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

94.3% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 94.3% of 63,224 items (59,600 the same, 3,624 different). 8,187 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 71,411 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Equitable 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	71,411	59,600	3,624	8,187	94.3%	90.8%
Board proposals	60,525	49,699	3,380	7,446	93.6%	90.0%
E&S shareholder proposals	200	103	2	95	98.1%	87.1%
Other items	10,686	9,798	242	646	97.6%	95.5%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

2 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	Equitable
The Bank of Nova Scotia	April 14, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 2 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
The Bank of Nova Scotia	April 14, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Say on Climate Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 2 funds	FOR 1 fund

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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.