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International Equity Index Fund (PIIOX) 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

Principal 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 Principal Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (npxPFI831-81107572voterecord.xml, 22 MB)

TickersPIIOX (R-3), PIIQX (R-5), PIDIX (Institutional Class), PFIEX (R-6) · 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 85.7% of the time across 322 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment3800%
Workers & human rights600%
Pay equity & inclusion200%
Executive pay7114.3%
Corporate governance832732.5%
Other social issues200%

Ballots it voted

Westpac Banking Corporation · 11 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Westpac Banking 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  International Equity Index Fund voted with 260,429 shares

“Approve Transition Plan Approach and Climate Commitments”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

National Australia Bank Limited · 12 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation

AGAINST  International Equity Index Fund voted with 233,216 shares

“Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

JD Sports Fashion Plc · 2 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Should JD Sports Fashion 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  International Equity Index Fund voted with 151,237 shares

“Oversee the Preparation of a Report to Provide Investors the Information Needed to Assess the Company's Approach to Human Capital Management”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

Marks & Spencer Group Plc · 1 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Should Marks & Spencer Group 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  International Equity Index Fund voted with 120,934 shares

“Oversee the Preparation of a Report to Provide Investors the Information Needed to Assess the Company's Approach to Human Capital Management”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion

Should Kansai Electric Power 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  International Equity Index Fund voted with 50,000 shares

“Amend Articles to Add Provisions Concerning Management Based on CSR (Gender Diversity)”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion

Should Chubu Electric Power 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  International Equity Index Fund voted with 36,000 shares

“Amend Articles to Require Female Director Ratio on the Board of At Least 30 Percent”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

NTT, Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan

AGAINST  International Equity Index Fund voted with 1,579,300 shares

“Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

Amend Articles to Require Individual Compensation Disclosure for Executive Officers

FOR  International Equity Index Fund voted with 50,000 shares

“Amend Articles to Require Individual Compensation Disclosure for Executive Officers”

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000858 · series S000027179 · open the filing

Other funds Principal Funds votes

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

Blue Chip Fund100% for exec payDiversified Real Asset Fund94.6% for exec payEquity Income Fund formerly Equity Income Fund I97.7% for exec payGlobal Listed Infrastructure Fund (formerly, Global Sustainable Listed Infrastructure Fund)100% for exec payGlobal Multi-Strategy Fund85.9% for exec payInternational Small Company Fund85.5% for exec payLargeCap S&P 500 Index Fund91.5% for exec payMidCap S&P 400 Index Fund94.8% for exec payPrincipal LifeTime 2015 Fund89.6% for exec payPrincipal LifeTime 2020 Fund89.6% 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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