FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-7590
John Hancock Patriot Preferred Dividend 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: May 31
Date of reporting period: 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2007
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
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ALLIANT ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: LNT Security ID: 018802108
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James A. Leach For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael L. Bennett For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Darryl B. Hazel For For Management
1.4 Elect Director David A. Perdue For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Judith D. Pyle For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AT&T INC
Ticker: T Security ID: 00206R102
Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2006 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUN 1, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
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AT&T INC
Ticker: T Security ID: 00206R102
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director William F. Aldinger III For For Management
2 Elect Director Gilbert F. Amelio For For Management
3 Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson For For Management
4 Elect Director James H. Blanchard For For Management
5 Elect Director August A. Busch III For For Management
6 Elect Director James P. Kelly For For Management
7 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management
8 Elect Director Jon C. Madonna For For Management
9 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management
10 Elect Director John B. McCoy For For Management
11 Elect Director Mary S. Metz For For Management
12 Elect Director Toni Rembe For For Management
13 Elect Director Joyce M. Roche For For Management
14 Elect Director Randall L. Stephenson For For Management
15 Elect Director Laura D' Andrea Tyson For For Management
16 Elect Director Patricia P. Upton For For Management
17 Elect Director Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management
18 Ratify Auditors For For Management
19 Compensation Specific-Severance Payments For For Management
to Executives
20 Report on Political Contributions Against Abstain Shareholder
21 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter - Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
22 Pay For Superior Performance Against Against Shareholder
23 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
24 Establish SERP Policy Against Against Shareholder
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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John W. Harris For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Frank S. Royal, M.D. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Against Abstain Shareholder
4 Report on Impact of Utilizing National Against Abstain Shareholder
Interest Electric Transmission Corridor
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DTE ENERGY CO.
Ticker: DTE Security ID: 233331107
Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Anthony F. Earley, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Allan D. Gilmour For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Frank M. Hennessey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gail J. McGovern For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James H. Vandenberghe For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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INTEGRYS ENERGY GROUP INC
Ticker: TEG Security ID: 45822P105
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Pastora San Juan Cafferty For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ellen Carnahan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael E. Lavin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William F. Protz, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Larry L. Weyers For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Amend Deferred Compensation Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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KEYSPAN CORPORATION
Ticker: KSE Security ID: 49337W100
Meeting Date: AUG 17, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 3, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2.1 Elect Director Robert B. Catell For For Management
2.2 Elect Director Andrea S. Christensen For For Management
2.3 Elect Director Robert J. Fani For For Management
2.4 Elect Director Alan H. Fishman For For Management
2.5 Elect Director James R. Jones For For Management
2.6 Elect Director James L. Larocca For For Management
2.7 Elect Director Gloria C. Larson For For Management
2.8 Elect Director Stephen W. Mckessy For For Management
2.9 Elect Director Edward D. Miller For For Management
2.10 Elect Director Vikki L. Pryor For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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NISOURCE INC.
Ticker: NI Security ID: 65473P105
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 13, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Steven C. Beering For For Management
2 Elect Director Dennis E. Foster For For Management
3 Elect Director Marty K. Kittrell For For Management
4 Elect Director Peter McCausland For For Management
5 Elect Director Steven R. McCracken For For Management
6 Elect Director W. Lee Nutter For For Management
7 Elect Director Ian M. Rolland For For Management
8 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr For For Management
9 Elect Director Richard L. Thompson For For Management
10 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
11 Elect Director Roger A. Young For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NSTAR
Ticker: NST Security ID: 67019E107
Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 6, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Daniel Dennis For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PEOPLES ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: PGL Security ID: 711030106
Meeting Date: DEC 6, 2006 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: OCT 16, 2006
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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SCANA CORPORATION
Ticker: SCG Security ID: 80589M102
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director W. Hayne Hipp For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Harold C. Stowe For For Management
1.3 Elect Director G. Smedes York For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TECO ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: TE Security ID: 872375100
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Joseph P. Lacher For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Tom L. Rankin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William D. Rockford For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Thomas Touchton For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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XCEL ENERGY INC.
Ticker: XEL Security ID: 98389B100
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director C. Coney Burgess For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Fredric W. Corrigan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard K. Davis For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Roger R. Hemminghaus For For Management
1.5 Elect Director A. Barry Hirschfeld For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Richard C. Kelly For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Albert F. Moreno For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Margaret R. Preska For For Management
1.10 Elect Director A. Patricia Sampson For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Richard H. Truly For For Management
1.12 Elect Director David A. Westerlund For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Timothy V. Wolf For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
4 Pay For Superior Performance Against Against Shareholder
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 Patriot Preferred Dividend 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