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Small Cap Value Fund proxy voting record

American Century Capital 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 American Century Capital Portfolios on 2025-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (npxaccp2025.xml, 6.1 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 63.2% of the time across 76 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment100%
Executive pay100%
Corporate governance22100%
Other social issues200%

Ballots it voted

The Timken Company · 2 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Timken 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 Value Fund voted with 1,720,000 shares

“Consideration of a shareholder proposal requesting that the Company adopt independently verified short- and medium-term science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, inclusive of emissions from its full value chain.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.

SourceAmerican Century Capital Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0000908186-25-000091 · series S000005781 · open the filing

The Timken Company · 2 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

Should Timken 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  Small Cap Value Fund voted with 1,720,000 shares

“Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking the Board of Directors to amend the Company policy on recoupment of incentive pay to apply to each Named Executive Officer and to state that conduct or negligence - not merely misconduct - shall trigger mandatory application of that policy and to report”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.

SourceAmerican Century Capital Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0000908186-25-000091 · series S000005781 · open the filing

Graphic Packaging Holding Company · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should every Graphic Packaging Holding 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  Small Cap Value Fund voted with 5,075,000 shares

“Proposal to Elect Each Director Annually”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.

SourceAmerican Century Capital Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0000908186-25-000091 · series S000005781 · open the filing

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. · 23 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Virtual stockholder meetings

FOR  Small Cap Value Fund voted with 1,555,000 shares

“To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding virtual stockholder meetings”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.

SourceAmerican Century Capital Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0000908186-25-000091 · series S000005781 · open the filing

Meritage Homes Corporation · 22 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social

Should Meritage Homes 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  Small Cap Value Fund voted with 505,000 shares

“Shareholder proposal to support transparency in political spending.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.

SourceAmerican Century Capital Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0000908186-25-000091 · series S000005781 · open the filing

Boyd Gaming Corporation · 8 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social

Advisory vote on the stockholder proposal regarding the commissioning of a report on the effects of a company-wide non-smoking policy.

AGAINST  Small Cap Value Fund voted with 715,000 shares

“Advisory vote on the stockholder proposal regarding the commissioning of a report on the effects of a company-wide non-smoking policy.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.

SourceAmerican Century Capital Portfolios, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0000908186-25-000091 · series S000005781 · open the filing

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