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Vanguard

Fund registrants and adviser entities grouped under Vanguard by this site's alias table

Vote records reported
1,916,707year to 30 June 2026
Against management
20.1%435,944 of 2,170,705 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
94.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
42.0%for, of for + against + abstain
78.1% for13.4% against8.5% other20.1% against management2,191,509 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, Vanguard listed 1,916,707 vote records. Votes against management made up 20.1% of those marked either way (435,944 of 2,170,705); the median of the fund families tracked here stood at 7.8%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.5%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 94.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 42.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 30.7%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in COMPENSATION (26.2% of 190,858), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (25.9% of 12,599) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (24.9% of 7,781).

It reported 118.07 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 2.69% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 60 families with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share20.1%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate94.1%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate42.0%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held2.69%1.53%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS1,199,556936,234135,52421.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES148,451126,1136,9137.4%
AUDIT-RELATED166,668131,31421,81621.1%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS3312854613.6%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES8,1795,4192,33124.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS25,21323,1851,3317.6%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE162,086150,31310,2777.1%
COMPENSATION192,328140,60234,12626.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE305,613227,19471,23323.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE8,8862,8195,12423.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE3,6641,8691,7946.4%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION3,5601,7421,8062.7%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES12,6714,8706,80125.9%
OTHER13,82811,0192,7664.6%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20241,291,4576.5%96.3%45.1%
year to 30 June 20251,418,33810.3%88.0%44.4%
year to 30 June 20261,916,70720.1%94.1%42.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Vanguard voted against management on 93 of the 3,252 it marked either way (2.9%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 6 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 1,974 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Vanguard voted for 785 (39.8%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
Snowflake Inc.29 Jun 2026To consider and vote on, if properly presented at the meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal...
Cintas Corporation28 Oct 2025A shareholder proposal regarding support for shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
Lennar Corporation8 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
lululemon athletica inc.25 Jun 2026Declassify the Board of Directors
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.
HubSpot, Inc.15 Jun 2026A stockholder proposal to change the Company's Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws to allow 10% holders of...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.11 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.11 Jun 2026To consider and vote upon one shareholder proposal
Campbell Soup Company18 Nov 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting.
TransUnion12 May 2026Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a stockholder right to call a special meeting.
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.5 May 2026Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation
Five Below, Inc.16 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that provisions in the Company's governance documents requiring greater...
OGE Energy Corp.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.
Eagle Materials Inc.4 Aug 2025Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholder ability to...
Mohawk Industries, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.21 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
The Wendy's Company20 May 2026S/h proposal - corporate governance
PENN Entertainment, Inc.16 Jun 2026Declassify the board of directors
Columbia Sportswear Company10 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding proxy access.
Calix, Inc.14 May 2026To hold an advisory vote on a stockholder proposal relating to a simple majority vote.
BlackLine, Inc.7 May 2026Declassify the board of directors
Avis Budget Group, Inc.20 May 2026Adopt simple majority vote
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA14 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence

Shares on loan

Vanguard reported 118.07 billion shares on loan at record dates against 4.27 trillion shares voted: 2.69% of the two together. Median family: 1.53%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Filers grouped under this family

Grouping is by registrant and manager name, from a hand-maintained table. See the methodology.

FilerTypeVote records, year to 30 June 2026
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDSfund registrant433,170
VANGUARD WORLD FUNDfund registrant313,175
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDSfund registrant282,194
VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDSfund registrant148,386
VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDSfund registrant140,188
VANGUARD STAR FUNDSfund registrant139,828
VANGUARD ADMIRAL FUNDSfund registrant134,907
VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDSfund registrant79,973
VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX FUNDSfund registrant59,634
VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUNDfund registrant36,301
VANGUARD VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDSfund registrant28,398
VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDSfund registrant26,302
VANGUARD HORIZON FUNDSfund registrant19,732
VANGUARD TRUSTEES' EQUITY FUNDfund registrant16,355
VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE FUNDSfund registrant10,646
VANGUARD EXPLORER FUNDfund registrant8,281
VANGUARD FENWAY FUNDSfund registrant6,177
VANGUARD WINDSOR FUNDSfund registrant5,418
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLCinstitutional manager3,913
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST COinstitutional manager3,579
Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLCinstitutional manager3,235
VANGUARD WELLESLEY INCOME FUNDfund registrant3,181
Vanguard Montgomery Fundsfund registrant3,136
VANGUARD CHESTER FUNDSfund registrant2,631
VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltdinstitutional manager2,597
Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd.institutional manager2,573
VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDSfund registrant1,596
Vanguard National Trust Coinstitutional manager553
VANGUARD VALLEY FORGE FUNDSfund registrant500
VANGUARD MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDSfund registrant91
VANGUARD NEW YORK TAX-FREE FUNDSfund registrant22
VANGUARD CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUNDSfund registrant20
VANGUARD CMT FUNDSfund registrant15
Vanguard Charlotte Fundsfund registrant0

Questions

How did Vanguard vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Vanguard reported 133,950 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 126,106 were for (94.1%), 6,908 against and 936 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 93 of the 3,252 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 6 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Vanguard vote against management?

20.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 435,944 of the 2,170,705 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did Vanguard support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 6,886 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 1,139 of them (16.5%). Across every category it voted for 42.0% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of the registrants and managers grouped under this family on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers listed above, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.