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DWS vs Brighthouse: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

98.1% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 98.1% of 35,906 items (35,212 the same, 694 different). 10,841 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 46,747 items in all.

Note on Brighthouse: its funds did not all vote the same way on 12.0% of the 120,248 ballot items it voted. Those items are not in the percentage above; the ones it shares with this pair are listed under “Split votes”.

DWS 2025-2026 · Brighthouse 2025-2026 · 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	46,747	35,212	694	10,841	98.1%	90.2%
Board proposals	39,220	28,593	607	10,020	97.9%	89.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	173	0	0	173	n/a	33.7%
Other items	7,354	6,619	87	648	98.7%	95.1%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

607 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	Brighthouse
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	May 19, 2026	Approval of 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Compensation	Board	For	AGAINST 9 funds	FOR 9 funds
ZHEJIANG CHINT ELECTRICS CO LTD	May 18, 2026	Approve Additional External Guarantee Capital Structure	Board	For	AGAINST 3 funds	FOR 1 fund
ZHEJIANG HUAYOU COBALT CO LTD	April 28, 2026	Approve Authorization on Financing Credit Extraordinary Transactions	Board	For	FOR 2 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
ZTE CORPORATION	June 17, 2026	Approve Application for Mandate for the Issuance of Corporate Bonds Capital Structure	Board	For	FOR 2 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
ZTE CORPORATION	June 17, 2026	Approve Provision of Guarantee Limits for Subsidiaries Extraordinary Transactions	Board	For	FOR 2 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd.	December 19, 2025	Approve Provision in the Proportion of a Full Principal-and-Interest, Unconditional, Irrevocable, Joint and Several Guarantee in Respect of an Insurance Debt Investment Plan Capital Structure	Board	For	FOR 3 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.	May 29, 2026	Approve Issuance of Restricted Stocks Compensation	Board	For	AGAINST 3 funds	FOR 1 fund

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built November 1, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.