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Vanguard Total Stock Market Index

Ticker symbol

VTSMX

Fund family

Vanguard Funds

Overall
activism
score

16.7

Percentile

22

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 16.7% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 22% 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	13.1	88
Executive compensation EC	18.2	15
Corporate governance CG	31.2	11
Corporate impact CI	4.2	48

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	13.1		4,041	26,775	0
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	24.2		723	2,280	4
Shareholder Proposals	12.3		62	430	14
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	0.5		1	187	3
Voting Rules	16.5		61	306	2
Takeover Defenses	76.5		248	76	0
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	11.2		16	17	110
Environmental and Social	0.3		1	10	306
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	1.2		2	0	163