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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 820892

NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC

fund voting report, part of Nuveen and TIAA

Vote records reported
8,360year to 30 June 2026
Against management
5.8%480 of 8,342 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
27.5%for, of for + against + abstain
92.9% for4.2% against2.9% other5.8% against management8,360 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC listed 8,360 vote records. Votes against management made up 5.8% of those marked either way (480 of 8,342); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.4%. 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 93.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 27.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (20.4% of 49), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (8.9% of 45) and COMPENSATION (8.5% of 400).

It reported 1.5 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.09% 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 rate93.2%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate27.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.09%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 ELECTIONS5,6155,2631556.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES679592436.8%
AUDIT-RELATED76276020.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES282623.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS453968.9%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE339326134.1%
COMPENSATION407372358.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE454402525.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE49222720.4%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE194150.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION154110.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES4315287.0%
OTHER10910.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20249,2904.9%92.5%35.0%
year to 30 June 20259,2395.4%92.7%28.4%
year to 30 June 20268,3605.8%93.2%27.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC voted against management on 25 of the 375 it marked either way (6.7%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 94 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC voted for 24 (25.5%). 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...
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment
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 dual class capital structure.
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Darden Restaurants, Inc.17 Sep 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose measurable targets for reducing...
Humana Inc.16 Apr 2026The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
Domino's Pizza, Inc.21 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chair requirement.
Domino's Pizza, Inc.21 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Campbell Soup Company18 Nov 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting.
OGE Energy Corp.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.
AutoNation, Inc.28 Apr 2026Adoption of stockholder proposal regarding GHG report.
ArcBest Corporation24 Apr 2026A shareholder proposal to approve GHG emissions reduction targets
ENAV SpA14 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
ENAV SpA14 May 2026Fix Board Terms for Directors

Shares on loan

NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC reported 1.5 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.70 billion shares voted: 0.09% 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
Nuveen Real Asset Income Fund1,4404.3%96.1%37.5%
Nuveen Global Infrastructure Fund9985.7%96.3%33.3%
Nuveen Dividend Value Fund8303.7%90.3%19.0%
Nuveen Small Cap Select Fund8058.7%89.3%not reported
Nuveen Small Cap Value Fund7976.0%94.7%not reported
Nuveen Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund7663.8%96.8%29.4%
Nuveen Real Estate Securities Fund7213.7%95.0%not reported
Nuveen Large Cap Select Fund7066.1%88.2%28.6%
Nuveen Small/Mid Cap Growth Opportunities Fund6687.9%94.9%not reported
Nuveen Small Cap Growth Opportunities Fund6279.6%96.2%not reported
Nuveen Credit Income Fund20.0%not reportednot reported

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 NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC reported 635 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 592 were for (93.2%), 43 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 25 of the 375 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC vote against management?

5.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 480 of the 8,342 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 NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 37 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 10 of them (27.0%). Across every category it voted for 27.5% 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 NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC (filer no. 820892), 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.