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Vanguard vs American Century: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

93.7% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.7% of 93,347 items (87,502 the same, 5,845 different). 2,120 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 95,467 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · American Century 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	95,467	87,502	5,845	2,120	93.7%	92.8%
Board proposals	75,793	68,454	5,523	1,816	92.5%	91.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	173	149	3	21	98.0%	96.7%
Other items	19,501	18,899	319	283	98.3%	97.9%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

602 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	Vanguard	American Century
ZOETIS INC.	May 20, 2026	Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent. Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	Against	Split 14 FOR, 24 AGAINST	AGAINST 17 funds
ZURA BIO LIMITED	June 17, 2026	Adjournment of the Annual General Meeting: To approve, by ordinary resolution, the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting by the chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of the foregoing proposals, in the event the Company does not receive the requisite shareholder votes to approve the foregoing proposals. Corporate Governance	Other	For	Split 1 FOR, 1 AGAINST	AGAINST 1 fund

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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.