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At least 6,086 proposals in the 2025-2026 proxy season: Morgan Stanley voted against, or withheld its votes from, at least 6,000 proposals put forward by company boards, and voted for 86 shareholder proposals, by its own Form N-PX filings.
Two kinds of vote are listed: a board-sponsored proposal Morgan Stanley voted AGAINST or withheld on, and a shareholder proposal it voted FOR, with the board’s recommendation on it where the filings show one. A FOR vote on a proposal the board supported, or took no position on, is listed and labelled, but it is not a vote against the board. One row is one proposal at one meeting; “funds” is how many of the manager’s funds or accounts voted that way.
Everything Only shareholder proposals it backed
6,086 proposals. The board-sponsored half of this list keeps the 6,000 proposals with the most funds behind them; the rest are in the interactive database. Every shareholder proposal it backed is listed in full.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal | Category | On the ballot from | Board recommended | Morgan Stanley voted | Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | May 13, 2026 | Election of Directors: Sangeeta Bhatia | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vestas Wind Systems A/S | April 8, 2026 | Reelect Anders Erik Runevad as Director | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 | |
| Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) Co., Ltd. | June 29, 2026 | Approve Grant of General Mandate to Issue Shares (Including Sale or Transfer of Treasury Shares) | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) Co., Ltd. | June 29, 2026 | Approve Increase in the Use of Idle Self-Owned Funds for Cash Management | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Viking Holdings Ltd | May 13, 2026 | Elect Director Torstein Hagen | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Viking Holdings Ltd | May 13, 2026 | Elect Torstein Hagen as Board Chairman | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Virtu Financial, Inc. | June 10, 2026 | Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Visa Inc. | January 27, 2026 | To elect the eleven director nominees named in the proxy statement: Denise M. Morrison | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Volvo AB | April 8, 2026 | Reelect Par Boman as Board Chair | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vontier Corporation | June 4, 2026 | Election of Director: Gloria R. Boyland | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vontier Corporation | June 4, 2026 | To approve, on an advisory basis, Vontier's named executive officer compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vornado Realty Trust | May 21, 2026 | Approval of the Company's 2026 Omnibus Share Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vornado Realty Trust | May 21, 2026 | Election of Trustees: Candace K. Beinecke | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 2 | |
| Vornado Realty Trust | May 21, 2026 | Non-binding, advisory resolution on executive compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: Aylwin B. Lewis | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: Hikmet Ersek | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: Jane P. Chwick | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: Joseph V. Tripodi | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: Robert G. Leary | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: Ruth Ann M. Gillis | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Voya Financial, Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Directors: William J. Mullaney | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vulcan Materials Company | May 8, 2026 | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vulcan Materials Company | May 8, 2026 | Election of Directors: James T. Prokopanko | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Vulcan Materials Company | May 8, 2026 | Election of Directors: O.B. Grayson Hall, Jr. | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | June 3, 2026 | Election of Directors: Daniel L. Mosley | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | June 3, 2026 | Election of Directors: Maria Luisa Ferre | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | June 3, 2026 | Election of Directors: Robert A. Rusbuldt | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | June 3, 2026 | Election of Directors: W. Robert Berkley, Jr. | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | June 3, 2026 | Non-binding advisory vote on a resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or "say-on-pay" vote. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| WEC Energy Group, Inc. | May 7, 2026 | Advisory vote to approve executive compensation of the named executive officers | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| WEC Energy Group, Inc. | May 7, 2026 | Election of 12 Directors, each for a 1-year term expiring in 2027: William M. Farrow III | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | May 19, 2026 | Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation | Say-on-Pay | Board (inferred) | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wan Hai Lines Ltd. | May 28, 2026 | Elect a Representative of Jiufu Garden Co., Ltd., with Shareholder No. 00175910, as Non-independent Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wan Hai Lines Ltd. | May 28, 2026 | Elect a Representative of Sunshine Construction Co., Ltd. with Shareholder No. 00079923, as Non-independent Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | June 9, 2026 | ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr. | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 2 | |
| Wartsila Oyj Abp | March 12, 2026 | Reelect Karen Bomba, Henrik Ehrnrooth, Morten H. Engelstoft, Johan Forssell, Tom Johnstone (Chair), Tiina Tuomela and Mika Vehvilainen (Vice Chair) as Directors; Elect Heather Rivard as New Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | May 19, 2026 | Election of Directors: Robert J. Pagano, Jr. | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 2 | |
| Wayfair Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Nine Directors: Diana Frost | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 | |
| Wayfair Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Nine Directors: Jeremy King | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 | |
| Wayfair Inc. | May 21, 2026 | Election of Nine Directors: Michael Kumin | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 | |
| Wayfair Inc. | May 21, 2026 | To approve Amendment No. 1 to the Wayfair Inc. 2023 Incentive Award Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weatherford International plc | June 11, 2026 | Scheme Related Business If the Scheme of Arrangement proposal is approved at the Court Meeting: To approve the Scheme of Arrangement by, and on behalf of, Weatherford International plc ("Weatherford-Ireland') and to authorize the directors of Weatherford-Ireland to take all such actions as they consider necessary or appropriate for carrying the Scheme of Arrangement into effect. | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weatherford International plc | June 11, 2026 | To agree to a scheme of arrangement under Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014, as amended, substantially in the form attached as Annex C to the Proxy Statement, that, once it becomes effective, will result in you owning common stock of Weatherford International Corp Instead of ordinary shares of Weatherford international plc. | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weatherford International plc | June 11, 2026 | To approve a capital reduction under sections 84 to 86 of the Companies Act to effect the cancellation of Weatherford-Ireland ordinary shares contemplated by the Scheme of Arrangement. | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weatherford International plc | June 11, 2026 | To approve the terms of an initial subscription, allotment and issue of one, or more, Weatherford-Ireland ordinary shares to Weatherford International Corp ("Weatherford-US") in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement. | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weatherford International plc | June 11, 2026 | To authorize the directors of Weatherford-Ireland to allot and issue further new Weatherford-Ireland ordinary shares to Weatherford-US in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement to be paid up by the application of certain reserves as described in the Scheme of Arrangement. | Extraordinary Transactions | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weichai Power Co., Ltd. | October 31, 2025 | Amend Management Measures on the Use of Proceeds | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wells Fargo & Company | April 28, 2026 | Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation (Say on Pay). | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | May 4, 2026 | Election of Directors: Deborah L. V. Keller | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | May 4, 2026 | Election of Directors: Douglas A. Michels | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | May 4, 2026 | Election of Directors: Eric M. Green | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | May 4, 2026 | Election of Directors: Molly E. Joseph | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | May 4, 2026 | Election of Directors: Robert F. Friel | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | Election of Directors: Bruce D. Beach | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | Election of Directors: Christopher A. Halmy | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | Election of Directors: Donald D. Snyder | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | Election of Directors: Juan R. Figuereo | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | Election of Directors: Marianne Boyd Johnson | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | Election of Directors: Robert P. Latta | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | June 10, 2026 | To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of executives. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Digital Corporation | November 20, 2025 | Election of Directors: Martin I. Cole | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Western Digital Corporation | November 20, 2025 | Election of Directors: Stephanie A. Streeter | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | May 15, 2026 | Approve, on an Advisory Basis, Compensation of the Named Executive Officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | May 15, 2026 | Election of Directors: Kim Williams | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | May 15, 2026 | Election of Directors: Lawrence A. Selzer | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | May 15, 2026 | Election of Directors: Mark A. Emmert | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | May 15, 2026 | Election of Directors: Nicole W. Piasecki | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Whitecap Resources Inc. | May 13, 2026 | Elect Director Bradley J. Wall | Director Elections | Board | WITHHOLD | 2 | |
| WillScot Holdings Corporation | June 5, 2026 | To approve, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of WillScot Holdings Corporation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | June 18, 2026 | An advisory vote to approve executive compensation | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | June 18, 2026 | Election of directors: Anne Finucane | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | June 18, 2026 | Election of directors: Arianna Huffington | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | June 18, 2026 | Election of directors: Scott Dahnke | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Willis Lease Finance Corporation | June 23, 2026 | Cast an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. | Say-on-Pay | Board (inferred) | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | May 20, 2026 | Approve, on an advisory basis, the named executive officer compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | May 20, 2026 | Elect directors: Fredric Tomczyk | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | May 20, 2026 | Elect directors: Fumbi Chima | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | May 20, 2026 | Elect directors: Jacqueline Hunt | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | May 20, 2026 | Elect directors: Paul Reilly | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wilmar International Limited | April 23, 2026 | Elect Kuok Khoon Hong as Director | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 2 | |
| Wilmar International Limited | April 23, 2026 | Elect Kuok Khoon Hua as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wintrust Financial Corporation | May 28, 2026 | Election of Directors: Alex E. Washington, III | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wintrust Financial Corporation | May 28, 2026 | Election of Directors: Brian A. Kenney | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wintrust Financial Corporation | May 28, 2026 | Election of Directors: Deborah L. Hall Lefevre | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wintrust Financial Corporation | May 28, 2026 | Election of Directors: Peter D. Crist | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wintrust Financial Corporation | May 28, 2026 | Proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation as described in the 2026 Proxy Statement. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| WiseTech Global Limited | November 21, 2025 | Approve Remuneration Report | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| WiseTech Global Limited | November 21, 2025 | Elect Maree Isaacs as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Woodside Energy Group Ltd. | April 23, 2026 | Approve Grant of Performance Rights to Liz Westcott | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Woodside Energy Group Ltd. | April 23, 2026 | Approve Remuneration Report | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Woodward, Inc. | January 28, 2026 | Vote on an advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Workday, Inc. | June 16, 2026 | To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | Against | FOR | 2 |
| WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. | April 28, 2026 | Approve Grant of General Mandate to Issue A Shares and/or H Shares | Capital Structure | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wuxi Biologics (Cayman) Inc. | June 10, 2026 | Approve Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Auditors and Authorize the Board of Directors or Any Duly Authorized Board Committee to Fix Their Remuneration | Audit-related | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | May 14, 2026 | Election of Directors: Myra J. Biblowit | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | May 14, 2026 | To vote on an advisory resolution to approve our executive compensation program. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| XPO, Inc. | May 19, 2026 | Advisory vote to approve executive compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| XPO, Inc. | May 19, 2026 | Election of Directors: Bella Allaire | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 2 | |
| Xcel Energy Inc. | May 20, 2026 | Approval of Xcel Energy Inc.'s executive compensation in an advisory vote (say on pay vote) | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 2 |
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