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Baron International Growth Fund (BIGFX) 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)
TickersBIGFX (Retail Shares), BINIX (Institutional Shares), BIGUX (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 78.3% of the time across 23 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 4 | 4 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
Lundin Mining Corporation · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Lundin Mining 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.
AGAINST Baron International Growth Fund voted with 373,716 shares
“SP 1: Disclose Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) Reduction Strategy”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000024707 · open the filing
Linde Plc · 29 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Linde say whether its lobbying matches the climate targets it announces?
Shareholders asked the company to report on whether its own lobbying — and the lobbying done by the trade associations it funds — is consistent with the climate goals it publishes.
AGAINST Baron International Growth Fund voted with 21,665 shares
“A shareholder proposal requesting an annual report regarding the alignment of the Company's direct and indirect lobbying activities with the Company's 2050 climate neutrality ambition.”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000024707 · open the filing
Brunello Cucinelli SpA · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Fix Number of Directors
FOR Baron International Growth Fund voted with 7,769 shares
“Fix Number of Directors”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000024707 · open the filing
Brunello Cucinelli SpA · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Fix Board Terms for Directors
FOR Baron International Growth Fund voted with 7,769 shares
“Fix Board Terms for Directors”
SourceBaron Select Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001193125-26-354950 · series S000024707 · 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.