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Mid Cap Growth Trust (JAEVX) 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 Variable Insurance 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 Variable Insurance Trust on 2026-08-11 · open the filing · vote table (BRD031_0000756913_2026.xml, 170 MB)
TickersJAEVX (NAV), JAETX (Series I), JAEUX (Series II) · 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. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 90.5% of the time across 42 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate governance | 7 | 6 | 85.7% |
Ballots it voted
Corning Incorporated · 30 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Corning Incorporated 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 Mid Cap Growth Trust voted with 152,188 shares
“Request to adopt an independent chair 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 Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000659 · series S000008286 · open the filing
Datadog, Inc. · 15 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should a simple majority be enough to pass a measure at Datadog?
Shareholders asked the company to replace its supermajority voting requirements with a simple majority, so that a measure supported by most shares actually carries.
FOR Mid Cap Growth Trust voted with 113,400 shares
“The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple majority voting provision.”
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 Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-11 · accession 0001438934-26-000659 · series S000008286 · open the filing
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