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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 815425

COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

fund voting report, part of Columbia Threadneedle

Vote records reported
3,905year to 30 June 2026
Against management
7.6%295 of 3,891 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
86.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
33.1%for, of for + against + abstain
90.6% for5.6% against3.8% other7.6% against management3,894 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST listed 3,905 vote records. Votes against management made up 7.6% of those marked either way (295 of 3,891); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 8.8%. 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 86.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 33.1% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (26.8% of 142), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (19.2% of 26) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (13.0% of 400).

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 share7.6%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate86.3%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate33.1%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 ELECTIONS2,6432,462626.8%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES4003225113.0%
AUDIT-RELATED40440400.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2621519.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS222114.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE494728.2%
COMPENSATION1521341710.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1451242126.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE310310.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE150150.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION180180.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES483454.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20243,9759.0%89.5%32.4%
year to 30 June 20253,6798.4%87.0%18.7%
year to 30 June 20263,9057.6%86.3%33.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted against management on 50 of the 368 it marked either way (13.6%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 125 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted for 41 (32.8%). 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
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
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
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,"
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
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 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chair policy
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
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.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.15 May 2026A stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"
eBay Inc.17 Jun 2026Special stockholder meeting threshold
Henry Schein, Inc.21 May 2026Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, a shareholder proposal to Govern by Majority Vote.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.12 May 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending.
Ryder System, Inc.1 May 2026To vote, on an advisory basis, on a shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chair.
Lithia Motors, Inc.30 Apr 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal requesting a change to our board leadership structure
Meritage Homes Corporation21 May 2026Shareholder proposal to improve shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
The Western Union Company14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding stockholder right to act by written consent
Americold Realty Trust18 May 2026Other issues

Shares on loan

COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE 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

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
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Discovery Fund2,0328.4%87.7%80.0%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Contrarian Core Fund1,0714.6%92.0%29.1%
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Company Growth Fund8029.6%79.3%80.0%

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 COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 373 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 322 were for (86.3%), 51 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 50 of the 368 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote against management?

7.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 295 of the 3,891 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 COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 31 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 33.1% 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 COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (filer no. 815425), 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.