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Materials Portfolio (FSDPX) 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
Fidelity Select Portfolios 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 Fidelity Select Portfolios on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 15 MB)
TickersFSDPX, FMFAX (Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund: Class A), FMFCX (Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund: Class C), FMFTX (Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund: Class M), FMFEX (Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund: Class I), FIJFX (Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund: Class Z) · 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 100% of the time across 40 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Other social issues | 2 | 1 | 50% |
Ballots it voted
Linde Plc · 29 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Linde say whether its lobbying matches the climate targets it announces?
Shareholders asked the company to report on whether its own lobbying — and the lobbying done by the trade associations it funds — is consistent with the climate goals it publishes.
AGAINST Materials Portfolio voted with 276,586 shares
“A shareholder proposal requesting an annual report regarding the alignment of the Company's direct and indirect lobbying activities with the Company's 2050 climate neutrality ambition.”
SourceFidelity Select Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000320351-26-000385 · series S000007469 · open the filing
Huntsman Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Huntsman 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 Materials Portfolio voted with 254,900 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting an independent board chair policy.”
SourceFidelity Select Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000320351-26-000385 · series S000007469 · open the filing
Ecolab Inc. · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Ecolab 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 Materials Portfolio voted with 211,000 shares
“Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding an independent board chair policy, if properly presented at the meeting.”
SourceFidelity Select Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000320351-26-000385 · series S000007469 · open the filing
Steel Dynamics, Inc. · 6 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Steel Dynamics disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Materials Portfolio voted with 98,300 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL - AVOID POLITICAL SPENDING BRAND DAMAGE”
SourceFidelity Select Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000320351-26-000385 · series S000007469 · open the filing
Sonoco Products Company · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Sonoco Products disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
FOR Materials Portfolio voted with 71,900 shares
“Advisory (non-binding) shareholder proposal - avoid brand damage from political spending.”
SourceFidelity Select Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000320351-26-000385 · series S000007469 · open the filing
Other funds Fidelity Select Portfolios 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.