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Vanguard vs Dimensional: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

93.5% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.5% of 123,266 items (115,255 the same, 8,011 different). 2,076 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 125,342 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Dimensional 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	125,342	115,255	8,011	2,076	93.5%	92.9%
Board proposals	92,883	83,923	7,201	1,759	92.1%	91.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	173	126	0	47	100.0%	96.5%
Other items	32,286	31,206	810	270	97.5%	97.2%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

810 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	Dimensional
Zhejiang Dun'an Artificial Environment Co., Ltd.	June 25, 2026	Approve Financial Service Agreement Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 7 funds
Zhejiang Hailiang Co. Ltd.	May 19, 2026	Approve Related Party Transaction Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 6 funds
Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd.	December 23, 2025	Approve Related Party Transaction Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 6 funds	AGAINST 3 funds
Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd.	May 20, 2026	Approve Financial Service Agreement Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 6 funds
Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.	May 29, 2026	Amend Procedures Governing the Acquisition or Disposal of Assets Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 7 funds	AGAINST 2 funds
Zhongfu Straits (Pingtan) Development Co., Ltd.	June 30, 2026	Approve Asset Disposal and Signing of Relevant Agreements Extraordinary Transactions	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 4 funds
Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd.	May 15, 2026	Approve Related Party Transactions Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 3 funds
Zhuzhou Times New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.	December 11, 2025	Approve 2026 Related Party Transaction Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 6 funds
Zhuzhou Times New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.	May 28, 2026	Approve Signing the Financial Services Framework Agreement Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 6 funds
Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Co., Ltd.	January 16, 2026	Approve Signing of Supplemental Agreement to Financial Services Agreement Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 5 funds

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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.