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MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund (MVGAX) 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
Mfs Series Trust I 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 Mfs Series Trust I on 2026-08-26 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 7.7 MB)
TickersMVGAX, MVGBX, MVGCX (C), MVGIX, MVGJX (R1), MVGKX (R2), MVGLX (R3), MVGMX (R4), MVGNX (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 98.4% of the time across 64 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Workers & human rights | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 35 | 6 | 17.1% |
| Other social issues | 21 | 5 | 23.8% |
Ballots it voted
Dollarama Inc. · 11 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
SP 2: Establish Formal Action Plan on Minimizing All Forms of Operations Waste
AGAINST MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 26,119 shares
“SP 2: Establish Formal Action Plan on Minimizing All Forms of Operations Waste”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
Dollarama Inc. · 11 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Dollarama 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 MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 26,119 shares
“SP 4: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
PepsiCo, Inc. · 6 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should PepsiCo 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 MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 16,743 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Report on Human Rights Oversight.”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · 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 MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 15,501 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
Royal Bank of Canada · 9 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
SP 3: Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy
AGAINST MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 11,264 shares
“SP 3: Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
Orange SA · 19 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Amending Item 15 of Current Meeting to either Align the Employees' Free Shares Plans to the Executives' LTIPs or Proceed to an Annual Issuance Reserved for Employees Aligned with the Terms of Issuances used in Employees Stock Purchase Plans
AGAINST MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 110,528 shares
“Amending Item 15 of Current Meeting to either Align the Employees' Free Shares Plans to the Executives' LTIPs or Proceed to an Annual Issuance Reserved for Employees Aligned with the Terms of Issuances used in Employees Stock Purchase Plans”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
Colgate-Palmolive Company · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Colgate-Palmolive 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 MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 80,516 shares
“Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
General Mills, Inc. · 30 September 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
AGAINST MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund voted with 52,187 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.”
SourceMfs Series Trust I, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0001104659-26-101105 · series S000042702 · open the filing
Other funds Mfs Series Trust I 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.