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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 933691

JNL SERIES TRUST

fund voting report, part of Jackson National funds

Vote records reported
288,101year to 30 June 2026
Against management
9.0%23,764 of 264,929 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
15.2%for, of for + against + abstain
88.8% for8.0% against3.2% other9.0% against management265,818 votes

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

JNL SERIES TRUST reported 288,101 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 9.0% of its votes as cast against management (23,764 of 264,929), 2.7 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.4%. 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 84.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 15.2% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS (59.3% of 54), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (42.6% of 1,109) and EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (17.4% of 4,158).

It reported 1.88 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 2.98% 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 share9.0%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.7%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate15.2%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held2.98%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%

Of the 288,101 vote records in this filing, 23,201 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

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 ELECTIONS154,116142,2325,1017.6%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES18,14114,5822,63316.4%
AUDIT-RELATED21,30420,8953501.7%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS54222959.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1,16278626142.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS4,1653,43871317.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE20,20018,2721,8719.2%
COMPENSATION12,50810,6551,83713.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE27,19521,4115,46015.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,183681,0944.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE889208682.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION16561593.6%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2,4537351,6944.5%
OTHER9,1217,9308518.4%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024311,3149.6%81.1%17.9%
year to 30 June 2025304,6328.9%81.5%15.4%
year to 30 June 2026288,1019.0%84.7%15.2%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, JNL SERIES TRUST voted against management on 643 of the 3,318 it marked either way (19.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 85 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 630 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, JNL SERIES TRUST voted for 115 (18.3%). 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
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
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
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
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
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
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.
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...
FedEx Corporation29 Sep 2025Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman.
The Sherwin-Williams Company22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ability to Call a Special Meeting
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...
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Advisory vote on stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent".
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.1 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Permit Stockholder Action by Written Consent.
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
Avery Dennison Corporation30 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.

Shares on loan

JNL SERIES TRUST reported 1.88 billion shares on loan at record dates against 61.16 billion shares voted: 2.98% 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

108 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
JNL Emerging Markets Index Fund29,92020.6%62.0%68.4%
JNL/Mellon World Index Fund21,9005.9%85.9%11.7%
JNL/DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund21,27513.4%80.1%12.6%
JNL/DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund17,31017.6%77.5%21.7%
JNL/DFA International Core Equity Fund16,4247.4%78.6%10.8%
JNL/JPMorgan Global Allocation Fund14,7527.4%89.4%10.9%
JNL International Index Fund14,4366.8%84.6%9.2%
JNL/Mellon U.S. Stock Market Index Fund13,0356.3%83.5%16.5%
JNL/RAFI Multi-Factor U.S. Equity Fund9,7284.4%86.6%14.8%
JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation Fund9,6956.4%92.3%8.1%
JNL/RAFI Fundamental U.S. Small Cap Fund9,6007.6%79.7%18.9%
JNL/T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund8,4644.1%96.1%7.3%
JNL S&P 500 Index Fund6,6074.2%86.8%14.5%
JNL/Mellon S&P 500 Index Fund6,6074.1%86.7%14.5%
JNL Small Cap Index Fund5,6077.7%79.2%20.8%
JNL Mid Cap Index Fund4,1335.6%85.8%24.5%
JNL Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund3,9209.1%83.3%15.4%
JNL Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund3,9159.7%78.6%6.8%
JNL/Morningstar U.S. Sustainability Index Fund3,8684.2%86.0%13.8%
JNL Multi-Manager Small Cap Growth Fund2,7889.5%88.9%44.4%
JNL Multi-Manager Small Cap Value Fund2,4412.6%92.9%44.4%
JNL Multi-Manager Alternative Fund2,4216.5%96.8%19.5%
JNL/Mellon Financial Sector Fund2,2396.2%83.5%3.9%
JNL/JPMorgan Hedged Equity Fund2,1833.6%88.8%8.6%
JNL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Fund2,1014.9%94.4%45.3%
JNL/Mellon Industrials Sector Fund2,0734.2%90.5%24.4%
JNL/Mellon Information Technology Sector Fund1,9809.3%76.7%16.2%
JNL/Goldman Sachs 4 Fund1,9490.9%97.1%6.6%
JNL/MFS Mid Cap Value Fund1,8963.7%97.2%33.3%
JNL Multi-Manager International Equity Fund1,8445.6%87.5%23.1%
JNL/AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund1,8047.4%92.6%28.3%
JNL/GQG Emerging Markets Equity Fund1,6995.4%86.7%6.3%
JNL/Mellon Consumer Discretionary Sector Fund1,6216.7%81.2%24.0%
JNL/T. Rowe Price Value Fund1,5502.3%99.0%3.1%
JNL/Causeway International Value Select Fund1,4844.0%92.1%not reported
JNL/Mellon Healthcare Sector Fund1,3826.8%85.8%20.0%
JNL/Mellon Nasdaq 100 Index Fund1,3386.5%85.3%14.3%
JNL/JPMorgan U.S. Value Fund1,2882.2%94.0%5.9%
JNL/JPMorgan Nasdaq Hedged Equity Fund1,2593.7%92.0%10.2%
JNL/Morningstar SMID Moat Focused Index Fund1,2575.3%86.3%21.6%
JNL/T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund1,2439.0%90.3%40.0%
JNL/MFS Equity Income Fund1,1982.4%94.2%16.5%
JNL Multi-Manager Select Equity Fund1,1703.2%95.9%25.0%
JNL/WMC Balanced Fund1,1466.1%89.2%24.1%
JNL/JPMorgan MidCap Growth Fund1,1432.0%95.3%25.0%
JNL/Newton Equity Income Fund1,1096.1%96.1%22.2%
JNL/T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity Fund1,1035.2%96.5%17.5%
JNL/WMC Equity Income Fund1,0381.9%95.6%13.0%
JNL/Invesco Global Growth Fund8815.7%90.0%33.3%
JNL/Franklin Templeton Income Fund8752.3%94.3%15.2%
JNL/Lazard International Quality Growth Fund8735.0%82.1%0.0%
JNL/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund8566.5%95.1%12.7%
JNL/Mellon Real Estate Sector Fund8443.7%86.5%20.0%
JNL/WMC Value Fund8162.6%96.4%20.7%
JNL/Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund8075.1%77.5%20.0%
JNL/Mellon Consumer Staples Sector Fund7888.9%76.3%13.3%
JNL/AB Sustainable Global Thematic Fund7827.2%87.8%22.6%
JNL/Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund7506.0%88.6%12.9%
JNL/Morningstar PitchBook Listed Private Equity Index Fund74413.0%59.4%not reported
JNL/Morningstar Wide Moat Index Fund7437.1%79.6%14.5%

The 60 series with the most vote records are shown, of 108.

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 JNL SERIES TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 JNL SERIES TRUST reported 17,191 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 14,555 were for (84.7%), 2,631 against and 5 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 643 of the 3,318 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 85 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does JNL SERIES TRUST vote against management?

9.0% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 23,764 of the 264,929 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 JNL SERIES TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 1,123 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 23 of them (2.0%). Across every category it voted for 15.2% 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 JNL SERIES TRUST (filer no. 933691), 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.