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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 832808

BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC

fund voting report

Vote records reported
30,556year to 30 June 2026
Against management
9.0%2,716 of 30,069 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
90.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
30.5%for, of for + against + abstain
88.9% for8.7% against2.3% other9.0% against management30,279 votes

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

BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC reported 30,556 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 9.0% of its votes as cast against management (2,716 of 30,069), 2.8 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 30.3%. 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 90.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 30.5% 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 (15.6% of 77), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (11.4% of 334) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (10.8% of 157).

It reported 8.9 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.29% 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 share9.0%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate90.2%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate30.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.29%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 ELECTIONS17,74415,9211,22010.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,2251,0441139.6%
AUDIT-RELATED2,1952,154341.8%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS4400.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES77552215.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1571361610.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2,1192,0001195.8%
COMPENSATION2,5612,27328810.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE4,3513,7895499.6%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE33415118311.4%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE183121609.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION2191171023.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES4351952406.4%
OTHER9051392.9%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20248,1129.6%92.9%37.8%
year to 30 June 20257,87410.2%92.1%29.5%
year to 30 June 202630,5569.0%90.2%30.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC voted against management on 37 of the 390 it marked either way (9.5%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 301 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC voted for 94 (31.2%). 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
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.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
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
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
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 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...
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 May 2026Shareholder Proposal titled "Improve Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting".
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Yum! Brands, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Reduce the Percentage of Shares Required to Call a Special Meeting.
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (Proposal...
Autodesk, Inc.17 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal requesting amendment to stockholder special meeting right.

Shares on loan

BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC reported 8.9 million shares on loan at record dates against 3.09 billion shares voted: 0.29% 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

5 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
Tax-Aware Overlay A Portfolio8,8088.8%90.5%30.4%
Overlay A Portfolio8,6558.7%91.0%30.1%
Tax-Aware Overlay B Portfolio6,1498.8%89.0%28.8%
Overlay B Portfolio6,1458.9%89.0%28.8%
Emerging Markets Portfolio79917.6%not reported60.0%

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 BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC reported 1,157 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,044 were for (90.2%), 113 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 37 of the 390 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC vote against management?

9.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 2,716 of the 30,069 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 BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 221 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 38 of them (17.2%). Across every category it voted for 30.5% 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 BERNSTEIN SANFORD C FUND INC (filer no. 832808), 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.