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Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value Index Fund (VOE) 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 (proxytable.xml, 2.1 MB)

TickersVOE (ETF Shares), VMVIX (Investor Shares), VMVAX (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. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 98.6% of the time across 146 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment1200%
Workers & human rights300%
Executive pay300%
Corporate governance60610%
Other social issues600%

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
SLB Ltd1.44%
Cummins Inc1.39%
Valero Energy Corp1.38%
Phillips 661.37%
Marathon Petroleum Corp1.35%
Crh Plc1.32%
General Motors Co1.26%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc1.21%
L3Harris Technologies Inc1.21%
Digital Realty Trust Inc1.16%
TE Connectivity PLC1.15%
PACCAR Inc1.14%

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 Value Index Fund voted with 3,715,447 shares

“Report on GHG emissions reductions.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · 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 Value Index Fund voted with 2,947,813 shares

“Shareholder proposal requesting a report on reducing plastic microfiber shedding.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · 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 Value Index Fund voted with 5,878,667 shares

“Shareholder Proposal Requesting a Report on Human Rights Standards for Indigenous Peoples”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · 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 Value Index Fund voted with 1,386,621 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 vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · 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 Value Index Fund voted with 762,002 shares

“Improve Executive Compensation Program.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · 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 Value Index Fund voted with 750,675 shares

“The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes, if properly presented at the meeting.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · open the filing

Ford Motor Company · 14 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for all outstanding shares.

FOR  Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value Index Fund voted with 24,442,951 shares

“A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for all outstanding shares.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · open the filing

Ford Motor Company · 14 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Relating to a bylaw amendment providing that the Audit Committee have oversight of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

AGAINST  Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value Index Fund voted with 24,442,951 shares

“A shareholder proposal relating to a bylaw amendment providing that the Audit Committee have oversight of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.”

The vote row as recorded in the filing

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 0001104659-26-101987 · series S000012757 · open the filing

Other funds Vanguard Index Funds votes

The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.

Vanguard 500 Index Fund98.1% for exec payVanguard Extended Market Index Fund96.4% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Growth Index Fund94.2% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund96.1% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Index Fund97.6% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth Index Fund94.6% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Index Fund96.6% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value Index Fund97.8% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund96.8% for exec payVanguard Morningstar Value Index Fund98.1% for exec pay

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