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First Eagle Global Balanced Fund (FEBAX) 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

First Eagle 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 First Eagle Funds on 2026-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 8.2 MB)

TickersFEBAX (Class A), FEBCX (Class C), FEBIX (Class I), FBRRX (Class R3), FIBRX (Class R4), EABRX (Class R5), FEBRX (Class R6), FEITX (Class T) · 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 96.1% of the time across 51 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment500%
Workers & human rights100%
Pay equity & inclusion100%
Corporate governance18211.1%
Other social issues300%

Ballots it voted

Orkla ASA · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Orkla ASA 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  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 1,466,932 shares

“Approve Proposal to Recognize Social Responsibility for Plastic Waste Landfill in Flisa”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · open the filing

Power Corporation of Canada · 13 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Power Corporation of Canada 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  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 771,188 shares

“SP 2: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · open the filing

Dollar General Corporation · 28 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Should Dollar General 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  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 15,479 shares

“To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to report on the feasibility of adopting a comprehensive human rights policy stating the Company's commitment to respect human rights, in alignment with international human rights standards, throughout its operation and value chain.”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · open the filing

Universal Health Services, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion

Should Universal Health Services disclose more about the people it employs?

Shareholders asked for fuller disclosure of the company’s human capital — the composition of the workforce, turnover, and how the company invests in the people it employs.

AGAINST  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 31,926 shares

“Stockholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring Universal Health Services, Inc. to publicly disclose its workforce diversity, if properly presented at the meeting.”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · 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  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 756,536 shares

“Adopt policy to have an independent chair”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · 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  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 244,613 shares

“Independent Chair, a proposal overwhelmingly defeated on 16 separate occasions since 2000”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · open the filing

Charter Communications, Inc. · 21 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social

Regarding political expenditures report.

AGAINST  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 64,348 shares

“Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report.”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · open the filing

HCA Healthcare, Inc. · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social

AGAINST  First Eagle Global Balanced Fund voted with 60,290 shares

“Stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding a report on healthcare consequences.”

SourceFirst Eagle Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000930413-26-002761 · series S000035750 · open the filing

Other funds First Eagle Funds votes

The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.

First Eagle Global Fund94.3% for exec payFirst Eagle Global Real Assets Fund94.9% for exec payFirst Eagle Overseas Fund94.4% for exec payFirst Eagle Rising Dividend Fund100% for exec payFirst Eagle Small Cap Opportunity Fund91% for exec payFirst Eagle U.S. Fund93.2% for exec pay

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.

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