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

95.9% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.9% of 47,898 items (45,956 the same, 1,942 different). 6,136 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 54,034 items in all.

Equitable 2025-2026 · DWS 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	54,034	45,956	1,942	6,136	95.9%	91.8%
Board proposals	44,613	37,328	1,740	5,545	95.5%	91.1%
E&S shareholder proposals	173	75	7	91	91.5%	68.5%
Other items	9,248	8,553	195	500	97.8%	95.7%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

7 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	Equitable	DWS
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY	May 7, 2026	Stockholder Proposal Regarding Issuance of a Report on Pesticide Use Data Reporting in Regenerative Agriculture Program Disclosures. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 19 funds	FOR 11 funds
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.	May 13, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Requesting an Independent Study on the Impact of Prohibiting Corporate Contributions to Partisan 527 Tax-Exempt Political Groups. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 19 funds	FOR 13 funds
GRINDR INC.	July 30, 2025	Stockholder proposal regarding adoption of a human rights policy covering freedom of association and collective bargaining. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 7 funds	FOR 1 fund
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.	April 29, 2026	Stockholder proposal requesting an annual report on the Company's political spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 17 funds	FOR 5 funds
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.	May 29, 2026	Shareholder Proposal requesting a report on risks of sharing customer data with third parties. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 21 funds	FOR 13 funds
TARGET CORPORATION	June 10, 2026	Shareholder proposal requesting a report on presence of pesticides in Target's private label brands. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 18 funds	FOR 16 funds
THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY	November 18, 2025	To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on the effectiveness of the Company's regenerative agriculture program including pesticide reduction outcomes. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 18 funds	FOR 7 funds

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