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Baron Focused Growth Fund (BFGFX) 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 Select 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 Baron Select Funds on 2026-08-18 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 4.3 MB)
TickersBFGFX (Retail Shares), BFGIX (Institutional Shares), BFGUX (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 87% of the time across 23 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 9 | 4 | 44.4% |
| Other social issues | 4 | 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 Focused Growth Fund voted with 1,011,000 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting the issuance of a report analyzing whether Hyatt could disclose its overall plastics use.”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Tesla report on forced and child labour in what it lends to and finances?
Shareholders asked the bank to report on how it identifies and addresses forced labour and child labour risk in its lending and financing portfolios — not only in its own operations, but in the businesses its capital supports.
AGAINST Baron Focused Growth Fund voted with 615,000 shares
“A shareholder proposal requesting a child labor audit.”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.
AGAINST Baron Focused Growth Fund voted with 615,000 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · open the filing
Airbnb, Inc. · 5 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Dual-class sunset; and
FOR Baron Focused Growth Fund voted with 852,700 shares
“Dual-class sunset; and”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · 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 Focused Growth Fund voted with 761,800 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · open the filing
Airbnb, Inc. · 5 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Report on discrimination in charitable support;
AGAINST Baron Focused Growth Fund voted with 852,700 shares
“Report on discrimination in charitable support;”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · open the filing
Shopify Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Shopify account for how it builds and uses AI?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s use of artificial intelligence — where its training data comes from and on what terms, how the board oversees the risk, and what the technology is doing to the accuracy of what users see.
AGAINST Baron Focused Growth Fund voted with 1,166,000 shares
“Adopt a Policy on Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in the Company's Business and Operations”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000022521 · open the filing
Other funds Baron Select Funds votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.