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MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund proxy voting record
Mfs Series Trust Iv 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 Iv on 2025-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 5.4 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Proposals are grouped by the subject the filer itself recorded. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 89.9% of the time across 69 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate governance | 12 | 6 | 50% |
| Other social issues | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
Ballots it voted
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. · 19 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 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.
FOR MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 1,142,075 shares
“Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, if properly presented at the meeting.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
DraftKings Inc. · 19 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should DraftKings 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.
FOR MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 5,027,387 shares
“To consider a shareholder proposal regarding board matrix disclosure.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. · 15 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should O'Reilly Automotive be able to take back pay awarded on results that turn out to be wrong?
Shareholders asked the board to strengthen its clawback policy, so that bonuses and share awards can be recovered when they were earned on misstated results or on conduct that later causes the company harm.
AGAINST MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 148,066 shares
“Shareholder proposal entitled "Support Improved Clawback Policy for Unearned Executive Pay."”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
Synopsys, Inc. · 10 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Synopsys pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
FOR MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 84,567 shares
“To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes, if properly presented at the meeting.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. · 11 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Chipotle Mexican Grill 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 Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 2,031,403 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Requesting an independent Board Chair.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
Agilent Technologies, Inc. · 13 March 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every Agilent Technologies director face election every year?
Shareholders asked the company to end its staggered board, so that all directors stand for election annually rather than once every three years.
FOR MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 1,161,250 shares
“To elect each director annually.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
CoStar Group, Inc. · 26 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should CoStar Group 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 MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 2,361,457 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending, if properly presented.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
Tyler Technologies, Inc. · 6 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Tyler Technologies 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 MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 553,291 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending.”

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SourceMfs Series Trust Iv, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084692 · series S000002434 · open the filing
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