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: 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021
2X28 JHF Preferred Income Fund II
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BP P.L.C. Agenda Number: 935384014
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Security: 055622104
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 12-May-2021
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.
3A. To elect Mr. M. Auchincloss as a director. Mgmt For For
3B. To elect Mr. T. Morzaria as a director. Mgmt For For
3C. To elect Mrs. K. Richardson as a director. Mgmt For For
3D. To elect Dr. J. Teyssen as a director. Mgmt For For
3E. To re-elect Mr. B. Looney as a director. Mgmt For For
3F. To re-elect Miss P. Daley as a director. Mgmt For For
3G. To re-elect Mr. H. Lund as a director. Mgmt For For
3H. To re-elect Mrs. M. B. Meyer as a director. Mgmt For For
3I. To re-elect Mrs. P. R. Reynolds as a Mgmt For For
director.
3J. To re-elect Sir J. Sawers as a director. Mgmt For For
4. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor. Mgmt For For
5. To authorize the audit committee to fix the Mgmt For For
auditor's remuneration.
6. To give limited authority to make political Mgmt For For
donations and incur political expenditure.
7. Renewal of the Scrip Dividend Programme. Mgmt For For
8. To give limited authority to allot shares Mgmt For For
up to a specified amount.
9. Special resolution: to give authority to Mgmt For For
allot a limited number of shares for cash
free of pre-emption rights.
10. Special resolution: to give additional Mgmt For For
authority to allot a limited number of
shares for cash free of pre-emption rights.
11. Special resolution: to give limited Mgmt For For
authority for the purchase of its own
shares by the company.
12. Special resolution: to authorize the Mgmt For For
calling of general meetings (excluding
annual general meetings) by notice of at
least 14 clear days.
13. Special resolution: Follow This shareholder Shr Against For
resolution on climate change targets.
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EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935347092
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Security: 294600101
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 27-Apr-2021
Ticker: ETRN
ISIN: US2946001011
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1A. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders: Vicky
A. Bailey
1B. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders: Sarah
M. Barpoulis
1C. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders:
Kenneth M. Burke
1D. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders:
Patricia K. Collawn
1E. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders:
Margaret K. Dorman
1F. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders: Thomas
F. Karam
1G. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders: D.
Mark Leland
1H. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders: Norman
J. Szydlowski
1I. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For
next annual meeting of shareholders: Robert
F. Vagt
2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Mgmt For For
compensation of the Company's named
executive officers for 2020 (Say-on-Pay).
3. Approval of Amendments to the Company's Mgmt For For
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to
remove the supermajority voting
requirements.
4. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Mgmt For For
Young LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for 2021.
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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP Agenda Number: 935338980
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Security: 316773886
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 13-Apr-2021
Ticker: FITBP
ISIN: US3167738869
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1A. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Nicholas K. Akins
1B. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: B. Evan Bayh, III
1C. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Jorge L. Benitez
1D. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Katherine B.
Blackburn
1E. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Emerson L.
Brumback
1F. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Greg D. Carmichael
1G. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Linda W.
Clement-Holmes
1H. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: C. Bryan Daniels
1I. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Mitchell S. Feiger
1J. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Thomas H. Harvey
1K. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Gary R. Heminger
1L. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Jewell D. Hoover
1M. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Eileen A. Mallesch
1N. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Michael B.
McCallister
1O. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For
Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in 2022: Marsha C. Williams
2. Ratification of the appointment of the firm Mgmt For For
of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the
independent external audit firm for the
Company for the year 2021.
3. An advisory vote on approval of the Mgmt For For
Company's executive compensation.
4. An advisory vote to determine whether the Mgmt 1 Year For
shareholder vote on the compensation of the
Company's executives will occur every 1, 2,
or 3 years.
5. Approval of the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 Mgmt For For
Incentive Compensation Plan, including the
issuance of shares of common stock
authorized thereunder.
6. Approval of an amendment to the Fifth Third Mgmt For For
Bancorp Articles of Incorporation to
eliminate statutory supermajority vote
requirements.
7. Approval of an amendment to the Fifth Third Mgmt For For
Bancorp Articles of Incorporation to
eliminate cumulative voting.
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LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Agenda Number: 935382832
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Security: 550241103
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 19-May-2021
Ticker: LUMN
ISIN: US5502411037
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1A. Election of Director: Quincy L. Allen Mgmt For For
1B. Election of Director: Martha Helena Bejar 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. "Terry" Mgmt For For
Clontz
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 Stanley Jones Mgmt For For
1I. Election of Director: Michael Roberts Mgmt For For
1J. Election of Director: Laurie 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 2021.
3. Ratify the amendment to our Amended and Mgmt For For
Restated NOL Rights Plan.
4. Advisory vote to approve our executive Mgmt For For
compensation.
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QURATE RETAIL, INC. Agenda Number: 935395245
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Security: 74915M308
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 25-May-2021
Ticker: QRTEP
ISIN: US74915M3088
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Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against
Type Management
1. DIRECTOR
Richard N. Barton Mgmt Withheld Against
Michael A. George Mgmt For For
Gregory B. Maffei Mgmt Withheld Against
2. The auditors ratification proposal, to Mgmt For For
ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our
independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2021.
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THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. Agenda Number: 935351572
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Security: 969457100
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 27-Apr-2021
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 For For
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: Stacey H. Dore Mgmt For For
1H. Election of Director: Vicki L. Fuller Mgmt For For
1I. Election of Director: Peter A. Ragauss Mgmt For For
1J. Election of Director: Rose M. Robeson Mgmt For For
1K. Election of Director: Scott D. Sheffield Mgmt For For
1L. Election of Director: Murray D. Smith Mgmt For For
1M. Election of Director: William H. Spence Mgmt For For
2. Approval, by nonbinding advisory vote, of Mgmt For For
the Company's executive compensation.
3. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For
independent auditors for 2021.
* 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 08/18/2021