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Vanguard Mid-Cap 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, 3.2 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 98.5% of the time across 260 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 28 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 66 | 14 | 21.2% |
| Other social issues | 17 | 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 | 1.03% |
| Howmet Aerospace Inc | 1.01% |
| Western Digital Corp | 1.00% |
| Constellation Energy Corp | 0.94% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 0.93% |
| Quanta Services Inc | 0.89% |
| SLB Ltd | 0.84% |
| Cummins Inc | 0.81% |
| Valero Energy Corp | 0.80% |
| Phillips 66 | 0.80% |
| Marathon Petroleum Corp | 0.78% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc | 0.78% |
SourcePortfolio holdings as reported by the fund for 2026-03-31 · open the filing
Ballots it voted
Ford Motor Company · 8 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Ford Motor 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 Index Fund voted with 42,246,346 shares
“A shareholder proposal relating to a Report on Supply Chain GHG Emissions and Net Zero Goals.”
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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
PPL Corporation · 16 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Ppl 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 Index Fund voted with 15,142,780 shares
“Shareowner Proposal regarding Independent Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas 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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. · 6 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Digital Realty Trust report on its effect on water where it operates?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s water use and discharge in the places it operates, and on whether that use is compatible with the local right to water.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 7,259,892 shares
“A stockholder proposal regarding human right to water, if properly presented.”
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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · 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 Index Fund voted with 6,054,694 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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Arch Capital Group Ltd. · 7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Arch Capital Group publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 7,736,721 shares
“To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Company report to shareholders on the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion 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 Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-27 · accession 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
International Paper Company · 12 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should International Paper publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 7,522,799 shares
“Shareowner Proposal Concerning a Report on the Company's LGBTQIA+ Equity and Inclusion Efforts”
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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Southwest Airlines Co. · 14 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should Southwest Airlines 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 Index Fund voted with 13,004,772 shares
“Advisory vote on shareholder proposal to amend clawback policy for executive pay.”
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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
PACCAR Inc · 29 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Paccar 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 Index Fund voted with 11,325,582 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding a shareholder vote on excessive golden parachutes”
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 0001104659-25-083462 · series S000002844 · open the filing
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