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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 81205

FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST

fund voting report, part of Fidelity

Vote records reported
33,429year to 30 June 2026
Against management
5.2%1,670 of 32,005 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
97.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
18.9%for, of for + against + abstain
91.7% for7.2% against1.1% other5.2% against management32,175 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST reported 33,429 vote records on Form N-PX. 1,670 of the 32,005 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 5.2%, 1.0 percentage points below the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.5%. 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 97.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 18.9% 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 (30.8% of 130), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (16.5% of 164) and COMPENSATION (10.6% of 1,976).

It reported 555.4 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.82% 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 share5.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate97.1%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate18.9%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.82%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 ELECTIONS20,44219,3838045.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,7261,583473.2%
AUDIT-RELATED2,3472,330130.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES130913930.8%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1671402716.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2,2542,1211336.2%
COMPENSATION1,9831,75422710.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,9692,4145416.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE362672959.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE13135966.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION173391345.8%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES4521013511.8%
OTHER8155240.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202435,3556.1%96.9%17.1%
year to 30 June 202534,6815.7%98.6%17.1%
year to 30 June 202633,4295.2%97.1%18.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST voted against management on 17 of the 516 it marked either way (3.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 331 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST voted for 66 (19.9%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on impact of data centers on climate commitments
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and...
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend Article X of the bylaws.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
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.
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.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE
United Rentals, Inc.8 May 2026Advisory approval of executive compensation
Fastenal Company23 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
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
lululemon athletica inc.25 Jun 2026Declassify the Board of Directors
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.
Domino's Pizza, Inc.21 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.18 Jun 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on deforestation in the company's own-brand supply chain
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.18 Jun 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts
Universal Health Services, Inc.20 May 2026Disclosure of Voting Results Based on Shareholders' Money at Risk
Henry Schein, Inc.21 May 2026Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, a shareholder proposal to Govern by Majority Vote.
Oshkosh Corporation5 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.12 May 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending.
Eagle Materials Inc.4 Aug 2025Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.
Mohawk Industries, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard.
Galp Energia SGPS SA8 May 2026Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies

Shares on loan

FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST reported 555.4 million shares on loan at record dates against 30.04 billion shares voted: 1.82% 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

9 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
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund7,0057.6%97.8%28.4%
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock K6 Fund6,9957.3%97.8%28.4%
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund3,7763.3%97.7%15.0%
Fidelity Balanced Fund3,7753.4%97.7%15.0%
Fidelity Series Intrinsic Opportunities Fund3,1724.5%97.3%14.7%
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund2,7284.8%96.6%16.6%
Fidelity Puritan Fund2,6884.6%97.1%16.7%
Fidelity Value Discovery Fund1,6522.3%98.0%13.4%
Fidelity Value Discovery K6 Fund1,6382.3%98.0%13.4%

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 FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST reported 1,630 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,583 were for (97.1%), 47 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 17 of the 516 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST vote against management?

5.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,670 of the 32,005 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 FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 328 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 33 of them (10.1%). Across every category it voted for 18.9% 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 FIDELITY PURITAN TRUST (filer no. 81205), 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.