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Vanguard Explorer Fund (VEXPX) 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 Explorer Fund 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 Explorer Fund on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 7 MB)
TickersVEXPX (Investor Shares), VEXRX (Admiral 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. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 2 of its 47 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 94.3% of the time across 576 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 34 | 15 | 44.1% |
| Other social issues | 2 | 0 | 0% |
On 42 of the 6,361 ballot items in its filing, 1 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 11,651,969 shares in all, 0.34% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 683 ballot items, 3 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (1,529 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.
Ballots it voted
Hyatt Hotels Corporation · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Hyatt Hotels report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?
Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 562,195 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting the issuance of a report analyzing whether Hyatt could disclose its overall plastics use.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
FOR Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 493,243 shares
“Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 78,240 shares
“A stockholder proposal to provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. · 22 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 97,982 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
Levi Strauss & Co. · 22 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 3,433,793 shares
“Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting Bylaw Amendment related to Sustainability ROI Report by Audit Committee.”
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
Ally Financial Inc. · 6 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
To Reduce Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meetings.
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 2,524,870 shares
“Shareholder Proposal to Reduce Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meetings.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Pilgrim's Pride disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 78,240 shares
“A stockholder proposal to provide a political spending disclosure.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
Tyler Technologies, Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Tyler Technologies disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Vanguard Explorer Fund voted with 77,649 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Explorer Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101924 · series S000002578 · open the filing
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