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Fidelity Value Discovery Fund (FVDFX) 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
Fidelity Puritan 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 Fidelity Puritan Trust on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 27 MB)
TickersFVDFX, FVDKX (Class K), FVDOX (Fidelity Advisor Value Discovery Fund: Class Z), FVDNX (Fidelity Advisor Value Discovery Fund: Class I), FVDJX (Fidelity Advisor Value Discovery Fund: Class A), FVDLX (Fidelity Advisor Value Discovery Fund: Class M), FVDMX (Fidelity Advisor Value Discovery Fund: Class C) · 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 112 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 98.9% of the time across 89 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 34 | 4 | 11.8% |
| Workers & human rights | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Corporate governance | 48 | 8 | 16.7% |
| Other social issues | 22 | 1 | 4.5% |
Ballots it voted
Wells Fargo & Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Wells Fargo 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 Value Discovery Fund voted with 749,402 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · open the filing
Wells Fargo & Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Report on High-Carbon Financing Litigation Risks.
AGAINST Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 749,402 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Report on High-Carbon Financing Litigation Risks.”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · open the filing
Intel Corporation · 13 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Intel 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.
AGAINST Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 535,600 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting a report on Intel's human rights due diligence process.”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · open the filing
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. · 2 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
That the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework for workforce and human-capital management across its operating subsidiaries.
FOR Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 95,394 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework for workforce and human-capital management across its operating subsidiaries.”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · 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 Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 194,440 shares
“Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · 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.
AGAINST Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 150,387 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes, if properly presented at the meeting.”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · open the filing
Bank of America Corporation · 4 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Bank of America 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 Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 1,789,231 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · 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 Fidelity Value Discovery Fund voted with 935,299 shares
“Independent Chair, a proposal overwhelmingly defeated on 16 separate occasions since 2000”
SourceFidelity Puritan Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000081205-26-000037 · series S000007154 · open the filing
Other funds Fidelity Puritan Trust 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.