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Barclays Global Investors S&P 500

Ticker symbol

WFSPX

Fund family

Barclays Global Investors

Website: http://www.barclaysglobal.com/

Overall
activism
score

12.9

Percentile

4

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 12.9% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 4% 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	6.6	52
Executive compensation EC	5.0	4
Corporate governance CG	39.7	19
Corporate impact CI	0.4	18

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	6.6		232	3,345	5
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	4.9		12	231	0
Shareholder Proposals	5.0		8	151	0
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	14.0		7	43	0
Voting Rules	37.8		31	51	0
Takeover Defenses	67.4		31	15	0
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	0.0		0	26	0
Environmental and Social	1.1		1	87	0
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	0.0		0	37	0