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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 813383

BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND

fund voting report, part of BNY Mellon

Vote records reported
3,199year to 30 June 2026
Against management
5.8%185 of 3,198 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
18.0%for, of for + against + abstain
90.1% for9.1% against0.9% other5.8% against management3,199 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND listed 3,199 vote records. Votes against management made up 5.8% of those marked either way (185 of 3,198); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.5%. 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 84.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 18.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in AUDIT-RELATED (24.3% of 268), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (18.0% of 172) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (14.6% of 254).

It reported 11.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 10.06% 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 share5.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate18.0%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held10.06%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 ELECTIONS2,2152,180241.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2542023614.6%
AUDIT-RELATED2682036424.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1913616.7%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1816211.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE757148.0%
COMPENSATION10190116.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1721195318.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE473440.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE183155.6%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION282260.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES726662.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20242,9668.2%84.5%20.6%
year to 30 June 20253,1396.2%84.1%13.1%
year to 30 June 20263,1995.8%84.9%18.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND voted against management on 34 of the 218 it marked either way (15.6%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 149 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND voted for 26 (17.4%). 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
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 May 2026Shareholder Proposal titled "Improve Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting".
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
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.
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.5 May 2026Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation
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.

Shares on loan

BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND reported 11.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 105.4 million shares voted: 10.06% 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

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
Growth and Income Portfolio1,6526.8%90.5%27.7%
Small Cap Portfolio9516.3%75.0%not reported
Appreciation Portfolio5962.2%94.1%0.0%

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 VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND reported 238 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 202 were for (84.9%), 36 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 34 of the 218 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does BNY MELLON VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND vote against management?

5.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 185 of the 3,198 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 VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 44 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 18.0% 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 VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND (filer no. 813383), 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.