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Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio 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
Bny Mellon Investment 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 Bny Mellon Investment Portfolios on 2026-08-18 · open the filing · vote table (npx_811-08673_13267.xml, 7.2 MB)
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 78.2% of the time across 477 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 22 | 7 | 31.8% |
Ballots it voted
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Wolverine World Wide 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 Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio voted with 29,079 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding new climate change polices or practices.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Investment Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001056707-26-000005 · series S000002780 · open the filing
ArcBest Corporation · 24 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should ArcBest 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 Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio voted with 81 shares
“A shareholder proposal to approve GHG emissions reduction targets, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Investment Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001056707-26-000005 · series S000002780 · open the filing
SkyWest, Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should an independent assessment check whether SkyWest respects the right to organise?
Shareholders asked for an independent assessment of whether the company, in practice, respects the internationally recognised rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining — the ILO core standards the company already says it supports — across all of its operations.
AGAINST Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio voted with 14,152 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Investment Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001056707-26-000005 · series S000002780 · open the filing
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. · 22 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics
AGAINST Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio voted with 27,004 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Investment Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001056707-26-000005 · series S000002780 · open the filing
Lumen Technologies, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.
FOR Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio voted with 330,463 shares
“Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Investment Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001056707-26-000005 · series S000002780 · open the filing
Lincoln National Corporation · 28 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Lincoln National 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 Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio voted with 59,203 shares
“Shareholder proposal to amend our governing documents to provide for an independent chairman of the board.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBny Mellon Investment Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0001056707-26-000005 · series S000002780 · open the filing
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