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Blackrock S&P 500 Index

Ticker symbol

MDSRX

Fund family

Blackrock Funds

Overall
activism
score

22.6

Percentile

43

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 22.6% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 43% 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	3.6	24
Executive compensation EC	25.8	47
Corporate governance CG	49.6	42
Corporate impact CI	11.3	58

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	3.6		416	12,568	55
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	8.2		84	994	5
Shareholder Proposals	43.4		194	251	2
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	8.2		13	146	0
Voting Rules	73.3		228	82	1
Takeover Defenses	67.4		161	76	2
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	17.9		20	90	2
Environmental and Social	11.4		30	233	1
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	4.7		7	143	0