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William Blair Small Cap Value Fund (WBVNX) 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)
TickersWBVNX (Class N), ICSCX (Class I), WBVRX (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 97.6% of the time across 83 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Corporate governance | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
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 William Blair Small Cap Value Fund voted with 49,241 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008597 · open the filing
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. · 14 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s shareholders be able to act without waiting for a meeting?
Shareholders asked for the right to act by written consent — to approve a measure once holders of enough shares agree in writing, instead of waiting for the company to schedule a meeting.
FOR William Blair Small Cap Value Fund voted with 161,919 shares
“To vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholder ability to act by written consent.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008597 · open the filing
ICU Medical, Inc. · 13 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
To approve, on an advisory basis, a stockholder proposal to establish a 10% stockholder special meeting right.
FOR William Blair Small Cap Value Fund voted with 80,954 shares
“To approve, on an advisory basis, a stockholder proposal to establish a 10% stockholder special meeting right.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008597 · 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 Small Cap Value Fund voted with 130,885 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 S000008597 · 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.