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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 910036

AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC

fund voting report, part of AllianceBernstein

Vote records reported
997year to 30 June 2026
Against management
8.3%83 of 997 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
86.6%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
16.9%for, of for + against + abstain
87.1% for7.8% against5.1% other8.3% against management997 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC reported 997 vote records on Form N-PX. 83 of the 997 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 8.3%, 2.1 percentage points above the median fund registrant (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 86.6% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 16.9% 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 (19.6% of 46), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (12.7% of 71) and DIRECTOR ELECTIONS (8.5% of 718).

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 share8.3%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate86.6%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate16.9%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 ELECTIONS718657158.5%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES7158912.7%
AUDIT-RELATED717100.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES53220.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS21150.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE282803.6%
COMPENSATION232214.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE46291719.6%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1821611.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE91722.2%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION111109.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES281273.6%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20241,0076.6%93.4%21.0%
year to 30 June 20259767.5%89.4%20.8%
year to 30 June 20269978.3%86.6%16.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC voted against management on 9 of the 67 it marked either way (13.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 64 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC voted for 11 (17.2%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
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.

Shares on loan

AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC 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

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
AB Equity Income Fund, Inc.9978.3%86.6%16.9%

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 AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC reported 67 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 58 were for (86.6%), 9 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 9 of the 67 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC vote against management?

8.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 83 of the 997 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 AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 18 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (11.1%). Across every category it voted for 16.9% 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 AB EQUITY INCOME FUND INC (filer no. 910036), 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.