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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 814230

DELAWARE VIP TRUST

fund voting report, part of Macquarie and Delaware Funds

Vote records reported
6,131year to 30 June 2026
Against management
9.1%558 of 6,114 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.9%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
39.0%for, of for + against + abstain
89.4% for7.5% against3.1% other9.1% against management6,132 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, DELAWARE VIP TRUST reported 6,131 vote records on Form N-PX. 558 of the 6,114 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 9.1%, 2.9 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.5%. 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 91.9% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 39.0% 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 (39.1% of 23), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (33.3% of 30) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (26.4% of 72).

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 share9.1%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.9%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate39.0%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 ELECTIONS3,9293,6211497.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES432375317.4%
AUDIT-RELATED48247171.9%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2319439.1%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS5648814.3%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2662254118.8%
COMPENSATION3382755717.8%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE5724937611.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE72244826.4%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE30141633.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION414370.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES105248112.4%
OTHER131300.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20248,35510.4%91.3%43.7%
year to 30 June 20256,7228.6%92.0%39.4%
year to 30 June 20266,1319.1%91.9%39.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, DELAWARE VIP TRUST voted against management on 22 of the 341 it marked either way (6.5%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 155 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, DELAWARE VIP TRUST voted for 57 (36.8%). 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
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
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 reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the...
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
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
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
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Merck & Co., Inc.26 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on political contributions.
Verizon Communications Inc.21 May 2026Board oversight of material issues related to climate change
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Report on High-Carbon Financing Litigation Risks.
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
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.
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.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on human rights due diligence.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
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.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To require UPS to provide an additional report describing the alignment of its operations and investments...
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
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
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (Proposal...
Prudential Financial, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Advisory vote on stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent".

Shares on loan

DELAWARE VIP TRUST reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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

6 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
Nomura VIP Total Return Series1,9599.0%91.5%35.5%
Nomura VIP Opportunity Series1,1288.2%92.2%30.0%
Nomura VIP Small Cap Value Series1,1057.4%97.2%85.7%
Nomura VIP Emerging Markets Series73212.2%not reportednot reported
Nomura VIP Growth and Income Series7269.5%90.0%42.4%
Nomura VIP Growth Equity Series48110.4%93.3%33.8%

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 DELAWARE VIP TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 DELAWARE VIP TRUST reported 408 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 375 were for (91.9%), 31 against and 2 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 22 of the 341 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does DELAWARE VIP TRUST vote against management?

9.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 558 of the 6,114 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 DELAWARE VIP TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 67 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 19 of them (28.4%). Across every category it voted for 39.0% 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 DELAWARE VIP TRUST (filer no. 814230), 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.