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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 857114

BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC.

fund voting report, part of BNY Mellon

Vote records reported
23,907year to 30 June 2026
Against management
4.8%1,124 of 23,399 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
82.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
20.0%for, of for + against + abstain
93.0% for5.8% against1.3% other4.8% against management23,582 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. listed 23,907 vote records. Votes against management made up 4.8% of those marked either way (1,124 of 23,399); 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 82.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 20.0% 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 (28.1% of 57), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (17.1% of 1,157) and COMPENSATION (7.4% of 2,081).

It reported 14.1 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.93% 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 share4.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate82.5%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate20.0%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.93%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 ELECTIONS13,55012,9084084.4%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1,15790419217.1%
AUDIT-RELATED1,7341,711230.6%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES57461128.1%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS14914452.7%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1,7331,696372.0%
COMPENSATION2,1061,9161857.4%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3,1972,8982983.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE182701121.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE9357361.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION10156450.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2251141110.4%
OTHER9330634.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202425,6167.3%77.3%21.8%
year to 30 June 202524,4487.0%77.9%22.3%
year to 30 June 202623,9074.8%82.5%20.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. voted against management on 185 of the 1,072 it marked either way (17.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 532 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. voted for 101 (19.0%). 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
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
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
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
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
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
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...
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 dual class capital structure.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
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...
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
HCA Healthcare, Inc.23 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholders' right to act by...
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Advisory vote on stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent".
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.1 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Permit Stockholder Action by Written Consent.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal on Disclosure of Voting Result by Share Class.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.

Shares on loan

BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. reported 14.1 million shares on loan at record dates against 717.8 million shares voted: 1.93% 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

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
BNY Mellon International Stock Index Fund11,6903.9%not reported26.0%
BNY Mellon S&P 500 Index Fund6,5914.0%86.9%14.7%
BNY Mellon Smallcap Stock Index Fund5,6267.5%79.2%25.0%

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 BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. reported 1,096 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 904 were for (82.5%), 192 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 185 of the 1,072 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. vote against management?

4.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 1,124 of the 23,399 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 BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 114 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (1.8%). Across every category it voted for 20.0% 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 BNY MELLON INDEX FUNDS, INC. (filer no. 857114), 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.