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William Blair Small-Mid Cap Core Fund (WBCIX) 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)
TickersWBCIX (Class I), WBCRX (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 95.9% of the time across 74 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
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 William Blair Small-Mid Cap Core Fund voted with 4,764 shares
“Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000066499 · open the filing
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. · 18 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Advisory Vote on Shareholder Proposal Regarding Director Removal With or Without Cause.
FOR William Blair Small-Mid Cap Core Fund voted with 59,543 shares
“Advisory Vote on Shareholder Proposal Regarding Director Removal With or Without Cause.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000066499 · open the filing
Power Integrations, Inc. · 3 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Power Integrations 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 William Blair Small-Mid Cap Core Fund voted with 43,983 shares
“To consider, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, a stockholder proposal related to the separation of the office of Chairman of the Board and the office of Chief Executive Officer.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000066499 · open the filing
Akamai Technologies, Inc. · 13 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Akamai Technologies 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-Mid Cap Core Fund voted with 19,111 shares
“To vote upon a shareholder proposal requiring the Company to provide a report on political spending.”
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000066499 · 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.