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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 824036

RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS

fund voting report, part of Russell Investments

Vote records reported
24,568year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.2%1,886 of 23,079 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
86.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
41.3%for, of for + against + abstain
88.4% for6.4% against5.2% other8.2% against management23,821 votes

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

RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS reported 24,568 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 8.2% of its votes as cast against management (1,886 of 23,079), 1.9 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.3%. 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 41.3% 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 (40.3% of 176), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (18.8% of 32) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (13.0% of 108).

It reported 7.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.61% 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 share8.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate86.3%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate41.3%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.61%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 ELECTIONS13,91012,4896608.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,4271,14117812.6%
AUDIT-RELATED1,9141,88070.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS2200.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1791442740.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS13112730.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,6931,600593.7%
COMPENSATION1,7101,39623012.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,5972,1931988.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE93197412.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE3262618.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1831511.8%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES109664313.0%
OTHER615not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202424,7246.5%84.3%34.1%
year to 30 June 202524,2467.4%85.5%33.2%
year to 30 June 202624,5688.2%86.3%41.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS voted against management on 153 of the 1,196 it marked either way (12.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 57 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 399 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS voted for 160 (40.1%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
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...
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
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
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,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Immigration Policy & Enforcement
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Report on Human Rights Oversight.
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend Article X of the bylaws.
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
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 to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
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
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure

Shares on loan

RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS reported 7.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.20 billion shares voted: 0.61% 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

4 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
U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund8,86410.5%86.5%64.9%
International Developed Markets Fund8,6265.7%92.9%10.3%
U.S. Strategic Equity Fund5,3679.0%87.1%48.9%
Global Real Estate Securities Fund1,7115.9%89.1%not 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 RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS reported 1,322 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,141 were for (86.3%), 178 against and 3 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 153 of the 1,196 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 57 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS vote against management?

8.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,886 of the 23,079 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 RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 85 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 11 of them (12.9%). Across every category it voted for 41.3% 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 RUSSELL INVESTMENT FUNDS (filer no. 824036), 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.