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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 883622

IVY FUNDS

fund voting report, part of Macquarie and Delaware Funds

Vote records reported
9,855year to 30 June 2026
Against management
9.0%875 of 9,683 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
37.3%for, of for + against + abstain
88.5% for8.8% against2.7% other9.0% against management9,786 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, IVY FUNDS listed 9,855 vote records. Votes against management made up 9.0% of those marked either way (875 of 9,683); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.0%. 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 91.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 37.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (37.8% of 45), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (30.2% of 43) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (21.1% of 123).

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 rate91.1%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate37.3%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 ELECTIONS5,8595,3053438.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES595502498.6%
AUDIT-RELATED76275470.9%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES46301330.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS3430411.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE644595499.5%
COMPENSATION5905107812.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,1731,03812810.8%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE123368721.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE45232237.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION576510.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2044615811.3%
OTHER403550.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202419,8139.7%90.1%42.3%
year to 30 June 202512,7908.6%91.3%35.4%
year to 30 June 20269,8559.0%91.1%37.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, IVY FUNDS voted against management on 27 of the 380 it marked either way (7.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 157 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, IVY FUNDS voted for 58 (36.9%). 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 Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
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 reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the...
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 equal shareholder voting
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.
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,"
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder 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.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
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.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (Proposal...
HCA Healthcare, Inc.23 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholders' right to act by...
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.
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Avery Dennison Corporation30 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Steel Dynamics, Inc.6 May 2026Shareholder proposal - avoid political spending brand damage
Equifax Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold to call a special meeting of shareholders to 10%.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.28 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
Tyler Technologies, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending.
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation23 Jul 2025Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on political spending.
Corpay, Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board Chair requirement

Shares on loan

IVY FUNDS reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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

15 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
Nomura Systematic Emerging Markets Equity Fund1,26110.3%not reported41.2%
Nomura Smid Cap Core Fund1,1288.2%92.2%30.0%
Nomura Asset Strategy Fund8288.1%85.7%39.7%
Nomura Global Growth Fund8288.1%85.7%39.7%
Nomura International Core Equity Fund8246.2%100.0%not reported
Nomura Mid Cap Growth Fund68413.0%89.7%77.8%
Nomura Small Cap Growth Fund67614.2%94.9%not reported
Nomura Core Equity Fund6267.3%92.5%26.1%
Nomura Balanced Fund6269.1%87.5%34.8%
Nomura Natural Resources Fund6085.9%94.3%80.0%
Nomura Large Cap Growth Fund48110.4%93.3%33.8%
Nomura Science and Technology Fund45811.6%89.3%28.6%
Nomura Mid Cap Income Opportunities Fund4269.2%94.1%25.0%
Nomura Real Estate Securities Fund3564.8%88.9%not reported
Nomura Climate Solutions Fund450.0%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 IVY FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 IVY FUNDS reported 551 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 502 were for (91.1%), 49 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 27 of the 380 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does IVY FUNDS vote against management?

9.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 875 of the 9,683 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 IVY FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 113 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 26 of them (23.0%). Across every category it voted for 37.3% 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 IVY FUNDS (filer no. 883622), 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.