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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 81443

AB CAP FUND, INC.

fund voting report, part of AllianceBernstein

Vote records reported
11,171year to 30 June 2026
Against management
11.4%1,259 of 11,036 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.4%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
33.8%for, of for + against + abstain
85.9% for10.5% against3.6% other11.4% against management11,142 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, AB CAP FUND, INC. listed 11,171 vote records. Votes against management made up 11.4% of those marked either way (1,259 of 11,036); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.2%. 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 91.4% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 33.8% 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 (25.9% of 27), COMPENSATION (19.0% of 789) and HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (17.6% of 51).

It reported 28.5 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.52% 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 share11.4%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.4%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate33.8%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.52%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 ELECTIONS5,8155,1923579.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES510427408.2%
AUDIT-RELATED784713199.0%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES29171125.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS91761515.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,1211,00911210.5%
COMPENSATION80364015519.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,0261,69929213.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE105248116.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE5183817.6%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION598516.8%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1653013510.9%
OTHER615475.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202414,0739.5%93.1%34.8%
year to 30 June 202511,1469.9%89.8%39.4%
year to 30 June 202611,17111.4%91.4%33.8%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, AB CAP FUND, INC. voted against management on 24 of the 336 it marked either way (7.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 204 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, AB CAP FUND, INC. voted for 64 (31.4%). 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
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 a report on AI-generated misinformation
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Report on Human Rights Oversight.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for 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
AT&T INC.14 May 2026EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Energy Supply Ratio
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
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.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain.
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
SHOPIFY INC.16 Jun 2026Adopt a Policy on Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in the Company's Business and Operations
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".
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting

Shares on loan

AB CAP FUND, INC. reported 28.5 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.84 billion shares voted: 1.52% 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

11 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
AB Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Portfolio2,81715.0%not reported59.1%
AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio1,3029.1%87.1%21.3%
AB Select US Equity Portfolio1,2749.2%88.0%20.9%
AB All China Equity Portfolio1,25518.6%not reported100.0%
AB Small Cap Value Portfolio1,0107.4%91.1%66.7%
AB Global Core Equity Portfolio9367.9%87.1%28.9%
AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio81610.9%98.8%not reported
AB International Growth Portfolio68014.9%not reportednot reported
AB Mid Cap Value Portfolio6645.0%96.2%50.0%
AB Concentrated Growth Fund2711.8%100.0%14.3%
AB Sustainable US Thematic Portfolio1465.5%90.9%7.7%

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 AB CAP FUND, INC. vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 AB CAP FUND, INC. reported 467 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 427 were for (91.4%), 40 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 24 of the 336 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does AB CAP FUND, INC. vote against management?

11.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,259 of the 11,036 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 AB CAP FUND, INC. support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 98 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 17 of them (17.3%). Across every category it voted for 33.8% 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 AB CAP FUND, INC. (filer no. 81443), 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.