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William Blair Mid Cap Value Fund (WVMIX) 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
William Blair 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 William Blair Funds on 2026-08-17 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 18 MB)
TickersWVMIX (Class I), WVMRX (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 88.6% of the time across 44 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 8 | 7 | 87.5% |
| Other social issues | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
Ballots it voted
Tyson Foods, Inc. · 5 February 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Regarding report on environmental and human health impacts from waste lagoons.
AGAINST William Blair Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 254 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding report on environmental and human health impacts from waste lagoons.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000075391 · open the filing
The Timken Company · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest percentage of shareholders, as governed by state law, the power to call a special shareholder meeting.
FOR William Blair Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 289 shares
“Consideration of a shareholder proposal asking our Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest perc”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000075391 · open the filing
State Street Corporation · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
The adoption of a policy and amendment to the by-laws requiring the Chair of the Board be an independent member of the Board in the next CEO transition
AGAINST William Blair Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 251 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a policy and amendment to the by-laws requiring the Chair of the Board be an independent member of the Board in the next CEO transition, if properly presented.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000075391 · open the filing
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · 1 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Entitled: "Report on Discrimination in Charitable Support"
AGAINST William Blair Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 1,102 shares
“Stockholder proposal entitled: "Report on Discrimination in Charitable Support"”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000075391 · open the filing
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. · 12 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 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.
FOR William Blair Mid Cap Value Fund voted with 291 shares
“Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000075391 · open the filing
Other funds William Blair Funds 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.