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: 6/30/2007
Date of reporting period: 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2007
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
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ANORMED INC.
Ticker: AOM. Security ID: 035910108
Meeting Date: SEP 19, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: AUG 17, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Fix Number of Directors at Ten For For Management
2.1 Elect Director Kenneth H. Galbraith For For Management
2.2 Elect Director Felix J. Baker For For Management
2.3 Elect Director Paul A. Brennan For For Management
2.4 Elect Director Joseph P. Dougherty For For Management
2.5 Elect Director Henry J. Fuchs For For Management
2.6 Elect Director William L. Hunter For For Management
2.7 Elect Director Jacques R. Lapointe For For Management
2.8 Elect Director I. Berl Nadler For For Management
2.9 Elect Director Kelvin M. Neu For For Management
2.10 Elect Director Klaus R. Veitinger For For Management
3 Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors
4 Approve Stock Option Plan For For Management
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ASTELLAS PHARMA INC. (FRMLY. YAMANOUCHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.)
Ticker: 4503 Security ID: J03393105
Meeting Date: JUN 26, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including For For Management
the Following Dividends: Interim JY 40,
Final JY 40, Special JY 0
2 Amend Articles to Provide that For For Management
Appointments of Alternate Statutory
Auditors Shall Be Effective for Four
Years
3.1 Elect Director For For Management
3.2 Elect Director For For Management
3.3 Elect Director For For Management
3.4 Elect Director For For Management
3.5 Elect Director For For Management
3.6 Elect Director For For Management
3.7 Elect Director For For Management
4.1 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor For Against Management
4.2 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor For Against Management
5 Appoint Alternate Internal Statutory For For Management
Auditor
6 Approve Payment of Annual Bonuses to For For Management
Directors and Statutory Auditors
7 Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan For Against Management
for Directors
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BAYER AG
Ticker: BAYZF Security ID: D07112119
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 6, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Receive Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports; Approve Allocation of
Income and Dividends of EUR 1 per Share
for Fiscal 2006
2 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Against Management
Fiscal 2006
3 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Against Management
for Fiscal 2006
4a Elect Paul Achleitner to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4b Elect Clemens Boersig to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4c Elect Hans-Olaf Henkel to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4d Elect Klaus Kleinfeld to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4e Elect Helmut Panke to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4f Elect Manfred Schneider to the For For Management
Supervisory Board
4g Elect Ekkehard Schulz to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4h Elect Klaus Sturany to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4i Elect Juergen Weber to the Supervisory For For Management
Board
4j Elect Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker to the For For Management
Supervisory Board
5 Approve Creation of 195 Million Pool of For For Management
Capital with Preemptive Rights
(Authorized Capital II)
6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For For Management
Reissuance or Cancellation of Repurchased
Shares
7 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For For Management
Subsidiary Bayer Schering GmbH
8 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For Against Management
Auditors for Fiscal 2007
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BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC
Ticker: BGY Security ID: G1531P152
Meeting Date: SEP 20, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2 Re-elect Sir Adrian Montague as Director For For Management
3 Re-elect Bill Coley as Director For For Management
4 Elect Bob Davies as Director For For Management
5 Re-elect Sir Robert Walmsley as Director For For Management
6 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors of the Company
7 Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix For For Management
Remuneration of Auditors
8 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
9 Amend British Energy Group Plc Long Term For For Management
Deferred Bonus Plan
10 Authorise the Company to Make EU For Abstain Management
Political Organisation Donations and to
Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
50,000
11 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management
Indemnification
12 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
GBP 18,800,000
13 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of GBP 2,850,000
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PALADIN LABS INC.
Ticker: PLB Security ID: 695942102
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: MAR 20, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Directors Jonathan Ross Goodman, For For Management
Ted S. Wise, Robert N. Lande, Mark A.
Beaudet, Ger van Amersfoort, Gerald
McDole and Joel H. Raby
2 Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors
3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
4 Amend Employee Share Purchase Plan For Against Management
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ROCHE HOLDING AG
Ticker: Security ID: H69293217
Meeting Date: MAR 5, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management
Reports Vote
2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management
Management Vote
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of CHF 3.40 per Share Vote
4.1 Elect Pius Baschera as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
4.2 Elect Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
5 KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA For Did Not Management
Vote
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THERATECHNOLOGIES INC.
Ticker: TH Security ID: 88338H100
Meeting Date: MAR 29, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: FEB 22, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect A. Jean de Grandpre, Gilles For For Management
Cloutier, Robert G. Goyer, Gerald A.
Lacoste, Paul Pommier, Bernard Reculeau,
Yves Rosconi, Jean-Denis Talon and Luc
Tanguay as Directors
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
4 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management
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ALLERGAN, INC.
Ticker: AGN Security ID: 018490102
Meeting Date: SEP 20, 2006 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: AUG 14, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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BARR PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Ticker: BRL Security ID: 068306109
Meeting Date: NOV 9, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 15, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Bruce L. Downey For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Paul M. Bisaro For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George P. Stephan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Harold N. Chefitz For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard R. Frankovic For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Peter R. Seaver For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James S. Gilmore, III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MEDTRONIC, INC.
Ticker: MDT Security ID: 585055106
Meeting Date: AUG 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 26, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard H. Anderson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael R. Bonsignore For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert C. Pozen For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gordon M. Sprenger For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Abstain Shareholder
of Directors
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 27, 2007