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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1478482

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

fund voting report, part of John Hancock and Manulife

Vote records reported
50,422year to 30 June 2026
Against management
12.2%5,658 of 46,513 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
83.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
28.4%for, of for + against + abstain
86.9% for9.1% against4.1% other12.2% against management46,593 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust listed 50,422 vote records. Votes against management made up 12.2% of those marked either way (5,658 of 46,513); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 10.7%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 83.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 28.4% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (45.8% of 166), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (44.6% of 101) and SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (20.3% of 2,509).

It reported 293.7 million shares out on loan at record dates, 4.95% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share12.2%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate83.5%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate28.4%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held4.95%0.00%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Of the 50,422 vote records in this filing, 3,829 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS24,56521,7881,19111.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES2,5161,99639320.3%
AUDIT-RELATED3,5053,411932.4%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS32133.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES107842344.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1,5111,20530120.3%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE5,0264,40160612.3%
COMPENSATION2,6302,22540214.9%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE4,8633,79898917.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1666310145.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE966906.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION170170.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES33516516218.5%
OTHER2,5212,2761658.5%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202445,09012.0%82.5%36.2%
year to 30 June 202545,67911.6%82.8%29.1%
year to 30 June 202650,42212.2%83.5%28.4%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust voted against management on 252 of the 1,488 it marked either way (16.9%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 31 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 507 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust voted for 140 (27.6%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Human Rights Due Diligence
Microsoft Corporation5 Dec 2025Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on impact of data centers on climate commitments
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the...
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an enhanced disclosure on climate goals
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
The Procter & Gamble Company14 Oct 2025Shareholder Proposal Requesting Additional Reporting on Plastic Packaging
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Verizon Communications Inc.21 May 2026Board oversight of material issues related to climate change
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
Adobe Inc.15 Apr 2026Environment or climate
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting a report describing how the Company could disclose its plastic packaging...
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.22 May 2026Shareowner Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Proposal requesting Company to modify its Voluntary Retail Voting Program to provide multiple options not...
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on climate change-related commitments.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To require UPS to engage a third-party to audit and prepare an additional report on the impacts of UPS...
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To require UPS to provide an additional report describing the alignment of its operations and investments...
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal: ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE
The Travelers Companies, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal relating to a report on climate-related pricing and coverage decisions, if presented...
Illinois Tool Works Inc.8 May 2026Corporate governance
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."

Shares on loan

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust reported 293.7 million shares on loan at record dates against 5.64 billion shares voted: 4.95% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Fund series in this filing

10 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF16,17016.8%80.0%68.4%
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF9,32611.4%83.0%23.5%
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF8,5616.4%80.8%28.6%
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF7,02012.4%84.4%29.6%
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF4,95312.8%82.6%33.3%
John Hancock International High Dividend ETF1,9835.1%92.0%10.3%
John Hancock U.S. High Dividend ETF1,0165.9%88.7%31.9%
John Hancock Fundamental All Cap Core ETF6473.7%91.3%17.9%
John Hancock Disciplined Value International Select ETF801.4%100.0%not reported
John Hancock Preferred Income ETF513.9%not reportednot reported

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust reported 2,386 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 1,993 were for (83.5%), 393 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 252 of the 1,488 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 31 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust vote against management?

12.2% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 5,658 of the 46,513 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 153 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 62 of them (40.5%). Across every category it voted for 28.4% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of this filer on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (filer no. 1478482), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.