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William Blair Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund (WSMNX) 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)
TickersWSMNX (Class N), WSMDX (Class I), WSMRX (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 91% of the time across 67 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 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 Growth Fund voted with 122,838 shares
“Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008603 · 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 Growth Fund voted with 215,014 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.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008603 · open the filing
TransUnion · 12 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.
FOR William Blair Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 113,700 shares
“Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008603 · 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 Growth Fund voted with 196,800 shares
“To vote upon a shareholder proposal requiring the Company to provide a report on political spending.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceWilliam Blair Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0001193125-26-353690 · series S000008603 · open the filing
Other funds William Blair Funds votes
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