Mutual Fund

Vanguard 500 Index

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Ticker symbol
VFINX
Fund family
Vanguard Funds
Overall
activism
score
12.6
Percentile
9
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What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 12.6% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 9% of the funds in our database, as shown by the small blue and red plot above.

Activism Profile

Issue area Help
Activism
Score 		Help
Activism
Percentile 		Help
Activism
Plot
Help Directors D 6.6 53 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2
Help Executive compensation EC 9.7 10 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,3
Help Corporate governance CG 31.4 12 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,9
Help Corporate impact CI 2.9 38 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,0
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Activism footprint: More activist funds have larger footprints. Each corner depicts the fund's activism percentile Help on one issue area. (More detailed explanation)

Detailed Vote Record

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Help Directors

 Against mgmt With mgmt Abstain
Help Director Election 6.6 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2 1,368 19,421 0

Help Executive compensation
Help Management Proposals 12.5 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,4 207 1,467 2
Help Shareholder Proposals 6.8 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2 53 708 14

Help Corporate governance
Help Board Independence and Performance 0.9 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,0 2 231 2
Help Voting Rules 16.3 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,4 86 441 2
Help Takeover Defenses 77.1 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,23 232 69 0

Help Corporate impact
Help Employment and Working Conditions 7.7 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2 16 25 168
Help Environmental and Social 0.2 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,0 1 17 427
Help Political Influence and Charitable Contributions 0.9 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,0 2 1 209