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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 919160

GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS

fund voting report

Vote records reported
5,684year to 30 June 2026
Against management
16.6%925 of 5,586 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
34.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
45.3%for, of for + against + abstain
82.1% for13.2% against4.7% other16.6% against management5,684 votes

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

GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS reported 5,684 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 16.6% of its votes as cast against management (925 of 5,586), 10.3 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 17.7%. 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 34.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 45.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (61.6% of 159), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (36.4% of 44) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (33.3% of 42).

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 share16.6%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate34.7%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate45.3%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 ELECTIONS2,3931,98329815.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES159527561.6%
AUDIT-RELATED3802679629.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1010.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES4842636.4%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS343310.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE8947879112.0%
COMPENSATION4593536922.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,2111,108648.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE42122333.3%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE162850.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION111109.1%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES36251122.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20244,96319.9%27.6%38.0%
year to 30 June 20254,55818.2%20.7%not reported
year to 30 June 20265,68416.6%34.7%45.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS voted against management on 64 of the 105 it marked either way (61.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 114 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS voted for 49 (43.0%). 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...
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
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on report on online sexual exploitation.
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
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,"
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Report on Human Rights Oversight.
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
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 to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend Article X of the bylaws.
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 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
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
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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 2026Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
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.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.15 May 2026A stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
Illinois Tool Works Inc.8 May 2026Corporate governance
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Aflac Incorporated4 May 2026Independent Board Chairman
First Solar, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal to improve shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting

Shares on loan

GUINNESS ATKINSON 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

12 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
S00006743164720.1%11.8%58.3%
S00003649561218.8%40.0%45.8%
Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy Fund51718.4%6.3%55.6%
S00006983851718.4%6.3%55.6%
Guinness Atkinson Global Innovators Fund48028.5%50.0%35.2%
Guinness Atkinson International Dividend Builder ETF4755.7%not reportednot reported
Guinness Atkinson Real Assets Income ETF4753.9%85.7%not reported
Guinness Atkinson Global Energy Fund47429.4%22.2%31.3%
Guinness Atkinson China & Hong Kong Fund47010.0%not reportednot reported
S00000915740013.3%not reportednot reported
Guinness Atkinson Asia Focus Fund31211.5%not reportednot reported
Guinness Atkinson US Dividend Builder ETF30517.0%47.6%63.2%

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 GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS reported 150 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 52 were for (34.7%), 75 against and 23 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 64 of the 105 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS vote against management?

16.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 925 of the 5,586 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 GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 36 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 7 of them (19.4%). Across every category it voted for 45.3% 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 GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS (filer no. 919160), 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.