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Growth Fund of America (AGTHX) 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
Growth Fund of America 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 Growth Fund of America on 2026-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 3.1 MB)
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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 218 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 79.6% of the time across 226 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 47 | 1 | 2.1% |
| Workers & human rights | 19 | 1 | 5.3% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Corporate governance | 94 | 56 | 59.6% |
| Other social issues | 42 | 2 | 4.8% |
On 20 of the 3,722 ballot items in its filing, 4 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 62,351,269 shares in all, 0.23% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
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 Growth Fund of America voted with 107,438,851 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 51,023,428 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 41,385,619 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting a report on Intel's human rights due diligence process.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 32,395,729 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Coca-Cola publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Growth Fund of America voted with 900,779 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Adobe disclose, or change, who sits on its board?
Shareholders asked the company to publish a board skills-and-diversity matrix, or to commit to a minimum representation of women among its directors.
AGAINST Growth Fund of America voted with 800,710 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.
AGAINST Growth Fund of America voted with 22,505,927 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR Growth Fund of America voted with 22,101,562 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001104659-26-102934 · series S000009228 · open the filing
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