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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 918571

MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

fund voting report, part of MFS

Vote records reported
9,621year to 30 June 2026
Against management
5.0%478 of 9,606 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
94.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
23.5%for, of for + against + abstain
92.2% for5.7% against2.1% other5.0% against management9,621 votes

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

MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 9,621 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 5.0% of its votes as cast against management (478 of 9,606), 1.3 percentage points below the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.3%. 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 94.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 23.5% 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 (26.3% of 38), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (14.2% of 657) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (12.8% of 187).

It reported 51,000 shares out on loan at record dates, 0.00% 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 share5.0%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate94.3%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate23.5%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 ELECTIONS6,3976,126994.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES616551335.7%
AUDIT-RELATED75275200.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES38281026.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS494548.2%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE50449773.4%
COMPENSATION431392397.7%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE66448717714.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1373410310.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE5214380.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION6314490.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1875513212.8%
OTHER10910.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202410,1935.6%93.5%26.8%
year to 30 June 20259,8035.3%94.6%24.8%
year to 30 June 20269,6215.0%94.3%23.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted against management on 25 of the 340 it marked either way (7.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 184 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST voted for 45 (24.5%). 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
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a report on impact of climate commitments
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...
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 equal shareholder voting
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment
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.
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated13 May 2026Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding shareholder right to act by written...
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain.
AppLovin Corporation3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by class of shares
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
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.
Jabil Inc.22 Jan 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal requesting stockholder right to act by written consent.
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.18 Jun 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.18 Jun 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding adopting a majority voting standard
DT Midstream, Inc.5 May 2026Stockholder Proposal on Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
TransUnion12 May 2026Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.
OGE Energy Corp.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.12 May 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending.
AGCO Corporation23 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding giving stockholders an ability to call for a special stockholder meeting
Mohawk Industries, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.21 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.

Shares on loan

MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 51,000 shares on loan at record dates against 1.25 billion shares voted: 0.00% 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

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
MFS Research Series1,4384.8%94.6%22.6%
MFS Global Equity Series1,3892.6%91.7%19.5%
MFS Total Return Series1,2452.5%92.1%12.3%
MFS Value Series1,1291.8%100.0%12.7%
MFS Mid Cap Growth Series1,0808.5%90.1%61.5%
MFS Investors Trust Series9964.0%96.8%27.6%
MFS New Discovery Series94813.2%95.3%not reported
MFS Growth Series8756.8%91.4%26.4%
MFS Utilities Series5211.2%100.0%38.9%

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 MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST reported 584 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 551 were for (94.3%), 33 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 25 of the 340 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST vote against management?

5.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 478 of the 9,606 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 MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 118 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 15 of them (12.7%). Across every category it voted for 23.5% 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 MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (filer no. 918571), 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.