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Vanguard 500 Index

Ticker symbol

VFINX

Fund family

Vanguard Funds

Overall
activism
score

14.3

Percentile

11

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 14.3% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 11% of the funds 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	9.3	73
Executive compensation EC	14.4	9
Corporate governance CG	30.8	11
Corporate impact CI	2.9	39

Activism footprint: More activist funds have larger footprints. Each corner depicts the fund'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	9.3		1,214	11,808	0
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	16.9		187	929	2
Shareholder Proposals	11.9		56	402	13
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	0.6		1	165	2
Voting Rules	16.9		54	263	2
Takeover Defenses	74.8		181	61	0
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	7.0		8	16	90
Environmental and Social	0.4		1	6	262
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	1.3		2	0	148