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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

305 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
WELLS FARGO & CO.	April 30, 2024	Shareholder Proposal - Report on Respecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	Split 12 FOR, 6 AGAINST	AGAINST 1 fund
WELLS FARGO & CO.	April 30, 2024	Shareholder Proposal - Third-Party Assessment of Respect for Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	Split 13 FOR, 5 AGAINST	Split 2 FOR, 5 AGAINST, 5 ABSTAIN
WELLS FARGO & CO.	April 30, 2024	Shareholder Proposal - Transparency in Lobbying Annual Report Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	Split 12 FOR, 6 AGAINST	FOR 1 fund
WINGSTOP INC.	May 23, 2024	Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas emissions reporting and goals, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 7 funds	Split 1 FOR, 2 AGAINST, 8 ABSTAIN
YUM! BRANDS INC.	May 16, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Adoption of a Policy on the Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	Split 4 FOR, 4 AGAINST	Split 1 FOR, 4 AGAINST, 8 ABSTAIN

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 25, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.