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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 52848

VANGUARD WORLD FUND

fund voting report, part of Vanguard

Vote records reported
313,175year to 30 June 2026
Against management
25.2%94,821 of 375,679 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
91.1%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
39.9%for, of for + against + abstain
73.0% for15.8% against11.2% other25.2% against management379,960 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, VANGUARD WORLD FUND listed 313,175 vote records. Votes against management made up 25.2% of those marked either way (94,821 of 375,679); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.8%. 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 91.1% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 39.9% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in COMPENSATION (31.6% of 35,850), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (30.9% of 2,470) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (28.2% of 1,686).

It reported 861.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 1.12% 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 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share25.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate91.1%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate39.9%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.12%0.00%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
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 ELECTIONS216,338155,77930,73827.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES18,11714,5931,18611.0%
AUDIT-RELATED30,47622,0145,14127.7%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS4742510.6%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1,54198144726.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS3,7893,33827211.3%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE25,26423,2771,6467.7%
COMPENSATION36,08024,4657,26731.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE50,19637,32811,13723.1%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,68857690828.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE7023563457.7%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION6363273073.5%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES2,4869491,29330.9%
OTHER2,0691,6673945.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024153,7116.7%96.6%39.5%
year to 30 June 2025194,83116.1%72.1%40.8%
year to 30 June 2026313,17525.2%91.1%39.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, VANGUARD WORLD FUND voted against management on 67 of the 2,305 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 2 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 1,514 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, VANGUARD WORLD FUND voted for 589 (38.9%). 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...
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...
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting (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
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...
Corpay, Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board Chair requirement
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.
Henry Schein, Inc.21 May 2026Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, a shareholder proposal to Govern by Majority Vote.
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
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.22 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal: CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Shares on loan

VANGUARD WORLD FUND reported 861.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 75.72 billion shares voted: 1.12% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. 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.

Fund series in this filing

23 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
VANGUARD ESG INTERNATIONAL STOCK ETF103,56711.3%100.0%52.1%
VANGUARD ESG U.S. STOCK ETF67,74533.9%91.8%31.0%
VANGUARD FINANCIALS INDEX FUND21,25532.7%93.8%29.9%
VANGUARD INDUSTRIALS INDEX FUND15,68031.5%95.7%32.4%
VANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND15,28834.8%92.3%32.1%
Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Index Fund12,65432.6%92.7%26.9%
VANGUARD CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY INDEX FUND12,33433.6%92.1%33.8%
VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS EX-CHINA ETF11,24610.4%not reported61.0%
VANGUARD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDEX FUND10,82632.2%90.9%30.2%
VANGUARD FTSE SOCIAL INDEX FUND5,4181.8%96.2%7.4%
VANGUARD ENERGY INDEX FUND5,32833.1%96.7%28.0%
VANGUARD MATERIALS INDEX FUND5,16132.6%94.9%37.4%
VANGUARD COMMUNICATION SERVICES INDEX FUND3,98337.2%78.7%27.6%
VANGUARD CONSUMER STAPLES INDEX FUND3,88531.6%89.3%27.7%
VANGUARD UTILITIES INDEX FUND3,73131.1%98.6%29.3%
VANGUARD DEVELOPED MARKETS EX-US VALUE INDEX ETF3,0372.9%not reported41.2%
VANGUARD DEVELOPED MARKETS EX-US GROWTH INDEX ETF2,9403.5%not reported48.5%
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND2,1484.4%93.0%8.0%
Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value Index Fund1,9431.0%97.5%1.5%
VANGUARD U.S. GROWTH FUND1,7128.3%88.8%26.8%
VANGUARD GLOBAL WELLINGTON FUND1,4652.8%89.1%15.5%
VANGUARD GLOBAL WELLESLEY INCOME FUND9643.0%95.7%9.1%
Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth Index Fund8652.9%93.1%9.5%

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did VANGUARD WORLD FUND vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 VANGUARD WORLD FUND reported 16,022 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 14,591 were for (91.1%), 1,184 against and 247 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 67 of the 2,305 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 2 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does VANGUARD WORLD FUND vote against management?

25.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 94,821 of the 375,679 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 WORLD FUND support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 1,335 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 269 of them (20.1%). Across every category it voted for 39.9% 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 this filer 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 by VANGUARD WORLD FUND (filer no. 52848), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.