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John Hancock vs Brighthouse: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

97.7% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 97.7% of 16,496 items (16,121 the same, 375 different). 6,951 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 23,447 items in all.

Note on Brighthouse: its funds did not all vote the same way on 12.0% of the 120,248 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 2025-2026 · Brighthouse 2025-2026 · 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	23,447	16,121	375	6,951	97.7%	87.2%
Board proposals	19,371	12,912	325	6,134	97.5%	86.8%
E&S shareholder proposals	161	0	0	161	n/a	38.1%
Other items	3,915	3,209	50	656	98.5%	91.5%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

0 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

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 18, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.