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Vitality Portfolio (MSVDX) 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
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund 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 Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund on 2026-08-03 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 11 MB)
TickersMSVDX (Class I), MSVEX (Class A), MSVMX (Class C), MSVOX (Class R6) · 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 95.7% of the time across 23 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate governance | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
Zoetis Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should Zoetis’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.
FOR Vitality Portfolio voted with 411 shares
“Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.”
SourceMorgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-03 · accession 0001140361-26-030817 · series S000074797 · open the filing
Eli Lilly and Company · 4 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Eli Lilly and 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.
FOR Vitality Portfolio voted with 181 shares
“Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.”
SourceMorgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-03 · accession 0001140361-26-030817 · series S000074797 · open the filing
Eli Lilly and Company · 4 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Eli Lilly and disclose what it lobbies for?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s lobbying: what it spends, which trade associations receive its money, what positions those bodies take, and who inside the company decides.
FOR Vitality Portfolio voted with 181 shares
“Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.”
SourceMorgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-03 · accession 0001140361-26-030817 · series S000074797 · open the filing
Other funds Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund 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.