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

96.1% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 96.1% of 55,910 items (53,722 the same, 2,188 different). 742 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 56,652 items in all.

Goldman Sachs 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	56,652	53,722	2,188	742	96.1%	95.5%
Board proposals	42,189	39,609	1,979	601	95.2%	94.6%
E&S shareholder proposals	165	137	14	14	90.7%	88.9%
Other items	14,298	13,976	195	127	98.6%	98.2%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

14 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	Goldman Sachs	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 8 funds	FOR 2 funds
BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC.	June 18, 2026	Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, if properly presented at the meeting. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 8 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 13 funds	FOR 6 funds
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	April 21, 2026	Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 11 funds	FOR 2 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 8 funds	FOR 5 funds
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.	May 21, 2026	A proposal entitled "Paris Agreement Alignment" requesting NextEra Energy publish a report describing if and how the Company plans to reduce its total contribution to climate change and align its operations and investments with the Paris Agreement's goal of maintaining global temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius, and ideally, 1.5 degrees Celsius. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 15 funds	FOR 8 funds
NVR, INC.	May 7, 2026	Shareholder proposal to disclose greenhouse gas emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 10 funds	FOR 4 funds
O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE, INC.	May 14, 2026	Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending." Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 9 funds	FOR 3 funds
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION	May 27, 2026	Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 9 funds	FOR 2 funds
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.	June 3, 2026	Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure," if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 21 funds	FOR 7 funds
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION	April 29, 2026	A stockholder proposal to provide a political spending disclosure. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 2 funds	FOR 2 funds
SKYWEST, INC.	May 5, 2026	A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 7 funds	FOR 1 fund
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY	April 15, 2026	Advisory (non-binding) shareholder proposal - avoid brand damage from political spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 3 funds	FOR 1 fund
STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.	May 6, 2026	SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL - AVOID POLITICAL SPENDING BRAND DAMAGE Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 9 funds	FOR 2 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.