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Pear Tree Polaris Small Cap Fund (USBNX) 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
Pear Tree 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 Pear Tree Funds on 2026-08-20 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 4.5 MB)
TickersUSBNX (Ordinary Shares), QBNAX (Institutional Shares), QBNRX (R6 Shares) · 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 97.1% of the time across 35 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Lundin Mining Corp · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Lundin Mining 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 Pear Tree Polaris Small Cap Fund voted with 37,700 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL 1: EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AS OUTLINED IN APPENDIX A IN THE CORPORATIONS MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR”
SourcePear Tree Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-20 · accession 0002000324-26-003551 · series S000009493 · open the filing
Mks, Inc. · 11 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
To reduce the threshold percentage of shareholders required to call a special meeting of shareholders from 40% to 10%
AGAINST Pear Tree Polaris Small Cap Fund voted with 8,000 shares
“A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold percentage of shareholders required to call a special meeting of shareholders from 40% to 10%, if properly presented at the meeting.”
SourcePear Tree Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-20 · accession 0002000324-26-003551 · series S000009493 · open the filing
Eagle Materials Inc. · 4 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every Eagle Materials 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.
AGAINST Pear Tree Polaris Small Cap Fund voted with 7,000 shares
“Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.”
SourcePear Tree Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-20 · accession 0002000324-26-003551 · series S000009493 · open the filing
Other funds Pear Tree Funds 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.