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

95.4% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.4% of 19,276 items (18,385 the same, 891 different). 4,927 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 24,203 items in all.

Note on Brighthouse: its funds did not all vote the same way on 11.4% of the 112,275 ballot items it voted. Those items are not in the percentage above; the ones it shares with this pair are listed under “Split votes”.

John Hancock 2023-2024 · Brighthouse 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	24,203	18,385	891	4,927	95.4%	88.3%
Board proposals	20,526	15,644	853	4,029	94.8%	88.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	328	17	6	305	73.9%	36.0%
Other items	3,349	2,724	32	593	98.8%	92.4%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

6 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	John Hancock	Brighthouse
AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP INC.	May 22, 2024	Stockholder proposal regarding managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
FEDEX CORP.	September 21, 2023	Stockholder proposal regarding a "Just Transition" report Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
KINDER MORGAN INC.	May 8, 2024	Stockhloder proposal relating to establishing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 10 funds	AGAINST 1 fund
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.	May 9, 2024	A shareholder proposal regarding an annual report on lobbying activities, policies, and communications, if properly presented Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	AGAINST 2 funds	FOR 1 fund
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	AGAINST 2 funds	ABSTAIN 1 fund
SKYWEST INC.	May 7, 2024	A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 1 fund

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