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Small Cap Index Trust proxy voting record
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 2025-08-19 · open the filing · vote table (BRD031_0000756913_2025.xml, 172 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 86.9% of the time across 1,265 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Corporate governance | 20 | 15 | 75% |
| Other social issues | 2 | 2 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
Foot Locker, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Foot Locker 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 Small Cap Index Trust voted with 16,173 shares
“Vote on a Shareholder Proposal Requesting that the Company Adopt a Goal for Reducing Its Enterprise-wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Line with the Paris Agreement.”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 1 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Wolverine World Wide 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 Small Cap Index Trust voted with 15,369 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and targets.”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. · 23 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should an independent assessment check whether Warrior Met Coal respects the right to organise?
Shareholders asked for an independent assessment of whether the company, in practice, respects the internationally recognised rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining — the ILO core standards the company already says it supports — across all of its operations.
AGAINST Small Cap Index Trust voted with 10,000 shares
“To adopt a resolution requesting an assessment of the company's respect for the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining, if properly presented.”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. · 17 September 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Smith & Wesson Brands 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 Small Cap Index Trust voted with 9,390 shares
“Proposal 3: A stockholder proposal (human rights impact assessment).”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
Vector Group Ltd. · 20 August 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Vector Group 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 Small Cap Index Trust voted with 28,076 shares
“Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting the Company to amend its governing documents to require the Chairman of the Board of Directors to be an independent director.”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
Dynavax Technologies Corporation · 11 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
To amend the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws to repeal any amendments adopted after November 6, 2018
AGAINST Small Cap Index Trust voted with 25,648 shares
“Stockholder proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws to repeal any amendments adopted after November 6, 2018, if properly presented by Deep Track 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 Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
International Game Technology Plc · 13 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
To authorise the Company to make political donations and expenditure
FOR Small Cap Index Trust voted with 22,006 shares
“To authorise the Company to make political donations and expenditure”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
Meritage Homes Corporation · 22 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Meritage Homes disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
FOR Small Cap Index Trust voted with 13,757 shares
“Shareholder proposal to support transparency in political spending.”
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 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008311 · open the filing
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