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Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund proxy voting record
Fidelity Advisor Series Vii 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 Fidelity Advisor Series Vii on 2025-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 5.1 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Proposals are grouped by the subject the filer itself recorded. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 90.5% of the time across 42 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Other social issues | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Bank of America Corporation · 22 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Bank of America 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 Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 739,956 shares
“Shareholder proposal request report on lobbying alignment with Bank of America's climate goals”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Bank of America Corporation · 22 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Bank of America disclose what it finances, not just what it emits?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the emissions attached to its lending, underwriting or energy mix — the ratio of clean to fossil financing, or an assessment of its clients’ own transition plans — rather than reporting only the emissions of its own offices.
AGAINST Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 739,956 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting disclosure of energy financing ratio”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Wells Fargo & Company · 29 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Wells Fargo & strengthen its rules against discrimination and harassment?
Shareholders asked the company to amend its code of conduct, or report on its record, so that protections against discrimination and harassment are explicit and enforceable rather than aspirational.
AGAINST Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 549,428 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Annual Report on Prevention of Workplace Harassment and Discrimination.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Wells Fargo & Company · 29 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Report on Respecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights.
AGAINST Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 549,428 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Report on Respecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights.”
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SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Mastercard Incorporated · 24 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should an independent auditor examine how Mastercard Incorporated affects civil rights?
Shareholders asked the board to commission an independent, third-party audit of the company’s impact on civil rights and racial equity — its workforce, its customers and the communities it operates in — and to publish what the auditor finds.
AGAINST Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 119,900 shares
“Consideration of a stockholder proposal requesting a racial equity audit report”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Citigroup Inc. · 29 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Citigroup 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 Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 325,205 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting a shareholder vote regarding excessive golden parachutes.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Fiserv, Inc. · 14 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should Fiserv be able to take back pay awarded on results that turn out to be wrong?
Shareholders asked the board to strengthen its clawback policy, so that bonuses and share awards can be recovered when they were earned on misstated results or on conduct that later causes the company harm.
AGAINST Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 48,200 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting amendments to the Fiserv, Inc. Compensation Recoupment Policy.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
Bank of America Corporation · 22 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should shareholders be able to put their own candidates on Bank of America’s ballot?
Shareholders asked the company to open its ballot — by nominating more candidates than there are seats, or by giving long-term holders the right to place nominees in the company’s own proxy — so that a board election is a choice rather than a confirmation.
AGAINST Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund voted with 739,956 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting the nomination of more director candidates than board seats”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceFidelity Advisor Series Vii, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0000275309-25-000227 · series S000005328 · open the filing
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