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Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund proxy voting record
Vanguard 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 Index Funds on 2025-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 1.3 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Proposals are grouped by the subject the filer itself recorded. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 96.7% of the time across 122 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 26 | 6 | 23.1% |
| Other social issues | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Vertiv Holdings Co | 2.49% |
| Howmet Aerospace Inc | 2.40% |
| Constellation Energy Corp | 2.24% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 2.22% |
| Quanta Services Inc | 2.14% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc | 1.87% |
| Ross Stores Inc | 1.82% |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | 1.74% |
| TransDigm Group Inc | 1.70% |
| Cloudflare Inc | 1.62% |
| Realty Income Corp | 1.48% |
| Robinhood Markets Inc | 1.42% |
SourcePortfolio holdings as reported by the fund for 2026-03-31 · open the filing
Ballots it voted
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Old Dominion Freight Line 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.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 1,442,793 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding emission reduction targets.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Cintas Corporation · 29 October 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Cintas 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 Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 619,449 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Yum! Brands, Inc. · 15 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Yum! Brands explain how its board oversees the safety of the people who work for it?
Shareholders asked for a report on how health and safety is actually governed — who on the board is accountable, what the company measures, how injuries and fatalities are counted, and whether contractors and temporary workers are covered by the same standards as employees.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 2,104,511 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Workplace Safety Policies and Practices.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Microchip Technology Incorporated · 20 August 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
That our Board of Directors commission an independent third-party report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, on our due diligence process to determine whether our customers' use of our products contribute or are linked to violations of international law.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 3,882,250 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting that our Board of Directors commission an independent third-party report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, on our due diligence process to determine whether our customers' use of our products contribute or are linked to violations of intern”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Cintas Corporation · 29 October 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Regarding disclosure of key diversity and inclusion metric
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 619,449 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of key diversity and inclusion metric, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Diamondback Energy, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Diamondback Energy pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 1,467,277 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding certain executive severance arrangements.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Texas Pacific Land Corporation · 8 November 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should Texas Pacific Land be able to take back pay awarded on results that turn out to be wrong?
Shareholders asked the board to strengthen its clawback policy, so that bonuses and share awards can be recovered when they were earned on misstated results or on conduct that later causes the company harm.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 66,088 shares
“To consider a non-binding stockholder proposal regarding an amendment to the Company's Clawback Policy.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
Fortinet, Inc. · 13 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Fortinet 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 Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 2,535,231 shares
“Stockholder proposal to amend Fortinet's governing documents to require that two separate individuals hold the office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the office of the Chief Executive Officer.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083460 · series S000012756 · open the filing
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