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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 872625

FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES

fund voting report, part of Franklin Templeton

Vote records reported
4,655year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.7%402 of 4,638 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
88.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
37.9%for, of for + against + abstain
89.5% for6.7% against3.8% other8.7% against management4,655 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES listed 4,655 vote records. Votes against management made up 8.7% of those marked either way (402 of 4,638); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 14.0%. 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 88.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 37.9% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (20.8% of 327), COMPENSATION (19.3% of 269) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (18.2% of 22).

It reported 15.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.09% 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 share8.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate88.0%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate37.9%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.09%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 ELECTIONS2,9372,736696.8%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3863024111.1%
AUDIT-RELATED43543500.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2220218.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS282627.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE2251903516.4%
COMPENSATION2732195419.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3332765620.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE427352.4%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE204160.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION245190.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES5210423.8%
OTHER7430.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20244,8187.5%85.0%32.9%
year to 30 June 20254,7808.2%84.5%41.2%
year to 30 June 20264,6558.7%88.0%37.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES voted against management on 28 of the 260 it marked either way (10.8%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 119 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES voted for 45 (37.8%). 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
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Al Data Usage Oversight
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
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,"
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 on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
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.
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.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (Proposal...
Fastenal Company23 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Albemarle Corporation5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal regarding shareholders ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Carvana Co.5 May 2026To vote upon one stockholder proposal, as described in the Proxy Statement.
NVR, Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal to disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

Shares on loan

FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES reported 15.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 1.39 billion shares voted: 1.09% 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

8 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
Franklin Natural Resources Fund1,1725.1%93.9%26.7%
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund7759.0%86.4%not reported
Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund70513.4%82.7%38.6%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund67910.2%93.4%80.0%
Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund65314.2%82.8%57.1%
Franklin Templeton SMACS - Series E6422.7%93.3%23.3%
Franklin Templeton SMACS - Series I200.0%not reportednot reported
Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund90.0%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 FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES reported 343 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 302 were for (88.0%), 41 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 28 of the 260 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES vote against management?

8.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 402 of the 4,638 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 FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 36 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1 of them (2.8%). Across every category it voted for 37.9% 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 FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES (filer no. 872625), 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.