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BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (SDSCX) 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 Investment Funds I 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 Investment Funds I on 2026-08-18 · open the filing
TickersSDSCX (Class I), DBMAX (Class A), DBMCX (Class C), DBMYX (Class Y), DBMZX (Class Z) · 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 69.4% of the time across 49 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 5 | 4 | 80% |
Ballots it voted
Casey's General Stores, Inc. · 3 September 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Casey's General Stores 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 Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 61,456 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding Scope 3 greenhouse gas reduction targets.”
SourceBNY Mellon Investment Funds I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000799295-26-000010 · series S000011499 · open the filing
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every Fortune Brands Innovations director face election every year?
Shareholders asked the company to end its staggered board, so that all directors stand for election annually rather than once every three years.
FOR BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 383,620 shares
“If properly presented, a stockholder proposal to elect each director annually”
SourceBNY Mellon Investment Funds I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000799295-26-000010 · series S000011499 · open the filing
The Timken Company · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest percentage of shareholders, as governed by state law, the power to call a special shareholder meeting.
FOR BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 189,309 shares
“Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest perc”
SourceBNY Mellon Investment Funds I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000799295-26-000010 · series S000011499 · open the filing
Other funds BNY Mellon Investment Funds I 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.