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Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund (IVOO) 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 Admiral 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 Admiral Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 16 MB)
TickersIVOO (ETF Shares), VSPMX (Institutional 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 98.2% of the time across 332 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 32 | 8 | 25% |
| Other social issues | 5 | 0 | 0% |
On 1 of the 4,141 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 180 shares in all, 0.000% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 1 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (3 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 13,486 separately voted blocks, 0.40% 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 →
Ballots it voted
Albertsons Companies, Inc. · 7 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Regarding Food Waste Reporting.
AGAINST Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 603,214 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Food Waste Reporting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 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 S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 205,165 shares
“Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
Albertsons Companies, Inc. · 7 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Albertsons 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 S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 603,214 shares
“Stockholder Proposal for a Report on Human Rights Policy and Human Rights Due Diligence.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.
AGAINST Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 64,249 shares
“A stockholder proposal to provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
The Brink's Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.
AGAINST Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 62,926 shares
“Act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on employee retention rates by demographic categories.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. · 10 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Annaly Capital Management’s shareholders be able to act without waiting for a meeting?
Shareholders asked for the right to act by written consent — to approve a measure once holders of enough shares agree in writing, instead of waiting for the company to schedule a meeting.
AGAINST Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 1,122,694 shares
“Advisory stockholder proposal to adopt the right to act by written consent.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
American Airlines Group Inc. · 10 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should American Airlines Group’s shareholders be able to act without waiting for a meeting?
Shareholders asked for the right to act by written consent — to approve a measure once holders of enough shares agree in writing, instead of waiting for the company to schedule a meeting.
AGAINST Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 1,031,454 shares
“Advisory vote on stockholder proposal for stockholder right to act by written consent, if properly presented”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
Albertsons Companies, Inc. · 7 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
For a Report on Risks of State Policies on Reproductive Health Care.
AGAINST Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund voted with 603,214 shares
“Stockholder Proposal for a Report on Risks of State Policies on Reproductive Health Care.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Admiral Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101863 · series S000030014 · open the filing
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