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

92.3% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 92.3% of 17,086 items (15,767 the same, 1,319 different). 986 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 18,072 items in all.

BlackRock 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	18,072	15,767	1,319	986	92.3%	90.3%
Board proposals	14,535	12,744	1,061	730	92.3%	90.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	236	89	43	104	67.4%	62.5%
Other items	3,301	2,934	215	152	93.2%	91.2%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

104 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	Northern Trust
WELLS FARGO & CO.	April 29, 2025	Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	Split 3 FOR, 50 AGAINST	FOR 5 funds
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC.	May 1, 2025	Shareholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and targets. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	Split 1 FOR, 14 AGAINST	ABSTAIN 1 fund
YUM! BRANDS INC.	May 15, 2025	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Adoption of a Policy on the Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 46 funds	Split 3 FOR, 5 AGAINST
YUM! BRANDS INC.	May 15, 2025	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Workplace Safety Policies and Practices. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 46 funds	Split 3 FOR, 5 AGAINST

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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.