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Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund (VSTCX) 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 Horizon 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 Horizon Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing
TickerVSTCX (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. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 97.8% of the time across 490 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 16 | 4 | 25% |
| Other social issues | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
SkyWest, Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should an independent assessment check whether SkyWest respects the right to organise?
Shareholders asked for an independent assessment of whether the company, in practice, respects the internationally recognised rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining — the ILO core standards the company already says it supports — across all of its operations.
AGAINST Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 132,042 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy.”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · 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 Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 46,614 shares
“A stockholder proposal to provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · open the filing
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. · 22 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics
AGAINST Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 128,091 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · 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 Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 1,249,003 shares
“Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · 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 Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 414,119 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting an independent board chair policy.”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · open the filing
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Pilgrim's Pride disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 46,614 shares
“A stockholder proposal to provide a political spending disclosure.”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · open the filing
Zions Bancorporation, N.A. · 1 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
"Report on Risks from Misalignment Between Company Policies and Customer Base."
AGAINST Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund voted with 281,387 shares
“To consider a shareholder proposal regarding "Report on Risks from Misalignment Between Company Policies and Customer Base."”
SourceVanguard Horizon Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101964 · series S000012432 · open the filing
Other funds Vanguard Horizon Funds votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.