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American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund (AVFIX) proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
American Beacon Funds files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by American Beacon Funds on 2026-08-31 · open the filing · vote table (proxyvotingrecord.xml, 18 MB)
TickersAVFIX (R5 Class), AVPAX (Investor Class), AASSX (Advisor Class), ABSYX (Y Class), ABSAX (A Class), ASVCX (C Class), AASRX (R6 Class) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 94.2% of the time across 343 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 17 | 12 | 70.6% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 0 | 0% |
On 21 of the 4,365 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 1,398,611 shares in all, 0.14% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 79 ballot items, 1 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (158 rows in all): parts of this fund’s shares were voted separately. Each such item is counted once here, with all of its shares, the way most of them were cast.
Ballots it voted
ArcBest Corporation · 24 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should ArcBest publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
FOR American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 74,568 shares
“A shareholder proposal to approve GHG emissions reduction targets, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
SkyWest, Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should an independent assessment check whether SkyWest respects the right to organise?
Shareholders asked for an independent assessment of whether the company, in practice, respects the internationally recognised rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining — the ILO core standards the company already says it supports — across all of its operations.
FOR American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 78,700 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
Universal Health Services, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Universal Health Services disclose more about the people it employs?
Shareholders asked for fuller disclosure of the company’s human capital — the composition of the workforce, turnover, and how the company invests in the people it employs.
AGAINST American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 70,500 shares
“Stockholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring Universal Health Services, Inc. to publicly disclose its workforce diversity, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
The Brink's Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.
AGAINST American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 78,080 shares
“Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
OGE Energy Corp. · 14 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should a simple majority be enough to pass a measure at OGE Energy?
Shareholders asked the company to replace its supermajority voting requirements with a simple majority, so that a measure supported by most shares actually carries.
FOR American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 426,549 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
The Timken Company · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest percentage of shareholders, as governed by state law, the power to call a special shareholder meeting.
FOR American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 330,550 shares
“Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest perc”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
Zions Bancorporation, N.A. · 1 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
"Report on Risks from Misalignment Between Company Policies and Customer Base."
AGAINST American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund voted with 126,100 shares
“To consider a shareholder proposal regarding "Report on Risks from Misalignment Between Company Policies and Customer Base."”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000001818 · open the filing
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