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iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) proxy voting record 2026

Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.

The question on the ballot

As filed

iSHARES TRUST files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.

SourceProxy-voting record filed by iSHARES TRUST on 2026-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (BRDWLB_0001100663_2026.xml, 179 MB)

TickerIEFA · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes

How it voted, by issue

Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 18 of its 407 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 84% of the time across 1,078 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment58610.3%
Workers & human rights200%
Executive pay3825.3%
Corporate governance1855228.1%
Other social issues2150%

On 1 of the 36,991 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 720,656 shares in all, 0.000% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.

Ballots it voted

Shell Plc · 19 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Please note that this resolution is a shareholder proposal: request company to publish a report disclosing the company's strategy to create shareholder value under scenarios of declining demand for oil and gas, including the international energy agency, stated policies scenario, and announced pledges scenario

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 40,753,205 shares

“PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL: REQUEST COMPANY TO PUBLISH A REPORT DISCLOSING THE COMPANY'S STRATEGY TO CREATE SHAREHOLDER VALUE UNDER SCENARIOS OF DECLINING DEMAND FOR OIL AND GAS, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, STATED POLICIES SCENARIO, AND ANNOUNCED PLEDGE”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Westpac Banking Corp · 11 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Westpac Banking disclose what it finances, not just what it emits?

Shareholders asked the company to disclose the emissions attached to its lending, underwriting or energy mix — the ratio of clean to fossil financing, or an assessment of its clients’ own transition plans — rather than reporting only the emissions of its own offices.

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 23,367,737 shares

“PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL: CUSTOMER TRANSITION PLAN APPROACH AND CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

East Japan Railway Company · 19 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Amend Articles of Incorporation (Safety Advisory Committee)

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 6,779,800 shares

“Shareholder Proposal: Amend Articles of Incorporation (Safety Advisory Committee)”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Apa Group · 22 October 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Please note that this resolution is a shareholder proposal: key partner due diligence

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 8,815,721 shares

“PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL: KEY PARTNER DUE DILIGENCE”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Ntt,Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

Approve Details of Compensation as Stock Options for Directors (Excluding Outside Directors, Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members and Non-Executive Directors)

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 205,685,700 shares

“Shareholder Proposal: Approve Details of Compensation as Stock Options for Directors (Excluding Outside Directors, Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members and Non-Executive Directors)”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd. · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

Approve Details of the Restricted-Stock Compensation to be received by Corporate Officers

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 1,800,800 shares

“Shareholder Proposal: Approve Details of the Restricted-Stock Compensation to be received by Corporate Officers”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena Spa · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should the person who runs Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena Spa also chair the board that supervises them?

Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.

FOR  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 13,966,865 shares

“A APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEARS 2026-2027-2028; RELATED AND CONSEQUENT RESOLUTIONS. LIST PRESENTED BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, REPRESENTING A TOTAL OF 0.78045 PCT OF THE SHARE CAPITAL”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena Spa · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Should the person who runs Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena Spa also chair the board that supervises them?

Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.

AGAINST  iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF voted with 13,966,865 shares

“APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEARS 2026-2027-2028; RELATED AND CONSEQUENT RESOLUTIONS. LIST PRESENTED BY VM 2006 S.R.L., REPRESENTING 1.011 PCT OF THE SHARE CAPITAL”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.

SourceiSHARES TRUST, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002265 · series S000038930 · open the filing

Other funds iSHARES TRUST votes

The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF98.1% for exec payiShares Core High Dividend ETF98.3% for exec payiShares Core S&P 500 ETF96.5% for exec payiShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF97.6% for exec payiShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF97.5% for exec payiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF94.9% for exec payiShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF96.5% for exec payiShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF97.5% for exec payiShares Core U.S. REIT ETF94.8% for exec payiShares MSCI EAFE ETF89.5% for exec pay

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