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

90.8% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 90.8% of 3,737 items (3,395 the same, 342 different). 379 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 4,116 items in all.

John Hancock 2023-2024 · Russell Investments 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	4,116	3,395	342	379	90.8%	87.2%
Board proposals	3,388	3,031	205	152	93.7%	91.6%
E&S shareholder proposals	212	70	8	134	89.7%	64.1%
Other items	516	294	129	93	69.5%	67.6%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

8 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	Russell Investments
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	FOR 3 funds	AGAINST 3 funds
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC.	April 24, 2024	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Outcome Report on Efforts Regarding Protected Classes of Employees Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 25 funds	FOR 5 funds
MESA LABORATORIES INC.	August 25, 2023	To approve the shareholder proposal to measure and annually present scope 1 through 3 greenhouse gas emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 2 funds
SKECHERS U.S.A. INC.	May 23, 2024	Stockholder proposal requesting our company to publicly disclose a timeline for meeting and disclosing our value chain emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 5 funds	AGAINST 5 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	FOR 7 funds	AGAINST 6 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	FOR 7 funds	AGAINST 2 funds
TRIPADVISOR INC.	June 11, 2024	To vote, on the Stockholder Proposal, requesting a report on implementation of the Global Human Rights Policy. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	ABSTAIN 4 funds	AGAINST 2 funds
WEIS MARKETS INC.	May 2, 2024	Shareholder proposal requesting a report on how the Company is addressing climate-change related risks in its Supply Chain. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 3 funds

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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.