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Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund (VPMCX) 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 Chester 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 Chester Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 2.1 MB)
TickersVPMCX (Investor Shares), VPMAX (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. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 29 of its 152 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 94.7% of the time across 132 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 29 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Corporate governance | 73 | 9 | 12.3% |
| Other social issues | 28 | 0 | 0% |
Its filing lists 27 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (54 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.
Ballots it voted
NVIDIA Corporation · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Nvidia 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 PRIMECAP Fund voted with 11,233,500 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
Alphabet Inc. · 5 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Alphabet 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 PRIMECAP Fund voted with 9,540,140 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
Intel Corporation · 13 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Intel 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 PRIMECAP Fund voted with 46,770,018 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting a report on Intel's human rights due diligence process.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft 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 PRIMECAP Fund voted with 5,238,160 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
Intuit Inc. · 22 January 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
The Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs
AGAINST Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund voted with 743,922 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting the Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Coca-Cola 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 PRIMECAP Fund voted with 30,700 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.
AGAINST Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund voted with 4,724,300 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Adobe 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 PRIMECAP Fund voted with 3,078,057 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Chester Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101898 · series S000002568 · open the filing
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