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Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund (VO) 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 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 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 16 MB)
TickersVO (ETF Shares), VIMSX (Investor Shares), VIMAX (Admiral Shares), VMCIX (Institutional Shares), VMCPX (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. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 1 of its 114 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 97.6% of the time across 246 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 84 | 11 | 13.1% |
| Other social issues | 7 | 0 | 0% |
On 23 of the 3,721 ballot items in its filing, 2 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 584,678 shares in all, 0.002% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 49 ballot items, 2 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (134 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 13,817 separately voted blocks, 0.65% 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 |
|---|---|
| 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
The Kroger Co. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Kroger 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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 12,202,577 shares
“Report on GHG emissions reductions.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Target Corporation · 10 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Target 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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 9,699,339 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting a report on reducing plastic microfiber shedding.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
General Motors Company · 2 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should General Motors assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 19,374,430 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Requesting a Report on Human Rights Standards for Indigenous Peoples”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Dollar General Corporation · 28 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Dollar General assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 4,756,212 shares
“To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to report on the feasibility of adopting a comprehensive human rights policy stating the Company's commitment to respect human rights, in alignment with international human rights standards, throughout its operation and value chain.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Fastenal Company · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Fastenal publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 24,761,017 shares
“Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy, if properly presented at the annual 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 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Workday, Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 4,564,489 shares
“To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.”
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Fox Corporation · 14 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Improve Executive Compensation Program.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 3,093,013 shares
“Improve Executive Compensation Program.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
Humana Inc. · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Humana 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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund voted with 2,017,324 shares
“The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes, 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 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101985 · series S000002844 · open the filing
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