UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT
COMPANY
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER: 811-21202
NAME OF REGISTRANT: John Hancock Preferred Income
Fund II
ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: Charles A. Rizzo
197 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 6176633000
DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 07/31
DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020
2X28 JHF Preferred Income Fund II
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BP P.L.C. Agenda Number: 935180062
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Security: 055622104
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 27-May-2020
Ticker: BP
ISIN: US0556221044
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1. To receive the annual report and accounts. Mgmt For For
2. To approve the directors' remuneration Mgmt For For
report.
3. To approve the directors' remuneration Mgmt For For
policy.
4A. To elect Mr B Looney as a director. Mgmt For For
4B. To re-elect Mr B Gilvary as a director. Mgmt For For
4C. To re-elect Dame A Carnwath as a director. Mgmt For For
4D. To re-elect Ms P Daley as a director. Mgmt For For
4E. To re-elect Sir I E L Davis as a director. Mgmt For For
4F. To re-elect Professor Dame A Dowling as a Mgmt For For
director.
4G. To re-elect Mr H Lund as a director. Mgmt For For
4H. To re-elect Mrs M B Meyer as a director. Mgmt For For
4I. To re-elect Mr B R Nelson as a director. Mgmt For For
4J. To re-elect Mrs P R Reynolds as a director. Mgmt For For
4K. To re-elect Sir J Sawers as a director. Mgmt For For
5. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor. Mgmt For For
6. To authorize the audit committee to fix the Mgmt For For
auditor's remuneration.
7. To approve changes to the BP Executive Mgmt For For
Directors' Incentive Plan.
8. To give limited authority to make political Mgmt For For
donations and incur political expenditure.
9. To give limited authority to allot shares Mgmt For For
up to a specified amount.
10. Special resolution: to give authority to Mgmt For For
allot a limited number of shares for cash
free of pre-emption rights.
11. Special resolution: to give additional Mgmt For For
authority to allot a limited number of
shares for cash free of pre-emption rights.
12. Special resolution: to give limited Mgmt For For
authority for the purchase of its own
shares by the company.
13. Special resolution: to authorize the Mgmt For For
calling of general meetings (excluding
annual general meetings) by notice of at
least 14 clear days.
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CENTURYLINK, INC. Agenda Number: 935174487
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Security: 156700106
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 20-May-2020
Ticker: CTL
ISIN: US1567001060
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1A. Election of Director: Martha H. Bejar Mgmt For For
1B. Election of Director: Virginia Boulet Mgmt For For
1C. Election of Director: Peter C. Brown Mgmt For For
1D. Election of Director: Kevin P. Chilton Mgmt For For
1E. Election of Director: Steven T. Clontz Mgmt For For
1F. Election of Director: T. Michael Glenn Mgmt For For
1G. Election of Director: W. Bruce Hanks Mgmt For For
1H. Election of Director: Hal S. Jones Mgmt For For
1I. Election of Director: Michael J. Roberts Mgmt For For
1J. Election of Director: Laurie A. Siegel Mgmt For For
1K. Election of Director: Jeffrey K. Storey Mgmt For For
2. Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our Mgmt For For
independent auditor for 2020.
3. Amend our 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. Mgmt For For
4. Advisory vote to approve our executive Mgmt Against Against
compensation.
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EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935178168
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Security: 294600101
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 20-May-2020
Ticker: ETRN
ISIN: US2946001011
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1. DIRECTOR
Vicky A. Bailey Mgmt For For
Sarah M. Barpoulis Mgmt For For
Kenneth M. Burke Mgmt For For
Patricia K. Collawn Mgmt For For
Margaret K. Dorman Mgmt For For
Thomas F. Karam Mgmt For For
D. Mark Leland Mgmt For For
Norman J. Szydlowski Mgmt For For
Robert F. Vagt Mgmt For For
2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Mgmt For For
compensation of the Company's named
executive officers for 2019 (Say-on-Pay).
3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Mgmt For For
Young LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for 2020.
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EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935213417
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Security: 294600101
Meeting Type: Special
Meeting Date: 15-Jun-2020
Ticker: ETRN
ISIN: US2946001011
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1. To approve (i) issuance of shares of common Mgmt For For
stock, no par value (common stock), of
Equitrans Midstream Corporation (Company)
in connection with the merger (Merger)
contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, by and among Company, EQM Midstream
Partners, LP (EQM), and the other parties
thereto (Merger Agreement) and (ii)
issuance of shares of preferred stock, no
par value, which will be convertible into
shares of common stock, in connection with
the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated thereby (the stock issuance
proposal).
2. To approve the adjournment of the special Mgmt For For
meeting to a later date or dates, if
necessary or appropriate, to solicit
additional proxies in the event there are
not sufficient votes at the time of the
special meeting to approve the stock
issuance proposal.
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KINDER MORGAN, INC. Agenda Number: 935159043
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Security: 49456B101
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 13-May-2020
Ticker: KMI
ISIN: US49456B1017
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1A. Election of Director: Richard D. Kinder Mgmt For For
1B. Election of Director: Steven J. Kean Mgmt For For
1C. Election of Director: Kimberly A. Dang Mgmt For For
1D. Election of Director: Ted A. Gardner Mgmt For For
1E. Election of Director: Anthony W. Hall, Jr. Mgmt For For
1F. Election of Director: Gary L. Hultquist Mgmt For For
1G. Election of Director: Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. Mgmt For For
1H. Election of Director: Deborah A. Macdonald Mgmt For For
1I. Election of Director: Michael C. Morgan Mgmt For For
1J. Election of Director: Arthur C. Mgmt For For
Reichstetter
1K. Election of Director: Fayez Sarofim Mgmt For For
1L. Election of Director: C. Park Shaper Mgmt For For
1M. Election of Director: William A. Smith Mgmt For For
1N. Election of Director: Joel V. Staff Mgmt For For
1O. Election of Director: Robert F. Vagt Mgmt For For
1P. Election of Director: Perry M. Waughtal Mgmt For For
2. Ratification of the selection of Mgmt For For
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our
independent registered public accounting
firm for 2020
3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Mgmt For For
compensation of our named executive
officers, as disclosed in the Proxy
Statement.
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MB FINANCIAL, INC. Agenda Number: 935061084
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Security: 55264U405
Meeting Type: Consent
Meeting Date: 18-Jul-2019
Ticker: MBFPP
ISIN: US55264U4058
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1. Amend the Company's charter in Mgmt For
substantially the form attached as Appendix
A to the Notice of Special Meeting to (a)
clarify that stockholders shall not be
entitled to exercise any rights of an
objecting stockholder provided under the
Maryland General Corporation Law and (b)
remove Article 9 of the Company's charter
relating to the approval of certain
business combinations with an interested
stockholder. PLEASE SELECT FOR TO GIVE YOUR
CONSENT. PLEASE SELECT AGAINST IF YOU DO
NOT CONSENT. ONLY VALID VOTING OPTIONS ARE
FOR AND AGAINST.
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MB FINANCIAL, INC. Agenda Number: 935065739
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Security: 55264U405
Meeting Type: Consent
Meeting Date: 23-Aug-2019
Ticker: MBFPP
ISIN: US55264U4058
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1. Approve the merger of the Company with and Mgmt For For
into Fifth Third Bancorp ("Fifth Third"),
with Fifth Third surviving the merger
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THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. Agenda Number: 935140094
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Security: 969457100
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 28-Apr-2020
Ticker: WMB
ISIN: US9694571004
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1A. Election of Director: Alan S. Armstrong Mgmt For For
1B. Election of Director: Stephen W. Bergstrom Mgmt Against Against
1C. Election of Director: Nancy K. Buese Mgmt For For
1D. Election of Director: Stephen I. Chazen Mgmt For For
1E. Election of Director: Charles I. Cogut Mgmt For For
1F. Election of Director: Michael A. Creel Mgmt For For
1G. Election of Director: Vicki L. Fuller Mgmt For For
1H. Election of Director: Peter A. Ragauss Mgmt For For
1I. Election of Director: Scott D. Sheffield Mgmt For For
1J. Election of Director: Murray D. Smith Mgmt For For
1K. Election of Director: William H. Spence Mgmt For For
2. Approval of the Amendment to The Williams Mgmt For For
Companies, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan.
3. Approval of the Amendment to The Williams Mgmt For For
Companies, Inc. 2007 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
4. Approval, by nonbinding advisory vote, of Mgmt For For
the Company's executive compensation.
5. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For
auditors for 2020.
* Management position unknown
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
By (Signature) /s/ Andrew G. Arnott
Name Andrew G. Arnott
Title President
Date 08/26/2020