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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 799195

LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND

fund voting report

Vote records reported
1,923year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.7%124 of 1,855 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
76.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
31.3%for, of for + against + abstain
90.3% for8.2% against1.6% other6.7% against management1,858 votes

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

LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND reported 1,923 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.7% of its votes as cast against management (124 of 1,855), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.6%. 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 76.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 31.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (28.3% of 113), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (23.0% of 122) and COMPENSATION (17.4% of 69).

It reported 28.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 10.64% 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 share6.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate76.5%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate31.3%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held10.64%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 ELECTIONS1,2841,244183.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES122882723.0%
AUDIT-RELATED12912900.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES128433.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS4400.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE585628.6%
COMPENSATION69551417.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE115912428.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE352330.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE1931610.5%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION201190.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES4884010.4%
OTHER101not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20242,6227.5%87.9%34.1%
year to 30 June 20252,0025.4%85.6%20.6%
year to 30 June 20261,9236.7%76.5%31.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND voted against management on 26 of the 112 it marked either way (23.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 129 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND voted for 40 (31.0%). 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 Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
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 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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
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...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
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 dual class capital structure.
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Yum! Brands, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Reduce the Percentage of Shares Required to Call a Special Meeting.
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (Proposal...
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to take the steps necessary to reduce the minimum...
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation2 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt shareholder right to act by written consent
PPG Industries, Inc.16 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring an independent board chair
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated20 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman
Humana Inc.16 Apr 2026The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal on Disclosure of Voting Result by Share Class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Avery Dennison Corporation30 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Masco Corporation8 May 2026Consideration of stockholder proposal on shareholder right to call a special meeting.
CDW Corporation21 May 2026To consider and act upon the stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding...
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.

Shares on loan

LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND reported 28.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 237.9 million shares voted: 10.64% 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.

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 LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND reported 115 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 88 were for (76.5%), 27 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 26 of the 112 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND vote against management?

6.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 124 of the 1,855 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 LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 33 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 31.3% 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 LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND (filer no. 799195), 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.