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Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VWO) 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
Vanguard International Equity Index Funds 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 Vanguard International Equity Index Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 74 MB)
TickersVWO (ETF Shares), VEIEX (Investor Shares), VEMIX (Institutional Shares), VEMAX (Admiral Shares), VEMRX (Institutional Plus Shares) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · 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. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 41.7% of the time across 72 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive pay | 103 | 91 | 88.3% |
| Corporate governance | 270 | 151 | 55.9% |
Its filing lists 875 ballot items, 48 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (1,750 rows in all): parts of this fund’s shares were voted separately. Each such item is counted once here, with all of its shares, the way most of them were cast.
Its filing also lists 162 separately voted blocks, 0.12% of the shares it voted: the shares of investors who chose their own voting policy under Vanguard Investor Choice. The figures here count the fund’s own vote. How Investor Choice shows up in the filings →
What it holds
The largest positions this fund reported, as a share of the fund. Your slice of each is that percentage of your balance.
| Company | % of fund |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.61% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 4.28% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 3.26% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.55% |
| Delta Electronics Inc | 1.17% |
| MediaTek Inc | 1.06% |
| Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.90% |
| China Construction Bank Corp | 0.85% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.80% |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.74% |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 0.74% |
| PDD Holdings Inc | 0.66% |
SourcePortfolio holdings as reported by the fund for 2026-04-30 · open the filing
Ballots it voted
NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd. · 8 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Approve Stock Option Incentive Plan and Its Summary
FOR Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund voted with 650,667 shares
“Approve Stock Option Incentive Plan and Its Summary”
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.
SourceVanguard International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101911 · series S000005786 · open the filing
NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd. · 8 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Approve Implementation and Assessment Management Measures for Stock Option Incentive Plan
FOR Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund voted with 650,667 shares
“Approve Implementation and Assessment Management Measures for Stock Option Incentive Plan”
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.
SourceVanguard International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101911 · series S000005786 · open the filing
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited · 26 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Approve Renewal of Liability Insurance for Directors and Senior Management Members
FOR Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund voted with 51,543,237 shares
“Approve Renewal of Liability Insurance for Directors and Senior Management Members”
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.
SourceVanguard International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101911 · series S000005786 · open the filing
Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited · 26 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Approve Spin-Off of Wubo Technology Co., Ltd. to be Listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited Being in Compliance with Relevant Laws and Regulations
FOR Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund voted with 42,655,844 shares
“Approve Spin-Off of Wubo Technology Co., Ltd. to be Listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited Being in Compliance with Relevant Laws and Regulations”
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.
SourceVanguard International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101911 · series S000005786 · open the filing
Other funds Vanguard International Equity Index Funds votes
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