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Two kinds of vote are listed: a board-sponsored proposal WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS voted AGAINST or withheld on, and a shareholder proposal it voted FOR. One row is one proposal at one meeting; “funds” is how many of the manager’s funds or accounts voted that way.
Everything Only shareholder proposals it backed
1,036 proposals.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal | Category | On the ballot from | WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS voted | Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYD Company Limited | 2025-06-06 | Approve General and Unconditional Mandate to the Directors of BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited to Issue New Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 7 |
| BYD Company Limited | 2025-06-06 | Approve Grant of General Mandate to the Board to Issue Additional H Shares and Related Transactions | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 7 |
| BYD Company Limited | 2025-06-06 | Approve Provision of Guarantees by the Group | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 7 |
| BYD Company Limited | 2025-06-06 | Authorize Board to Determine the Proposed Plan for the Issuance of Debt Financing Instrument(s) | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 7 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | 2024-08-29 | Elect Hital R. Meswani as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 7 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | 2024-08-29 | Elect P.M.S. Prasad as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 7 |
| Macrotech Developers Ltd. | 2025-02-27 | Elect Sushil Kumar Modi as Director and Approve Appointment and Remuneration of Sushil Kumar Modi as Whole-Time Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 6 |
| MercadoLibre, Inc. | 2025-06-17 | Election of Directors: Class I Nominee: Stelleo Passos Tolda | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 6 |
| Tencent Holdings Limited | 2025-05-14 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 6 |
| The Carlyle Group Inc. | 2025-05-29 | Non-Binding Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation ("Say-on-Pay") | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 6 |
| Aldar Properties PJSC | 2025-03-19 | Approve Remuneration of Directors for FY 2024 | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Aldar Properties PJSC | 2025-03-19 | Elect Directors | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| InterGlobe Aviation Limited | 2024-08-23 | Reelect Pallavi Shardul Shroff as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Linde Plc | 2024-07-30 | Election of Directors: Joe Kaeser | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Limited | 2024-07-31 | Approve Reappointment and Remuneration of Rajesh Jejurikar as Whole-time Director designated as "Executive Director and CEO (Auto and Farm Sector)" | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Limited | 2024-07-31 | Elect Ranjan Pant as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Limited | 2024-07-31 | Elect Sat Pal Bhanoo as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Limited | 2024-07-31 | Reelect Haigreve Khaitan as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| NICE Ltd. (Israel) | 2024-07-03 | Approve CEO Equity Award | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Trip.com Group Limited | 2025-06-30 | Elect Rong Luo as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| WEG SA | 2025-04-29 | Elect Fiscal Council Members | Compensation | Board | ABSTAIN | 5 |
| Xiaomi Corporation | 2025-06-05 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| Xiaomi Corporation | 2025-06-05 | Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 5 |
| ACV Auctions Inc. | 2025-05-28 | Elect two Class I directors: George Chamoun | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| ACV Auctions Inc. | 2025-05-28 | Elect two Class I directors: Robert P. Goodman | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| ANTA Sports Products Limited | 2025-05-07 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| ANTA Sports Products Limited | 2025-05-07 | Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Atlas Copco AB | 2025-04-29 | Reelect Hans Straberg as Board Chair | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Atlas Copco AB | 2025-04-29 | Reelect Hans Straberg as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Atlas Copco AB | 2025-04-29 | Reelect Johan Forssell as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Atlas Copco AB | 2025-04-29 | Reelect Peter Wallenberg Jr as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | 2025-06-23 | Election of Directors: Jacques Aigrain | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | 2025-06-23 | Election of Directors: Lisa Jones | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| DSV A/S | 2025-03-20 | Reelect Tarek Sultan Al-Essa as Director | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Doximity, Inc. | 2024-08-29 | To elect Class III Directors to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027 or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified: Regina Benjamin, M.D. | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Eastroc Beverage (Group) Co., Ltd. | 2025-04-02 | Approve Remuneration Plan of Directors and Supervisors | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Eastroc Beverage (Group) Co., Ltd. | 2025-04-02 | Approve Use of Idle Own Funds for Cash Management | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Ferrari NV | 2025-04-16 | Reelect John Elkann as Executive Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Ferrari NV | 2025-04-16 | Reelect Piero Ferrari as Non-Executive Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Macrotech Developers Ltd. | 2024-08-23 | Elect Shaishav Dharia as Director and Approve Appointment and Remuneration of Shaishav Dharia as Whole-Time Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| MakeMyTrip Limited | 2024-09-12 | Reelect Director Moshe Rafiah | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| MakeMyTrip Limited | 2024-09-12 | Reelect Director Savinilorna Payandi Pillay Ramen | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 2025-03-27 | Reelect Helge Lund (Chair) as Director | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 2025-03-27 | Reelect Henrik Poulsen (Vice Chair) as Director | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 2025-03-27 | Reelect Kasim Kutay as Director | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Proya Cosmetics Co., Ltd. | 2024-09-12 | Elect Ge Weijun as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Raia Drogasil SA | 2024-11-06 | Amend Restricted Stock Plan Approved at the September 15, 2020 EGM | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2025-05-07 | Elect Alban de Beaulaincourt as Representative of Employee Shareholders to the Board | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2025-05-07 | Elect Amandine Petitdemange as Representative of Employee Shareholders to the Board | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2025-05-07 | Elect Francois Durif as Representative of Employee Shareholders to the Board | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2025-05-07 | Elect Gerard Le Gouefflec as Representative of Employee Shareholders to the Board | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2025-05-07 | Elect Venkat Garimella as Representative of Employee Shareholders to the Board | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2025-06-27 | Approve Alternate Final Dividend of JPY 70 per Share | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2025-06-27 | Elect Director Nakashima, Toru | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2025-06-27 | Elect Director Teshirogi, Isao | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Tecnoglass Inc. | 2024-12-03 | Election of the following Class B directors: Julio A. Torres | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Thales SA | 2025-05-16 | Ratify Appointment of Valerie Guillemet as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Thales SA | 2025-05-16 | Reelect Anne Rigail as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Thales SA | 2025-05-16 | Reelect Bernard Fontana as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Thales SA | 2025-05-16 | Reelect Delphine Geny-Stephann as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. | 2025-06-05 | Company Proposal - To elect three Class III Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Joseph Kadow | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 4 |
| Unilever Plc | 2025-04-30 | Approve Remuneration Report | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Unilever Plc | 2025-04-30 | Re-elect Ian Meakins as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. | 2025-04-25 | Approve External Guarantees | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 4 |
| AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. | 2025-05-22 | Amend Share Award Scheme and Adopt Scheme After Such Amendments | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. | 2025-05-22 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. | 2025-05-22 | Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| ASMedia Technology Inc. | 2025-06-13 | Approve Issuance of Restricted Stocks | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Addtech AB | 2024-08-22 | Approve Remuneration Report | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Addtech AB | 2024-08-22 | Elect Fredrik Borjesson as New Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Addtech AB | 2024-08-22 | Elect Malin Nordesjo as Board Chair | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Addtech AB | 2024-08-22 | Reelect Henrik Hedelius as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Addtech AB | 2024-08-22 | Reelect Malin Nordesjo as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Addtech AB | 2024-08-22 | Reelect Ulf Mattson as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Airbus SE | 2025-04-15 | Reelect Catherine Guillouard as Non-Executive Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Airbus SE | 2025-04-15 | Reelect Irene Rummelhoff as Non-Executive Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2025-05-21 | ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Arca Continental SAB de CV | 2025-03-25 | Elect Directors, Verify their Independence Classification, Approve their Remuneration and Elect Secretaries | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Aristocrat Leisure Limited | 2025-02-20 | Approve Grant of Performance Share Rights to Trevor Croker Under the Long-Term Incentive Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Auto1 Group SE | 2025-06-04 | Approve Issuance of Warrants/Bonds with Warrants Attached/Convertible Bonds without Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 2.8 Billion; Approve Creation of EUR 43.9 Million Pool of Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Auto1 Group SE | 2025-06-04 | Approve Remuneration Policy | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Auto1 Group SE | 2025-06-04 | Approve Remuneration Report | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Auto1 Group SE | 2025-06-04 | Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 6.2 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Azimut Holding SpA | 2025-04-30 | Approve Remuneration Policy | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Azimut Holding SpA | 2025-04-30 | Slate 2 Submitted by Institutional Investors (Assogestioni) | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Approve Alternative Equity Plan Financing of LTI 2025, if Item 15.B is Not Approved | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Approve Equity Plan Financing Through Acquisition and Transfer of Shares | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Approve Performance Share Matching Plan LTI 2025 for Key Employees | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Reelect Albert Gustafsson as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Reelect Joen Magnusson as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Reelect Kate Swann as Board Chair | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Reelect Kate Swann as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Reelect Per Bertland as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijer Ref AB | 2025-04-24 | Reelect William Striebe as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. | 2024-07-08 | Approve Authorization of the Board to Handle All Matters Related to Business Partner Share Purchase Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. | 2024-07-08 | Approve Draft and Summary of Business Partner Share Purchase Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. | 2024-07-08 | Approve Management Method of Business Partner Share Purchase Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. | 2025-01-27 | Approve Arrangement Resolution | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Brunello Cucinelli SpA | 2025-04-29 | Approve Remuneration Policy | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
| Brunello Cucinelli SpA | 2025-04-29 | Approve Second Section of the Remuneration Report | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 3 |
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