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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 799295

BNY Mellon Investment Funds I

fund voting report, part of BNY Mellon

Vote records reported
2,987year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.2%184 of 2,977 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
72.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
31.3%for, of for + against + abstain
92.6% for6.1% against1.3% other6.2% against management2,987 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, BNY Mellon Investment Funds I reported 2,987 vote records on Form N-PX. 184 of the 2,977 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.2%, close to the median fund registrant (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 72.7% 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 SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (24.7% of 182), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (10.3% of 29) and AUDIT-RELATED (10.2% of 266).

It reported 61.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 13.31% 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 share6.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate72.7%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate31.3%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held13.31%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 ELECTIONS1,6631,587553.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1821204524.7%
AUDIT-RELATED2662372810.2%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES66020.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS2925410.3%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE282266165.3%
COMPENSATION253229196.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE332316163.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE10730.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE87112.5%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION6600.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES212100.0%
OTHER3300.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20243,63512.8%66.5%66.7%
year to 30 June 20253,3338.3%74.9%27.6%
year to 30 June 20262,9876.2%72.7%31.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BNY Mellon Investment Funds I voted against management on 40 of the 146 it marked either way (27.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 20 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY Mellon Investment Funds I voted for 8 (40.0%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Entegris, Inc.6 May 2026Stockholder Proposal: Providing stockholders the right to call special meetings of stockholders.
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.5 May 2026Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation
MKS Instruments, Inc.11 May 2026A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold percentage of shareholders required to call a special...
The Timken Company8 May 2026Corporate governance
Meritage Homes Corporation21 May 2026Shareholder proposal to improve shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
SkyWest, Inc.5 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy.
Americold Realty Trust18 May 2026Other issues
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd.25 Dec 2025Shareholder proposal: CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Shares on loan

BNY Mellon Investment Funds I reported 61.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 402.5 million shares voted: 13.31% 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
BNY Mellon International Equity Fund1,2474.7%not reported11.1%
BNY Mellon Small Cap Value Fund1,1196.3%74.7%60.0%
BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund5579.4%69.6%57.1%
BNY Mellon Small Cap Growth Fund646.3%66.7%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 BNY Mellon Investment Funds I vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BNY Mellon Investment Funds I reported 165 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 120 were for (72.7%), 45 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 40 of the 146 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does BNY Mellon Investment Funds I vote against management?

6.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 184 of the 2,977 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 BNY Mellon Investment Funds I support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 3 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 BNY Mellon Investment Funds I (filer no. 799295), 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.