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SmallCap Value Fund II (PJARX) 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

Principal 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 Principal Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (npxPFI1031-81107572voterecd.xml, 64 MB)

TickersPJARX (R-3), PLARX (R-5), PPVIX (Institutional Class), PSMJX (Class J), PSMVX (R-6) · 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 87.9% of the time across 1,070 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment300%
Workers & human rights100%
Pay equity & inclusion200%
Executive pay11100%
Corporate governance262076.9%
Other social issues2150%

On 15 of the 13,300 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 451,264 shares in all, 0.12% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.

Ballots it voted

Harley-Davidson, Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Harley-Davidson disclose what it finances, not just what it emits?

Shareholders asked the company to disclose the emissions attached to its lending, underwriting or energy mix — the ratio of clean to fossil financing, or an assessment of its clients’ own transition plans — rather than reporting only the emissions of its own offices.

AGAINST  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 67,600 shares

“To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a climate transition plan.”

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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · open the filing

AutoNation, Inc. · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should AutoNation 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  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 10,300 shares

“Adoption of stockholder proposal regarding GHG 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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · 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  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 1,966 shares

“A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining 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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · 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  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 33,153 shares

“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics”

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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · open the filing

The Brink's Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion

Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.

AGAINST  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 15,800 shares

“Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.”

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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · open the filing

Revvity, Inc. · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

Executives to Retain Significant Stock.

FOR  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 67,750 shares

“To approve the shareholder proposal regarding Executives to Retain Significant Stock.”

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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · 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  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 785,438 shares

“Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.”

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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · open the filing

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. · 11 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should every Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 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  SmallCap Value Fund II voted with 395,660 shares

“A shareholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors, if properly presented”

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.

SourcePrincipal Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0000898745-26-000859 · series S000007169 · open the filing

Other funds Principal Funds votes

The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.

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