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Vanguard vs Prudential/PGIM: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

93.9% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.9% of 32,675 items (30,693 the same, 1,982 different). 3,169 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 35,844 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Prudential/PGIM 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	35,844	30,693	1,982	3,169	93.9%	90.7%
Board proposals	32,454	27,804	1,865	2,785	93.7%	90.6%
E&S shareholder proposals	198	144	6	48	96.0%	85.8%
Other items	3,192	2,745	111	336	96.1%	91.3%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

111 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	Prudential/PGIM
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY	May 13, 2026	Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman Corporate Governance	Other	Against	AGAINST 32 funds	FOR 16 funds
TOKIO MARINE HOLDINGS,INC.	June 29, 2026	Amend Articles to Adopt Board Structure with Audit Committee - Amend Provisions on Number of Directors - Authorize Directors to Execute Day to Day Operations without Full Board Approval Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 8 funds	AGAINST 2 funds
The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated	June 25, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Shareholder Meeting Minutes Corporate Governance	Other	Against	AGAINST 2 funds	FOR 11 funds
UNILEVER PLC	May 13, 2026	Authorise the Company to Call General Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	For	FOR 11 funds	AGAINST 6 funds
VERISIGN, INC.	May 21, 2026	Stockholder Proposal Regarding an Independent Chair Policy, if Properly Presented at the Meeting Corporate Governance	Other	Against	AGAINST 34 funds	FOR 6 funds
VIVID SEATS INC.	July 21, 2025	Approval of the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve Proposal No. 1. Corporate Governance	Other	For	AGAINST 8 funds	FOR 1 fund
VODAFONE GROUP PLC	July 29, 2025	Authorise the Company to Call General Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	For	FOR 7 funds	AGAINST 6 funds
Valterra Platinum Limited	May 8, 2026	Elect Audit and Risk Committee Member (Deborah Gudgeon) Corporate Governance	Other	For	AGAINST 1 fund	FOR 2 funds
Valterra Platinum Limited	May 8, 2026	Elect Social, Ethics and Governance Committee Member (Deborah Gudgeon) Corporate Governance	Other	For	AGAINST 1 fund	FOR 2 funds
Volvo AB	April 8, 2026	Elect Par Boman as Chair Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 1 fund	AGAINST 6 funds
Volvo AB	April 8, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Review of Climate-Related Policy Engagement Environment or Climate	Other	Against	AGAINST 1 fund	FOR 6 funds

← All 20 managers, 2025-2026

How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 18, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.