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BlackRock vs DWS: how alike they voted, 2023-2024

92.6% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 92.6% of 73,534 items (68,125 the same, 5,409 different). 102 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 73,636 items in all.

BlackRock 2023-2024 · DWS 2023-2024 · Download the item list (CSV)

By who put the item on the ballot. “Same position” = Same / (Same + Differ); split items are not in it. “Fund-level” is a second view over all common items: the chance that a fund of each manager, picked at random, voted the same way, which gives partial credit where a manager split.
	Common items	Same	Differ	Split (not in %)	Same position	Fund-level
All ballot items	73,636	68,125	5,409	102	92.6%	92.6%
Board proposals	56,894	52,553	4,242	99	92.5%	92.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	7	5	2	0	71.4%	71.4%
Other items	16,735	15,567	1,165	3	93.0%	93.0%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

All ballot items Board proposals E&S shareholder proposals Other items

2 items. “Voted differently”: each manager’s funds all voted one way, and the two ways differ. “Split”: at least one manager’s funds did not all vote the same way.

Company	Meeting	Proposal	On the ballot from	Board recommended	BlackRock	DWS
ELI LILLY AND CO.	May 6, 2024	Adopt a Comprehensive Human Rights Policy Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 82 funds	FOR 13 funds
MICROSOFT CORP.	December 7, 2023	Report on Risks of Weapons Development Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 97 funds	FOR 24 funds

← All 20 managers, 2023-2024

How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.