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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1496749

John Hancock Diversified Income Fund

fund voting report, part of John Hancock and Manulife

Vote records reported
5,250year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.7%289 of 4,331 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
89.4%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
27.0%for, of for + against + abstain
91.5% for7.8% against0.7% other6.7% against management4,351 votes

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

For the year to 30 June 2026, John Hancock Diversified Income Fund reported 5,250 vote records on Form N-PX. 289 of the 4,331 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.7%, close to the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.6%. 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 89.4% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 27.0% 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 (18.2% of 33), SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (10.5% of 191) and CAPITAL STRUCTURE (9.6% of 572).

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 share6.7%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate89.4%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate27.0%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 5,250 vote records in this filing, 899 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 ELECTIONS2,0241,9011106.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1911682010.5%
AUDIT-RELATED29529021.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1510442.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS363512.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE572516559.6%
COMPENSATION310290195.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE739672628.5%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE3362518.2%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE211204.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION2020.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES6222401.6%
OTHER221207123.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20249,1748.2%83.9%17.8%
year to 30 June 20255,5946.8%83.4%11.0%
year to 30 June 20265,2506.7%89.4%27.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, John Hancock Diversified Income Fund voted against management on 18 of the 174 it marked either way (10.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 8 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 139 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, John Hancock Diversified Income Fund voted for 36 (25.9%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
AT&T INC.14 May 2026EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
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.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Prudential Financial, Inc.12 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman.
State Street Corporation20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a policy and amendment to the by-laws requiring the Chair...
Campbell Soup Company18 Nov 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting.
Eni SpA6 May 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED
ANZ Group Holdings Limited18 Dec 2025Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation
ANZ Group Holdings Limited18 Dec 2025Approve Customer Transition Approach and Climate Commitments
ANZ Group Holdings Limited18 Dec 2025Approve the Amendments to the Company's Constitution
PKO Bank Polski SA20 Jan 2026Approve Decision on Covering Costs of Convocation of EGM
PKO Bank Polski SA29 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Amendments to Remuneration Policy (Management Board)
TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA12 May 2026Shareholder proposal: AUDIT-RELATED
ORLEN SA13 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: OTHER

Shares on loan

John Hancock Diversified Income Fund reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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.

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 Diversified Income Fund vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 John Hancock Diversified Income Fund reported 188 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 168 were for (89.4%), 20 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 18 of the 174 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 8 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does John Hancock Diversified Income Fund vote against management?

6.7% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 289 of the 4,331 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 Diversified Income Fund support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 29 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 4 of them (13.8%). Across every category it voted for 27.0% 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 Diversified Income Fund (filer no. 1496749), 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.