FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-4932
John Hancock World Fund
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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
HEALTH SCIENCES
ACCREDO HEALTH INC
Ticker: ACDO Security ID: 00437V104
Meeting Date: AUG 17, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: JUN 30, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
2.00 Adjourn meeting For For Management
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ALKERMES
Ticker: ALKS Security ID: 01642T108
Meeting Date: SEP 23, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: JUL 26, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Floyd E. Bloom For For Management
1.02 Elect Robert A. Breyer For For Management
1.03 Elect Gerri Henwood For For Management
1.04 Elect Paul J. Mitchell For For Management
1.05 Elect Richard F. Pops For For Management
1.06 Elect Alexander Rich For For Management
1.07 Elect Paul R. Schimmel For For Management
1.08 Elect Mark B. Skaletsky For For Management
1.09 Elect Michael A. Wall For For Management
2.00 Add shares to the 1999 Stock Option Plan For Against Management
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APPLERA CORP
Ticker: Security ID: 038020202
Meeting Date: OCT 20, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: SEP 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Richard H. Ayers For For Management
1.02 Elect Jean-Luc Belingard For For Management
1.03 Elect Robert H. Hayes For For Management
1.04 Elect Arnold J. Levine For For Management
1.05 Elect William H. Longfield For For Management
1.06 Elect Theodore E. Martin For For Management
1.07 Elect Carolyn W. Slayman For For Management
1.08 Elect Orin R. Smith For For Management
1.09 Elect James R. Tobin For For Management
1.10 Elect Tony L. White For For Management
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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ARTHROCARE CORP
Ticker: ARTC Security ID: 043136100
Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: JUN 6, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Michael A. Baker For For Management
1.02 Elect Barbara D. Boyan For For Management
1.03 Elect David F. Fitzgerald For For Management
1.04 Elect James G. Foster For For Management
1.05 Elect Tord B. Lendau For For Management
1.06 Elect Jerry P. Widman For For Management
1.07 Elect Peter L. Wilson For For Management
2.00 Approve common stock issuance For For Management
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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BIOENVISION INC
Ticker: BIVNE Security ID: 09059N100
Meeting Date: DEC 12, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: OCT 17, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Christopher B. Wood For For Management
1.02 Elect Michael Kauffman For For Management
1.03 Elect Thomas Scott Nelson For For Management
1.04 Elect Steven A. Elms For For Management
1.05 Elect Andrew N. Schiff For For Management
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BIOMET INC
Ticker: BMET Security ID: 090613100
Meeting Date: SEP 23, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: JUL 26, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect C. Scott Harrison For For Management
1.02 Elect Sandra A. Lamb For For Management
1.03 Elect Kenneth V. Miller For For Management
1.04 Elect Niles L. Noblitt For For Management
1.05 Elect Marilyn Tucker Quayle For For Management
2.00 Add shares to the 1998 Qualified and For For Management
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES INC.
Ticker: CALP Security ID: 130872104
Meeting Date: NOV 16, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: OCT 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Daniel L. Kisner For For Management
1.02 Elect Allan L. Comstock For For Management
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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CARDINAL HEALTH INC
Ticker: CAH Security ID: 14149Y108
Meeting Date: NOV 2, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: SEP 9, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect J. Michael Losh For For Management
1.02 Elect John B. McCoy For For Management
1.03 Elect Michael D. O''Halleran For For Management
1.04 Elect Jean G. Spaulding For For Management
1.05 Elect Matthew D. Walter For For Management
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan For Against Management
3.00 Repeal classified board For For Management
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IDX SYSTEMS CORP.
Ticker: IDXC Security ID: 449491109
Meeting Date: DEC 19, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: OCT 26, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For Not Voted Management
2.00 Adjourn meeting For Not Voted Management
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IVAX CORP
Ticker: IVX Security ID: 465823102
Meeting Date: AUG 3, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: JUN 10, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Betty G. Amos For For Management
1.02 Elect Mark Andrews For For Management
1.03 Elect Jack Fishman For For Management
1.04 Elect Neil Flanzraich For For Management
1.05 Elect Phillip Frost For For Management
1.06 Elect Jane Hsiao For For Management
1.07 Elect Richard M. Krasno For For Management
1.08 Elect David A. Lieberman For For Management
1.09 Elect Richard C. Pfenniger Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Bertram Pitt For For Management
1.11 Elect Zachariah P. Zachariah For For Management
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IVAX CORP
Ticker: IVX Security ID: 465823102
Meeting Date: OCT 27, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: SEP 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
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MCKESSON CORP
Ticker: MCK Security ID: 58155Q103
Meeting Date: JUL 27, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: MAY 31, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Marie L. Knowles For For Management
1.02 Elect Jane E. Shaw For For Management
1.03 Elect Richard F. Syron For For Management
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Stock Plan For Against Management
3.00 Adopt the 2005 Management Incentive Plan For For Management
4.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
5.00 SP-Independent board chairman Against Against Shareholder
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MEDTRONIC INC
Ticker: MDT Security ID: 585055106
Meeting Date: AUG 25, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: JUL 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Shirley A. Jackson For For Management
1.02 Elect Denise M. O'Leary For For Management
1.03 Elect Jean-Pierre Rosso For For Management
1.04 Elect Jack W. Schuler For For Management
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
3.00 Adopt the 2005 Employees Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4.00 Adopt the 1998 Outside Director Stock For Against Management
Compensation Plan
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RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC
Ticker: RVP Security ID: 76129W105
Meeting Date: SEP 16, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: JUL 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Patti S. King For For Management
1.02 Elect Russell B. Kuhlman For For Management
1.03 Elect Marco Laterza For For Management
1.04 Elect Jimmie Shiu For For Management
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SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
Ticker: SLXP Security ID: 795435106
Meeting Date: SEP 30, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: AUG 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
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SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP
Ticker: SHPGY Security ID: 82481R106
Meeting Date: JUL 27, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: JUN 27, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
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SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP
Ticker: SHPGY Security ID: 82481R106
Meeting Date: OCT 28, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: SEP 21, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve directors'' fees For For Management
1.01 Approve restructuring/recapitalization For For Management
2.00 Approve executive profit sharing/bonus For For Management
plan
3.00 Approve executive profit sharing/bonus For For Management
plan
4.00 Approve stock purchase plan/SAYE/AESOP For Against Management
5.00 Approve executive profit sharing/bonus For For Management
plan
6.00 Approve executive profit sharing/bonus For For Management
plan
7.00 Approve stock purchase plan/SAYE/AESOP For Against Management
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TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES
Ticker: Security ID: 881624209
Meeting Date: OCT 27, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: SEP 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Issue stock w/o preemptive rights For For Management
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THE ADVISORY BOARD CO
Ticker: ABCO Security ID: 00762W107
Meeting Date: NOV 15, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: SEP 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Marc N. Casper For For Management
1.02 Elect Kelt Kindick For For Management
1.03 Elect Joseph E. Laird Jr. For For Management
1.04 Elect Mark R. Neaman For For Management
1.05 Elect Leon D. Shapiro For For Management
1.06 Elect Frank J. Williams For For Management
1.07 Elect LeAnne M. Zumwalt For For Management
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan For Against Management
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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VICURON PHARMACEUTICALS
Ticker: MICU Security ID: 926471103
Meeting Date: AUG 15, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: JUL 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
2.00 Adjourn meeting For For Management
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WEBMD CORP
Ticker: HLTH Security ID: 94769M105
Meeting Date: SEP 29, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: AUG 5, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Neil F. Dimick For For Management
1.02 Elect Joseph E. Smith For For Management
2.00 Approve name change For For Management
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Ticker: ABT Security ID: 002824100
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Roxanne S. Austin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William M. Daley For For Management
1.3 Elect Director W. James Farrell For For Management
1.4 Elect Director H. Laurance Fuller For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard A. Gonzalez For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Lord Owen For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Boone Powell, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director W. Ann Reynolds, Ph.D. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Roy S. Roberts For For Management
1.11 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management
1.12 Elect Director John R. Walter For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Miles D. White For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against Against Shareholder
4 Report on Political Contributions Against Abstain Shareholder
5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
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AMGEN, INC.
Ticker: AMGN Security ID: 031162100
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 13, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck For For Management
1.2 Elect Director J. Paul Reason For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald B. Rice For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Leonard D. Schaeffer For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Stock Retention Against Against Shareholder
4 Link Executive Compensation to Social Against For Shareholder
Issues
5 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
6 Develop an Animal Welfare Policy Against For Shareholder
7 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
8 Report on Political Contributions For For Shareholder
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HOSPIRA INC
Ticker: HSP Security ID: 441060100
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ronald A. Matricaria For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Christopher B. Begley For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John C. Staley For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mark F. Wheeler For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
Ticker: PHS Security ID: 695112102
Meeting Date: NOV 17, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: OCT 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Approve merger/acquisition For For Management
2.00 Adjourn meeting For For Management
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TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES
Ticker: Security ID: 881624209
Meeting Date: OCT 27, 2005 Meeting Type: S
Record Date: SEP 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.00 Issue stock w/o preemptive rights For For Management
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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
Ticker: UNH Security ID: 91324P102
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 21, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James A. Johnson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William W. McGuire, M.D. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mary O. Mundinger, Ph.D. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder
of Directors
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WEBMD CORP
Ticker: HLTH Security ID: 94769M105
Meeting Date: SEP 29, 2005 Meeting Type: A
Record Date: AUG 5, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.01 Elect Neil F. Dimick For For Management
1.02 Elect Joseph E. Smith For For Management
2.00 Approve name change For For Management
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors For For Management
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 World Fund
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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