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Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund (PDIAX) 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
Virtus Equity Trust 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 Virtus Equity Trust on 2026-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 4.4 MB)
TickersPDIAX (Class A), PGICX (Class C), PXIIX (Class I), VECRX (Class R6) · 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 96.3% of the time across 27 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 12 | 2 | 16.7% |
| Other social issues | 9 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Verizon Communications Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Verizon Communications 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 Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 105,736 shares
“Board oversight of material issues related to climate change”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Coca-Cola report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?
Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.
AGAINST Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 71,122 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report evaluating the Company's plastics packaging policies”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
Walmart Inc. · 4 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Walmart explain how its board oversees the safety of the people who work for it?
Shareholders asked for a report on how health and safety is actually governed — who on the board is accountable, what the company measures, how injuries and fatalities are counted, and whether contractors and temporary workers are covered by the same standards as employees.
AGAINST Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 49,505 shares
“Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 9,311 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Coca-Cola publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 71,122 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
Fastenal Company · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Fastenal publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
AGAINST Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 74,883 shares
“Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy, if properly presented at the annual meeting.”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
International Business Machines Corporation · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
A Change to IBM's Outside Director Stock Ownership Guidelines
AGAINST Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 18,748 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Change to IBM's Outside Director Stock Ownership Guidelines”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
Verizon Communications Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Verizon Communications 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 Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund voted with 105,736 shares
“Independent board chair”
SourceVirtus Equity Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0000034273-26-000002 · series S000021177 · open the filing
Other funds Virtus Equity Trust 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.