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Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth Index Fund (VBK) 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, 4.3 MB)
TickersVBK (ETF Shares), VISGX (Investor Shares), VSGIX (Institutional Shares), VSGAX (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 94.6% of the time across 442 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 20 | 7 | 35% |
Ballots it voted
Casey's General Stores, Inc. · 3 September 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Casey's General Stores 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 Small-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 503,865 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding Scope 3 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 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101990 · series S000002846 · open the filing
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 Morningstar Small-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 464,842 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 Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101990 · series S000002846 · open the filing
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. · 11 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings director face election every year?
Shareholders asked the company to end its staggered board, so that all directors stand for election annually rather than once every three years.
FOR Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 5,883,022 shares
“A shareholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors, 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 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101990 · series S000002846 · open the filing
Lumen Technologies, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth Index Fund voted with 3,591,394 shares
“Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.”
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 0001104659-26-101990 · series S000002846 · open the filing
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