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VANGUARD STAR FUNDS
fund voting report, part of Vanguard
- Vote records reported
- 139,828year to 30 June 2026
- Against management
- 11.9%16,064 of 135,474 marked votes
- Say-on-pay support
- 100.0%for, of for + against + abstain
- Shareholder-proposal support
- 72.2%for, of for + against + abstain
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
VANGUARD STAR FUNDS reported 139,828 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 11.9% of its votes as cast against management (16,064 of 135,474), 5.6 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.
Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 8.7%. 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 100.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 72.2% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).
By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (26.4% of 212), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (22.7% of 46,595) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (21.7% of 734).
It reported 51.69 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 3.26% 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 2026 | This filer | Median fund registrant | All filers pooled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against-management share | 11.9% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Say-on-pay support rate | 100.0% | 91.6% | 86.0% |
| Shareholder-proposal support rate | 72.2% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Shares on loan, share of shares held | 3.26% | 0.00% | 3.12% |
| Largest families, year to 30 June 2026 | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 20.1% | 94.1% | 42.0% |
| BlackRock and iShares | 7.5% | 88.3% | 11.9% |
| Fidelity | 6.0% | 94.7% | 27.6% |
| Dimensional | 16.4% | 78.9% | 57.4% |
| State Street and SPDR | 16.9% | 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) | Votes | For | Against | Against management | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 41,609 | 37,893 | 2,032 | 4.8% | |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 50 | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 7,031 | 6,828 | 191 | 2.3% | |
| INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS | 62 | 53 | 9 | 14.5% | |
| SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES | 268 | 162 | 54 | 26.4% | |
| EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS | 3,557 | 3,489 | 68 | 1.9% | |
| CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 26,530 | 24,962 | 1,568 | 5.6% | |
| COMPENSATION | 18,229 | 16,015 | 2,161 | 11.4% | |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 47,265 | 36,013 | 11,089 | 22.7% | |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 387 | 261 | 100 | 7.5% | |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 276 | 259 | 17 | 1.1% | |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 268 | 259 | 9 | 1.1% | |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 735 | 513 | 222 | 21.7% | |
| OTHER | 2,443 | 1,951 | 487 | 4.8% |
By season
| Season | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 129,719 | 9.9% | 87.5% | 77.8% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 127,838 | 7.9% | 95.2% | 74.6% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 139,828 | 11.9% | 100.0% | 72.2% |
Say-on-pay votes against management
Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, VANGUARD STAR FUNDS voted against management on 0 of the 20 it marked either way (0.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.
Shareholder proposals it supported
Of 1,485 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, VANGUARD STAR FUNDS voted for 776 (52.3%). 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.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. | 25 Dec 2025 | Shareholder proposal: CAPITAL STRUCTURE |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Eni SpA | 6 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| FinecoBank SpA | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| FinecoBank SpA | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Leonardo SpA | 7 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Leonardo SpA | 7 May 2026 | Fix Board Terms for Directors |
| Leonardo SpA | 7 May 2026 | Fix Number of Directors |
| Galp Energia SGPS SA | 8 May 2026 | Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies |
| Moncler SpA | 21 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Moncler SpA | 21 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Moncler SpA | 21 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Assicurazioni Generali SpA | 23 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| EDP SA | 16 Apr 2026 | Appraise Management of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Executive Board |
| EDP SA | 16 Apr 2026 | Appraise Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Supervisory Board |
| EDP SA | 16 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA | 15 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Banco BPM SpA | 16 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Poste Italiane SpA | 27 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk | 19 Dec 2025 | Approve Delegation of Authority for Approval of the 2026 Company Work Plan and Budget |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 16 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA | 23 Apr 2026 | Appraise Management and Supervision of Company and Approve Vote of Confidence to Corporate Bodies |
| Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA | 23 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Recordati SpA | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Recordati SpA | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Recordati SpA | 29 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | 12 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | 12 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | 12 May 2026 | Fix Board Terms for Directors |
| TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | 12 May 2026 | Fix Number of Directors |
| TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | 12 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA | 23 Dec 2025 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Approval of Claim to Seek Compensation for Losses against Beata... |
| Buzzi SpA | 13 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
| Buzzi SpA | 13 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Buzzi SpA | 13 May 2026 | Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
| Buzzi SpA | 13 May 2026 | Fix Board Terms for Directors |
| Buzzi SpA | 13 May 2026 | Fix Number of Directors |
| Itau Unibanco Holding SA | 28 Apr 2026 | Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED |
Shares on loan
VANGUARD STAR FUNDS reported 51.69 billion shares on loan at record dates against 1.53 trillion shares voted: 3.26% 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
1 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.
| Series | Vote records | Against management | Say-on-pay support | Shareholder-proposal support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEX FUND | 139,828 | 11.9% | 100.0% | 53.4% |
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.
- N-PX filed 27 Aug 2026 accession 0001104659-26-102120
- Every N-PX filing by this filer on EDGAR
Questions
How did VANGUARD STAR FUNDS vote on executive pay?
In the year to 30 June 2026 VANGUARD STAR FUNDS reported 40 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 40 were for (100.0%), 0 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 0 of the 20 say-on-pay items it marked either way.
How often does VANGUARD STAR FUNDS vote against management?
11.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 16,064 of the 135,474 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 STAR FUNDS support shareholder proposals on climate?
In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 97 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 72.2% 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 STAR FUNDS (filer no. 736054), 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.