FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-4630
John Hancock Investment Trust III
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Noel Maffucci
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-225-5291
Date of Fiscal year-end: 6/30/2006
Date of reporting period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
JH INTERNATIONAL FUND
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
Ticker: Security ID: G0187V109
Meeting Date: JUL 4, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: MAY 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve merger/acquisition For Not Voted Management
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HARMONY GOLD MINING
Ticker: Security ID: 413216300
Meeting Date: NOV 4, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: OCT 3, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve financial statements For For Management
2 Approve directors'' fees For For Management
3 Elect Joaquim Chissano For For Management
4.01 Elect Frank Abbott For For Management
4.02 Elect Patrice Motsepe For For Management
4.03 Elect Cedric Savage For For Management
5 Authorize share repurchase For For Management
6 Amend stock option plan For For Management
7 Issue stock w/ or w/o preemptive rights For For Management
8 Issue stock w/o preemptive rights For For Management
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KOOKMIN BANK
Ticker: KB Security ID: 50049M109
Meeting Date: MAR 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 29, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 APPROVAL OF NON-CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL For Did Not Management
STATEMENTS (BALANCE SHEET, INCOME Vote
STATEMENTS, AND STATEMENTS OF
APPROPRIATION OF RETAINED EARNINGS) FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR 2005.
2 AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF For Did Not Management
INCORPORATION Vote
3 APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS For Did Not Management
Vote
4 APPOINTMENT OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MEMBERS For Did Not Management
OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHO ARE Vote
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
5 APPROVAL OF PREVIOUSLY GRANTED STOCK For Did Not Management
OPTIONS Vote
6 GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS For Did Not Management
Vote
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NOKIA CORP.
Ticker: NOK Security ID: 654902204
Meeting Date: MAR 30, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 6, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 APPROVAL OF THE INCOME STATEMENTS AND THE For For Management
BALANCE SHEETS.
2 PROPOSAL TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF For For Management
A DIVIDEND OF EUR 0.37 PER SHARE.
3 APPROVAL OF THE DISCHARGE OF THE For For Management
CHAIRMAN, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND THE PRESIDENT FROM
LIABILITY.
4 APPROVAL OF THE REMUNERATION TO BE PAID For For Management
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
5 PROPOSAL ON THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE For For Management
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS PROPOSED BY THE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATION
COMMITTEE.
6.1 Elect Director Paul J. Collins For For Management
6.2 Elect Director Georg Ehrnrooth For For Management
6.3 Elect Director Daniel R. Hesse For For Management
6.4 Elect Director Bengt Holmstrom For For Management
6.5 Elect Director Per Karlsson For For Management
6.6 Elect Director Edouard Michelin For For Management
6.7 Elect Director Jorma Ollila For For Management
6.8 Elect Director Marjorie Scardino For For Management
6.9 Elect Director Keijo Suila For For Management
6.10 Elect Director Vesa Vainio For For Management
7 APPROVAL OF THE REMUNERATION TO BE PAID For For Management
TO THE AUDITOR.
8 APPROVAL OF THE RE-ELECTION OF For For Management
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS OY AS THE AUDITORS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.
9 PROPOSAL OF THE BOARD TO REDUCE THE SHARE For For Management
CAPITAL THROUGH CANCELLATION OF NOKIA
SHARES HELD BY COMPANY.
10 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD TO INCREASE For For Management
THE SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY.
11 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD TO REPURCHASE For For Management
NOKIA SHARES.
12 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD TO DISPOSE For For Management
NOKIA SHARES HELD BY THE COMPANY.
13 MARK THE FOR BOX IF YOU WISH TO For For Management
INSTRUCT NOKIA S LEGAL COUNSELS TO VOTE
IN THEIR DISCRETION ON YOUR BEHALF ONLY
UPON ITEM 13.
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SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION
Ticker: PCU Security ID: 84265V105
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Emilio Carrillo Gamboa For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Jaime Fernando Collazo For For Management
Gonzalez
1.3 Elect Director Xavier Garcia de Quevedo For For Management
Topete
1.4 Elect Director Oscar Gonzalez Rocha For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J. Eduardo Gonzalez Felix For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Harold S. Handelsman For For Management
1.7 Elect Director German Larrea Mota-Velasco For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Genaro Larrea Mota-Velasco For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Armando Ortega Gomez For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Juan Rebolledo Gout For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Luis Miguel Palomino For For Management
Bonilla
1.12 Elect Director Gilberto Perezalonso For Withhold Management
Cifuentes
1.13 Elect Director Carlos Ruiz Sacristan For For Management
2 Require Advance Notice for Shareholder For For Management
Proposals/Nominations
3 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For Against Management
4 Amend Articles/Change in Control For For Management
5 Adopt Supermajority Vote Requirement for For For Management
Amendments
6 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
7 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TRUE CORPORATION PCL (FORMERLY TELECOM ASIA CORP. PLC)
Ticker: Security ID: Y3187S100
Meeting Date: DEC 13, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: NOV 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Authorize legal formalities For For Management
2 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
3 Consider other business For Against Management
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UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP
Ticker: UMC Security ID: 910873207
Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 17, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE 2005 BUSINESS For For Management
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE 2005 SURPLUS For For Management
EARNING DISTRIBUTION CHART.
3 APPROVAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY S For Abstain Management
ENDORSEMENTS AND GUARANTEES PROCEDURE.
4 APPROVAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY S For Abstain Management
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES TRANSACTION
PROCEDURE .
5 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL THAT For For Management
NT$1,353,612,800 OF THE UNAPPROPRIATED
EARNINGS GENERATED IN 2005 AND PREVIOUS
YEARS, AND NT$895,158,360 OF THE COMPANY
S CAPITAL RESERVE BE REINVESTED AS
CAPITAL.
6 APPROVAL TO AMEND ARTICLES 9, 10, 11, 13, For Abstain Management
14, 16-1, 24 AND 25 OF THE COMPANY S
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
7.1 Elect Director Jackson Hu For For Management
7.2 Elect Director Peter Chang For For Management
7.3 Elect Director Ching-Chang Wen For For Management
7.4 Elect Director Fu-Tai Liou For Withhold Management
7.5 Elect Director Shih-Wei Sun For Withhold Management
7.6 Elect Director Stan Hung For Withhold Management
7.7 Elect Director Paul S.C. Hsu For For Management
7.8 Elect Director Chung Laung Liu For Withhold Management
7.9 Elect Director Chun-Yen Chang For Withhold Management
7.10 Elect Director Tzyy-Jang Tseng For For Management
7.11 Elect Director Ta-Sing Wang For Withhold Management
7.12 Elect Director Ting-Yu Lin For Withhold Management
8 APPROVAL TO RELEASE THE COMPANY S ELECTED For Against Management
DIRECTORS FROM NON-COMPETITION
RESTRICTIONS.
Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked
'Abstain' are considered to be have been voted against management's
recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,'
except where management has made no recommendation or has recommended that
shareholders 'Abstain.'
Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a
ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for
management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a ballot voted 'For" or
'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's recommendation
to 'Abstain.'
Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, the abbreviation
"N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable recommendation compared to
which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management.
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.
John Hancock Investment Trust III
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(Registrant)
By: /s/Keith F. Hartstein
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Keith F. Hartstein
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 30, 2006