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Meridian Contrarian Fund (MVALX) 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
Meridian Fund 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 Meridian Fund on 2026-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (document.xml, 2.2 MB)
TickersMVALX (Legacy Class), MFCIX (Investor Class), MFCAX (Class A), MFCRX (Institutional Class), MFCCX (Class C) · 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 92.6% of the time across 54 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate governance | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Its filing lists 16 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (32 rows in all): parts of this fund’s shares were voted separately. Each such item is counted once here, with all of its shares, the way most of them were cast.
Ballots it voted
Dollar Tree, Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Dollar Tree’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.
AGAINST Meridian Contrarian Fund voted with 110,125 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting a shareholder right to act by written consent.”
SourceMeridian Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001193125-26-372999 · series S000001463 · open the filing
Crown Holdings, Inc. · 30 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Crown Holdings’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 Meridian Contrarian Fund voted with 90,642 shares
“Consideration of a Shareholder proposal regarding Shareholder right to act by written consent.”
SourceMeridian Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001193125-26-372999 · series S000001463 · open the filing
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. · 4 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Proposal requesting a report on faith-based employee resource groups.
AGAINST Meridian Contrarian Fund voted with 7,886 shares
“Proposal requesting a report on faith-based employee resource groups.”
SourceMeridian Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001193125-26-372999 · series S000001463 · open the filing
Other funds Meridian Fund 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.