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John Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund (JHFEX) 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
TickerJHFEX (Class I) · 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, 25 of its 83 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 88.1% of the time across 42 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Corporate governance | 28 | 9 | 32.1% |
| Other social issues | 24 | 1 | 4.2% |
Ballots it voted
Suncor Energy Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Suncor Energy 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 Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 2,752 shares
“To consider a shareholder proposal for Suncor to prepare a report detailing Suncor's governance and oversight of its climate-related risks, as set forth on page A-1 of Schedule A of the Circular.”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
United Parcel Service, Inc. · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
To require UPS to provide an additional report describing the alignment of its operations and investments with its carbon neutrality goals.
AGAINST John Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 1,221 shares
“To require UPS to provide an additional report describing the alignment of its operations and investments with its carbon neutrality goals.”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Walmart Inc. · 4 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Walmart explain how its board oversees the safety of the people who work for it?
Shareholders asked for a report on how health and safety is actually governed — who on the board is accountable, what the company measures, how injuries and fatalities are counted, and whether contractors and temporary workers are covered by the same standards as employees.
AGAINST John Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 416 shares
“Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Walmart Inc. · 4 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Walmart 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 Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 416 shares
“Report on Workforce Impact of AI and Automation”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Adobe disclose, or change, who sits on its board?
Shareholders asked the company to publish a board skills-and-diversity matrix, or to commit to a minimum representation of women among its directors.
AGAINST John Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 173 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Adobe 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 Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 173 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR John Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 173 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Comcast Corporation · 10 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Comcast 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 Fundamental Equity Income Fund voted with 6,697 shares
“Adopt policy to have an independent chair”
SourceJohn Hancock Investment Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000660 · series S000076681 · open the filing
Other funds John Hancock Investment Trust votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
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.