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PIONEER FUND
fund voting report
- Vote records reported
- 621year to 30 June 2024
- Against management
- 4.8%30 of 620 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 94.9%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 16.5%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
For the year to 30 June 2024, PIONEER FUND reported 621 vote records on Form N-PX. 30 of the 620 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 4.8%, 1.9 percentage points below the median fund registrant (6.7%).
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.3%. 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 94.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.2%) and it voted for 16.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 28.8%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (28.6% of 28), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (6.5% of 31) and COMPENSATION (5.0% of 20).
Compared with other filers
Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 1,284 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.
| year to 30 June 2024 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 4.8% | 6.7% | 10.2% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 94.9% | 91.2% | 84.6% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 16.5% | 28.8% | 37.0% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 408 | 395 | 9 | 3.2% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 47 | 37 | 2 | 4.3% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16.7% | |
| COMPENSATION | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5.0% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 29 | 21 | 8 | 28.6% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 31 | 3 | 28 | 6.5% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 22 | 2 | 20 | 4.5% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 23 | 2 | 21 | 4.3% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 39 | 2 | 37 | 2.6% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 621 | 4.8% | 94.9% | 16.5% |
Only one season is on file for this entry so far. The structured Form N-PX began with the year to 30 June 2024.
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, PIONEER FUND voted against management on 2 of the 39 it marked either way (5.1%) in the year to 30 June 2024.
- Amazon.com, Inc. 22 May 2024
- Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 25 Apr 2024
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 91 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, PIONEER FUND voted for 15 (16.5%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 22 May 2024 | Disclose All Material Scope 3 GHG Emissions |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 22 May 2024 | Commission a Third Party Audit on Working Conditions |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 26 Jun 2024 | Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter... |
| The Home Depot, Inc. | 16 May 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Enhancements to the Company's Clawback Policy |
| Danaher Corporation | 7 May 2024 | Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 8 May 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding special meeting right. |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 30 Apr 2024 | Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 24 Apr 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Pay Equity Reporting |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 24 Apr 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Clean Energy Supply Financing Ratio |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 24 Apr 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Transparency In Lobbying Report |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 24 Apr 2024 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 15 May 2024 | Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding special shareholder meeting improvement. |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 Jun 2024 | Non-binding shareholder proposal requesting simple majority voting requirements |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 10 May 2024 | To vote upon a shareholder proposal regarding a simple majority vote |
| Alphabet Inc. | 7 Jun 2024 | Stockholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting |
Shares on loan
PIONEER FUND reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2024. 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
1 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.
| Series | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Fund | 621 | 4.8% | 94.9% | 16.5% |
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.
- N-PX filed 28 Aug 2024 accession 0001102598-24-000156
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did PIONEER FUND vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2024 PIONEER FUND reported 39 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 37 were for (94.9%), 2 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 2 of the 39 say-on-pay items it marked either way.
How often does PIONEER FUND vote against management?
4.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 30 of the 620 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 PIONEER FUND support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 30 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 2 of them (6.7%). Across every category it voted for 16.5% 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 30 Sep 2026.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by PIONEER FUND (filer no. 78713), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 30 Sep 2026; page built 1 Oct 2026.