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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

5 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
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE INC.	November 21, 2024	Shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	AGAINST 18 funds	FOR 3 funds
CROWN HOLDINGS INC.	May 1, 2025	Consideration of a Shareholder proposal regarding transparency in political spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 19 funds	FOR 6 funds
SKYWEST INC.	May 6, 2025	A shareholder proposal regarding collective bargaining policy. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 19 funds	FOR 4 funds
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.	May 23, 2025	The Stockholder Proposal titled "Transparency in Political Spending" Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 13 funds	FOR 2 funds
TERADYNE	May 9, 2025	To vote on a shareholder proposal requiring the Company to prepare a report about political contributions and expenditures. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Not determined	AGAINST 27 funds	FOR 6 funds

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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.