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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 778108

DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV

fund voting report, part of Macquarie and Delaware Funds

Vote records reported
2,882year to 30 June 2026
Against management
11.5%330 of 2,881 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
92.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
44.5%for, of for + against + abstain
87.9% for8.3% against3.8% other11.5% against management2,882 votes

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

DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV reported 2,882 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 11.5% of its votes as cast against management (330 of 2,881), 5.2 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.6%. 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 92.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 44.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in COMPENSATION (30.4% of 148), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (25.9% of 147) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (23.1% of 26).

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 share11.5%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate92.1%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate44.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 ELECTIONS1,9321,743919.8%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES237210178.0%
AUDIT-RELATED24224100.4%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES139430.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1917210.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE107872021.5%
COMPENSATION1481054230.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1481123625.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE2662023.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE41325.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION150150.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3592622.9%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20249,61612.9%86.9%42.5%
year to 30 June 20253,06211.1%85.8%45.5%
year to 30 June 20262,88211.5%92.1%44.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV voted against management on 16 of the 214 it marked either way (7.5%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 97 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV voted for 44 (45.4%). 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
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
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.
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Merck & Co., Inc.26 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on political contributions.
Verizon Communications Inc.21 May 2026Board oversight of material issues related to climate change
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Report on High-Carbon Financing Litigation Risks.
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
CVS Health Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
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 2026A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on climate change-related commitments.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on human rights due diligence.
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.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To require UPS to provide an additional report describing the alignment of its operations and investments...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
Elevance Health, Inc.13 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Requesting an Independent Study on the Impact of Prohibiting Corporate Contributions...
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
The Kroger Co.25 Jun 2026Report on GHG emissions reductions.
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
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...
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Advisory vote on stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Right to Act 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
CMS Energy Corporation8 May 2026Vote on a Shareholder Proposal: Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Global Payments Inc.30 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.13 May 2026To vote upon a shareholder proposal requiring the Company to provide a report on political spending.
Crown Holdings, Inc.30 Apr 2026Consideration of a Shareholder proposal regarding Shareholder right to act by written consent.

Shares on loan

DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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
Nomura Opportunity Fund1,1686.1%96.8%48.4%
Nomura Healthcare Fund96919.2%88.5%42.1%
Nomura Growth and Income Fund7459.8%90.4%43.3%

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 DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV reported 228 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 210 were for (92.1%), 17 against and 1 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 16 of the 214 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV vote against management?

11.5% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 330 of the 2,881 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 DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 26 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 6 of them (23.1%). Across every category it voted for 44.5% 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 DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV (filer no. 778108), 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.