UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER: 811-21131 NAME OF REGISTRANT: John Hancock Preferred Income Fund ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 200 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: Charles A. Rizzo 197 Clarendon Street Boston, MA 02116 REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 6176633000 DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 07/31 DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021 2X27 JHF Preferred Income Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BP P.L.C. Agenda Number: 935384014 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 055622104 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 12-May-2021 Ticker: BP ISIN: US0556221044 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. To receive the annual report and accounts. Mgmt For For 2. To approve the directors' remuneration Mgmt For For report. 3A. To elect Mr. M. Auchincloss as a director. Mgmt For For 3B. To elect Mr. T. Morzaria as a director. Mgmt For For 3C. To elect Mrs. K. Richardson as a director. Mgmt For For 3D. To elect Dr. J. Teyssen as a director. Mgmt For For 3E. To re-elect Mr. B. Looney as a director. Mgmt For For 3F. To re-elect Miss P. Daley as a director. Mgmt For For 3G. To re-elect Mr. H. Lund as a director. Mgmt For For 3H. To re-elect Mrs. M. B. Meyer as a director. Mgmt For For 3I. To re-elect Mrs. P. R. Reynolds as a Mgmt For For director. 3J. To re-elect Sir J. Sawers as a director. Mgmt For For 4. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor. Mgmt For For 5. To authorize the audit committee to fix the Mgmt For For auditor's remuneration. 6. To give limited authority to make political Mgmt For For donations and incur political expenditure. 7. Renewal of the Scrip Dividend Programme. Mgmt For For 8. To give limited authority to allot shares Mgmt For For up to a specified amount. 9. Special resolution: to give authority to Mgmt For For allot a limited number of shares for cash free of pre-emption rights. 10. Special resolution: to give additional Mgmt For For authority to allot a limited number of shares for cash free of pre-emption rights. 11. Special resolution: to give limited Mgmt For For authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company. 12. Special resolution: to authorize the Mgmt For For calling of general meetings (excluding annual general meetings) by notice of at least 14 clear days. 13. Special resolution: Follow This shareholder Shr Against For resolution on climate change targets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM CORPORATION Agenda Number: 935347092 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 294600101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 27-Apr-2021 Ticker: ETRN ISIN: US2946001011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Vicky A. Bailey 1B. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Sarah M. Barpoulis 1C. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Kenneth M. Burke 1D. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Patricia K. Collawn 1E. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Margaret K. Dorman 1F. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Thomas F. Karam 1G. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: D. Mark Leland 1H. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Norman J. Szydlowski 1I. Election of Director to serve until the Mgmt For For next annual meeting of shareholders: Robert F. Vagt 2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Mgmt For For compensation of the Company's named executive officers for 2020 (Say-on-Pay). 3. Approval of Amendments to the Company's Mgmt For For Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to remove the supermajority voting requirements. 4. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Mgmt For For Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2021. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIFTH THIRD BANCORP Agenda Number: 935338980 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 316773886 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 13-Apr-2021 Ticker: FITBP ISIN: US3167738869 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Nicholas K. Akins 1B. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: B. Evan Bayh, III 1C. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Jorge L. Benitez 1D. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Katherine B. Blackburn 1E. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Emerson L. Brumback 1F. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Greg D. Carmichael 1G. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Linda W. Clement-Holmes 1H. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: C. Bryan Daniels 1I. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Mitchell S. Feiger 1J. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Thomas H. Harvey 1K. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Gary R. Heminger 1L. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Jewell D. Hoover 1M. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Eileen A. Mallesch 1N. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Michael B. McCallister 1O. Election of member of the Board of Mgmt For For Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022: Marsha C. Williams 2. Ratification of the appointment of the firm Mgmt For For of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the independent external audit firm for the Company for the year 2021. 3. An advisory vote on approval of the Mgmt For For Company's executive compensation. 4. An advisory vote to determine whether the Mgmt 1 Year For shareholder vote on the compensation of the Company's executives will occur every 1, 2, or 3 years. 5. Approval of the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 Mgmt For For Incentive Compensation Plan, including the issuance of shares of common stock authorized thereunder. 6. Approval of an amendment to the Fifth Third Mgmt For For Bancorp Articles of Incorporation to eliminate statutory supermajority vote requirements. 7. Approval of an amendment to the Fifth Third Mgmt For For Bancorp Articles of Incorporation to eliminate cumulative voting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Agenda Number: 935382832 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 550241103 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 19-May-2021 Ticker: LUMN ISIN: US5502411037 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Quincy L. Allen Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Martha Helena Bejar Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Peter C. Brown Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Kevin P. Chilton Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Steven T. "Terry" Mgmt For For Clontz 1F. Election of Director: T. Michael Glenn Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: W. Bruce Hanks Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Hal Stanley Jones Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: Michael Roberts Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Laurie Siegel Mgmt For For 1K. Election of Director: Jeffrey K. Storey Mgmt For For 2. Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our Mgmt For For independent auditor for 2021. 3. Ratify the amendment to our Amended and Mgmt For For Restated NOL Rights Plan. 4. Advisory vote to approve our executive Mgmt For For compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QURATE RETAIL, INC. Agenda Number: 935395245 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 74915M308 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 25-May-2021 Ticker: QRTEP ISIN: US74915M3088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR Richard N. Barton Mgmt Withheld Against Michael A. George Mgmt For For Gregory B. Maffei Mgmt Withheld Against 2. The auditors ratification proposal, to Mgmt For For ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. Agenda Number: 935351572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 969457100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 27-Apr-2021 Ticker: WMB ISIN: US9694571004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. Election of Director: Alan S. Armstrong Mgmt For For 1B. Election of Director: Stephen W. Bergstrom Mgmt For For 1C. Election of Director: Nancy K. Buese Mgmt For For 1D. Election of Director: Stephen I. Chazen Mgmt For For 1E. Election of Director: Charles I. Cogut Mgmt For For 1F. Election of Director: Michael A. Creel Mgmt For For 1G. Election of Director: Stacey H. Dore Mgmt For For 1H. Election of Director: Vicki L. Fuller Mgmt For For 1I. Election of Director: Peter A. Ragauss Mgmt For For 1J. Election of Director: Rose M. Robeson Mgmt For For 1K. Election of Director: Scott D. Sheffield Mgmt For For 1L. Election of Director: Murray D. Smith Mgmt For For 1M. Election of Director: William H. Spence Mgmt For For 2. Approval, by nonbinding advisory vote, of Mgmt For For the Company's executive compensation. 3. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Mgmt For For independent auditors for 2021. * Management position unknown 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. (Registrant) John Hancock Preferred Income Fund By (Signature) /s/ Andrew G. Arnott Name Andrew G. Arnott Title President Date 08/18/2021