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Franklin Growth Fund (FKGRX) 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
Franklin Custodian 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 Franklin Custodian Funds on 2026-08-21 · open the filing · vote table (proxyvote.xml, 3.3 MB)
TickersFKGRX (Class A), FRGSX (Class C), FCGAX (Advisor Class), FGSRX (Class R), FIFRX (Class R6) · 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 76 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 87.5% of the time across 56 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Workers & human rights | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate governance | 27 | 21 | 77.8% |
| Other social issues | 24 | 3 | 12.5% |
Ballots it voted
NVIDIA Corporation · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Nvidia 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 Franklin Growth Fund voted with 8,178,379 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com report what its data centres do to its climate commitments?
Shareholders asked for a report on the electricity and water its data-centre build-out consumes, and on whether the growth in that demand can be squared with the emissions targets the company has already committed to.
AGAINST Franklin Growth Fund voted with 3,593,324 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · 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.
AGAINST Franklin Growth Fund voted with 2,629,009 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · 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.
AGAINST Franklin Growth Fund voted with 2,629,009 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · open the filing
Fastenal Company · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Fastenal publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
FOR Franklin Growth Fund voted with 4,579,735 shares
“Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy, if properly presented at the annual meeting.”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR Franklin Growth Fund voted with 522,613 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · open the filing
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · 9 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal
AGAINST Franklin Growth Fund voted with 437,738 shares
“To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding a policy addressing the impact of share repurchases on financial performance metrics.”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · open the filing
NVIDIA Corporation · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should a simple majority be enough to pass a measure at Nvidia?
Shareholders asked the company to replace its supermajority voting requirements with a simple majority, so that a measure supported by most shares actually carries.
FOR Franklin Growth Fund voted with 8,178,379 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting provisions in our charter and bylaws with a simple majority voting standard.”
SourceFranklin Custodian Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360492 · series S000006755 · open the filing
Other funds Franklin Custodian Funds 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.