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

95.1% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.1% of 21,590 items (20,523 the same, 1,067 different). 2,660 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 24,250 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · John Hancock 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	24,250	20,523	1,067	2,660	95.1%	91.3%
Board proposals	19,946	16,805	965	2,176	94.6%	90.9%
E&S shareholder proposals	163	81	5	77	94.2%	82.9%
Other items	4,141	3,637	97	407	97.4%	93.7%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

504 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
WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.	May 14, 2026	To vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding stockholder ability to act by written consent. Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	Against	Split 26 FOR, 1 AGAINST	FOR 6 funds
YUM! BRANDS, INC.	May 14, 2026	Shareholder Proposal to Reduce the Percentage of Shares Required to Call a Special Meeting. Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	Against	Split 12 FOR, 23 AGAINST	Split 6 FOR, 3 AGAINST
ZOETIS INC.	May 20, 2026	Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent. Shareholder Rights and Defenses	Other	Against	Split 14 FOR, 24 AGAINST	Split 5 FOR, 2 AGAINST
ZURA BIO LIMITED	June 17, 2026	Adjournment of the Annual General Meeting: To approve, by ordinary resolution, the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting by the chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of the foregoing proposals, in the event the Company does not receive the requisite shareholder votes to approve the foregoing proposals. Corporate Governance	Other	For	Split 1 FOR, 1 AGAINST	AGAINST 1 fund

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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.