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American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund (SPWAX) 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)
TickersSPWAX (A Class), SPWCX (C Class), STSIX (R5 Class), SPWYX (Y Class), STSGX (Investor Class), STSRX (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 88.2% of the time across 76 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate governance | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
Ballots it voted
Power Integrations, Inc. · 3 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Power Integrations also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
AGAINST American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 60,945 shares
“To consider, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, a stockholder proposal related to the separation of the office of Chairman of the Board and the office of Chief Executive Officer.”
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000035895 · open the filing
Five Below, Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should a simple majority be enough to pass a measure at Five Below?
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 Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 36,541 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting that provisions in the Company's governance documents requiring greater than a simple majority shareholder vote be changed to a simple majority vote standard.”
SourceAmerican Beacon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-31 · accession 0000809593-26-000058 · series S000035895 · open the filing
Other funds American Beacon Funds votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
Every American Beacon fund we track, and how each one voted →
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