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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 889284

STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS

fund voting report

Vote records reported
7,334year to 30 June 2026
Against management
7.6%497 of 6,531 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
89.8%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
45.7%for, of for + against + abstain
81.5% for5.7% against12.8% other7.6% against management7,334 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS reported 7,334 vote records on Form N-PX. 497 of the 6,531 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 7.6%, 1.4 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.5%. 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 89.8% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 45.7% 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 (48.9% of 92), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (34.5% of 197) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (25.6% of 39).

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 share7.6%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate89.8%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate45.7%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 ELECTIONS5,1614,3971705.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES633494569.7%
AUDIT-RELATED620541264.6%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES104761548.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS282600.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1159058.4%
COMPENSATION232184114.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2731524634.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE6053512.5%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE231156.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION123925.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES7292825.6%
OTHER100not reported

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20248,9768.0%86.8%32.5%
year to 30 June 20256,9296.7%88.7%44.3%
year to 30 June 20267,3347.6%89.8%45.7%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS voted against management on 46 of the 464 it marked either way (9.9%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 23 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 180 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS voted for 81 (45.0%). 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
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Al Data Usage Oversight
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
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 the replacement of supermajority voting...
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
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
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Evaluation of Recycling-Related Plastics Targets
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
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 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
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...
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Colgate-Palmolive Company8 May 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."
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.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY13 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Cummins Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy for separation of the roles of Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer.
The Travelers Companies, Inc.20 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
General Motors Company2 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Separation of Chair and CEO Roles
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Marvell Technology, Inc.25 Jun 2026To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman"

Shares on loan

STERLING CAPITAL 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

9 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
Sterling Capital Behavioral Small Cap Value Equity Fund2,6378.2%89.9%78.3%
Sterling Capital Behavioral Large Cap Value Equity Fund1,4429.2%86.7%49.4%
Sterling Capital Hedged Equity Premium Income ETF597not reportednot reportednot reported
Sterling Capital Mid Cap Relative Value Fund5434.4%89.1%57.1%
Sterling Capital Small Cap Value Fund4974.2%100.0%80.0%
Sterling Capital Equity Income Fund4909.0%97.2%36.6%
Sterling Capital Special Opportunities Fund47410.1%91.4%43.2%
Guardian Capital Dividend Growth Fund3370.6%100.0%0.0%
Sterling Capital Real Estate Fund3173.8%82.8%not 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 STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS reported 550 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 494 were for (89.8%), 56 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 46 of the 464 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 23 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS vote against management?

7.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 497 of the 6,531 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 STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 40 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 5 of them (12.5%). Across every category it voted for 45.7% 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 STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS (filer no. 889284), 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.