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American Century vs DWS: how alike they voted, 2024-2025

95.7% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.7% of 56,519 items (54,113 the same, 2,406 different). 128 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 56,647 items in all.

American Century 2024-2025 · DWS 2024-2025 · 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	56,647	54,113	2,406	128	95.7%	95.6%
Board proposals	46,332	44,093	2,133	106	95.4%	95.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	253	138	107	8	56.3%	56.1%
Other items	10,062	9,882	166	14	98.3%	98.3%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

106 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	American Century	DWS
WATERS CORP.	May 22, 2025	To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's executive officers. Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 1 FOR, 5 AGAINST	FOR 14 funds
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC.	May 6, 2025	Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation; Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 1 FOR, 11 AGAINST	FOR 10 funds
WORKDAY INC.	June 4, 2025	Election of Class I Directors: Michael M. McNamara Director Elections	Board	For	Split 9 FOR, 6 AGAINST	FOR 8 funds
YETI HOLDINGS	May 1, 2025	Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid to our named executive officers. Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 9 FOR, 3 AGAINST	FOR 5 funds
ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO. LTD.	June 26, 2025	Approve Provision of Assured Entitlement to the H Shareholders of the Company Only in Connection with the Spin-Off and Listing of Zijin Gold International Company Limited, a Subsidiary, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Extraordinary Transactions	Board	For	FOR 3 funds	Split 1 FOR, 1 AGAINST
ZSCALER INC.	January 10, 2025	To approve an amendment and restatement of the Zscaler, Inc. FY2018 Equity Incentive Plan. Compensation	Board	For	Split 6 FOR, 5 AGAINST	AGAINST 8 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 18, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.