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Baron Asset Fund (BARAX) 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
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) 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 BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) on 2026-08-18 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 2.3 MB)
TickersBARAX, BARIX (Institutional Shares), BARUX (R6 Shares) · 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 77.8% of the time across 36 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Hyatt Hotels Corporation · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Hyatt Hotels report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?
Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.
AGAINST Baron Asset Fund voted with 500,233 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting the issuance of a report analyzing whether Hyatt could disclose its overall plastics use.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354949 · series S000000582 · open the filing
Verisk Analytics, Inc. · 19 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Verisk Analytics’s shareholders be able to act without waiting for a meeting?
Shareholders asked for the right to act by written consent — to approve a measure once holders of enough shares agree in writing, instead of waiting for the company to schedule a meeting.
FOR Baron Asset Fund voted with 621,476 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354949 · series S000000582 · open the filing
TransUnion · 12 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.
FOR Baron Asset Fund voted with 575,500 shares
“Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354949 · series S000000582 · open the filing
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation · 23 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Booz Allen Hamilton Holding disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Baron Asset Fund voted with 200,000 shares
“Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on political spending.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354949 · series S000000582 · open the filing
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