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CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST
fund voting report
- Vote records reported
- 19,120year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 0.3%61 of 17,898 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 99.7%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 1.4%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
For the year to 30 June 2026, CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST reported 19,120 vote records on Form N-PX. 61 of the 17,898 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 0.3%, 5.9 percentage points below the median fund registrant (6.2%).
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 0.4%. 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 99.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 1.4% 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 (2.8% of 106), OTHER (1.9% of 418) and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (0.7% of 1,660).
It reported 118.8 million shares out on loan at record dates, 4.89% 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 2026 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 0.3% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 99.7% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 1.4% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 4.89% | 0.00% | 3.12% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 77.1% | 50.4% |
Of the 19,120 vote records in this filing, 1,189 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked
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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 11,011 | 10,967 | 25 | 0.3% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 1,229 | 1,155 | 7 | 0.3% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 1,371 | 1,371 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 115 | 41 | 74 | 2.8% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 153 | 153 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 988 | 985 | 3 | 0.0% | |
| COMPENSATION | 695 | 675 | 20 | 0.0% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 1,673 | 1,288 | 379 | 0.7% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 182 | 1 | 181 | 0.0% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 179 | 0 | 179 | 0.0% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0.0% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 368 | 29 | 339 | 0.0% | |
| OTHER | 426 | 368 | 47 | 1.9% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 20,626 | 0.6% | 99.7% | 4.6% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 19,998 | 0.4% | 99.8% | 1.9% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 19,120 | 0.3% | 99.7% | 1.4% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST voted against management on 0 of the 463 it marked either way (0.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
A further 11 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 284 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST voted for 3 (1.1%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Starbucks Corporation | 25 Mar 2026 | Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority... |
| ON Semiconductor Corporation | 14 May 2026 | To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting |
| MAREX GROUP PLC | 21 May 2026 | To authorise the Company to make political donations |
Shares on loan
CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST reported 118.8 million shares on loan at record dates against 2.31 billion shares voted: 4.89% 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
16 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.
| Series | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund | 3,886 | 0.3% | 100.0% | 0.7% |
| Calamos Hedged Equity Fund | 3,578 | 0.2% | 100.0% | 0.7% |
| Calamos Growth Fund | 1,476 | 0.5% | 100.0% | 5.1% |
| Calamos Growth & Income Fund | 1,309 | 0.3% | 100.0% | 0.7% |
| Calamos Evolving World Growth Fund | 1,259 | 0.9% | 100.0% | not reported |
| Calamos International Growth Fund | 1,241 | 0.2% | 100.0% | not reported |
| Calamos International Small Cap Growth Fund | 1,167 | 0.3% | 100.0% | not reported |
| CALAMOS GLOBAL EQUITY FUND | 1,062 | 0.3% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Calamos Global Opportunities Fund | 887 | 0.4% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Calamos Timpani SMID Growth Fund | 826 | 0.4% | 100.0% | 28.6% |
| Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund | 813 | 0.4% | 100.0% | 16.7% |
| Calamos Select Fund | 745 | 0.3% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Calamos Phineus Long/Short Fund | 584 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Calamos Merger Arbitrage Fund | 193 | 2.1% | 100.0% | not reported |
| Calamos Dividend Growth Fund | 72 | 0.0% | not reported | not reported |
| Calamos High Income Opportunities Fund | 22 | 0.0% | not reported | 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.
- N-PX filed 28 Aug 2026 accession 0001438934-26-002274
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST reported 1,159 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,155 were for (99.7%), 0 against and 4 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 0 of the 463 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 11 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.
How often does CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST vote against management?
0.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 61 of the 17,898 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 CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 181 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 1.4% 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 CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST (filer no. 826732), 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.