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Small Cap Value Fund (NOSGX) 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
Northern 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 Northern Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 101 MB)
TickerNOSGX · 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 92.5% of the time across 321 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Corporate governance | 6 | 5 | 83.3% |
Ballots it voted
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.
FOR Small Cap Value Fund voted with 51,386 shares
“A shareholder proposal to approve GHG emissions reduction targets, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceNorthern Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000916620-26-000013 · series S000001246 · 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.
FOR Small Cap Value Fund voted with 14,645 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy.”

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceNorthern Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000916620-26-000013 · series S000001246 · open the filing
Select Medical Holdings Corporation · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Non-Binding Advisory Vote on a Stockholder Proposal to provide stockholders the right to call a special meeting of stockholders at a 10% ownership threshold
FOR Small Cap Value Fund voted with 106,494 shares
“Non-Binding Advisory Vote on a Stockholder Proposal to provide stockholders the right to call a special meeting of stockholders at a 10% ownership threshold, if properly presented at the meeting.”

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceNorthern Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000916620-26-000013 · series S000001246 · open the filing
Sanmina Corporation · 9 March 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Sanmina 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 Value Fund voted with 53,407 shares
“To consider and vote upon the stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman," requesting that the Board of Directors adopt a policy and amend governing documents as necessary in order that two separate people hold the office of the Chairman and the office of the CEO.”

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceNorthern Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000916620-26-000013 · series S000001246 · open the filing
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