Voting proxies that are received in connection with Fund holdings is performed by each Fund’s investment adviser or subadviser according to the adviser’s or subadviser’s proxy voting guidelines. These proxy voting guidelines cover a wide variety of individual topics, such as shareholder voting rights, the election of directors, executive and director compensation, reorganizations, mergers and various other shareholder proposals. Fund proxy voting guidelines and policies are grouped by subadvisers. Please contact us if you want to receive complete proxy voting guidelines and policies by mail.
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Guidelines and Policies for Mutual Fund Proxy Voting
| Mutual Fund | |
|---|---|
| Nationwide Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Nationwide Alternatives Allocation Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
|
Nationwide Bond Fund Nationwide Government Bond Fund Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
Nationwide Bond Index Fund Nationwide International Index Fund Nationwide Mid Cap Market Index Fund Nationwide S&P 500 Index Fund Nationwide Small Cap Index Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
Nationwide Core Plus Bond Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
Nationwide Enhanced Income Fund Nationwide Short Duration Bond Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
| Nationwide Growth Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Nationwide International Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Nationwide Money Market Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Nationwide Small Company Growth Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Nationwide U.S. Small Cap Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| All remaining Nationwide Mutual Funds | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Other | |
|---|---|
|
American Century NVIT Growth Fund American Century NVIT Multi Cap Value Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
Federated NVIT High Income Bond Fund NVIT Money Market Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
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Invesco NVIT Comstock Value Fund (formerly Van Kampen NVIT Comstock Value Fund) NVIT International Equity Fund |
|
| NVIT Core Plus Bond Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
|
Neuberger Berman NVIT Multi Cap Opportunities Fund Neuberger Berman NVIT Socially Responsible Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
NVIT Bond Index Fund NVIT International Index Fund NVIT Mid Cap Index Fund NVIT S&P 500 Index Fund NVIT Small Cap Index Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
NVIT Core Bond Fund NVIT Government Bond Fund NVIT Short Term Bond Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
|
NVIT Developing Markets Fund NVIT Emerging Markets Fund NVIT Large Cap Growth Fund |
Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Enhanced Income Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Nationwide Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager International Growth Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager International Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Large Cap Growth Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Large Cap Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Small Cap Growth Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Small Cap Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi-Manager Small Company Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Multi Sector Bond Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| NVIT Real Estate Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| Templeton NVIT International Value Fund | Voting guidelines and policies |
| All remaining NVIT funds | Voting guidelines and policies |
Governance and trustees
Proxy voting record
Read these documents to see how a fund voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ending June 30.
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