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Fidelity vs John Hancock: how alike they voted, 2023-2024

95.0% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.0% of 17,850 items (16,955 the same, 895 different). 2,523 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 20,373 items in all.

Fidelity 2023-2024 · John Hancock 2023-2024 · Download the item list (CSV)

By who put the item on the ballot. “Same position” = Same / (Same + Differ); split items are not in it. “Fund-level” is a second view over all common items: the chance that a fund of each manager, picked at random, voted the same way, which gives partial credit where a manager split.
	Common items	Same	Differ	Split (not in %)	Same position	Fund-level
All ballot items	20,373	16,955	895	2,523	95.0%	89.5%
Board proposals	17,184	14,359	847	1,978	94.4%	89.2%
E&S shareholder proposals	277	87	9	181	90.6%	61.9%
Other items	2,912	2,509	39	364	98.5%	93.5%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

All ballot items Board proposals E&S shareholder proposals Other items

9 items. “Voted differently”: each manager’s funds all voted one way, and the two ways differ. “Split”: at least one manager’s funds did not all vote the same way.

Company	Meeting	Proposal	On the ballot from	Board recommended	Fidelity	John Hancock
DENNY'S CORP.	May 15, 2024	A proposal that asks the Company to publish measurable, time-bound targets for eliminating (or at least significantly reducing) gestation crates in its pork supply and regularly report progress meeting them. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 13 funds	FOR 3 funds
GEO GROUP INC.	May 3, 2024	To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a third-party racial equity audit and report, if properly presented before meeting. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 17 funds	FOR 3 funds
KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.	June 6, 2024	To provide a non-binding, advisory vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on tax payments. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 33 funds	FOR 3 funds
MAXIMUS INC.	March 12, 2024	Shareholder proposal regarding the commission of a third party assessment on the Company's commitment to freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 34 funds	FOR 5 funds
PARAMOUNT GLOBAL	June 4, 2024	A stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting that the Company prepare and disclose a "transparency report" regarding its use of artificial intelligence. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 11 funds	AGAINST 2 funds
TEXAS ROADHOUSE INC.	May 16, 2024	An Advisory Vote on a Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Issuance of a Climate Report. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 26 funds	FOR 7 funds
THE TIMKEN COMPANY	May 3, 2024	Consideration of a shareholder proposal requesting that The Timken Company adopt independently-verified short- and medium-term science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, inclusive of emissions from its full value chain, in order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 41 funds	FOR 7 funds
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY	April 3, 2024	Shareholder Proposal, if properly presented, requesting a political expenditures report. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	AGAINST 6 funds	FOR 1 fund
THE WENDY'S COMPANY	May 21, 2024	Stockholder proposal requesting a racial equity audit, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 23 funds	FOR 3 funds

← All 20 managers, 2023-2024

How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.