted for 43 (39.8%). 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 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 equal shareholder voting
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
Northrop Grumman Corporation20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to provide for an independent Board chair.
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.22 May 2026Shareholder Proposal on Independent Board Chairman.
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
SHOPIFY INC.16 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Vote on the shareholder proposal, as disclosed in the Management Information Circular...
Workday, Inc.16 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on share class.
Steel Dynamics, Inc.6 May 2026Shareholder proposal - avoid political spending brand damage
Masco Corporation8 May 2026Consideration of stockholder proposal on shareholder right to call a special meeting.
Equifax Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold to call a special meeting of shareholders to 10%.
Tyler Technologies, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding report on the anticipated impact of recent changes in US immigration...
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.4 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board Chair policy.
Entegris, Inc.6 May 2026Stockholder Proposal: Providing stockholders the right to call special meetings of stockholders.
DT Midstream, Inc.5 May 2026Stockholder Proposal on Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
TransUnion12 May 2026Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.

Shares on loan

VanEck Funds reported 161.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 2.71 billion shares voted: 5.65% 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

6 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
Emerging Markets Fund1,10911.6%not reported40.0%
Global Resources Fund9475.4%92.3%50.0%
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund74211.5%85.2%44.9%
VanEck Onchain Economy ETF50716.2%73.0%25.9%
International Investors Gold Fund4115.9%81.3%not reported
VanEck India Select ETF1668.2%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 VanEck Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 VanEck Funds reported 162 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 137 were for (84.6%), 25 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 22 of the 150 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does VanEck Funds vote against management?

9.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 370 of the 3,744 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 VanEck Funds support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 18 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 40.2% 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 VanEck Funds (filer no. 768847), 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.