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DWS vs Lincoln Financial: how alike they voted, 2024-2025

96.6% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 96.6% of 56,177 items (54,275 the same, 1,902 different). 4,337 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 60,514 items in all.

DWS 2024-2025 · Lincoln Financial 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	60,514	54,275	1,902	4,337	96.6%	94.1%
Board proposals	48,804	43,550	1,591	3,663	96.5%	93.8%
E&S shareholder proposals	254	106	43	105	71.1%	60.4%
Other items	11,456	10,619	268	569	97.5%	95.8%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

105 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	DWS	Lincoln Financial
WALMART INC.	June 5, 2025	Health and Safety Governance Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 12 funds	Split 2 FOR, 10 AGAINST
WALMART INC.	June 5, 2025	Racial Equity Audit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 12 funds	Split 2 FOR, 10 AGAINST
WELLS FARGO & CO.	April 29, 2025	Shareholder Proposal - Annual Report on Prevention of Workplace Harassment and Discrimination. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 11 funds	Split 1 FOR, 14 AGAINST
WELLS FARGO & CO.	April 29, 2025	Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 11 funds	Split 1 FOR, 14 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	FOR 11 funds	Split 1 FOR, 5 AGAINST

← All 20 managers, 2024-2025

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