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Blackrock Funds

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• » Blackrock S&P 500 Index (18,535 votes)

Overall
activism
score

23.9

Percentile

52

What does this mean?

This funds in this fund family have voted against the recommendation of management on 23.9% of the proposals they have faced. This makes them more activist than 52% of the fund families in our database, as shown by the small blue and red plot above.

Activism Profile

Issue area	Activism Score	Activism Percentile	Activism Plot
Directors D	3.8	27
Executive compensation EC	27.6	55
Corporate governance CG	51.2	39
Corporate impact CI	13.0	58

Activism footprint: More activist fund families have larger footprints. Each corner depicts the fund family's activism percentile on one issue area. (More detailed explanation)

Detailed Vote Record

	Activism Score	Activism Plot	Votes
Directors			Against mgmt	With mgmt	Abstain
Director Election	3.8		547	15,538	66
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	8.6		104	1,168	6
Shareholder Proposals	46.5		269	306	3
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	10.6		21	177	0
Voting Rules	75.1		287	94	1
Takeover Defenses	67.7		189	88	2
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	19.4		26	106	2
Environmental and Social	12.4		42	297	1
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	7.1		13	170	0