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John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund (JHJIX) proxy voting record 2026

Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.

The question on the ballot

As filed

John Hancock Investment Trust 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 Investment Trust on 2026-08-11 · open the filing

TickersJHJIX (Class I), JHJRX (Class R6), JHJAX (Class A), JHJCX (Class C) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes

How it voted, by issue

Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 4 of its 19 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 0% of the time across 10 votes.

IssueProposals facedBackedShare backed
Climate & environment5360%
Workers & human rights33100%
Pay equity & inclusion100%
Executive pay11100%
Corporate governance55100%
Other social issues4250%

Ballots it voted

the Procter & Gamble Company · 14 October 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Procter & Gamble report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?

Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 7,224 shares

“Shareholder Proposal Requesting Additional Reporting on Plastic Packaging”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Linde Plc · 29 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment

Should Linde say whether its lobbying matches the climate targets it announces?

Shareholders asked the company to report on whether its own lobbying — and the lobbying done by the trade associations it funds — is consistent with the climate goals it publishes.

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 3,091 shares

“A shareholder proposal requesting an annual report regarding the alignment of the Company's direct and indirect lobbying activities with the Company's 2050 climate neutrality ambition.”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Should Microsoft 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.

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 19,593 shares

“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights

Should Microsoft 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.

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 19,593 shares

“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Intuit Inc. · 22 January 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion

The Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs

AGAINST  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 3,000 shares

“Shareholder proposal requesting the Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · 9 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 10,834 shares

“To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding a policy addressing the impact of share repurchases on financial performance metrics.”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Sysco Corporation · 14 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder

To adopt a policy requiring that the Board Chair and CEO roles be separate positions held by different people.

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 16,599 shares

“To consider a stockholder proposal to adopt a policy requiring that the Board Chair and CEO roles be separate positions held by different people.”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · 9 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay

To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal

FOR  John Hancock ESG Large Cap Core Fund voted with 10,834 shares

“To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding a policy addressing the impact of share repurchases on financial performance metrics.”

SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000053961 · open the filing

Other funds John Hancock Investment Trust votes

The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.

Fundamental Large Cap Core Fund83.3% for exec payGlobal Climate Action Fund85% for exec payJohn Hancock Disciplined Value International Fund96.6% for exec payJohn Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund88.1% for exec payJohn Hancock Global Environmental Opportunities Fund92.9% for exec payJohn Hancock Infrastructure Fund93.8% for exec payJohn Hancock International Dynamic Growth Fund100% for exec payJohn Hancock Mid Cap Growth Fund90.5% for exec payJohn Hancock Small Cap Core Fund94.7% for exec pay

No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.

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