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

93.5% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.5% of 72,181 items (67,475 the same, 4,706 different). 1,901 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 74,082 items in all.

American Century 2024-2025 · Northern Trust 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	74,082	67,475	4,706	1,901	93.5%	92.4%
Board proposals	60,386	54,333	4,451	1,602	92.4%	91.4%
E&S shareholder proposals	256	102	60	94	63.0%	61.6%
Other items	13,440	13,040	195	205	98.5%	97.7%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

205 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	Northern Trust
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.	May 14, 2025	Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding excessive golden parachutes. Compensation	Other	Against	Split 14 FOR, 1 AGAINST	FOR 4 funds
VOESTALPINE AG	July 3, 2024	Approve Virtual-Only Shareholder Meetings Until 2029 Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 4 funds	Split 2 FOR, 3 AGAINST
VONOVIA SE	May 28, 2025	APPROVE VIRTUAL-ONLY SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS UNTIL 2027 Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 3 funds	Split 2 FOR, 4 AGAINST
WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD.	October 31, 2024	Approve Farmed Salmon Sourcing Environment or Climate	Other	Against	AGAINST 3 funds	Split 2 FOR, 2 AGAINST
XYLEM	May 13, 2025	Shareholder proposal to lower threshold for shareholders to call special meetings from 25% to 10% of Company stock, if properly presented at the meeting. Corporate Governance	Other	Against	FOR 13 funds	Split 2 FOR, 2 AGAINST

← All 20 managers, 2024-2025

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