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BlackRock vs Franklin Templeton: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

94.1% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 94.1% of 30,249 items (28,454 the same, 1,795 different). 1,107 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 31,356 items in all.

BlackRock 2025-2026 · Franklin Templeton 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	31,356	28,454	1,795	1,107	94.1%	92.2%
Board proposals	23,325	21,154	1,378	793	93.9%	92.1%
E&S shareholder proposals	150	107	5	38	95.5%	87.6%
Other items	7,881	7,193	412	276	94.6%	92.7%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

5 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	BlackRock	Franklin Templeton
BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC.	June 18, 2026	Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on deforestation in the company's own-brand supply chain, if properly presented at the meeting. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 32 funds	FOR 2 funds
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC.	June 2, 2026	Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 62 funds	FOR 6 funds
GENERAL MILLS, INC.	September 30, 2025	Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 44 funds	FOR 5 funds
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION	May 27, 2026	Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 49 funds	FOR 2 funds
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.	April 29, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 64 funds	FOR 5 funds

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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.