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Fidelity vs Northern Trust: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

95.6% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.6% of 83,356 items (79,660 the same, 3,696 different). 5,062 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 88,418 items in all.

Fidelity 2025-2026 · Northern Trust 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	88,418	79,660	3,696	5,062	95.6%	93.6%
Board proposals	69,349	61,441	3,438	4,470	94.7%	92.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	174	73	14	87	83.9%	68.4%
Other items	18,895	18,146	244	505	98.7%	97.7%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

101 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	Fidelity	Northern Trust
Walmart Inc.	June 4, 2026	Report on Workforce Impact of Al and Automation Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 60 funds	Split 4 FOR, 5 ABSTAIN

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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.