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BlackRock vs DWS: how alike they voted, 2024-2025

92.8% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 92.8% of 13,055 items (12,111 the same, 944 different). 293 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 13,348 items in all.

BlackRock 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	13,348	12,111	944	293	92.8%	91.9%
Board proposals	10,340	9,538	596	206	94.1%	93.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	232	119	85	28	58.3%	59.5%
Other items	2,776	2,454	263	59	90.3%	89.2%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

206 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
VOLVO AB	April 2, 2025	REELECT MATTI ALAHUHTA AS DIRECTOR Director Elections	Board	For	Split 4 FOR, 21 AGAINST	FOR 9 funds
VSE CORP.	May 8, 2025	Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of VSE's named executive officer compensation. Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 2 FOR, 17 AGAINST	AGAINST 2 funds
WACKER CHEMIE AG	May 7, 2025	Approve Remuneration Report Compensation	Board	For	Split 1 FOR, 5 AGAINST	AGAINST 3 funds
WEBTOON ENTERTAINMENT INC.	June 4, 2025	Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 1 FOR, 8 AGAINST	AGAINST 1 fund
WEYCO GROUP INC.	May 6, 2025	Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 9 FOR, 1 AGAINST	FOR 1 fund
ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC.	June 12, 2025	Approve, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our proxy statement. Say-on-Pay	Board	For	Split 3 FOR, 42 AGAINST	AGAINST 7 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 25, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.