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John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund proxy voting record
John Hancock Funds III 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 III on 2025-08-21 · open the filing · vote table (BRD031_0001329954_2025.xml, 5.4 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 96.8% of the time across 62 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 17 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 12 | 4 | 33.3% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 22 | 20 | 90.9% |
| Other social issues | 21 | 1 | 4.8% |
What it holds
The largest positions this fund reported, as a share of the fund. Your slice of each is that percentage of your balance.
| Company | % of fund |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc. | 6.08% |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co. | 3.97% |
| Applied Materials Inc. | 3.60% |
| Micron Technology Inc. | 2.64% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. | 2.32% |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 2.18% |
| US Foods Holding Corp. | 2.10% |
| CRH Public Limited Company | 2.05% |
| Flex Ltd. | 2.04% |
| NXP Semiconductors N.V. | 1.94% |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.87% |
| United Rentals Inc. | 1.77% |
SourcePortfolio holdings as reported by the fund for 2026-06-30 · open the filing
Ballots it voted
Ppl Corporation · 16 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Ppl 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 John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 4,822,444 shares
“Shareowner Proposal regarding Independent Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
the Coca-Cola Company · 30 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Vote on shareowner proposal regarding a report on food waste
AGAINST John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 3,693,113 shares
“Vote on shareowner proposal regarding a report on food waste”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
Alphabet Inc. · 6 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Alphabet assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 2,502,529 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding a report on the due diligence process to assess human rights risks in CAHRA”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
Alphabet Inc. · 6 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Alphabet account for how it builds and uses AI?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s use of artificial intelligence — where its training data comes from and on what terms, how the board oversees the risk, and what the technology is doing to the accuracy of what users see.
AGAINST John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 2,502,529 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding a human rights impact assessment of AI-driven targeted ad policies”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
Diamondback Energy, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Diamondback Energy 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 John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 1,702,820 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding certain executive severance arrangements.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
Unitedhealth Group Incorporated · 2 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Unitedhealth Group Incorporated 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 John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 843,060 shares
“If properly presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting a shareholder vote regarding excessive golden parachutes.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
the Coca-Cola Company · 30 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Vote on shareowner proposal regarding creation of an improper influence board committee
AGAINST John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 3,693,113 shares
“Vote on shareowner proposal regarding creation of an improper influence board committee”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. · 20 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Jpmorgan Chase & 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.
FOR John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund voted with 2,633,029 shares
“Support for an independent board chairman”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceJohn Hancock Funds III, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-21 · accession 0001438934-25-001232 · series S000023715 · open the filing
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