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Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund (VRTPX) 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 Fixed Income Securities 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 Fixed Income Securities Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 1.3 MB)

TickerVRTPX (Institutional Plus Shares) · 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 95.6% of the time across 113 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment100%
Corporate governance300%

Ballots it voted

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. · 29 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

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 Real Estate II Index Fund voted with 2,254,774 shares

“A stockholder proposal regarding enhanced water risk disclosure, if properly presented.”

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 Fixed Income Securities Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101945 · series S000059086 · open the filing

Americold Realty Trust, Inc. · 18 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Advisory Vote on Shareholder Proposal Regarding Director Removal With or Without Cause.

AGAINST  Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund voted with 1,859,976 shares

“Advisory Vote on Shareholder Proposal Regarding Director Removal With or Without Cause.”

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 Fixed Income Securities Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101945 · series S000059086 · open the filing

Equinix, Inc. · 13 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder

Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal

AGAINST  Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund voted with 644,316 shares

“Consideration and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, related to lowering the stock ownership threshold required to call a special 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 Fixed Income Securities Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101945 · series S000059086 · open the filing

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