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Vanguard Selected Value Fund (VASVX) 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 Whitehall 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 Whitehall Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 1.4 MB)
TickerVASVX (Investor 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. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 2 of its 33 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 95.4% of the time across 87 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 25 | 7 | 28% |
| Other social issues | 2 | 0 | 0% |
On 2 of the 1,507 ballot items in its filing, 1 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 489,562 shares in all, 0.028% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 23 ballot items, 1 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (46 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
Tyson Foods, Inc. · 5 February 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Regarding report on environmental and human health impacts from waste lagoons.
AGAINST Vanguard Selected Value Fund voted with 2,893,561 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding report on environmental and human health impacts from waste lagoons.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · open the filing
Harley-Davidson, Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Harley-Davidson disclose what it finances, not just what it emits?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the emissions attached to its lending, underwriting or energy mix — the ratio of clean to fossil financing, or an assessment of its clients’ own transition plans — rather than reporting only the emissions of its own offices.
AGAINST Vanguard Selected Value Fund voted with 2,211,318 shares
“To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a climate transition plan.”
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · 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 Selected Value Fund voted with 512,261 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 column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · open the filing
Universal Health Services, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Universal Health Services disclose more about the people it employs?
Shareholders asked for fuller disclosure of the company’s human capital — the composition of the workforce, turnover, and how the company invests in the people it employs.
AGAINST Vanguard Selected Value Fund voted with 253,155 shares
“Stockholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring Universal Health Services, Inc. to publicly disclose its workforce diversity, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · 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 Selected Value Fund voted with 345,308 shares
“The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes, if properly presented at the meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · open the filing
Capital One Financial Corporation · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Capital One Financial 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 Selected Value Fund voted with 255,964 shares
“Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · open the filing
Huntsman Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Huntsman also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
AGAINST Vanguard Selected Value Fund voted with 2,166,323 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting an independent board chair policy.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · open the filing
Ally Financial Inc. · 6 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
To Reduce Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meetings.
FOR Vanguard Selected Value Fund voted with 1,507,300 shares
“Shareholder Proposal to Reduce Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meetings.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Whitehall Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102167 · series S000004409 · open the filing
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