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Vanguard vs John Hancock: how alike they voted, 2024-2025

95.7% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.7% of 22,046 items (21,109 the same, 937 different). 2,070 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 24,116 items in all.

Vanguard 2024-2025 · John Hancock 2024-2025 · 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	24,116	21,109	937	2,070	95.7%	92.5%
Board proposals	20,392	17,942	818	1,632	95.6%	92.6%
E&S shareholder proposals	256	117	5	134	95.9%	80.4%
Other items	3,468	3,050	114	304	96.4%	92.9%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

304 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	Vanguard	John Hancock
WISE PLC	September 18, 2024	TO APPROVE SHORT NOTICE FOR GENERAL MEETINGS Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	For	FOR 3 funds	Split 3 FOR, 1 AGAINST
XYLEM	May 13, 2025	Shareholder proposal to lower threshold for shareholders to call special meetings from 25% to 10% of Company stock, if properly presented at the meeting. Corporate Governance	Other	Against	Split 1 FOR, 21 AGAINST	Split 5 FOR, 3 AGAINST
ZALANDO SE	May 27, 2025	APPROVE VIRTUAL-ONLY SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS UNTIL 2027 Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 6 funds	Split 3 FOR, 2 AGAINST
ZEALAND PHARMA	March 27, 2025	PROPOSAL FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE THE FEES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2025 Compensation	Other	Not determined	FOR 2 funds	Split 1 FOR, 2 AGAINST

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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.