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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
822 proposals.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal | Category | On the ballot from | WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS voted | Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banca Transilvania SA | 2026-04-28 | Approve Share Repurchase Program to Implement Stock Option Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banca Transilvania SA | 2026-04-28 | Elect Fratila Constantin as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Hernan Buchi Buc as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Julio Figueroa as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Oscar Hasbun Martinez as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Pablo Granifo Lavin as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Patricio Jottar Nasrallah as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Banco de Chile SA | 2026-03-26 | Elect Vivianne Caumont as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Bankinter SA | 2026-03-26 | Reelect Alfonso Botin-Sanz de Sautuola y Naveda as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| BeOne Medicines Ltd. | 2026-06-11 | THAT Dr. Alessandro Riva be and is hereby re-elected to serve as a director of the Company for a term extending until completion of the 2027 annual general meeting. | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| BeOne Medicines Ltd. | 2026-06-11 | THAT Mr. John V. Oyler be and is hereby re-elected to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company for a term extending until completion of the 2027 annual general meeting. | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| BeOne Medicines Ltd. | 2026-06-11 | THAT the Company and its underwriters be and are hereby authorized, in their sole discretion, to allocate to Amgen Inc. ("Amgen"), up to a maximum amount of shares in order to maintain the same shareholding percentage of Amgen (based on the then-outstanding share capital of the Company) before and after the allocation of the corresponding securities issued pursuant to an offering conducted pursuant to the general mandate set forth in Resolution 17 for a period of five years, which period will be subject to an extension on a rolling basis each year. | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| BeOne Medicines Ltd. | 2026-06-11 | THAT the Fifth Amended and Restated 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan be and is hereby approved. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| BeOne Medicines Ltd. | 2026-06-11 | THAT the granting of a share issue mandate to the Board of Directors to issue, allot or deal with unissued ordinary shares and/or American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) not exceeding 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of passing of this resolution up to the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company be and is hereby approved. | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd. | 2025-12-22 | Approve Grant of General Mandate to the Board to Issue H Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Benefit Systems SA | 2025-07-21 | Elect Supervisory Board Member | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Benefit Systems SA | 2025-07-21 | Recall Supervisory Board Member | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Benefit Systems SA | 2026-03-10 | Elect Supervisory Board Member | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Barry J. Bentley | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Brian F. Hughes | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Gregory S. Bentley | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Janet B. Haugen | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Keith A. Bentley | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Kirk B. Griswold | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Nicholas H. Cumins | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 2026-05-21 | Election of Directors: Raymond B. Bentley | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Bid Corp. Ltd. | 2025-10-30 | Approve Fees of the Non-executive Directors | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Birkenstock Holding Plc | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Alexandre Arnault | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Birkenstock Holding Plc | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Oliver Reichert | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Birkenstock Holding Plc | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Ruth Kennedy | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Bridgestone Corp. | 2026-03-24 | Elect Director Masuda, Kenichi | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Bridgestone Corp. | 2026-03-24 | Elect Director Scott Trevor Davis | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| CMOC Group Limited | 2026-04-28 | Approve Grant of General Mandate to the Board for Issuance of Additional A Shares and/or H Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| CMOC Group Limited | 2026-04-28 | Approve Purchase of Structured Deposit with Internal Idle Fund | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| CMOC Group Limited | 2026-04-28 | Authorize Board to Decide on Issuance of Debt Financing Instruments | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| CarGurus, Inc. | 2026-06-03 | To elect two Class III directors to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Manik Gupta | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc | 2026-05-28 | Re-elect Jose Ignacio Comenge as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc | 2026-05-28 | Re-elect Manolo Arroyo as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Elect Ana Carolina Ribeiro Valadares Gontijo as Director and Paulo Henrique Martins de Sousa as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Elect Ana Lucia Ribeiro Valadares Gontijo as Director and Alair Goncalves Couto Neto as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Elect Fiscal Council Members | Compensation | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Elect Ricardo Ribeiro Valadares Gontijo as Director and Paulo Roberto da Silva Cunha as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Elect Ricardo Valadares Gontijo as Director and Renato Valadares Gontijo as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | In Case Cumulative Voting Is Adopted, Do You Wish to Equally Distribute Your Votes Amongst the Nominees below? | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Alberto Fernandes as Independent Director and Gilson Teodoro Arantes as Independent Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ana Carolina Ribeiro Valadares Gontijo as Director and Paulo Henrique Martins de Sousa as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ana Lucia Ribeiro Valadares Gontijo as Director and Alair Goncalves Couto Neto as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Christian Caradonna Keleti as Independent Director and Bruno Rabello Ringel as Independent Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ricardo Ribeiro Valadares Gontijo as Director and Paulo Roberto da Silva Cunha as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ricardo Valadares Gontijo as Director and Renato Valadares Gontijo as Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Direcional Engenharia SA | 2026-04-30 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Sylvio Klein Trompowsky Heck as Independent Director and Sandra Mara Ballesteros Cunha as Independent Alternate | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| East Japan Railway Co. | 2026-06-19 | Remove Incumbent Director Fukasawa, Yuji | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| East Japan Railway Co. | 2026-06-19 | Remove Incumbent Director Kise, Yoichi | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Element Solutions Inc | 2026-05-04 | Advisory vote to approve the Company's 2025 executive compensation | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Evercore Inc. | 2026-06-10 | Approval of the Fourth Amended and Restated 2016 Evercore Inc. Stock Incentive Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| F5, Inc. | 2026-03-12 | Approve the F5, Inc. 2026 Incentive Award Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Falabella SA | 2026-03-17 | Elect Directors | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Fositek Corp. | 2026-05-26 | Elect a Representative of Xinghe Investment Co., Ltd., with Shareholder No. 00000093, as Non-independent Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Gambol Pet Group Co., Ltd. | 2025-09-11 | Approve Authorization of the Board to Handle All Related Matters | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Gambol Pet Group Co., Ltd. | 2025-09-11 | Approve Draft and Summary of Performance Shares Incentive Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Gambol Pet Group Co., Ltd. | 2025-09-11 | Approve Methods to Assess the Performance of Plan Participants | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Gentera SAB de CV | 2026-04-10 | Elect or Ratify Francisco Javier Arrigunaga Gomez del Campo as Chair of Corporate Practices Committee | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Gentera SAB de CV | 2026-04-10 | Elect or Ratify Francisco Javier Arrigunaga Gomez del Campo as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2026-05-28 | Election of Directors: Denice M. Torres | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Godrej Properties Limited | 2025-08-01 | Approve Reappointment and Remuneration of Gaurav Pandey as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and Key Managerial Personnel | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| HYUNDAI ROTEM Co. | 2026-03-27 | Elect Cho Hyeong-jun as Inside Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| HYUNDAI ROTEM Co. | 2026-03-27 | Elect Jeong Jae-ho as Inside Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Hammond Power Solutions Inc. | 2026-05-06 | Elect Director Nathalie Pilon | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited | 2026-06-26 | Adopt 2026 Share Scheme | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited | 2026-06-26 | Adopt Scheme Mandate Limit Under the 2026 Share Scheme | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited | 2026-06-26 | Adopt Service Provider Sublimit Under the 2026 Share Scheme | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited | 2026-06-26 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited | 2026-06-26 | Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. | 2026-03-26 | Approve Total Remuneration of Inside Directors and Outside Directors | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Huaming Power Equipment Co., Ltd. | 2026-03-20 | Approve Asset Pool Business | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Huaming Power Equipment Co., Ltd. | 2026-03-20 | Approve Use of Own Funds for Cash Management | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Intact Financial Corporation | 2026-05-06 | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Andre Guilherme Cazzaniga Maciel | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Antonio Kandir | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Jose Felipe Diniz | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Leonardo Guimaraes Correa | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Luiz Antonio Nogueira de Franca | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Maria Fernanda Nazareth Menin Teixeira de Souza Maia | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 2026-04-29 | Elect Director Rubens Menin Teixeira de Souza | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | 2026-04-16 | Approve Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP as Domestic Auditor and Ernst & Young as International Auditor and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration | Audit-related | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | 2026-04-16 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | 2026-04-16 | Elect Sun Jinyun as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | 2026-04-16 | Elect Zeng Qingsheng as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Jones Tech PLC | 2025-11-18 | Approve Use of Idle Own Funds for Cash Management | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Kaynes Technology India Ltd. | 2025-09-11 | Amend Kaynes ESOP Scheme 2022 | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Kaynes Technology India Ltd. | 2025-09-11 | Amend Kaynes ESOP Scheme 2023 | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Kaynes Technology India Ltd. | 2025-09-11 | Approve to Grant Loans and Guarantees to Any Bodies Corporate and Persons and Investments in Any Body Corporate Under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Kite Realty Group Trust | 2026-05-14 | Election of Trustees: Steven P. Grimes | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Krystal Biotech, Inc. | 2026-05-15 | Election of Class III Directors: Christopher Mason | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Krystal Biotech, Inc. | 2026-05-15 | Election of Class III Directors: Krish S. Krishnan | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Maplebear Inc. | 2026-05-22 | To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Maplebear Inc. | 2026-05-22 | To elect the following Class III director nominees: Lily Sarafan | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 |
| Marex Group Plc | 2026-05-21 | Approve Scheme of Arrangement | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
| Midea Group Co., Ltd. | 2025-09-24 | Approve General Mandate to Issue Onshore and Offshore Debt Financing Instruments | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
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