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Capital Appreciation Fund proxy voting record
John Hancock Funds II files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by John Hancock Funds II on 2025-08-19 · open the filing · vote table (BRD031_0001331971_2025.xml, 96 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Proposals are grouped by the subject the filer itself recorded. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 90.6% of the time across 32 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 12 | 2 | 16.7% |
| Executive pay | 8 | 5 | 62.5% |
| Corporate governance | 13 | 7 | 53.8% |
| Other social issues | 39 | 4 | 10.3% |
Ballots it voted
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 383,702 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ALTERNATIVE EMISSIONS REPORTING”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com report what its data centres do to its climate commitments?
Shareholders asked for a report on the electricity and water its data-centre build-out consumes, and on whether the growth in that demand can be squared with the emissions targets the company has already committed to.
AGAINST Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 383,702 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Nvidia Corporation · 25 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Nvidia publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
FOR Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 648,006 shares
“Approval of a stockholder proposal to modify existing reporting on workforce data.”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Amazon.com publish a report on working conditions inside its warehouses?
Shareholders asked the board to commission and publish a report on working conditions in the company’s warehouses — injury and illness rates, the effect of productivity quotas and the pace of work, and how the company’s own practices compare with what it says publicly.
AGAINST Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 383,702 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON WAREHOUSE WORKING CONDITIONS”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Ge Aerospace · 6 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Ge Aerospace pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
AGAINST Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 68,256 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Requesting Vote on Severance Payments”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
The stockholder proposal purportedly "to improve the executive compensation program,"
AGAINST Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 33,925 shares
“The stockholder proposal purportedly "to improve the executive compensation program," if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Nvidia Corporation · 25 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should a Nvidia director who fails to win a majority actually leave?
Shareholders asked the company to adopt a policy under which a director who receives more votes withheld than for must resign and the board must act on it — closing the gap where a director can lose an election and stay on.
FOR Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 648,006 shares
“Approval of a stockholder proposal to adopt a new director election resignation governance policy.”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Amazon.com also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
AGAINST Capital Appreciation Fund voted with 383,702 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A MANDATORY POLICY SEPARATING THE ROLES OF CEO AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds II, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001061 · series S000003312 · open the filing
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