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Fidelity Spartan 500 Index

Ticker symbol

FSMAX

Fund family

Fidelity Funds

Overall
activism
score

29.9

Percentile

70

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 29.9% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 70% 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	1.4	6
Executive compensation EC	46.4	90
Corporate governance CG	71.6	72
Corporate impact CI	0.1	14

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	1.4		176	12,968	11
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	40.5		440	649	1
Shareholder Proposals	52.4		239	198	19
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	49.4		80	82	0
Voting Rules	70.1		220	94	0
Takeover Defenses	95.4		226	11	0
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	0.0		0	1	109
Environmental and Social	0.4		1	2	260
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	0.0		0	1	150