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ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund (SOPAX) 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
Legg Mason Partners Investment Trust 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 Legg Mason Partners Investment Trust on 2026-08-14 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 16 MB)
TickersSOPAX (Class A), SBPLX (Class C), SOPYX (Class I), LBRIX (Class FI), LMMRX (Class R), LCBEX (Class IS), LCBOX (Class 1) · 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. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 1 of its 66 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 95.1% of the time across 41 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate governance | 21 | 8 | 38.1% |
| Other social issues | 23 | 1 | 4.3% |
Ballots it voted
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Coca-Cola 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 ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 2,242,472 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report evaluating the Company's plastics packaging policies”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
Alphabet Inc. · 5 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Alphabet 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 ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 904,030 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 777,628 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 777,628 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Coca-Cola publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 2,242,472 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
Capital One Financial Corporation · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Capital One Financial 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.
AGAINST ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 619,336 shares
“Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 259,597 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
Comcast Corporation · 10 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Comcast 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 ClearBridge Dividend Strategy Fund voted with 7,095,930 shares
“Adopt policy to have an independent chair”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceLegg Mason Partners Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-14 · accession 0001193125-26-351490 · series S000016665 · open the filing
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