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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 601 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Noel Maffucci 601 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant) By: /s/Keith F. Hartstein --------------------- Keith F. Hartstein President and Chief Executive Officer Date: August 30, 2006