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MFS Funds

Funds Belonging to this Family

• » MFS Total Return Fund (9,204 votes)
• » MFS Value Fund (4,506 votes)

Overall
activism
score

16.7

Percentile

24

What does this mean?

This funds in this fund family have voted against the recommendation of management on 16.7% of the proposals they have faced. This makes them more activist than 24% of the fund families in our database, as shown by the small blue and red plot above.

Activism Profile

Issue area	Activism Score	Activism Percentile	Activism Plot
Directors D	2.9	18
Executive compensation EC	22.5	30
Corporate governance CG	41.2	24
Corporate impact CI	0.1	12

Activism footprint: More activist fund families have larger footprints. Each corner depicts the fund family's activism percentile on one issue area. (More detailed explanation)

Detailed Vote Record

	Activism Score	Activism Plot	Votes
Directors			Against mgmt	With mgmt	Abstain
Director Election	2.9		73	9,112	200
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	32.8		204	439	10
Shareholder Proposals	12.2		45	316	7
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	1.4		2	139	4
Voting Rules	31.1		65	144	0
Takeover Defenses	91.2		103	9	1
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	0.0		0	88	2
Environmental and Social	0.4		1	236	6
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	0.0		0	151	2