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BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund (DNLAX) 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
Bny Mellon Opportunity 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 Bny Mellon Opportunity Funds on 2026-08-18 · open the filing · vote table (npx_811-09891_13269.xml, 0.5 MB)
TickersDNLAX (Class A), DLDCX (Class C), DLDRX (Class I), DLDYX (Class Y) · 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 92.1% of the time across 38 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Corporate governance | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Deere & Company · 25 February 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Deere 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 BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund voted with 25,736 shares
“Shareholder proposal on a report on the return on investment of emission reduction goals”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Opportunity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001111178-26-000003 · series S000001720 · open the filing
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Regarding Issuance of a Report on Pesticide Use Data Reporting in Regenerative Agriculture Program Disclosures.
AGAINST BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund voted with 358,597 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Issuance of a Report on Pesticide Use Data Reporting in Regenerative Agriculture Program Disclosures.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Opportunity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001111178-26-000003 · series S000001720 · open the filing
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before CF Industries Holdings pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
FOR BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund voted with 113,638 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Opportunity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001111178-26-000003 · series S000001720 · open the filing
ConocoPhillips · 12 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs ConocoPhillips 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 BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund voted with 473,298 shares
“Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Opportunity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001111178-26-000003 · series S000001720 · open the filing
Exxon Mobil Corporation · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Exxon Mobil 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 BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund voted with 339,176 shares
“Independent Chair, a proposal overwhelmingly defeated on 16 separate occasions since 2000”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Opportunity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001111178-26-000003 · series S000001720 · open the filing
Deere & Company · 25 February 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
On a report on faith-based business resource groups
AGAINST BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund voted with 25,736 shares
“Shareholder proposal on a report on faith-based business resource groups”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Opportunity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001111178-26-000003 · series S000001720 · open the filing
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