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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 888568

DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO

fund voting report, part of DWS

Vote records reported
6,591year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.8%449 of 6,586 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
49.4%for, of for + against + abstain
92.8% for5.9% against1.3% other6.8% against management6,591 votes

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

DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO reported 6,591 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.8% of its votes as cast against management (449 of 6,586), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 8.3%. 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 84.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 49.4% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (40.2% of 102), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (39.6% of 313) and HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (34.4% of 32).

It reported 11,000 shares out on loan at record dates, 0.01% 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 share6.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate49.4%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.01%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 ELECTIONS4,8304,683803.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES5144207515.0%
AUDIT-RELATED50050000.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2721633.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS2723411.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE807918.8%
COMPENSATION1781314727.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3172407739.6%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE77176018.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE32141834.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION4583711.4%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES102445840.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20247,0167.2%91.6%63.4%
year to 30 June 20256,7005.6%90.2%49.1%
year to 30 June 20266,5916.8%84.8%49.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO voted against management on 74 of the 489 it marked either way (15.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 339 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO voted for 167 (49.3%). 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 Al and Machine Learning Tools for Oil and Gas Development and Production
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Al Data Usage Oversight
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
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 a report on data privacy
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding AI Board oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on report on online sexual exploitation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
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,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Customer Data Privacy Risks
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Sufficiency of Associates' Access to Healthcare
Merck & Co., Inc.26 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on political contributions.
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Human rights or human capital/workforce
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Report Evaluating the Treatment of Animals within Supply Chain.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on risks related to ingredients
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of...
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 2025A shareholder proposal requesting a child labor audit.
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.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
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 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent

Shares on loan

DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO reported 11,000 shares on loan at record dates against 174.9 million shares voted: 0.01% 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

1 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
Deutsche DWS Equity 500 Index Portfolio6,5916.8%84.9%49.4%

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 DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO reported 495 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 420 were for (84.8%), 75 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 74 of the 489 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO vote against management?

6.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 449 of the 6,586 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 DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 74 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 14 of them (18.9%). Across every category it voted for 49.4% 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 DEUTSCHE DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO (filer no. 888568), 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.