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Franklin Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund (FRBSX) 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 Value Investors 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 Franklin Value Investors Trust on 2026-08-21 · open the filing · vote table (proxyvote.xml, 2.6 MB)
TickersFRBSX (CLASS A), FCBSX (CLASS C), FBSAX (ADVISOR CLASS), FBSRX (CLASS R), FBSIX (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. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 93.9% of the time across 49 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 16 | 12 | 75% |
Ballots it voted
The Kroger Co. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Kroger 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 Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 73,418 shares
“Report on GHG emissions reductions.”
SourceFranklin Value Investors Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360699 · series S000007352 · open the filing
Colgate-Palmolive Company · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Entitled "Remove DEI from Board Candidate Considerations."
AGAINST Franklin Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 101,530 shares
“Stockholder proposal entitled "Remove DEI from Board Candidate Considerations."”
SourceFranklin Value Investors Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360699 · series S000007352 · 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.
FOR Franklin Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 130,427 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.”
SourceFranklin Value Investors Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360699 · series S000007352 · 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 Franklin Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 52,397 shares
“Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.”
SourceFranklin Value Investors Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360699 · series S000007352 · open the filing
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
For the adoption of a majority voting standard.
AGAINST Franklin Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 303,366 shares
“Shareholder proposal for the adoption of a majority voting standard.”
SourceFranklin Value Investors Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360699 · series S000007352 · open the filing
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Hartford Insurance Group’s shareholders be able to act without waiting for a meeting?
Shareholders asked for the right to act by written consent — to approve a measure once holders of enough shares agree in writing, instead of waiting for the company to schedule a meeting.
FOR Franklin Mutual U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 173,969 shares
“Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders”
SourceFranklin Value Investors Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360699 · series S000007352 · open the filing
Other funds Franklin Value Investors 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.