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Vanguard vs Brighthouse: how alike they voted, 2023-2024

91.9% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 91.9% of 63,551 items (58,425 the same, 5,126 different). 12,130 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 75,681 items in all.

Note on Brighthouse: its funds did not all vote the same way on 11.4% of the 112,275 ballot items it voted. Those items are not in the percentage above; the ones it shares with this pair are listed under “Split votes”.

Vanguard 2023-2024 · Brighthouse 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	75,681	58,425	5,126	12,130	91.9%	86.1%
Board proposals	63,748	48,190	4,731	10,827	91.1%	85.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	488	18	15	455	54.5%	33.5%
Other items	11,445	10,217	380	848	96.4%	93.3%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

15 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	Vanguard	Brighthouse
ALTRIA GROUP INC.	May 16, 2024	Shareholder Proposal - Report Assessing The Benefits To Altria Of Extended Producer Responsibility Laws For Spent Tobacco Filters For Tobacco Companies Operating In The U.S. Market. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 2 funds	ABSTAIN 3 funds
BALLY'S CORP.	May 16, 2024	A shareholder proposal regarding a report on the adoption of a smokefree policy. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 10 funds	FOR 1 fund
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA	April 9, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Say on Climate Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 1 fund	FOR 1 fund
BARRICK GOLD CORP.	April 30, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Third-Party Audit of Water Impacts Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 7 funds	FOR 1 fund
ENBRIDGE INC.	May 8, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of All Material Scope 3 Emissions Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 3 funds	FOR 1 fund
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC.	June 5, 2024	Shareholder proposal regarding a report on the I-80 South Quarry Project. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 1 fund	ABSTAIN 1 fund
MAXIMUS INC.	March 12, 2024	Shareholder proposal regarding the commission of a third party assessment on the Company's commitment to freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 16 funds	FOR 4 funds
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.	May 9, 2024	A shareholder proposal regarding an annual report on lobbying activities, policies, and communications, if properly presented Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	AGAINST 20 funds	FOR 1 fund
PARAMOUNT GLOBAL	June 4, 2024	A stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting that the Company prepare and disclose a "transparency report" regarding its use of artificial intelligence. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 11 funds	ABSTAIN 1 fund
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC.	May 16, 2024	Stockholder Proposal Regarding Managing Climate Risk Through Science-Based Targets And Transition Planning. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 2 funds	ABSTAIN 3 funds
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA	April 11, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Reporting Circular Economy Loans Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 3 funds	FOR 1 fund
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA	April 11, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Say on Climate Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 3 funds	FOR 1 fund
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC.	September 19, 2023	A stockholder proposal (human rights impact assessment). Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 10 funds	FOR 1 fund
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.	April 24, 2024	The Stockholder Proposal titled "Transparency in Political Spending" Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 14 funds	ABSTAIN 2 funds
WEIS MARKETS INC.	May 2, 2024	Shareholder proposal requesting a report on how the Company is addressing climate-change related risks in its Supply Chain. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 15 funds	FOR 1 fund

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